WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.439 --> 00:00:11.640 Hey, everybody, Welcome to Games Morning. Is me Jeff Grub, 2 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:14.640 your host from giant bomb dot com. Thank you for 3 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:16.719 tuning in. In this episode, we're gonna be talking about 4 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:20.719 Nintendo announcing a weird new game in a beloved franchise, 5 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.600 and Xbox's best series gets a new entry that finally 6 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:27.679 gives fans what they've been begging for. Also, we'll catch 7 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:30.800 up on that state of play. We'll get reviews for 8 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:34.240 Ghosts of Yota. There is a million thanks to talk about. 9 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:36.200 It's gonna be a good one because we have Jason 10 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:38.479 Fanelli on the show. Jason, how are you doing? 11 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:41.159 This is a pac burrito of a show today, and 12 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:43.280 I am glad to be here. Hopefully won't spill any 13 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:45.320 of that red sauce on our nice new coats. Anyhow, 14 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:50.280 I am feeling pretty good. I am man. My head 15 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:52.960 is spinning with like. So we had Xbox this morning, 16 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:56.079 we had Sony last night. Nintendo decided to jump in. 17 00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:59.119 There's too many games to play right now, too many good, 18 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.920 critically acclaimed games to keep up with at the moment. 19 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:06.280 Watch your stream a little bit this morning of baby 20 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:09.599 Steps and the only thing that game needs doesn't need much, 21 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:12.439 but The only thing that game needs is a Sir 22 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:14.359 David Attenborough. 23 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:17.000 Sort of oh yeah, like narrator. 24 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:19.239 In the background where he's all like he's getting ready 25 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:22.840 to go, and he's like the nervous, the nervous ginger 26 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:27.400 neck Beard cautiously hips his toe onto the rock. One 27 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:30.920 false move will remove hours of progress or something like that. 28 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:33.159 Really does feel like you're playing as an animal. So 29 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:36.400 I want this real bad. I guess we could just 30 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:38.079 do that. I'll just have you come on the next stream. 31 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:40.359 I'm doing with that and you can what's going on. 32 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:45.159 I'm practicing that game. We are racing kind of funny. 33 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:47.959 I got the movement down. I am worried about where 34 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:51.480 to go. I like, I lose my bearing. I'm like 35 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:55.079 where I should be headed next. And I think you're 36 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:56.560 gonna have to rely on the team there to help 37 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:58.760 make some decisions and get us through that. But it's 38 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:01.120 gonna be a good race. That's that's upf tomorrow, everybody. 39 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:03.439 We're doing it a little bit later, I think we will. 40 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:05.920 We are starting at like, yeah, four pm Eastern, I 41 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:08.120 think is the time that we're planning to do that. Everyone. 42 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:11.159 You know what, Like you said, a lot to talk 43 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:13.240 about so we should just get started and explain ourselves 44 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:16.719 to For giant Bomb, we are independent games media. That 45 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:19.280 means we need your help. Your support is what makes 46 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:21.560 this all possible. You go to giant bomb dot com, 47 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:25.240 slash join, become a premium member. You know, that's the 48 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:26.879 way to keep the lights on. 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That includes breaking news and maybe 58 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.120 even some of our own original reporting For all these topics, 59 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:54.840 I'll get the input of a bona fide expert who 60 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:57.840 will make me look smart. If you are watching live 61 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:01.080 on Twitch, welcome always listening to the show later on 62 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:04.120 podcast feeds by searching for Game mess Mornings or find 63 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:06.639 the RSS feed on giant bomb dot com. You can 64 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:09.520 also catch the show later with chapters and timestamps on YouTube. 65 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:18.479 Hello YouTube, all right, I wasn't ready, ahdi listeners. I 66 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:20.840 took a sip of my espresso there in between. We 67 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:22.520 have a lot to get into. So let's start the 68 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:26.840 morning mess with Ghost of Yote reviews. I think let's 69 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:28.639 see if it's had like an eighty nine on Open 70 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:31.360 Critic right now. So it's not getting me the double 71 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:34.439 points and Fantasy Critic, but it's coming through pretty good, 72 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:38.039 you know, I'll say real quick. Some of these people, 73 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:42.599 imron con pointed this out, some of these names on 74 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:44.639 these bylines for some of these reviews have been on 75 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:46.800 a lot of reviews in this last month, like Silent 76 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:49.039 Hill and Baby Steps and a bunch of others. It's like, 77 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:52.319 how are you people reviewing all these games? It's impressive 78 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:57.840 workout out there. Everybody shots out to the reviewers. Really. Yeah. 79 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:01.719 Every single year, this this set of months from like 80 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:04.599 September August to like November is just chock full. And 81 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:07.319 there are people who just go game to game to game, 82 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:10.199 sometimes two three games at a time. Uh, and they're 83 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:14.520 able to get their thoughts out clearly in these articles, 84 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:16.959 and it is it is all inspiring. It is I 85 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:19.879 am honored to be a part, to be among these people. 86 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:22.319 They inspire me to do better work too. It's good stuff. 87 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:25.279 It's mostly a young person's game too. I just get 88 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:28.040 too busy in the evenings, and like uh Mike was 89 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:29.720 talking about, I stayed up to five him, like a 90 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:31.680 couple of nights in a row, like really polishing off 91 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:33.839 silk song. If I did that, that'd be the time 92 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:35.560 to start getting up to get the kids ready for school. 93 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:36.839 I can't do that anymore. 94 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:39.160 These people have a lot of games to play, but 95 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:40.839 you know what, they don't have children. 96 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:45.839 Children make something imaginic difference. Yes, all right, these reviews, 97 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:49.959 let's start here. Eight out of ten from Mikhail higham 98 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:54.519 Over at ign He says a predictable but well executed story. 99 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:57.680 It takes you through Ghosts of UTA's gorgeous landscapes and 100 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:02.240 satisfying fluid action. May not be revolutionizing open world games, 101 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:06.160 but it's a great distillation of the Samurai fantasy. Ten 102 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:09.040 out of ten from Dalton Cooper at game Rant. Ghost 103 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:13.000 of Yota is a monumental world, open world graphics powerhouse, 104 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:17.399 driven by intense combat and enthralling revenge story. In a 105 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:20.600 nine point three from Kyle Hilliard at Game Informer, who 106 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:24.000 says Ghost of Yota does not radically reinvent or change 107 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:27.120 what worked in Sushima. But that's fine because frankly, Sucker 108 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:30.720 Punch nailed the mechanics the first time. Yeah, it sounds 109 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:34.879 like more of that game, and everyone thinks that's a 110 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:37.560 really good thing, that it's more of that game. And 111 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:40.680 I think the ranges here, like eight, nine, ten, that's 112 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:42.600 where you're gonna be with a lot kind of hovering 113 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.480 in that nine range. And again, the scores only tell 114 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:47.079 so much of the story. When we do go into 115 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:50.000 the text. What we're seeing as people being like, Hey, 116 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:53.680 if you are looking for that novelty, if you're looking 117 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:56.360 for that thing that's completely new, something you haven't played before, 118 00:05:57.279 --> 00:05:59.519 go play Baby Steps. We know that's not what most 119 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:02.079 of you want. Want you want Ghost to Yota. This 120 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:05.360 is the big budget, highly polished open world game that 121 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:09.759 delivers on the fantasy that it's promising. That's I think 122 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:11.959 most people spend five hundred dollars on a console to 123 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:13.439 play a game like this, right, mm. 124 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:17.160 Hmm, yeah, I mean this. I loved the original Ghost 125 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:20.839 of Sushima, so hearing that it's the same gameplay the same, 126 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:23.879 like all the stuff that worked, but with a potentially 127 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:27.680 different story or better story even in some cases sign 128 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:32.360 me up. I really like the idea and it's somebody. 129 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:34.560 One of the reviews I read was exploring this about 130 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:36.920 how the first game was all about honor and how 131 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:39.199 that works in the in the world, back in the 132 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:41.120 day of the world of the Samurai, and this person 133 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.519 Atsu now is just a commoner, Like she's just there. 134 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:47.240 She's not part of a of a of a regal family. 135 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:51.519 She's just avenging her her family that was killed by 136 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:54.800 these six, the Yota six, And that's an entirely different 137 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:57.399 story that you can tell. I love that. I love 138 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:01.439 that they've gotten two polar ops, not maybe a polar opposite, 139 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:04.879 but very different feeling stories out of the same world 140 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:07.680 that they've built with the same sort of fluid combat 141 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:10.720 that I really really want and I am I can't wait. 142 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:14.279 I remember distinctly in the first game going up onto 143 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:17.279 a hill and just overlooking one of the vistas and 144 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:21.120 taking that I don't use phono mode often, but Sushima 145 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:23.800 I brought that thing up maybe every couple hours every 146 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:25.399 new area I was in, I was like, Wow, this 147 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:28.959 is enthralling. I am looking forward to that again when 148 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:32.360 this hits. I'm not surprised by the scores. I really 149 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:34.600 did think that Sucker Punch had a good thing going. Course, 150 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:37.279 sounds sounds like they didn't break, they didn't fix what 151 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:42.439 wasn't broken, which is good. Now please, thank god, come on. 152 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:45.160 I know it's next week, but now please yep. 153 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:48.600 I just at a certain point, it's like, we are 154 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.199 going to get more entrenched in these genres and you 155 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:53.399 don't want to break the mold. What's the point? And 156 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.759 yet video games are known for that novelty we like. 157 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:58.319 You know, I always point out one of the only 158 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:00.959 things that's consistent in gaming is that then change every 159 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:05.160 couple of years, and genres do grow stale. I think 160 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:08.920 that if you have a big game like Ghost of Sushima, 161 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:13.120 you absolutely need to do at least one sequel exactly 162 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:15.240 in that mold. It sounds like that's what this is. 163 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:17.519 I think Sony's well aware of this, this thing I'm 164 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:19.600 about to go through. They did this with they're doing 165 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:21.399 this with God of War. You have Got of War 166 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:24.319 twenty eighteen, right, that was the first one of the 167 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:28.439 of the rebooted series. And then you make a direct 168 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:30.160 sequel to that, and you followed up and you stay 169 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:32.320 in that mold and you add in a bunch of 170 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:35.399 like you add more, you add more to it, and 171 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.639 then back in the day, you would have been like, Okay, 172 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:39.399 now let's do a third one. But that's when games 173 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:41.360 were taking two years to develop, and you could do 174 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:44.919 three games in one generation and they would grow each time. 175 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:47.600 We're kind of long away from that. We're at a 176 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:49.759 point now where these games do take five years. You 177 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:55.200 get one a generation typically, and now people are like, 178 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:57.679 it's fifteen years later when that third one comes around, 179 00:08:57.679 --> 00:08:59.679 and if it's in the same mold at that point, 180 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:02.879 people will be that will be diminishing returns. That will 181 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:04.759 be people being like, I've kind of done this already. 182 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:07.200 I'm ready to move on, and I think Sony knows that. 183 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:09.480 So I do expect for the next one them to 184 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:12.519 take maybe a wild swing in a different direction, But 185 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:14.759 for this one, this is the right choice. Every time, 186 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:17.480 do the big sequel that can build on the success 187 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:19.639 of the first one. And that means the success in 188 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:23.559 terms of creating and building the game, but also commercial 189 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:26.480 success of people becoming aware of the franchise and showing 190 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:29.120 up for the new entry in the series, which that 191 00:09:29.159 --> 00:09:32.440 first one did super well, especially in Japan but globally, 192 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:34.039 and I expect this one to just kind of be 193 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:36.720 a blockbuster hit for again for the marquee game for 194 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:39.639 the big big console that everyone spent five hundred dollars 195 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:42.440 or more on. Yeah, they're they're not going to sit 196 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:44.200 this one out. They are going to want to get 197 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:46.080 their money's worth, and that's part. 198 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:49.039 Of that is playing this game, especially now when prices 199 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:54.039 on consoles are going up. They need a super critically acclaimed, 200 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:58.200 highly sought after game to sell more. It's going to 201 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:00.200 be it's going to be a hard sell. It's a 202 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:02.519 hard sell anyway with the increased prices, but now this 203 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:06.440 people might see this remember Ghost of Sushima the first one, 204 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:08.320 and be like, oh man, and you might get those 205 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:11.840 Fomo people finally to take that extra plunge, uh and 206 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:13.879 get this going to Now. They did bundle it with 207 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:16.799 a console, I think, right, there is a there is 208 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:20.240 a Ghost of Shoes ghost the Okay console, I think. 209 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:23.399 I think so there's at least like the special lit hardware, 210 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:23.919 right is it? 211 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:26.600 Yeah? Yeah, so so I don't know if it's funnled 212 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:28.240 with the game right. So, so yeah, I think if 213 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:31.320 there are fans out there who were waiting for this game, 214 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:34.120 mm hmm, now the time here you are, come and 215 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:34.440 get it. 216 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:37.200 And it's very likely in Japan too, where it's like, yeah, 217 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:40.000 PlayStation five is selling Okay, it's not selling quite like 218 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:43.480 the PS four did, and so it's like, yeah, you 219 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.279 could probably chalk that up to people waiting for something 220 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:49.080 like this, and again that that franchise really hit hard 221 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:52.039 in Japan. So shouts at the Sucker Punch for delivering 222 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:53.240 another another big hit. 223 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:55.679 It is wild that they were able to go from 224 00:10:55.840 --> 00:11:02.600 superheroes and fantastical infamous to just because studio right grounded. Yeah, man, 225 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:05.559 they just know what they're doing. They really do. Another blueprint, 226 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:09.440 another blueprint for other studios to copy, if Sony would 227 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.679 ever let people, you know, in on their secrets. 228 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:14.000 Not that they should, but you know, at the very least, 229 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:17.639 it's like, you know, gives me hope for Insomniac going. 230 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:19.679 You know, it's it's super hard a superhero. By going 231 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:22.200 from Spider Man to Wolverine, it's like, oh, it's gonna 232 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:23.720 be quite a bit different. Will they be able to 233 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:25.559 figure it out? Based on what we saw which we'll 234 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:28.080 talk about here in a second. Get that they figured 235 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:31.960 it some shit out uh. Forts Horizon six Races into Japan. 236 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:34.879 An official teaser trailer coming to PS five later. This 237 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:37.840 is Darren Bontuse at GameSpot is a reminder Microsoft is 238 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:41.679 a target of the BDS boycott call for its involvement 239 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:44.679 in the genocide and ethnic cleansing and Gaza. They make 240 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:47.720 money from that. That seems like a shitty thing to do, uh, 241 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:51.240 Darren here rights. Forts and Horizon six has been officially revealed, and, 242 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:54.360 as rumors indicated, the next chapter in the racing series 243 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:59.519 will see the Horizon Festival move to Japan. Officially unveiled 244 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:02.320 in an GRAM teaser video ahead of the Xbox showcase 245 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:05.360 at Tokyo Game Show. The game launches in twenty twenty 246 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:07.960 six and will be available on Xbox Game Pass, and 247 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.399 a statement Microsoft confirmed a PS five release to come later. 248 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:14.960 Playground Games and Turnten Studios are working together together to 249 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:18.200 bring Forts or Horizon six to PlayStation five post launch. 250 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:21.639 No date there when I hear this, Jason, I think 251 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:24.240 six months, six months, you know, maybe even less, but 252 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:28.279 probably around six months between hitting Xbox and PC and 253 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:31.360 then going to PlayStation five. Does that sound right? And 254 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:33.360 then what do you think about, Hey, forts Horizon six 255 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:33.799 in Japan. 256 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:36.320 Yeah, three to six months is what I had it 257 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:36.960 at as well. 258 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:37.639 Three they might be. 259 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:41.120 Three might be only if sales are really struggling and 260 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:42.960 they can push the port out a little bit. 261 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:46.639 Sourer, or if like depending on like the moments of opportunity, right, 262 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:48.799 if but three months later it's like, you know, dead 263 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:50.840 right before a holiday or something like. 264 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:53.159 That, may be anything that, Yeah, that's fair, like if 265 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:55.039 it comes out in August and then three months would 266 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:56.919 be like the beginning of December for the that makes sense. 267 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:57.840 Yeah, yeah, yeah cool? 268 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:00.960 Uh But yeah, japan Is has been on the top 269 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.440 of the list of many fours of Horizon fans. I'm 270 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.200 glad they are getting it. I could have used a 271 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:10.679 little more in my teaser than some person tinkering around 272 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:12.360 their garage and then looking out the window at some 273 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:15.840 cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji. Need a little more than that, please, 274 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:18.039 But hey, you're getting it. 275 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:18.559 It's cool. 276 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:21.840 It's good that it's confirmed. So sad that it was 277 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:24.799 confirmed like two hours beforehand because the Instagram abs went 278 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:28.679 up too early, but hey, good for them. It'll be 279 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:32.399 very if anything like the previous Horizon games. They're going 280 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:35.360 to treat that setting with their respect it deserves and 281 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:38.919 make an incredible racing experience, and I look forward to 282 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:42.360 seeing what they do. However, that it's in Japan and 283 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:47.080 it was part of this particular presentation, and we can, 284 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:48.960 I guess, parlay this into the next one if you 285 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:52.559 want to. Already, it's sort of a symptom of an 286 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:54.679 underlying issue I had with the whole affair. But we 287 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:56.399 can get into that when we talk about the actual 288 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:58.559 full presentation. As far as four as a six go, 289 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.039 Horizon six goes awesome, let's do Japan. 290 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:05.960 That full presentation did include some other stuff. Xbox had 291 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:08.679 several announcements at the twenty twenty five Tokyo Game Show. 292 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:12.679 Jake Valentine at Duel Shockers run them down for us 293 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:16.039 age of mythology. Heavenly Spear got a fresh new look 294 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:19.519 ahead of the expansions launch next week. Call of Duty 295 00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:22.320 Black Ops seven, which, yeah, that's a Microsoft game. I 296 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:25.679 still sometimes forget that showcase new multiplayer maps that are 297 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:29.399 set in Japan. That's weird. I don't know something about that. 298 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:31.559 We're gonna be shooting people in Japan this time? Are 299 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:34.679 you excited Japan? That's like, I don't know, fall Out two, 300 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:37.360 we'll get that part of okay fall fall Out seventy six. 301 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:41.480 Camp Cimp revamp thanked the Japanese community in showcase some 302 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:45.200 Japanese made camp creations. I guess that's fine. Then there 303 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:48.879 were supports Horizons six stuff. Microsoft Flight Simulator's newest world 304 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:53.000 update did focus on Japan. Featured twenty three new photogrammatry 305 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:56.399 areas that cover over twenty thousand square kilometers. There's also 306 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:59.320 the addition of a new local legend, the Nihon Aircraft 307 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:04.480 Manufacturing Companies YS eleven. That's always cool. Ninja gaid four 308 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:07.440 highlighted the game's difficulty design, showing us what's in store 309 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:10.919 for us on Master Ninja mode. There was a Double 310 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:13.840 seven first Light announcing a new addition to the cast. 311 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:17.720 Jim O Chan is going to play Selena tan A 312 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:21.519 Senior I six official a Nemo showed us how the 313 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:23.960 games creatures interact with each other and their environment. Just 314 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:26.159 you know, some games just getting like a little bit 315 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:30.320 of a hey, this still exists. Double Dragon Revive, Dragon 316 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:33.879 Quest one and two two d HD remake Fatal Frame 317 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:37.080 two Crimson Butterfly remake highlighted the changes featured in the 318 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:41.759 remake to improve over the original experience. Gungrave Gore Blood 319 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:45.120 Heat is a full remake of twenty twenty two's Gungngrave 320 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:49.639 Gore built in Unreal Engine five. What from three years ago? 321 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:52.440 What are you looking talking about? Hit Man World of 322 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:55.519 a Session Assassination revealed that martial arts legend Bruce Lee. 323 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:57.279 We'll talk about that a little bit as well. We'll 324 00:15:57.440 --> 00:16:01.279 finish the show with that. Let's see Hotel Barcelona gets 325 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:04.679 a multiplayer showcase trailer. There's a bunch of stuff in here. 326 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:06.960 I don't know. I didn't watch this fall showcase because 327 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:09.639 it happened mostly overnight and I was busy, and while 328 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.879 I was getting ready for the show, I was playing 329 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:14.360 Baby Steps instead. But you seem to have thoughts on it. 330 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:15.720 What did you think of this whole showcase? 331 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:18.840 So it happened to air at six am Eastern time 332 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:20.919 this morning when I was home, getting home from the 333 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:22.279 gym and getting ready for the day. So I happened 334 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:24.240 to watch the whole thing. I was around, So I 335 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:28.360 watched it and along with some really cool things like 336 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:30.720 that Winter Boro that Woodland Survival game. 337 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:34.039 It looks like Red Red Red Wall that's out November twentieth. 338 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:37.000 I want to say it's out twelve twelve. That looks really, 339 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:41.039 really neat. There was just this whole especially in the 340 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:46.639 first party announcements, this whole thing from Xbox being like, 341 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:49.639 hey Japan, Hey, hey, hey guys, look look at all 342 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.840 this Japan stuff we're doing. 343 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:53.279 There's Japan Maps and Call of Duty, and we're bringing 344 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:56.879 Japan in Flight Simulator and Japan. Here's our Japanese fall 345 00:16:56.919 --> 00:17:00.000 Out six Camp Designers. Japan, We loved you, Japan, Please 346 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:01.600 love us too, Please love us to Japan. 347 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:04.359 We really need to Japan. You make it sound like 348 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:08.480 it stinks of desperation, Jason. It felt it felt. 349 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:10.680 Forced, just as forced as it felt to hear Phil 350 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:14.720 Spencer and Sarah Bond speaking Japanese. It sounded like what 351 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:17.119 the AI Translations device sounds like when it says the 352 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.640 Japanese back to you. No offense to them. I just 353 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:22.519 don't know how they were briefed on saying those things. 354 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.279 It just it just had this whole like, we knows 355 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:28.359 our it's our least successful market. We really need to 356 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:30.799 step our game up there. Now they did that with 357 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:35.279 Japanese developers like Hotel Barcelona is. 358 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.799 Sweary sixty five partners. 359 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:39.519 Yeah, and Capcom's there and Squarrey and exits there, all this, 360 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:41.359 all the things you would expect Double Dragon too, I 361 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:43.680 still associate with it's our system work, so I guess 362 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:47.599 that is Japan as well. But like you could feel it. 363 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.720 You could feel how desperate they were to get this 364 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:55.119 market under you know, under some sort of control and 365 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:58.200 not the free fall that it is. It was very 366 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:03.079 very obvious to me based on all of the like 367 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:07.119 and there's no greater sign. As we talked about, why 368 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:09.799 did you need to highlight multiplayer Master Call of Duty 369 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:13.279 because they're set in Japan, especially when you when you 370 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:15.640 revealed them in a blog two days ago, like this 371 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:19.640 is not new information. It was very weird. Now, granted, 372 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:22.720 the flight sim thing, that whole. 373 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:24.920 Yeah, that and that's just that team doing what they 374 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:27.319 do and and coming through and deliver on something they 375 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:30.519 would have done anyhow. So it just that feels authentic. Yeah. 376 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:33.720 But but but and also there's a joke for the 377 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.279 RPG fans out there, Xbox did announce E eleven y 378 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:39.279 S eleven. It's just the plane that they're adding to 379 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:45.799 flight simulator. Sorry guys, but yeah, I mean not to 380 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:49.160 say these things weren't cool. They were, but I don't know, 381 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:51.640 you could just you could feel that they're like, well, 382 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:54.079 we really need to step our game up in Japan. 383 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:57.680 And this was this was sort of like here's Japan, 384 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.440 here you go. 385 00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:02.039 I think they like think there's a new opportunity because 386 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:05.119 they are not interested in selling Xbox consoles anymore. So 387 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:09.480 this is them saying, hey, we're Xbox, here are our games, 388 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:12.000 and we're gonna let you play them on PlayStation here 389 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:13.480 in a little bit at the very least you want 390 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:16.359 have to wait, look, wait too long? And also, do 391 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:19.440 we think that the reason Ghost of Sushi Must succeeded 392 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.920 is because that game went and said, hey, it's a 393 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:24.200 Japan game. Don't you love that Japan? And that worked? Now? 394 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:26.240 Did it work because they were going hajpan or because 395 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:28.720 it was a slam and awesome game that really was 396 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:30.960 respectful of the culture. I think that might have had 397 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:32.599 something more to do with it than being like, there's 398 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:34.839 a Call of Duty level fucking set in Japan. 399 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:38.599 Now, I will say this now that I'm looking at 400 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:42.000 this list again, all of the games that did this 401 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:45.920