WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:11.919 Hey, everybody, I just knocked something over. Welcome to Game 2 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:14.599 Mess Mornings with Me Jeff Grub, your host from Giantbaham 3 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:17.399 dot com. Thank you for tuning in. In this episode, 4 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:20.079 we're gonna be talking about yet another new game that 5 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:23.920 came out of nowhere to earn rave reviews. Battlefield six 6 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:26.760 reviews are in, and maybe we shouldn't require companies to 7 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:30.199 store our government ideas on a server just so hackers 8 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:32.119 can steal it. It's gonna be a good one because 9 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:34.200 we have Jana Choa on the show. Jan, how are 10 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:34.560 you doing. 11 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:39.600 I'm enraged, Grubb. I'm enraged on ed for a story 12 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:43.200 that we'll see later today. I've actually been shoot fuming 13 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:47.759 about it and wallowing in it because I am so 14 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:49.679 incensed Grub. 15 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.479 Yep, there's multiple of those today, so it'll be a 16 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:55.920 fun one. Yes, Hey, you pick everyone, which one is it? 17 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:02.320 Dealer's choice? Absolutely, golf's going well and the golfs going well. Jan, 18 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:04.959 it's called up bar into the bargain for keeping this 19 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:07.719 week of feeling good vibes. So I did some PGA 20 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.519 tour this morning and that that game's good. It's a 21 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:12.040 good game. It does what it needs to do. 22 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:14.760 Yeah, you know what game is not good though, grub No, 23 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:16.319 it's that Everybody's Golf. 24 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.519 It's not good. It's not good Everybody's Golf hot Shots 25 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:23.439 specifically the latest one not made by clap Hands. I 26 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:28.680 did download. God, I can't remember that Easy Come Easy Golf, 27 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:31.319 which is the new one from that team that was 28 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:35.280 Everybody's Golf before that, they were hot Shots. Later they 29 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:38.200 were Claphans Golf. That that's Clappans the studio doing it. 30 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:41.640 You can tell. It's very much made for mobile. But 31 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:44.599 it's a much better game than Everybody's Golf hot Shots 32 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:49.359 for sure. It's it really is quite good, even though 33 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:51.040 it's like I think a lot of the main modes 34 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:52.959 like hey, here's three holes, and you have to have 35 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.280 a team of golfers, and so one golfer does one 36 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:58.040 hole and you kind of have to strategically decide who's 37 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:01.519 going to do what. It's interesting, but it's you know, 38 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:03.959 it probably wouldn't be my first go to golf game 39 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:06.439 right now. There's so many class contracts that I just 40 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:08.240 actually haven't played. Maybe I would go to one of 41 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:08.960 those instead. 42 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:11.639 But however, shouts out to the game and former crew 43 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:14.560 van Ache and Invound Van Allen for going up against 44 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:17.680 you and Dan yesterday. That was very fun time. Hey, 45 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:20.479 I just I just want to say this. Those dudes 46 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:21.199 are funny as hell. 47 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:23.840 Oh they're great. Yeah, well, we'll do a lot more 48 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.120 with them as long as they're willing to lose, because 49 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:27.199 we won't. 50 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:30.080 We could also do a co op thing maybe grub 51 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:34.080 hear me out, great, let's just do a games media 52 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:35.599 wide peak stream. 53 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:38.639 Oh yeah, oh yeah, because we can have like a 54 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.919 lot of players on that multiplayer version right exactly, sport 55 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:43.680 like up to sixteen people or something. 56 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:46.800 And then we just try and race, like we could 57 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:50.280 just have teams of three four, Yeah, go up the 58 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:53.159 mountain as they go. You know there, there's kind of funny. 59 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:56.520 There's min Max next Lander Game Informer. 60 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:59.120 Let's get to work. Let's let's make this happen. That 61 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:01.560 would be a lot of fun. Golf. We does continue 62 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:04.000 the later today, everybody, we're gonna do some Nintendo Switch 63 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:06.919 Sports golf right after this. We'll have to get set 64 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:08.919 up for that, and it'll be a little bit after 65 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:10.879 games mornings because we're we're gonna let Dan get back 66 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:14.560 from something he's out on assignment. Uh, and then tomorrow 67 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.199 will be Mario Golf. We'll do some of that after 68 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:20.560 game mes mornings, and then UPF will be Actually like 69 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:23.639 it's a two parter. So today today Nintendo switch Sports golf, 70 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:27.039 and then for UPF we're doing Everybody's it's not everybody, 71 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:32.599 it's the let's golf together, Yeah, golf together, golf with friends, 72 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:35.439 Golf with friends. That's what I mean, all these different 73 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:37.560 golf games in my head, and we're gonna take the 74 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:39.479 scores from that combine them to see who is the 75 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:41.919 winner of golf weeks. So definitely stick around to it. 76 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:42.960 It's gonna be a good time. 77 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:45.439 This is a question for my anime freaks out there. 78 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:48.439 I know that there are a lot of sports animes 79 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:53.960 out there. Volleyball, boxing, basketball, for sure, tennis. 80 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:56.319 Is there a golf one? There's got to be. Golf 81 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:59.159 is huge in Japan. Yeah, definitely, And I feel like 82 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:02.000 there's like a the traditional one of like a kid 83 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:03.400 is going to be on the golf team in his 84 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:06.719 high school or something like that. Yeah, Berdiewing, I asked, 85 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:09.639 and I've been answering it. There you go, all right, everybody, 86 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.120 But yeah, Birdie Wing, that's a good name. I think it's. Yeah, 87 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:13.680 I think I saw that. I think there's a game 88 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:17.000 of that on Switch. Actually interesting. Let's explain what we 89 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:21.120 do here. We're Giant Bomb Video Game Defences, Independent Games Media. 90 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.360 We're out here on our own, but we're not because 91 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:25.480 we have you at our backs. 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I think the 125 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.720 embargo lifted ten minutes ago, so kind of threw this 126 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:02.360 in here as we were going I haven't I have this, 127 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:03.680 but I haven't had a chance to check it out. 128 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:06.279 I did. Christian was playing it as well, and he 129 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:10.920 played the the single player campaign and thought it was 130 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:13.560 pretty laughable. And that's kind of a lot of the 131 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:17.519 responses here is. Look, it's at best a serviceable campaign, 132 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:20.959 boiler plate very easy to ignore, which I think is 133 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:24.120 probably not too surprising to people of these days for 134 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:25.759 to hear about a shooter campaign in one of these 135 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:30.720 big multiplayer multiplayer shooter games. But Dalton Cooper over a 136 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:33.360 Game Rant gave it a nine out of ten excuse me, 137 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:35.439 nine out of ten. It's said Battlefield six is an 138 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:39.399 explosive first person shooter with adrenaline fueled multiplayer that is 139 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:42.360 truly Battlefield at its best. Got a nine point five 140 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.360 out of ten from but Why though, who says Battlefield 141 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:48.519 is a Battlefield six is a giant leap forward for 142 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:52.199 the franchise, were turning to the peak of online first 143 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:55.199 person shooters, And then eight out of ten from Austin 144 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:59.240 Soother at tech Raptor, who says Battlefield six is campaign 145 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:03.800 features a short and disappointing story filled with military jargon 146 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:06.319 and not much else. But the multiplayer is the real 147 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:09.959 highlight here. Multiplayer will absolutely keep players addicted with its 148 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:13.199 strong progression system of vast maps and outstanding gun play. 149 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:16.160 You know, we had a good idea that this game 150 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:18.639 was going to deliver based on those betas. People seemed 151 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:21.600 really happy with it them. I had a good time 152 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:23.439 with it. I'm not usually a Battlefield person, had a 153 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:26.079 good time with it. Still, probably not gonna be spending 154 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:27.839 a ton of time with this, but we'll do a 155 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:29.680 couple of streams and I'm sure I will continue to 156 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:33.160 have fun with it when we play together. But it does, 157 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:35.319 I mean to me, it sounds like this game delivered 158 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:37.079 what it needed to deliver to have a chance to 159 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:41.759 really keep Battlefield in a circle of relevancy. 160 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:43.879 I don't know, what do you think, yes, Greb, I 161 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:46.439 mean the story that you talked about with Matt piscatell 162 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:50.759 yesterday about Paul of Duty even being worried about Battlefield 163 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:55.639 six's popularity is pretty telling, because I feel like the 164 00:07:55.959 --> 00:08:00.560 last couple Battlefield titles haven't been that much of worry 165 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:05.959 for For Call of Duty, it's I think it's fairly 166 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.480 interesting and a little disappointing that the single player campaign 167 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:13.120 is just so lackluster, as people have been pointing out. 168 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:17.240 But honestly, if it means that they are just putting 169 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:20.759 most of their efforts into the multiplayer, which we all 170 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:24.000 know people are picking Battlefield six up or a Battlefield 171 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.920 game up entirely is for the multiplayer because of these 172 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:31.639 shenanigans that will ensue. But I'm glad that that hype 173 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:35.480 from the open beta has carried over to the actual release. 174 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:41.200 That being said, Grub, I feel internally conflicted because it 175 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:44.279 is an EA game, and with everything going on with EA, 176 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:48.840 it's it kind of sours. It puts a sour taste 177 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:49.279 in my mouth. 178 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:52.480 Yep, it's definitely a little bit easier to put a 179 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:55.799 game like this now that EA is in the process 180 00:08:55.799 --> 00:08:57.679 of becoming owned by Saudi Arabia. Of course that deal 181 00:08:57.799 --> 00:08:59.360 is not going to close for a very long time. 182 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.480 But but whatever that does, who cares. That's not really 183 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:05.320 of interest to hear of to us. We get what's 184 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:08.159 happening here, and yeah, so it becomes, like I said, 185 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:10.159 easier for me for me to find an excuse to 186 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:12.360 play a different game rather than this. I'm right there 187 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:14.279 with you on that. At the same time, it's like, 188 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:15.879 you know, we'll check out. I'll check the stuff out 189 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.080 for the job, of course, and maybe I have a 190 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:19.960 good time, and it's a lot of people worked very 191 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:22.159 hard on this and they didn't have any say on 192 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:25.039 what happened to it. But still like, I can't help 193 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:26.879 the way I feel, which is very similar to what 194 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:31.159 you feel, jan I. You know, I think the question 195 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:33.759 for Battlefield six now is, look, you had to have 196 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:35.919 a strong start like that is that it does seem 197 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:39.200 crucial to a game like this, whereas other games can 198 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:41.639 sort of like build their way back up. Battlefield six 199 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:43.679 is playing in the biggest of the big leagues. It's 200 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:46.039 trying to compete with Call of Duty, and so you 201 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.759 actually can't have any missteps because you can't be trying 202 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:51.480 to make up ground to like, oh, this game actually 203 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:53.519 delivered in the end. Yeah, that's fine. This game's trying 204 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:56.360 to do Call of Duty numbers, so it had to 205 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:59.200 have a strong start, and it does. So then there 206 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:02.399 is now a secon battle. Can you have long term 207 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:04.960 support for something like this? Can you make people feel 208 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:08.320 good about spending money on micro transactions? What does that 209 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:10.200 look like for an audience that's made it very clear 210 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:12.639 they do not want SpongeBob. They don't even want someone 211 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:15.679 wearing like a slightly colorful shirt in the game. So 212 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:17.960 it's like, how do you sort of convince that audience 213 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.240 to spend money while making it appealing to a broader 214 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:24.240 audience because that increases the pool of likely people who 215 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:26.600 might spend money on your game. It's going to be 216 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:28.720 challenging for them to figure that out, but they at 217 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:32.639 least are starting with a sort of poll position here. Yeah. 218 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:35.279 I think it is going to be hard to sustain 219 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:40.600 themselves without embracing the skin economy. I mean again, that 220 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:44.080 was a big story yesterday with two xkos one hundred 221 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:47.840 dollars skin packs, and I feel like Call of Duty 222 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:49.600 was trying to ride that line for the longest time. 223 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:49.879 Grub. 224 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:52.519 But then you see any Call of Duty clip or 225 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:56.759 a person that streams Call of Duty actively, and any 226 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:00.600 of the skins of that game are absolutely bonkers. Yeah, 227 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:03.399 because you'll see Rambo, and then you'll see Nicki Minaj 228 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.360 and then you'll see Uh, the Donnie Darko Rabbit. 229 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:09.279 I think that was the skin of the game. 230 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:11.919 I think I could be he could I could be 231 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.840 confusing it with like a different game that looks exactly 232 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:17.519 like Call of Duty, But who sure? I think Uh 233 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:19.399 was in the game as well. 234 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:24.600 That sounds right, Yeah, Groot and maybe Rocket raccoon. Uh yeah, 235 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:27.279 I uh listen, I'll like seeing Babas and butt Head 236 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:29.000 and there. That's a lot of fun. I would like 237 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.440 to see that in Battlefield six. But I'm again, we 238 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:33.799 already have already said like, this is not necessarily the 239 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:36.279 game for us, uh, and they don't have to win 240 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:38.639 us over. But I think EA is like, well, yeah, 241 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:41.679 but if we can keep the core audience happy and 242 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:44.519 then also win over everyone else, that's where we really 243 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:46.559 want to be and that will be where the tension 244 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:49.279 comes from for this game and the relationship between the 245 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:52.759 studio and the audience, and that is all yet to 246 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:55.159 be seen, like how that's going to play out. But again, 247 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:57.600 they have started from a position of strength, which will 248 00:11:57.600 --> 00:12:00.519 make everything sort of easier. That it doesn't mean they 249 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:02.679 won't trip and fall and find some way up to 250 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:04.879 mess this up. But it's a difficult business that they're in. 251 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:08.759 And again, I know that I acknowledge the whole Saudi 252 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:12.000 Arabia buying yea thing, but there are like an obscene 253 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:14.480 amount of talented developers that have worked on this game, 254 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:16.000 and I hope that they do get their flowers. And 255 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:18.639 it seems like they are based off of these reviews. 256 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:22.039 Yep, yep. It's always challenging to navigate this, and at 257 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:24.360 a certain point I sort of just like default to 258 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:26.720 I feel the way I feel, and I can't help it. 259 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:28.960 And I'm sorry if that's annoying to some people. That's 260 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:29.639 just the way it is. 261 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:33.679 Maybe we're gettri odd comedy festival skits. 262 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:36.639 There we go. That's the real that's the dream, right there. 263 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:39.720 Bill Burr, just in there telling jokes that won't upset 264 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:46.279 the Saudi Arabian government. Absolam reviews, appslom or app solom. 265 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:48.240 I'm not sure how to say it jam. The reason 266 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:50.480 I'm talking about it, though, is this has got an 267 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:53.600 eighty eight on Open Critic, higher than Battlefield six with 268 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:55.879 almost double the reviews. I think it had something around 269 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:57.960 thirty six reviews, which would actually be exactly double the 270 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:02.080 reviews the battle success nine out of ten from Steve 271 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:04.519 Watsont game Spot, who says, and this is how I 272 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:06.279 put this one first, because it explains what it is. 273 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:09.559 Infusing a classic beat him up structure with a modern 274 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:13.279 roguelike loop is a match made in heaven. This is 275 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:17.720 a Streets of Rage four. The people who made that 276 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:20.360 dot Emu and Guard Break, who I think dot Emu 277 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:22.480 like worked with Lizard Cube on the art, but Lizard 278 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:24.039 Cubes not involved in this one. But the art still 279 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:27.320 looks good, and the Guardbreak did the combat system in 280 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:30.600 Streets Rage four. Streets of Rage four eventually got a 281 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:33.200 rogue Light mode into it. It sounds like they took 282 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:37.080 that made it an entire game just without Streets of 283 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:40.279 Rage four stuff, and kind of like redoing the art 284 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:43.440 and having new characters and things like that, and then 285 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:47.080 built it out and made it even better. And that's 286 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:50.120 a very very high score, a lot of nines, some 287 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:53.200 nine point fives, and then the people who aren't given 288 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:55.519 in a nine or nine point five basically just point 289 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:57.080 to the rogue light side of being like, I don't 290 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:58.480 like these kinds of games, so I don't like this 291 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:00.399 as well. We'll talk about that here in a second 292 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:02.720 for one of these reviews. But I am now very 293 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:05.120 curious in this. It's curious about this. It has two 294 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:08.120 player co op and it just it looks phenomenal. Nine 295 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:12.120 point five out of ten from PlayStation Universe. That's Gary 296 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:15.759 a bag at Dassaroff over there, who says an absolute 297 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:18.440 treat that kept me coming back for more. Absolum does 298 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:20.639 a lot right, and it's all due to the hard 299 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:23.240 work of dot Emu and Guard Crushes. I said, Guardbreak 300 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:27.559 Guard crushes previous efforts with incredible combat, stunning visuals, and 301 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:30.679 a soundtrack that packs so much variety. It's hard to 302 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:34.200 imagine how dot Emu can top themselves after Absolom and 303 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:36.759 then seven out of ten from Adrian Burrows at the 304 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:40.120 six Axis, who says, if I could have Absolum without 305 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:43.279 the roguelike elements and admittedly a few less glitches, then 306 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:45.759 I would have my ideal two D side scrolling beat 307 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:47.879 them up, the best I've ever played. As it is, 308 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:51.480 the roguelike structure and its inconsistent delivery unfortunately lowers the 309 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:54.639 overall experience. It's still a very enjoyable game even with 310 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:56.720 these issues. But this was so close to being a 311 00:14:56.759 --> 00:15:00.679 classic of the genre. It's like yeah, points like yeah, 312 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:02.399 people feel the way they feel about it. I get 313 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:06.039 that this doesn't. It's very informative for me. I do 314 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:08.759 like rogueligs, rogue lights. I think that is a genre 315 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:11.080 that should just be a staple of gaming where hey, 316 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:12.679 everyone looks around says, hey, we're getting a ton of 317 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:14.440 these Why are we getting some of these, so many 318 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:16.279 of these, and I say, because it rules, and we 319 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:19.480 should be getting this many. We should be getting haities two. 320 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:22.080 We should be getting this all around the same time 321 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:24.679 as a million other ones from any developers in rogue 322 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:27.200 light modes being inserted into all kinds of games like 323 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:30.159 God of War. It's a good thing and I am 324 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:32.480 going to check this out and I'm pretty excited about it. 325 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:34.759 What do you think about this, Janeah, yeah, Greb, I'm 326 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:35.679 one hundred percent with you. 327 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.600 I mean, we saw an influx of Battle Royale games, 328 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:43.320 so let's just keep let's flood the market more with 329 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:46.480 more rogue leg games. All right, I'm looking at a 330 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:49.720 trailer for Absolom. For folks out there that are by 331 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:53.240 a computer, I highly suggest you do because this game 332 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:58.799 visually bangs. Also, they've got a cool dwarf character. I'm 333 00:15:58.840 --> 00:15:59.759 always down with that. 334 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:01.440 Oh yeah. 335 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:06.600 Dott Emu is one of those devs that just absolutely 336 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:10.799 nails visual stylings all the time, and it's kind of 337 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:15.919 unfair and this, folks. I think I've said this multiple times, 338 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:18.679 but I wish this is just where video games were 339 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:22.679 primarily focusing on in terms of like look, I don't 340 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:23.960 care if a dude. 341 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:25.720 Really really really looks. 342 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:27.840 Like a dude, But if something looks like a cartoon 343 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:32.559 in motion, that is more entertaining at least more appealing 344 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:36.559 for me personally. But this looks great. If the roguelick 345 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:39.720 elements aren't necessarily that strong, but the beat them up 346 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:43.279 side does sound good, I think that is enough of 347 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:45.080 a hump for me to get over. Also, the fact 348 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:47.759 that we could do this two player, we could do 349 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:52.200 this is the run, but with this perhaps yeah. 350 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:53.639 Oh that's actually not a bad idea. That would be 351 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:55.559 a lot of fun. Yeah. And again I think like 352 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:57.679 Adrian here is just kind of saying like in general 353 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:59.960 doesn't like rogue late elements when they're talking about it 354 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:03.600 inconsistent delivery. I think it means like one run to 355 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:05.000 the other, you don't feel as good on one run 356 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:06.319 as you do the next. And it's like for me, 357 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:08.720 it's like, oh, that makes the great runs feel even 358 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:11.799 better because they feel special. That's part of the appeal 359 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:14.039 to me. So it's like, I think I'll to see 360 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:15.920 for myself, But I bet the rogue light stuff here 361 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:18.039 is pretty solid. Again, this is a team that has 362 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:19.880 done this before with streets or age four, and it 363 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:21.599 was really good in that game. I've done that, played 364 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:24.880 that a bunch with family, and it's oh, I'm really 365 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:26.720 glad that that was the focus of their next game. 366 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:29.680 It's smart to kind of build on that and then 367 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:33.000 you nailed it. Jan dot Emu has now become one 368 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:35.839 of these it's a publisher and developer. They publish a 369 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:37.119 lot of these games and do a lot of the 370 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:38.559 work on that side, and then they kind of bring 371 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:43.160 all these developers development studios together to work in conjunction 372 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.000 and kind of just focus on their areas of strength 373 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:48.759 where it's like, hey, no, guard crush, you are great 374 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:52.039 at combat guard crushes. I think this studio that they 375 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:54.319 like were bad at art. So what they did is 376 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:56.119 they like took pictures of their friends in front of 377 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:58.440 a grain screen. It did like a digitized sort of 378 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:00.559 like Mortal Combat style thing, but with like really cheap 379 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:04.440 looking people in cheap looking costumes for an excellent beat 380 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:06.559 them up. I think that was them. Correct me if 381 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:09.039 I'm wrong, chat, but I'm pretty sure that's right. And 382 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:12.160 then people notice it's like, actually this combat owns. Yeah 383 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:14.279 they should be. Let's they should be you know, we 384 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.599 should build on top of that, and then they got 385 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:17.720 the Streets of Rage four job, I think based on that, 386 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.640 and now it's like, god Emu's going back to them 387 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:22.279 over and over again. But like, you guys are really 388 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:24.200 good at this. Don't worry, we got the art handled 389 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:26.559 by someone else. And to me, it's like, this is 390 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:31.319 a great strategy for where an indie game publisher for 391 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:34.559 late like dot emu should be. And now they've consistently 392 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:37.839 delivered over and over again with different combinations of studios. 393 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:41.160 It is really impressive, and it continues to give me 394 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:44.880 faith that this scene's really figuring things out in some areas. Obviously, 395 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:46.759 so many games coming out, so many things fall through 396 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:49.559 the cracks, absolutely, but at least someone's coming up with 397 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:52.480 a strategy that feels different than you know, Devolver Digital 398 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:53.920 or anyone else in the space. 399 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:57.759 Also, I know that a lot of devs we're trying 400 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:00.680 to get out of devs across the board in terms 401 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.960