Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to side Quest. This is our weekly
video game show here Aggie. First, I'm your host Dilmos,
and I have with me the steamed Travis. Now, how
you're doing tonight, my friend?
Speaker 2: Good? I'm doing good. Yeah, I'm steamed. Ready to go
side for the week. So yeah, lots of fun things
to talk about as well.
Speaker 1: So yeah, for sure, it's gonna be a fun episode here.
We have a lot to talk about. The The Game
Awards showed off the nominees for this year's show, so
we're gonna go through some of that. There was some
of the games we've been playing. Steam announced some new
hardware which is quite fun. And then there's something else
I'm forgett oh yeah, state of Play. State of Play
also happened a new one, kind of a different one
as well. I'm excited to talk about that as well.
So it should be a fun episode all around. And
we're just gonna kick it off with talking about the
Game Wards. A little bit that's topical happened just this morning,
and yeah, I as I, me and you were just
talking about before we hit record here. I haven't really
seen this yet and you haven't seen it either, other
than like a couple of the categories, so it's gonna
be just some first impressions. Of course, kind of the
week before, usually the game boards itself, we all get
together and we do predictions, who's gonna win the categories,
what announcements are we going to see, and then I
usually do a little solo mini episode where I cast
my votes. You know, of course, the fan vote is
worth ten percent, and I'm one of that. One of
that ten percent. I like to be, so I will.
Speaker 2: Easily the most experienced person on that's like all of us.
Maybe i'd say between even the three of me Kirklin Tear,
we could maybe get to ten to fifty percent of
the play style. But I feel like you got like
I feel like, i'd say seventy five. I feel like
it's more than that usually, but seventy five to be sure,
because I'm sure there's a couple ones that bring you down,
like some of the community games or maybe emotion or
like the but like the main lunchos, I feel like
you've got a good, you know, structure on.
Speaker 1: As far as I think that's mostly true, I think, yeah,
sixty seventy eighty percent sometimes depending on what the category
is at least things I've touched, and you know, game
Pass and psplus are a good way to like tackle
a lot of those things. But then yeah, I just
play a lot. But I feel like this year is
that's not as much been the case. So we'll see
when we go through this how much of the year
I've really covered. And yeah, let's just go right here
in the Game of the Year. So there's six games here.
There's Claire Obscure Expedition thirty three, Death Stranding, two on
the Beach, Donkey Kong, Bonanza, Hadis two, Hollow Night, Silk Song,
and Kingdom Come Deliverance to kind of sneaking in there,
or I assume it is sneaking in there as like
the number six on this list, but maybe maybe I'm wrong.
I know that game has its fans, but I was
kind of surprised to see that one in here. The
only other thing, I think, one thing I'm really looking
forward to as we go through these categories is Indiana Jones, right,
because that was like a December release last year, so
it wasn't eligible last year, and so obviously that means
it could be voted for this year. But I feel
like a lot of people kind of just ignore that
and they just kind of picked things that from this year.
So I don't know if it would have been a
Game of the Year contender anyway, but I'm curious to
see you. I think it does pop up a couple
of times, so we'll see where that is. But you know,
what was your impressions of this Game of the Year list.
Speaker 2: That's one thing that I do, so I'm behind. At
least I've actually played two, so it's actually better than
some years and whatnot. And Claire I want to get to.
Claire's probably a game that I don't have anything what
we've been watching, but Dylan today I did download Allen
Wait two, so the next time I'm on I will
eventually have to that. So but Claire is a game
that's also on the back log. And not to spoil
any prediction thoughts, but I'm thinking it has a pretty
good shot of winning this awards. Feel like it's it's
the hype pick right now, but I feel like even
with the Kingdom come i'd seen last week, I feel
like the voting body on this, like the people that
make these nominees. At first, I feel like there was
a big fan like I here's the thing. This list
was like no surprise. I think that's the thing where
it felt like most of these games were all ones
that had been talked about, where I think almost every
year there's one game that's rarely talked about or everyone's
like that would be a really outside sean it gets
in there where this year, I guess for your saying
Kingdom come and I feel like maybe my algorithm, someone
might say, must like that, and I'd seen it on
a few at least, Okay, it could get their sort
of thing. So honestly, maybe the most I'm surprise and
maybe like, I still love the game, but I didn't
know if Deshering two is a shoon or not, right,
because I felt like the first one was very different,
very radical. But I thought it also had the thing
of there's a lot of people that did enjoy that game, right,
because it's maybe like a walking sim or just not
the Cogenum type of game. I thought enough people would
still give it anom even if they didn't enjoy it. Well,
oh you know, it's a genius first big game. I
like this, you know, I like what he was going
for as far as the scope and scale. It looks
pretty maybe not my type of game, but I respect it,
so that's why it's kind of surprised. I thought the
second one wouldn't get that. I thought that group of
people that didn't even touch this one, but I guess
we did talk about this was a bit more actioning,
and maybe those people were satisfied this go around. So honestly,
I'm happy to see it in there. I can't I'm
not going to do the thing where you know, I
haven't played these games, so I can't say it deserves it,
but I'm happy it's there because, uh, you know, could
I love Kajima and I loved I loved the game
for the most part. Obviously, there was some underwhelming aspects
to some things. You can go back to me and
Dylan's multiple reviews, but for the most part, this is uh,
pretty much the list I thought. So.
Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of Number two's sequels here, Death Stranding,
two Hades two, Silk Song is the two, and Kingdom
Come and Deliverance too as well, which you know, the
one that kind of stands out to me here, I'm
just realizing this is no Ghost of Yotai. I feel
like that would be a more popular pick than Kingdom
Come or maybe even death stranding from the stuff I
are And obviously we didn't end up picking it up,
but I think in heinsight, maybe I'm a little surprised
that that one wasn't. Are you surprised not to see
ghosts in this list at all?
Speaker 2: No, because I just feel that it's because sometimes I
feel like there's sounds where we don't get on the
because we're like, oh, we're not that we don't get it,
and then I go, oh, man, I missed out. But
I feel like Mike's review of it in the course
you have Mikey's something of that. I said, it's like
the first game just better. And I think that's the
thing where it seems like Gossio Tai doesn't take like
a big leap forward. It's just fixing things that are
maybe not buggy, but something that could have been reworked
a little bit in the first game, or just a
few new additions. It doesn't feel like what we talked
about before, where people have like Assassin's created Assassin's Screen two,
or for me, it's like Batman Arkham assigned to Arkham City.
It's like there's a huge jump and change of differences
and it feels like, man, we've really arrived as a
sequel where it feels like Ghost Yota is just like
more of the same. Oh, I feel like it's similar
to spier Man too, right, I don't think Supermnt two
did that getna game the year with that? Oh, I'll look,
I'll look, but I don't look all Loo because sper
Man two is a similar thing where it's just to me,
was a very fun game, but I just felt like
more of the same. So I'll see if I can.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess I would think that that would be
the case for Hades and maybe Kingdom Come. Maybe Kingdom
Holm had a bigger explosion. I feel like Silk Song
is kind of more the same, but it was just
like that, it's just that good and Destrand. I don't know.
To me, it's like kind of equal ish. But yeah,
what about spider Man, So Spy you did.
Speaker 2: Get in there. So in twenty twenty three, it was
Allen Wake two, super Mario Rose, wonder Baller, Skate Zelatua's
Kingdom Resident Evil four and Spierman two, which.
Speaker 1: And that's a stacked year. So the fact that I
made it in there is like really impressive actually.
Speaker 2: And that's a year that only had I don't know
I had the six so uh yeah, no, I guess, uh,
I guess I just haven't heard that much where. I
guess that's the the opposite though, where even with Stranding,
with my critiques, I feel like the people that love
Stranding love it more than the people love Ghosts O tie.
You know, I know that might sound like an arrogant statement,
but I just feel like the deask Stranding fans are
very hardcore and very into the congumaisms and that there's
more passionate ones there with Ghostio type thing might even
have more fans, but I just don't think they're as
passion as the Stranding people that would have for sure
voted for it.
Speaker 1: So and yeah, I mean just chose to Bonanza, you know.
It's uh, that's really I would say impressive. And yeah,
my top three for the year currently is in this six,
so I think they've done a good job. Still, I
know what my number one is and I think I
know what the number one will be here as well.
But yeah, yeah, really solid list. And you haven't played
Kingdom come and Haites. I didn't really like the first one,
so I just haven't played the second one either, but
from what I've heard, people like that seconde even more
than the first one for the most part, which is
crazy because that game was already so big the first
time around.
Speaker 2: So do you think that means a Bonanza two's locked
that's happening, you know, sales, because I don't know how
it's sold. I think it's sold pretty well, and they
get a Steam Game of Year, I feel like lots
of momentum to lock that sequel down in five years,
you know.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I could. I could see them going back to
a bit of like a Mario than donk Kong Mario
Thanki Kung, like with that main three D studio. But yeah,
I mean you've mentioned you just mentioned like Mario Wonder.
I don't know we're getting like a Wonder sequel right away,
even though that was like a Game of the Year contender,
probably sold a shit ton also Donkey Kong Bananza's like
sales can only be as much as there are like
Switch two's realistic, which is like still slow, like a
low ish well, it's a pretty big but low ish
relative to like the Switch one player base, so we'll see.
I mean, I don't know I wonder if they would
do like more DLC for it, or if they're just
happy with that one pack they did. I'm guessing that's
what they'll do, and then they're moving on. But yeah,
cool to see Donkey Kong in there, and then oh
four oh four, you've reached the edge. Okay, I wonder
if the site is that's if.
Speaker 2: The game wards. Uh yeah, well I guess with DLC,
I'm not sure because it came out this week. The
rumored date for the DK movies twenty twenty eight. So
it's funny, like we told about the Mario game, seems
like when a don Kong game comes out, there would
not be a new game for that, so they they
haven't seen those cycles yet of games and movies, you know,
So it's kind of funny. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Uh, this site might be glitching out right now because
there's just so many people trying to get on it.
Speaker 2: Kelly did say the most year ever for votes and everything, so.
Speaker 1: Yeah, let me try this one more time. But nothing
happening when I'm clicking his buttons. Do you want me
to bring it up and I'll pull I'll pull up
an r article game Awards nominees.
Speaker 2: But yeah, no, I think game year that's pretty much
what people think. I think the you know, we'll be
excited too. They do the stage play, I hope they
do that as well. With the music, it's some don
Kon Bonanza music score because we both liked that as well.
So that's always a good time. So yeah, we'll see
what happens. See what podcast Kajima has to promote.
Speaker 1: All right shows to Polygon. Okay. I don't know if
they have it in maybe a different order than the website,
but that's fine. Best art direction Claire Obscure, desk Randing two,
Ghost of yotaie Hades two and Silk Song. So I
guess just Yo time making it in there, which makes
sense because obviously that's an extremely gorgeous game. Uh yeah,
I don't think there's anything too crazy there.
Speaker 2: They all fit like, they all look like. There's nothing
to me that stands out as like, oh why is
that in there? Uh? The audio design actually has that
to me, And I'll bring it up for a second
because it's an off shoot topic, but I'll talk about
and then the less so no read them off, go
for it, okay. So best audio design is Battlefield six
Clear Obscure Desk, Treading two on the beach Cote, and
Silent Hill. F For me, this was the one that
in Taylor talk of all the time, I feel like
Call Duty was always getting numbed here, I guess called
the game not out. Yeah, there is it out? Could
it have? It is?
Speaker 1: But it's probably it's probably past the cutoff.
Speaker 2: Okay, so they'll see if it.
Speaker 1: Pops in here. But I mean it came out like
three or four days ago obviously reviewers and like some
sites might have had it early enough.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, it doesn't fit my narrative of just the
battle phil Call Duty, which I'm kind of surprised. I'm
I'm surprised when even like this week, when they show
up like the currncurrent players and battlefields up there, and
have you seen any of these videos? So what they're
doing in this Cord campaign, it's heaven. It's like you're fighting.
There's some stage spoilers if you care about the cod
campaign for a minute. At one point you're fighting a
little man who's like a giant and he's like trying
to grab you. Like all this like weird stuff going on,
and it's apparently not a good time, so oh okay, no, no,
not yeah, on the opposite side, but uh yeah, Battlefield
six that makes sense because they feel like the war
games always getting here, so and the rest of these
I wonder if we're going to see this with the list,
because so far, even the next list coming up, it
seems like it's all the game of the years with
like one difference, you know, which is which I actually
don't like to see for the most part, Like I
like to see some variety in the other categories because
sometimes I just worry that people just really liked the
same six games, like I'll just do it fa I'll
just do that, and they didn't really put too much thought.
And I like when you get to something like best
audio Design. I'm not saying these games don't deserve it,
but when it's like there's three choices that are oh
I didn't think about that, but that's a good one,
like some like even like obviously like hell Blade's gonna
get in there, but they didn't get any game of
years right and stuff or best narrative. Yeah, but Tragus
will say as we go along, I just it's not
looking uh good, hm hmm. I know.
Speaker 1: I like to see Silent Hill efin here because I
don't know, I feel like mostly it's just like Resident
Evil like pops up in game ward stuff, but other
wise horror games don't really aren't typically popular enough to
like make it in some these lists. That's that's pretty
cool to see. The The other thing I was gonna
bring up in terms of the cutoff was I feel
like I'm hearing really good things about Outer Worlds too,
and that is like a big jump up from where
that first game was. That game also came up pretty
recently and is kind of long, so I wonder if
that's in like we haven't seen it yet of course
in these first two categories, but I wonder if that
one was like just close enough to the cutoff where
it gets kind of screwed. I don't know, we'll see. Yeah,
best game direction Clare Obscurer, Desk Running two, Ghost of
Yotai Haites two, and Split Fiction. Yeah. Split Fiction is
probably worth mentioning as like maybe a snub for Game
of the Year because obviously their last game one Game
of the Year it takes two, so just a tougher
field this year. But I mean Split Fiction again really
great reviews, Like I think as like a ninety Metacritic.
People really love it, so maybe kind of surprising. But
it's in game direction at least, which which is cool
because I think that is pretty worthy. Ghost of Yo
time for game direction. I don't know how I feel
about that. That seems kind of strange.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just looking because people if you're a long
time listening for this, so it's me saying the same
thing over. I feel the same way about movies and games.
I never understand how these are kind of two separate awards.
I just always feel like if the best games made it,
like that's the like it's the same one. The director
directed the best game, director directed the best movie. But yeah,
I know it's surprisedly when both of the me and
Ghost oh tie. I don't I don't know. I just
think I haven't heard that much changes, but I guess
i'd have to hear some more opinions on it. But uh,
not surprised with Destranding because obviously des Stranding won won
that game, and I actually don't think he'll win this one.
I think if they win any it could be a
different one down line.
Speaker 1: But uh, it's Claire for sure on this.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's Claire, so but uh, I think with this,
you know he won it last time, so it's honoring
that a bit so mm hmm.
Speaker 1: And then Best Multiplayer Arc Raiders, Battlefield six Elder, and
night Rain, Peak and Split Fiction. Cool to see Peak
make it in here, because there's always games like this
that come out every year, like the kind of goofy
co op friend games, but rarely do they actually ascend
to like Game Game Awards level praise. That's pretty cool
to see. I haven't played it yet, but have been
planning a session with some friends, so I'll chape play
that at some point. And then Arc Raiders is yeah,
I'm hearing amazing things about arc Raiders that just came
out somewhat recently, so it's still kind of fresh. And
then yeah, I guess elden Ring's worth mentioning because like
that game, even at the original Games DLC was a
Game of the Year contender right when that came out.
So the fact that night Rain isn't in there it's broken, Yeah,
I guess a bit indicative, but also kind of makes
sense for what it is. But they have a new
DLC coming out for that as well. But yeah, this
list This is interesting. These are all very different because
obviously fictions like the co op Thing Peak is kind
of like the Goofy Friend one Eldon Ring, you know,
obviously like from soft Thing Battlefield six it's the classic
first person shooter. And then Arc Raiders I think it's
like a looting game. I don't even really know what
kind of genre it is, but these are all very
different types of multiplayers. So I'm curious to see how
this one squares out. I think when we get to
the predictions for this, I don't actually know what I
will pick yet, I don't have to have a couple
of weeks to decide, But that's that's an interesting category.
And then for best narrative, we have Claire Obskier desk
Stranding to Ghost of Yo, Taie Kingdom, Come Deliverance, and
Silent Hill. F cool to see ghosts in there, I guess,
you know, people obviously think pretty highly. But the narrative
that time around des Strand, it makes a lot of
sense because it just has whether or not you think
the quality has a lot of narrative, so like it
just makes it in there by that metric. And then
I mean Claire Obsciar Kingdom come pretty obvious, but again,
Silent Hill f I, I really want to play that
game when it's on sale at some point, I'll definitely
check it out. But that's a that's a cool category.
I like the in these picks.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think this one's gonna be interesting because with
I feel like a lot of people didn't have too
many of the story issues I did with On the Beach,
So I feel if Kaji wins anything maybe could be
narrative because he's kind of known for that, right, so
I could see them throwing it that way. But oh
my god, best performance.
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's check out best performance here. We didn't know
all that, but we have three from Claire Obscure, Jennifer
English who plays may L. We have Ben Starr who
plays or So, and then Charlie Cox who plays Uh.
I don't even remember what his name is right now,
but he plays that character Uh. And then yeah Ghost
of Yo Taie, the protegonist there, Erica eh Uh, Indian
Jones are the Great Circle of course, Troy Baker well
Downhill f Kanatsu Kato, who I'm assuming is the protagonist
of that game. But yeah, this is the one you
thought had some snubs. What were the snubs for you?
Speaker 2: I was very because we talked about it and I
guest and I guess, like what the sexier choice is
for me? If like I thought, leasy Do with Troy Baker,
And I understand why not leasy Do because she's not
in there as as much. I can't compare to other
than Charlie Cox, so he knows the main character. Those
two others are Ben England, Ben Starr and Jennifer English.
Are they in the game quite a bit?
Speaker 1: Oh yeah?
Speaker 2: Okay, So that's one thing where.
Speaker 1: It's a very ensemble cast game, like even the main
like five or six or seven characters are all in
it like an equal like ton amount. Like it's it's
a lot, a lot of stuff.
Speaker 2: Okay, So that point I understand because I think Leasa
Do is great in desth Stranding, But I also think
she's disappears a lot, as we've talked about.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, So for me in Troy Baker, I still think
that Troy Baker's performed, Like if I was a going way,
I would definitely give it to Desk s Randing over
Indiana Jones. I think he really went for it. Really,
I think you got to choose the scenery. Yeah, because
like with Indiana Jones, he's doing a great he's doing
a great Harrison Ford right, and he's still bringing his
own stuff to it, but still something he's basing off
someone else's work. Where with des Stranding it felt like
to me he went wild. But if you're looking at
it on paper, if you're gonna ask me, who are like,
which one's gonna get the GNA M, it's Indian Jones
one hundred percent. So that's the first thing I thought,
because when I saw the list, I just saw Troy Baker.
I'm like, oh, yeah, that desk Stranding. Of course, he
was amazing in that, and then I was like, oh, no,
Indiana Jones. So to me, I kind of understand Leah,
but uh, des Stranding, to me, that's the better performance
and there's more versatility there, you know, he gets to
be Harrison Ford, cool, calm, collected a couple jokes, but like,
you're not acting as anywhere. I felt like, which is
stranding too. I feel like he's definitely doing more that
mo cap and that work. So yeah, to me, I'm
just I'm on that side by understanding and Jones, and
I also think like this is multiple people's category. To
be honest, too, I don't think it's a clear done
because Troy is always a favorite, and I think people
were blown why by Cindy for a great thing about
Charlie Cox ghost Yota for great things about Erica as well,
So I think there's lots of ways that could go.
So this one's kind of I wouldn't want a pizza
bet anything on this one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it's funny. I think if if the game wards,
which I don't think it should, ha had a best
scene category for like just acting or something like the
way we do with Golden Geeks, I feel like I
could definitely see some deak stranding stuff like sneaking in there.
But I yeah, I guess I'm not too bummed that
desk Randing didn't make it into the performance categories. I
think as you as we talked about the review, like
Leasa do just feels like, yeah, her paycheck was probably
a lot more than the first game, so she's not
in it. A whole lot other characters disappear for a while,
and yeah, I think we're on the back and go
back to that review, like you were much hotter on
Troy Baker's performance than I was, but I think he
is unbelievab well in Indiana Jones, So yeah, I uh,
And then it's honestly, anyone who's not in here for
Claire Obscure also feels like a snub, Like that's just
how good that game is, how good the writing is,
how good all the performances are. There's definitely a couple
more like Lune Villain guy you could throw in there, like,
there's other ones that would definitely be a good fit.
So uh, yeah, this is this is gonna be a
tough category. But again, probably considering Clari Obscure has like
half the no i'ms here, I feel like it might
go to one of them, but I don't know. Maybe
they split, Maybe they split, I don't know. I don't
think that's really how it works for the Game Awards,
but who knows, maybe that could happen. Yeah, Best Score
and Music Claire Obscure again, Desk Straining two Again, Tae Again,
Hades two, and Hollow Night Silk Song.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I haven't listened to Yo Tai or Hades two soundtracks yet,
but all three of these other ones are unbelievable. Obviously,
me and you were very much considering going to the
States to go to this desk Straining concert to hear
some of this music. Claire Obscure unbelievable soundtrack, Hollow Night,
unbelievable soundtrack. So yeah, this is a this is a
heavy hitter category this year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, that's a really good one. I've heard just
glimpses of things. Obviously, I'm very biased this one. I
would love des Stranding two to get it. I don't
know if it will, but uh has all original music
and even el Fannings sing it, So I think this
is one that uh, I don't know. I'll have to
wait till I get closer to and kind of listen
to other people's thoughts on that one too, because I
have not heard enough obviously of said games to make
a full opinion. But yeah, again, they'll loss of the
same you know, not means as before.
Speaker 1: M hmm. Okay. For Best Action we have Beattlefield six, Doom,
The Dark Ages, Haities two, Ninja guid In four, and
Shanoby Art of Vengeance. Uh yeah, kind of, I guess
with seeing this category, I kind of forgot that Doom
is a thing that could have been voted for in
a lot of these categories, but I think for me
it's kind of fitting. Wasn't really my cup of tea
this year, but that's the heavy hairy category. It's pretty solid.
Speaker 2: Yeah. No, I kind of forgot about doom dark ages,
like even sound design or anything like that, or even
score because that they're sometimes doing for him some good
heavy metal music in there.
Speaker 1: But yeah, and then best Adventure game Destranding too, Ghost
of Votie, Hollow Night, Soilk Song, Indiana Jones showing up again.
That's cool, and split fiction. I'm kind of surprised to
see you no Donkey Kong and either action or action
adventure or maybe that's maybe I'd put it more in
action for Donkey Kong just because it's such a smashing,
smashing stuff game.
Speaker 2: But yeah, interesting, as much as I love the game,
i'd probably take out dest Randing and replace it with
Donkey Kong in this sense. I know there is more
action this go around dest Ranting, and I still feel
that the primary function of Donkey Kong is you're doing
a lot of action, but it's also more I guess
that's tough though, because I could see the adventure part
where just even the idea of scaling the mount and
finding the locations. That's the adventure in Destranding, right, So
I can kind of see that. But yeah, I wouldn't
have been mad with that's with that flip because I
don't think Destranding is gonna win this category. I think
this is probably the ghost of the Tie one and
we're like, God, give it something, you know.
Speaker 1: So yeah, maybe maybe maybe I can see it being
a Hollow Night. I'm not sure even.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, you're sure All Night could be.
Speaker 1: Yeah, even split Fiction. I don't know that. That's tricky.
That's very once again, very separate genres.
Speaker 2: So it's probably like the old school, like we've talked
about before, You're probably right at Hollonight because it's that
thing of if it's in the game of your category
that's not gonna win that, then give it that. So
you're probably Hollow Night has a good shot of doing that.
Speaker 1: So best family game we have Bonanza, Lego Party, Lego Voyagers,
Mario catt World, Sonic Racing, Crossworlds, and Split Fiction. So cool.
Two Lego games in there. Of course, the two Nintendo
First Party games that have released at this point this year,
Sonic Racing. That's cool to see split fiction on Mario
Kart World. This first time that is appeared, and I
don't know if it'll be in any other categories. It
might just be a little one and done.
Speaker 2: Here we know what's winning this though, same same developer
wins this every year. I would assume maybe not, I
have to look at the record, but it's definitely it's
definitely the Nintendo Family, which.
Speaker 1: One though I won't say Bonanza just being the kind
of way technically has yeah.
Speaker 2: Fair, I say, no matter what, it's one of those two.
Obviously the old way, you'd probably like what we just said,
the system, you'd probably know what I'd vote for. But still,
like I think that we just kind of joke that
Nintendo always you may as well just call it a
Nintendo category. It's usually whatever game gets a game in
the year, and like, yeah, just give to Nintendo. Happen.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think I think Astrobot took it
last year, which is an interesting one because it normally
I think the ones that win or yeah, normally the
games in here I are more like multiplayer things. Astrobot
not of course, Donkey Kong Okay Tony technically has a
co op mode. Where you can like have someone play
as Pauline and like shout things, but it's not like
a full co op mode. So interesting that I feel
like that's a very different kind of vibe for the
Nintendo Ones, which is maybe not the case. Best Fighting
Game two x KO Capcom Fighting Collection to Fatal Fury,
Mortal Combat Legacy Collection and Virtual Fighter five. I feel
like this is maybe a a lesser year. I don't
know if there's like just the one clearly stand out
instant winner, so I don't know, I could go to anyone. Actually, yeah,
interesting Best indie game absolum Ball, x Pit Blueprints, Claire Obscure,
Expedition thirty three Eighties two, and Hollow Night's Silk Song.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I guess Claire Obscure.
Speaker 2: Technically I was gonna ask you class is an indie game.
But that's impressive then if it.
Speaker 1: Is, so, yeah, I mean it's it's weird right because
there has been non indie games in the indie game
category before. It just like is usually by feel, but
technically Clare Obscure is not a first party game for
any studio. I mean, they obviously got like that game
pass bag and it's like a big team that made
the game, so it doesn't necessarily feel or smell like
an indie game, but like, technically, Balder's Gate three is
an indie game, you know, It's just that's just how
it works, right, And yeah, Blueprint's cool to see that
show up. I love Ball x Pits. That's that's cool.
Good to see that one as well. Best Mobile game,
but Destiny Rising Persona five, Phantom X, Sonic Rumble, Uma, Mooseme,
Pretty Derby, and Wuthering Waves.
Speaker 2: Uh, a lot of games I.
Speaker 1: Have not heard of. I don't know what Sonic Rumble is.
Speaker 2: The play percentage right here, these games right here, hers
uh yeah, take you down.
Speaker 1: Also this category Best ongoing Game, Final Fantasy fourteen, Don Trail, Fortnite,
of course, Hell Divers to Marvel Rivals and Nomad Skuy.
So I guess I have played Hell Divers too. It's
been man, we haven't played in like two months. I
feel like I don't know what.
Speaker 2: Moved, that's what happened, and then we laying so we'll
have to Yeah, I'll have to hit them back up
and see if you can go get some boat.
Speaker 1: And I did. Technically I did redownload Marvel Rivals to
check out the zombie Zombies mode for a little bit,
played a little bit of that. It was fine, It
was okay, best rpg avowed Claire Obscire Kingdom Come, Monster Hunter,
Wilds and Outer Worlds too, so the two Obsidian RPG.
So I guess outer Worlds was within the time frame,
but just is not not making a dent, which is.
Speaker 2: I was gonna say, so, you did you hear you
heard it was better than two? Or do was that
your experience because you haven't played it yet, right.
Speaker 1: I haven't played it because game pass is so expensive
down and I canceled, and so I'm not playing it.
But I heard it was just yeah, super good. I
mean maybe not necessarily from the release, but just like
previews and things like that too over the last few months.
But uh, I guess I haven't heard a lot of
people talking about it, so maybe just isn't being played enough.
I'm not sure.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was gonna say, I wonder if that's just
a case where people because obviously the main sequel and
what was successful, it was well reviewed, and I think
the first one did not get in the Game of
the Year category, like is the main one when it
came out. I doubt it, Okay, so I was just wondering.
I guess that's almost like what I pitched about des Stranding,
where I kind of thought enough people had played the
first one and bounced after that that they wouldn't. But
I guess there's enough people that played Out of Worlds
and maybe didn't come back for like you said, not
playing it enough, and uh yeah.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and then yeah, most are Hunter Wild's another one that. Yeah,
that game came out this year and clearly didn't make
as much of a dent because it's not in all
these categories, even though I feel like Monster Hunter World
when that came out was and even Sun where the
heck Rise I think is the one on the Switch.
I feel like those games were huge, but yeah, this
one didn't really live up to the hype as much.
Speaker 2: Yeah, funny enough when we're speaking about, uh, what was
it the Outer Worlds? So yeah, it didn't get nominated
for a Game of the Year, but it got nominated
or wait a second, Oh, I have to go back
a year.
Speaker 1: Never mind, I forgot it was twenty nineteen.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm thinking of Oscar type of noms. No, I
did get a Game of the Year it was a
best of it was Destranting, Smash bro Securo Resident Evil
in Control, so I wasn't evil too, to be certain. Yeah,
the Outer Worlds did get a nomination. That's why I
just thought I remember because.
Speaker 1: Are you sure Outer Worlds and not Outer Wild? Are
you not the Outer world w or?
Speaker 2: I think the only way say I remember this because
I thought the year it happened it was a surprise.
I thought people I thought that was the surprise game
that like Smash of course, Destranting, of Course Control, like
I thought all those were kind of, oh yeah, these
are gonna make it in. But I thought Outer World
was the surprise one. So that's what it's like. And
it's funny des Stranding the first one came up with
the same year, so you have an example where you
know what, six years later, des Stranding two makes it in,
but Out of World's two doesn't. Like you said, though,
could be the release state. It is maybe just too
fresh for Peel denominates. And if that's the case, it's
kind of disappointing because obviously last time it got the
main award, not mate, doesn't mean it was gonna for
sure happen. Maybe it's a different year, but yeah, interesting.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And obviously if it's like in here, technically was
within the timeframe, so it probably wouldn't be in the
case in the box next year. But next year is
gonna be huge anyway, so just kind of falls by
the way. So I but that's, you know, that's what happens.
But cool for that one developer has two games and
Best RPG shott Stoop City. It's cool that's popping off.
Best Sports raising EA Sports FC twenty six one twenty five,
Mario kartt World Rematch and Sonic Racing crossworlds. Uh, that's that.
Best Strategies, Sam, We have SIVE seven, Final Fantasy seven Tactics,
even Chronicles Jurassic World Evolution three. To see that an
alternate game, he is not. I mean it did come
out like in the last couple of weeks, I think,
so maybe I don't even even I don't think he
was gonna pick it up anyway. But anyway, the Altars,
Tempest Rising and two Point Museum. I don't think I
know what Tempest Rising is all to look into that.
But again, another category that has very different vibes with
things going on here. Uh. Interesting, interesting category. Best VR
Air Game, Alien, Rogue Incursion, arc in Age, Deadpool, VR,
ghost Town, Midnight Walk, Best adaptation a Minecraft movie, Devil
May Cry? Was that like a Netflix show or splinter
Sell death Watch? What was that?
Speaker 2: Was that?
Speaker 1: A Netflix show?
Speaker 2: Anime?
Speaker 1: Netflix Last of the Season two? That does not feel
like it came out this year? That feels like an eternity.
And then Until Dawn, so.
Speaker 2: That that hurt me big time because I'm a big
fan on Until Dawn. That movie, I don't think it's
like the like a very it's just a very bland
horror movie. But really, other than a few like visuals,
has nothing to do with the game whatsoever. So for
the fact that there's like best adaption that's in there,
it is just to fill the category at that point,
I think they should just I do think they should
really drop this category down to three. I know the
other ones don't, but I feel like if you actually
want to be best, kind of like how we do
with the MCU, there's it just feels like, yeah, we
gotta get in there. Like the fact that Until Dawn
is in here is hurts the credibility of this entire category.
The movie has nothing to do with the game. It
is just in name alone until Dawn, and that's it.
Speaker 1: I was.
Speaker 2: That's the other one. I could not believe.
Speaker 1: Is there a fifth thing that came out this year
that's relevant?
Speaker 2: I don't know if there is. And that's what I'm saying,
just cut it down. I guess Mike and the crew
they send the discord the what was it Secret Levels
or whatever? Was an Amazon Prime right?
Speaker 1: Okay? Was that this year?
Speaker 2: I think so, because it wasn't there a season two
or something. I don't know if if it was then that.
But my whole thing is, yeah, cut it down to three.
Cut it down to three, that'd be it. And I
actually don't know what's gonna win this, to be honest,
I still think Last of Us because people are big
Glassoes fans this community. But I also would see them
try and get a reason to get Jason Momo and
Jack Black on the stage, and Jack Black's a big gamer,
so there's that kind of synergy. So I have a
sneaking suspicion Minecraft might take this. So check out our
review of that coming soon of a Minecraft movie.
Speaker 1: So yes, very soon. That's around these out here. Community
support balders Gate three Final Fantasy fourteen, Fortnite held evers
to No Man's Sky debut, indie game Blueprints, Claire Obskier, Despilotte, Dispatch,
and Megabonk. That's a that's a good category like that one.
Speaker 2: I mean.
Speaker 1: Megabonk games for Impact, Consume Me, Despilotte, Lost Records, South
of Midnight and Wonders Up. Yeah, I kind of forgot
about another game. South of Midnight came up this year,
didn't really a huge impact, very cool art style, could
have been an art art direction one.
Speaker 2: But yeah, I'm with you. I'm kind of surprised. Maybe
didn't not maybe, but it didn't pop up there and.
Speaker 1: It had good music too. But anyway, best esports game
counter Strike two do to two League Mobile Legends, Bang
Bang and Valid Valerant. So you know, same old, same old.
Speaker 2: Counter Strikes still going. They're gonna make it counter Strikes. Like,
what's the deal with counter Strike?
Speaker 1: They just released counter Strike two like two years ago,
did they? Yeah? Maybe in fifteen years and then yeah,
we got a bunch of esports content creators most anticipated
Double O seven first Light granted the out of six
Marvel's Wolverine Resonable Requiem Wicher four so obviously, uh GTA
is just gonna take that one. Uh which are four?
I guess I normally think about the games coming out
next year, which are four. That's not the case.
Speaker 2: That's not coming out for no trailer, right, so they're
just like, oh, you know, that's it's all the way.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I guess that is all of the categories.
Speaker 2: Any other thought, No, I like we said, once we
looked at the first three, I think there's some differences,
but for the most part, it feels like which does happen,
But it feels like those five to six Best Game
nominees got a lot of love almost everywhere, right, So yeah,
it'd taybe a little lack of versatility this year as
far as the nominees goes. But maybe that just means
those games were that strong for the people that played them, right,
that were that high on them. So yeah, we'll have
to see.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. I mean when I've looked at my preemptive
lists here just thinking about Game of the Year stuff, like,
there are a handful of games that are like, oh yeah,
these are monolith level games. These are just gonna make
it to the top of the list for sure. But
there's a lot of things in like seven to eight range, like,
oh yeah, solid game, but not exceptional, and so I
feel like a lot of things just kind of sink
because of that unfortunately, which you know, just how it goes.
Speaker 2: But there we go.
Speaker 1: That took longer than I thought it would, but you know,
it was fun to go through, so nothing wrong with that.
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we are. Back. Games we've been. PLAYING i kind of
have a bunch of quick hits here BECAUSE i had
a friend to stare with me last, week and so
we just did a whole bunch of co op, gaming
which was really really. NICE i really love that and
missed that, obviously got to do a bunch of that
on the. Stream and Then i'm lucky THAT i had
a friend, here SO i got to do a bunch
of more co op. Gaming so it's just been a
lot of multiplayer, stuff which has been. Fun of, course
we've played some Some Smash, bros played Some Mario, kart
which is always good. Stuff we did a good amount
OF ufo, fifty Which i'm glad that now you guys
have played this and you know What i'm talking about
a little. Bit but we played Some we played a
couple of rounds of Quibble. Race my friend really enjoyed Quibble,
race so that's always always good to the.
Speaker 2: Finals you, know IF i would have Won Quibber, RACE
i wouldn't even have to Face tyler In Mario, kart
so that those BETS i could have been could have
been facing the. Finals but that's, Okay, yeah that's.
Speaker 1: The way it.
Speaker 2: Goes.
Speaker 1: Oh hill also played some Party. House we played Some
ninpeck which is super, fun Hyper contender which is kind
of like A Smash Bros like, one and then Bug
hunter is one of my favorite like strategy tactics games
in the, collection AND i didn't even realize it had
multiplayer until we were hanging out just checking out the.
Collection so that had like a totally different mode to
it where it has like this whole additional like currency
to it with like actions and limited. Actions so that
was really interesting that it's just like this whole different
version of the game THAT i had never even knew.
Existed so that was really fun because that was already
one of my favorite. Games so, yeah JUST ufo Fifty
The gift that keeps On, giving and then we dipped
into a bunch of the Just Nintendo Switch online, catalogs
played a bunch Of Pokemon stadium one and, two which was.
FUN i kind of got my ass. Beat my friend
is just very knowledgeable On pokemon stuff like what types
beat which ONES i am, not and for, me some
of them are very. Unintuitive it's, LIKE i don't know
what beats. Psychic it Doesn't none of these things are
like intuitive to, Me LIKE i understand that fire beats,
grass but beyond, that it's hard for me to just
like know what's going. On so that was pretty. Fun,
travis did you know That Banjo tooey has like some
multiplayer competitive modes in?
Speaker 2: IT i THINK i remember, That, YEAH i THINK i remember,
them not being the, greatest BUT i do remember those.
Speaker 1: Happening, yeah we we played some of. That it's it's very,
janky but there's like ten to fifteen like different things
you can do in. There So i'm gonna investigate that
a bit more because that could be a really fun
off the wall gauntlet game throwing there Just Banjo. Tooyowey, yeah,
YEAH i JUST i just didn't even know that game had. Multiplayer,
anyways that's that's pretty cool BECAUSE i feel like a
lot of those rare platformer games that they made back
in the, DAY i never really had. Multiplayer they're mostly
just like single players sort of. Things so other than
Like Golden eye and things like. That but, yeah that
was that was a fun thing to. Discover and THEN
i think maybe the highlight for me was we checked
out The Genesis, catalog Which i've checked out a little
bit here, there But i'm not very nostalgic for that.
SYSTEM i don't know what these games, are but my friend,
is you, Know sega kid knows all these, games so
he was kind of just walking me through it and
that was really. Fun so introduced me To Gunstar, heroes
which is a really fun like co op platform, shooter
platforming shooter kind of. Game we played a Couple tetris
kind of like. Games there's one Called Doctor Robotniks Mean Bean,
machine which has like a really weird set of mechanics to.
It it's Very Doctor mario esque but with like a
couple of little. VARIATIONS i remember that one of.
Speaker 2: This GAME i had SOME i can't remember what it,
was BUT i had like A sonic collection, game and
it was six games WHERE i think it had Like sonic, one, two,
three and then the three other games were like spin
offs and it WAS i PLAYED Bem machine a lot
because there's a lot of weirdos too that are like
the characters who play As so, NO i know you're
talking about Be machine was A Bea machine was a fun.
Speaker 1: Time so, yeah, yeah it was really good as as
like again as someone who Loves Doctor mario to have
like because obviously all These tetris kind of, games these
block dropping games are all kind of Like Doctor, mario
all kind of Like, tetris but this one was much
more in, that Like Doctor mario. CHAINS i quite like that.
One and then the other one who played is Called.
COLUMNS i freaking Love. Columns it's Pretty it's like Ted.
Tetris the blocks are a little bit, different but the
kind of main difference is you can get lines like
diagonally as well as just like straight up and, down
so that made it really engaging AND i ended up
just being like a god at this. Game we played
like one round AND i literally went for like an
hour or. Something at some POINT i was, LIKE i
just have to give. Up BECAUSE i literally have solved
this game on like my first. Try but it was
really really. Fun and my friend was getting a little
salty because he had to keep getting crushed and like
even when you, die you just can like respawnd and try.
Again AND i just wasn't dying and my score is going,
up and eventually it was so quick that the blocks
just like instantly, fell but somehow it was still like punching.
Through it was just a super fun. Time so shout
outs to The genesis. Collection, yeah not SOMETHING i really
spent a lot of time, with but, yeah it. Was
it was fun to check out some of those. Games
so those are some Things i've been, playing and then you,
know we can just jump right along then to the next.
Stuff so, Yeah. Steam steam is, a you, know the
greatest gaming platform potentially and in the biz, maybe uh
it's it's the. Best and, yeah they've they've done some
hardware stuff, before but they've announced kind of this new
suite of three hardware. Pieces they have what they're calling
The Steam, machine which is like their first real attempt
at a console they've done in the. Past they HAD
i think it was called The Steam link, maybe and
it was a little it was a little. Device it
was much smaller than like this this thing and this
thing looks like it's like the size of a. GameCube
this is smaller than, that and it would like sit
by YOUR. Tv but the thing was like a streaming,
device so it'd stream like from YOUR pc to that
thing out onto YOUR. Tv AND i had a friend
who had, it and it worked like pretty well for
the most. Part AND i remember trying some of those
things at his house and didn't really have any leg
or latency BECAUSE i think it just runs like through
Your Wi, fi so you don't even even have the
Best Wi fi for it to work. Properly so they've
tried that, before but they eventually just continued that AFTER
i guess it just wasn't selling super. Well for, years
they've had their own controller that you can buy and
just Play steam things with. It but they have like
a new controller coming out now along with this. CONSOLE
i don't know if they sell this console with the
controllers like a bundle or if you just kind of
pick and choose what you. Want and then obviously they've
been in The steam deck for the last few, years
so getting more into the console. Space but, yeah now
they have like the full On steam, machine which is
like a full home, console none of that weird streaming,
stuff the, controller and then they also have their OWN vr.
Headset they're kind of touting this one is not just
for PLAYING vr. Games it's just, LIKE i, guess like
just another screen that you would play games on in.
General SO i don't know what exactly the use case
for that. Is maybe if you like live in a
house with a lot of people and THE tv is
often taken by people watching reality shows or, something so
you're just, LIKE i, Guess I'LL i guess they'll put
on this headset AND i can kind of double like
another screen, There so we'll see what happens. There but
obviously with like Half Lift alex and, stuff they've dipped
INTO vr THE vr space, previously and they've had support
for like A medaquest and whatnot through their Just steam
ON pc and all. That but, yeah they have the
three new things, now a, console a new, controller and
THE vr. Stuff, travis what do you what do you
think about all this as a traditionally NON pc, Guy
does this tickle your fancy at? All?
Speaker 2: Absolutely that thing will be in under MY tv at
some point in the, next, okay twelve to eighteen. Months,
yeah it's interesting timing with kind of all this stuff
because it felt, like obviously the we haven't got this.
Before we had the rumors of, Hey xbox isn't doing a,
console or if they do, one it's probably the last.
One and then even who's the person that? It's The
lady shoited a bunch of terrible quotes that came out
the week of that stuff was about like The xbox
being like a pretty much like a war. Percenter, yes
they're just like pretty much just being like a one,
PERCENTER i, like just selling The xbox in the worst way. Possible.
Right and, now granted they didn't know all these, rumors
or maybe they, didn't maybe they helped put them, out
but they didn't know all these rumors and they were
gonna say this. Stuff but it's also they, did and
they're just waiting for the perfect time to say, something because,
man this could not have come at a better time
WHEN i feel like the, world Even xbox, PEOPLE i
feel like some of those diehard, PEOPLE i guess you, Don't,
taylor sounds like you still plan on buying, one but
most people just feel like they're done with the brand
either if they're disappointed or. Betrayed AND i don't even
think betrayed in like a real, sense just in the
sense of, Man i've invested time or. Money it just
feels like this is not even gonna be for, me,
Right they're gonna outprice, People and we've a bunch of
people said, like, well if they're gonna go to that,
point why WOULDN'T i just get a console or SORT
i get A pc while low and, Behold steam out
of nowhere comes out with The Steam, machine and it's
just it is the perfect time to try to be
the third console right now because PlayStations where they, are
and then, Uh nintendo's officuly where they, are AND i
think there is room for a, competitor and they. Have
it's not like With, xbox where there's it was almost,
like why WOULD i get An? Xbox With, steam there's
gonna be reasons to get. That so many, people including,
myself is, Like i'm never gonna buy A. PC i
don't want to have to replace all the parts and
do all. THAT i just want something that does THE
pc THAT i can just press the button and it's a.
Go not like what you talked about where oh it's
a link to this OR i gotta have a you,
KNOW hdmi running from MY pc to, That like that's not,
practical especially WHEN i live with kids having A pc hooked. Up,
no not at. All writers in space so now and
one got a lot that looks like the game. Cube you.
Know that's LIKE i don't know if they did that on,
purpose but the nostalgiamy was, like, oh, yeah that that
that's WHAT i want to. SEE i want a cube
console going. On so and they'll handle, though but you know,
handle But i'll get. Someone i'll get someone to build,
it you, know, yeah Colls an. Engineers i'll get them
to you, know don't break. It but, No and that's
where it's just even these like reports that sounds like
the idea would be it's going to be Like steam
where it's you're not gonna pay to have the online,
service right like what you would do with THE. Pc
LIKE i think the GOOD i think what the best
thing about this is it's coming at a time where
the third option is making a lot of mistakes and
what they were offering the only selling thing on me
and other than having the let's say they do one More,
xbox and that's, it other than being nostalgic and being,
like OH i own the Last. Xbox if and whether
it sounded like the pitch was gonna be he it's
gonna Be, xbox but you're gonna be able to it's
be more like A. Pc you're gonna be able to
Access steam and play those. Games if that was the,
pitch and then The steam machine's actually. There to, me
that pitch is, gone and it sounds like this is
gonna be cheaper because like it's not as powerful as
the PlayStation five Or. Xbox but to, me THAT'S i so.
FAR i guess because people to figure out what THE
hdmi port that's like the one previous, before it's like
a two point zero so it doesn't do the. Same,
yeah so THE hdmi on The xbox and PlayStation currently
is a HIGHER, hdmi so the processing and stuff technically
would look. Better but to, me that's someone is. About
it's about Accessing. Steam it's about those times when we've
watched a conference and a great game comes up and
it's like only ON. Pc i'm, like oh, man my heart.
Sinks and there's multiple times AGO i would have bought
THAT i would have played, that and now with The steam,
thing it's, LIKE i think they are. Won there's a
lot of people that could adopt, that whether they're just
tired of get like they had A pc but they
don't have the, funds or they don't want to do
the WHOLE pc setup and do, that or there's gonna
be a lot of new people like myself that are
looking for the third option or just or even if
they're just there are, PEOPLE i promise you they've only
Played xbox their whole, life, right whether it's like, preference
whether it's, costs so if there's anything like, that that's, like,
MAN i don't know IF i want to go spend
two grand on a Premium xbox and The steam thing
comes out where you can get Those xbox, games you're
gonna be able to get them ALL, pc Your Access Games,
Pass you're gonna get this whole slew other. GAMES i
think it is. Smart there is a rumor going around
that PlayStation's gonna stop putting up the big titles ON,
pc and that's that's what you should do if you're
trying to, survive. Right so it just feels like everything
That steam did with this reveal was. Perfect the only
thing we have to now wait and see is. Price
BUT i THINK i in my, OPINION i don't think
it's gonna be as. WELL i don't. KNOW ps five IS. Gonnaup,
LIKE i think they're gonna have price this thing pretty
consider it with The nintendo and placeas just to show
like they're real, competitors because if you end up being super,
expensive then that's really no different than The. Xbox, Right
BUT i think the selling point is not the all
the terror flops and look how pretty it. Is to,
me the selling point Is steam and everything you can
do with, it and the fact that it's you, know
cheaper than An xbox and hopefully you can do the same.
Thing so, Yeah I'M i was very. Excited. DOWN i
don't love that, controller SO i will probably get a
different type of controller go with. It that controller is
looking a little, awkward but.
Speaker 1: No, yeah LIKE i, SAID i don't know if they
actually are selling that as a pair or if they're just,
yes having separate, scues which is nice to customization angle
of it is quite.
Speaker 2: Nice, actually maybe cheaper then, too, right because you may
not be paying for a controller with your, console you're
just buying the box and your controller. Elsewhere so, NO
i was hype by, this AND i Because i've always
been wining again that But i've never like bon a
high gaming laptop or anything like. That so there's always
great deals On. Steam so, NO i will BECAUSE i
thought about with him being, like, Yeah i'd probably get
that Last xbox for the next one just to SAY
i have. It but NOW i don't think there's with this,
machine not really a shot. All so THIS i was
very hype by this. ANNOUNCEMENT i think they did everything
to marketing. WISE i saw a lot of people also very.
Excited so, Yeah I'M i hope they nail it on
the stuff and the price, everything BUT i was very
happy with.
Speaker 1: This, yeah that's that's really exciting to. Here AND i
feel like that is very much opening like a whole
new world potentially for. YOU i, MEAN i feel like
a lot of big games these days really at least
try and have like you, know if it's like an
indie or, something they want to try and hit the
switch or a lot of you, know games more than
ever socially with the cross playing, stuff are trying to
be on all the consoles, possibly but like DEFINITELY pc
is still, like by far the most adopted platform is
just the easiest place to put things as, well like
the lowest barrier to. ENTRY i can definitely say that
for sure as someone who's released a game On steam
and nowhere. Else it's just definitely the easiest way to
release a. GAME i think this is really. COOL i,
Mean i've definitely been in the market maybe in the
next couple of years to upgrade MY pc GETTING i,
Mean i've pretty much gotten rid of MY. Pc it
just sits here, unused AND i just have my laptop
at this. Point but my laptop is even getting a
few it's getting slower, now it's taken longer to just open.
Things i've noticed. That so definitely getting to the point
WHERE i might need a NEW. Pc SO i don't
know If i'll jump for, this BECAUSE i might just
get something. ELSE i DON'T i don't know how well
this thing would. Work because you, know it Uses linux
instead Of windows by. Default you should be able to
Download windows on it and use that, instead just like
the way you can do that with A steam, deck
because it is just A. Pc. Uh BUT i don't
know IF i want to go through all these, HOOPS
i might just you, know get a NEW. Pc we'll.
See but, YEAH i mean this is great for me,
obviously because you, Know i've been buying games On steam
since like the early two, thousands and all those games
are still there AND i can still boot them. Up
and there's like a couple that you, know only work
on really old ass computers and don't run super. Well
but even those ones usually have the a community mod
that you can just download that like fixes all those
issues as. Well so, YEAH i mean if they do, THIS.
Speaker 3: I still, like, yeah, fine in that you can get
into the mod, game but, yeah like Immediately i'll have
a couple hundred games THAT i already just have pre
loaded into this.
Speaker 1: Thing and, yeah it's. FUNNY i remember that like a
big thing With xbox and how they kind of explain
why they're losing right now in the console, war so to,
speak is that they really just botched it on The
Xbox one, generation which was the generation when everyone was
building their digital. Libraries and that's definitely the case for.
ME i didn't have The Xbox, one and then into
the SERIES X i'm mostly playing things on Game, pass
SO i don't own like a ton of Digital xbox.
Games So i'm not extremely incentivized to just Buy default
get their next, console because it's not, like oh, MAN
i have two hundred games THAT i just like have
access to. PlayStation i have a bit more BECAUSE i
was on THE ps four, generation but even THEN i
was getting a lot of discs stept back. Then, still
that's definitely the case With switch, Though like that digital
library is, building and that's why it's really nice to
carry that over The switch. Too and, YEAH i mean
since like the early two, Thousands i've building THIS pc
library of games that are all accessible, there and, yeah
you can still download Game pass And Microsoft store or
whatever and play things. There and THE pc Game pass
is a whole lot cheaper than like The obviously they've
increased the prices for all the, categories but THE pc
game passes by far the. Cheapest so that also is
like another better way to get back on that, service because,
Yeah i'm unsubscribed from that, now and now since it
is so, expensive LIKE i don't really have any incentive
to want to get that X xbox console no matter
what it. Is obviously with all those statements From Sarah
bahn as well it being extremely, expensive you, know and
and every other word than. That so, yeah like with
that and The munti subscription subscription being, ridiculous Like i'm
just that's not really economical for me to get that.
Console but now this makes a whole lot of sense
of just like go for THE pc upgrade or specifically
get The Steam machine and THEN i can access like
Game pass that way IF i want. To so, YEAH
i really like this is. COOL i think obviously they
dip their toes in the market with The Steam deck
and that has been pretty successful for. Them and, YEAH
i think that's another good thing, too because obviously this
does run On, linux Not Microsoft, windows, right so it's
not every game is supported On linux as, well or
some things are kind of buggy and. Leggy but since
things or since The Steam deck is like becoming bigger
and bigger part of the, market a lot more studios
and stuff are making their games eligible to be played
on The Steam deck via Like linux, compatibility which is,
obviously in a roundabout, way a good thing for The
Steam machine because more and more games are gonna have.
Speaker 2: That.
Speaker 1: Yeah, there SO i.
Speaker 2: Can't remember which ANALYSTS i. SAID i saw someone share
like all these like points and then like just seeing
how this will be a lot more easy of access
for people to get games on here posts to maybe
certain PCs or things like that where it's, Like, okay
this is gonna be a like set, credentials, right like
this is what The steam machine does you, have and
now go make something for, us, Right so it's gonna
be way more. Easier so you'll probably get a lot
of that. Stuff, ALSO i don't think you'll begin The
nintendo stuff too and. EVERYTHING i think they'll, keep, yeah you,
know AND i think THAT'S i, again not That i'm
gonna argue With Phil spencer BECAUSE i think they've shown
off that team like how many errors they've. Made BUT
i still think that is you need a lot of.
Stuff but at, score you still do need some exclusive.
STUFF i know everyone wants to live in this utopia
where it's, like, oh it'd be great if you know
that's not the, case but it's like then we would
very likely just have one, console you, know or just the,
two which that's what we talked about before too at
the PlayStation at, Tender LIKE i want this to come
out AND i want this to do, well so the
next generation it's not just intend on PlayStation that can be,
like you know, what, yeah we can sell these consoles
for fifteen hundred dollars because you've got no other, choices you,
know because then you get asked something like and that's what.
Happens you could have The Steam machine come and. Go you, know,
actually you, know if you want to play, games this
is eight fifty and they that and that's look what
happened in THE ps three, era right they thought they
were top. Stuff they put out the very EXPENSIVE ps
three and sure eventually they did outsell the three sixty
near the, end but it really hurt them and they.
Recovered but to, me the reason they were covered Why xbox.
DIDN'T i, know it is a digital you, know, library
but it is the. GAMES i, Remember i've said this,
before but the end of the last OR ps three
that last year When last Of us came, OUT i
worked at Best buy in that game literally sold out.
Copies people come in and, said, sorry we don't have,
that like we don't have that right, now where With
xbox they. NEVER i guess Games pass was the reason
to get, back which it did because you were on
that night About xbox for that and it was. Great
but at the same time as we talked about some
of those money logistics didn't make sense profitability wise as
far as what they're. Doing and now the idea is, okay,
well if you have a thirty, dollars we can make it.
Profitble but it's it's not like it's not the best
idea for most. People right when you do the, math
it depends how many games you. Play but, no, LIKE
i just that's why we are bagging for like a third.
Competitor AND i Think. XBOX i think this next console
will come out and do very, poorly AND i think
that'll be the final nail for the hardware and then
it will just be a dongle or an app. Like
and especially with, THIS i think already if This Steam
machine didn't, exist this New xbox wouldn't do the. GREATEST
i think now even more so at this it'll do even.
Worse and they gotta be oh, man they got to
be peeved at, this you, know they, LIKE i just
feel you have to be a little bit because it
just kind of cuts you out from the. Knees AND
i guess, again like people might care they want the' that's.
Problem we've said this before, too, right if you want
the best in, graphics then you're GONNA. Pc if you're that,
person that's very Cause i'm somebody that's, like, hey if
game's never got any, Better i'd be happy because games look,
great you, know like from where we were years. Ago
it's like there's so many beautiful games out, there like
A Death. Stranding when you see it's, like, man this is.
Incredible so for, Me i've never wanted to buy A
pc Because i'm not obsessed with LIKE i gotta have
EIGHT k perfect pixelization and. Stuff and If xbox is
selling you on, that well that's kind of. Gone if
they're selling you you can play With steam, games that's
kind of. Gone So i'm very curious how they market
this next, console and Then i'm curious How steam. Does
and as the rumor, is like the rumors Half life
three is, coming that's a big boostbell exclusive that but
still that's a great.
Speaker 1: LIE i believe people don't believe. It you don't think
so that's been rumored for twenty, Years, TRAVIS.
Speaker 2: I think it's. COMING i believe enough of the big
time sources that have. REPORTED i think that's gonna be
one of the big things that launches with this, thing
Is Half life. Three i'm telling you it's gonna happen at,
pizza bet. YOU i just think they're from the strategy
for that first teaser of this. CONSOLE i just looked, like,
man these people know what they're, doing and even if
it's not, exclusive that gets people. Going and LIKE i imagine,
that like the first, game you buy A steam and she's,
LIKE i buy A steam machine And i'm gonna Buy
Half life three, That, LIKE i just the synergies, There,
LIKE i just feel like that's a great one two.
Punch i'm telling you it's it's it's within the, window
the release. Window i'm telling.
Speaker 1: You they didn't have anything For Steam deck, THOUGH i,
know but this.
Speaker 2: Is this is. Bigger this is you're trying to get
the big. Boys now you're trying to be, That you're
trying to be the third you. Know, LIKE i think
this is a bigger deal for them than The, deck
BECAUSE i think The deck still is a certain you,
know to people do. HANDHELD i think this is a
different area AND i think they want to, go they
want to throw that Hail. Mary And i'm telling You
Half flight three will Releast i'll say next year at
least That's i'll say at least next. Year, yeah that's.
Crazy That's I'M i feel. IT i feel it in the.
BOAT i pizza bet. This, Yeah halflight three twenty twenty,
Six december thirty, first it'll be out before.
Speaker 1: Them Half life three has to release before the end
of next. Year, Okay, yeah that's What i'm.
Speaker 2: Saying i'm feeling good about. IT i feel like enough.
Speaker 1: Talking and what if it's A vr? Game does that
count for your what you're?
Speaker 2: Doing it has to be, WELL i guess half.
Speaker 1: Of ALEX vr game that was the most recent, game,
right and now they get new hardware count if.
Speaker 2: THEY i guess the only way would count is if
it's Half life three ONLY. Vr, like if they announce
like we're only doing Half light three IN, vr THEN i.
Speaker 1: THINK i for Your, okay well let me ask you.
Speaker 2: This.
Speaker 1: Then does it have to be called Half life? Three
Because Half Life alex came, OUT a lot of people are, like,
well this is Half life. Three it just it doesn't
have that three next to. It but it is like
the next Half life, game and it was a really good.
Game it was just ONLY. Vr so it's in this little.
POCKET i just want to make SURE i know who's
getting this pizza when WHEN i WHEN i get this.
PIZZA i just want to make, sure you.
Speaker 2: Know, yeah that's that's. Tough let's TAKE vr out of,
it And i'll SAY vr doesn't count for. Me that's
What i'll.
Speaker 1: Say, okay to make it, easier console game, only, god.
Speaker 2: Yeah Console steam machine.
Speaker 1: Game you know you have to use the stame. Controller,
yeah you.
Speaker 2: Play it on the little two screens there, touchpads but.
NO I i just feel like this to, me the
timing of, it the way the, announcement it just it
felt like a shot across the, bow AND i felt
like everybody's gonna be on their toes other Than. NINTENDO
i feel, like And i've talked about on A tresh
told YOU i was talking about The mario trailer AS
i asked this to some, people do you agree with
On do you Think nintendo's the best they've ever been
from like a, profitability mainstream appeal, wise BECAUSE i feel
like it has to be right with, movies you can, know, right, yeah,
yeah TAKE i guess Exact, well maybe, no maybe it.
IS i don't. Know Actually i'd have to look and.
See BUT i just feel like with, parks with the
movies with these, games with the switch TO i just
feel like they're the most like in the zeitgeist number
one brand right now that they've been other than maybe
when it was Just nintendo And sega. Died you, Know i'll,
say like at least of the since the, NINETIES i
feel Like nintendo's never been. Bigger SO i feel, like
no matter, What nintendo's. Safe AND i feel Like PlayStation
as long as they make great, games which is not,
easy as long as they can great, games they can be.
Safe and Then, steam if they can do this, great
they have a whole new thing With steam and. All
LIKE i, SAID mani that's something that's huge for me
and other people that have never done. That, Right so
it's like where That's xbox didn't have that. Thing SO
i think it's gonna be hopefully big deal and uh,
YEAH i look forward to buying.
Speaker 1: One so, yeah, YEAH i so with The Steam deck
when that came, out the one game they did release
for it was The it's Called Aperture Desk, job so
it was, like, okay portal. Ish it was in The
portal universe and it kind of taught you about the
different dude ads and the settings on the seam deck
and all that. Stuff but it was. FUN i played
through it on my Friend's steam. DECK i DON'T i,
guess just going back to The Half life, THING i
don't know if they need a game to like show
off what this hardware, does because it's just like it's,
just you, know a machine that can play powerful. Games
it doesn't have like some weird gimmick to, it and
it sounds like the controller like maybe they don't need
you to use this. Controller obviously you can plug in
whatever you want in theory because it's A pc. Again so,
YEAH I i, mean that would be cool if Half
flay three finally finally. Happened BUT i think the last
thing for me here IS. VR i, Mean i've always
wanted to get INTO. Vr it's just so expensive and
it feels, like, ah there's not a ton of games
releasing for. It but, obviously LIKE i still have not
played ANY. Vr so WHEN i, ever WHEN i eventually
get any of, them no matter, what WHEN i got it's, Like,
okay there's immediately a ton of. Games there's a ton of,
backlog years and years and years of Games i've not checked,
Out Half Life alex being one of. Them IF i
got The sony, ONE i can play The horizon, game
like all sorts of things like that That metro game
that came OUT i think last. Year there's all sorts of,
things and so at some POINT i would like to
get in the, market AND i feel like this is
maybe the One i'd be most into BECAUSE i feel
Like i've always wanted to get one that would BE pc,
compatible so like not the PlayStation. Vr there's sometimes have any,
wires BUT i don't want the medaquests because like it's
All facebook, ye And i'm not into. That SO i
feel like this could be the. ONE i, MEAN I
don'm not Saying i'm gonna buy it like right, now
BECAUSE i don't know what the prices and, Stuff BUT
i this is actually a, nice nice thing for. ME
i feel LIKE i would want THEIR vr. Headset that
might be the best option for. Me so maybe in
the next couple of Years i'll pick that up and
it could be fun going on THAT vr.
Speaker 2: Journey look At steam making some sales on the geek,
first just with one, video you, know A steam machine,
sold THE vr things, sold you, know.
Speaker 1: So maybe a controller between the four of, us one
controller will. Go, YEAH i have used the Earlier steam,
controllers didn't love. Them they felt a little rinky. Dink
BUT i feel like maybe they've got the tech. Down
i'm sure they've been iterating on there from. YEARS i
just haven't seen one, recently But i'm sure this one
will be pretty. Good and, yeah the touch pad feature
is pretty can be quite nice for certain, Games so
that's that's pretty. Cool but there you.
Speaker 2: Go.
Speaker 1: Steam they're just always crushing, It valve popping off over,
There so shout outs to. Them what do you?
Speaker 2: Think because, Yeah i'm, saying what do you think the
price is gonna? Be?
Speaker 1: Oh, MAN i have no. IDEA i feel like it
will be probably more expensive Than it'll be more expensive
than THE ps, five but less than The pro would
be my. Guess SO i don't know whatever number that. Is,
Uh and THEN i guess so more than The SERIES
x more than The switch of, course because The Steam
deck was as. Well so, Yeah i'll stay between THE
ps five AND ps Five, pro WHICH i don't know
what that range, is like two hundred dollars difference or.
Speaker 2: Something find that out right, now because, yeah they got.
That and then when they say early twenty twenty. Six
what do you think is a good?
Speaker 1: Time oh, YEAH i don't even THINK i noticed the
release date of, it to be.
Speaker 2: Honest that was in The it was THAT i think
after the fact and press releases and, stuff because, yeah
so obviously this isn't applied to everybody right now In
canadian a pro is nine to sixty and then a
regular PlayStation six point.
Speaker 1: Fifty oh that's a pretty big range, then, OKAY i
felt it also Around, yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, YEAH i feel like that's like a perfect thing
because you can justify why it's more expensive than a,
PlayStation but not as much as a pro, honestly because
they got to make a. PROFIT i would love them
just to lay the gauntlet and make it the exact
price as PlayStation. FIVE i don't think they. WOULD i
don't know what EXPENSE i would put them, at but
if they really want to try, to it's kind of
like the it's just. You if it's, successful you might
have to eat some of it a little. Bit but
then if it works out and you get people in
that eco.
Speaker 1: Sething and you get their coming, back you, know, YEAH
i mean that's that's part of it for. Sure but like,
already so many people of PCs THAT i feel, LIKE
i feel like they're not going to want to lose
money on the console. Itself, yeah because they ALREADY i
think it's seventy thirty is the Split like when you
sell a game On, Steam, uh they get they get
thirty percent chunk right off the, top which is why
a lot of Like Epic Game store is like a
lot better for developers in terms of like the percentage you.
Get So, STEAM i, mean they're that's how they can
afford to do all this. Stuff And gabe has like
seventeen yachts because like they're just that's a fuck ton
of money they're. Raking it was like any, purchase, Right.
Speaker 2: SO i was gonna, say can they just can they
afford to eat?
Speaker 1: It?
Speaker 2: Though? Too then if they want and, say, hey we're
gonna put it that and then.
Speaker 1: Eventually they, could but like, Why, LIKE i don't think
they need. TO i feel like they'll they'll have enough
of that hardcore fan base that'll that'll pay enough for.
Speaker 2: It because if you're long term thinking, it if the idea.
Speaker 1: Is TO i just think of The steam. Deck The steam.
Deck they didn't do. THAT i MEAN i don't know
what exactly what the bones are in. There but that
thing was fairly, expensive and, that's you, know the way
that they made it a bit more. AFFORDABLE i guess
is they have different versions they have like the one
with the shittier, screen they have one with less storage more,
storage AND i think that's what they have for this, too,
right they have two, versions one with like six hundred
gigs and one's like two. TERABYTES i believe is the
different the two different. Versions maybe there's other. Variations obviously
there wouldn't be a screen, thing so SO i guess
that's another thing, too, Right like that two terabyte, one
that one's gonna be maybe it's thousand dollars or, more but, like,
yeah maybe that six hundred gig, one maybe that could
be the eight hundred dollars one we're talking.
Speaker 2: About, Yeah, NO i was just wondering because if there's
a way if you want to, compete and not THAT
i think you. Can you never know, though toa like
Consoles co coming, go and i'd like to say all
PlayStations solidified will be over to PlayStation. Ten but as
we've seen a couple of BAD coeo, decisions a couple
of bad runs.
Speaker 1: Like and that that's games are really unsustainable right, now
they're just so. Exciting oh, yeah.
Speaker 2: That's my thought process of, meybe if you make this
cheaper as you get people to adopt, it and if
you ever make that like the idea of when THE
ps six comes, Out i'm not gonna get. That i'm
gonna get this. Thing AND i actually do think that
BECAUSE i was wondering about the release date because a
lot of, times, honestly PlayStation xbox come up pretty close,
together Right nintendo feels like it's so. Separate it's, Fine
BUT i feel like this release date's good because we've
heard like what twenty maybe twenty, seven twenty, eight which is,
scary but like already these rumblings of the PlayStation, SIX
i think this is great because you could get in
there a couple of years of it. Working if it
all goes, well people like about, rave it drops a
couple times in, prices et. Cetera so if that PlayStation
six comes around and it is very, pricey you could
get some oh you know, What i'm actually go this
route and try and get this out or whatever may be,
right because even by that, point MAYBE gt six would
have A pc version and be on the you, know
The Steam, Machine, LIKE i think it's actually a really
good time to release, it so you kind of get
some good word of. Mouth and then BECAUSE i think
if you released it at the same time as A ps,
six you're kind of down the water because everyone's gonna
put their funds there right where this is the same
thing for me IF i had to, Pick i'm not
gonna gamble and get The Steam, machine but now that
it's in between, Consoles i'd go and, Go, Okay i'll
get The Steam machine and kind of try that out
out for a little. Bit and MAYBE i don't get
to play six right, away right because WE i kind
of said with The PlayStation, five like some lots of
those exclusives that were gonna happen kind of got kicked down.
Speaker 1: The, road, Right so, yeah, no good. POINT i feel
like the timing on this is is really. Good and
even just if you zoom that out to their release
schedule in, general where it's like the switch was out
for because when The Steam deck, released like oh my,
god when what was that like four years ago at this.
Speaker 2: Point or not twenty twenty Two february, three.
Speaker 1: Right so that's like five years after The switch, one
but still LIKE i guess roughly three years before The
switch too is that's like a really nice pocket of
people are looking for hardware that's stronger than the switch
but you, know The switch to is still not quite
on the, Horizon so it's like a really good timing
And i'm sure they'll have their next version ready in
like three or four, years like once the switch to
is kind of lost some of that, luster people looking
for some bit more, powerful and this feels like a
really nice timing two when you compare it to because
obviously The switch two did just come, out so are
people looking for a new. Console maybe, Not but in
terms of you compare it to the PlayStation And, xbox
which is this this is more of a close competitor
two that's been a few years, now and, yeah we're
still maybe a couple of years away from those next,
Generations so this timing feels really. Good, actually kind of
in like that seventy five percent range of like when
you know that console the competing generation, happened so they're
kind of like offset in a way that it feels pretty. Nice,
YEAH i think my last thing here WAS i remember
there was a rumor a few months ago THAT i
think me And taylor talked about that the Next xbox
hardware was gonna potentially Have steam built into it and
that was gonna be like one of their biggest selling
points of this next. GENERATION i don't say that happening,
anymore unless unless they just like straight up sell A
pc kind of, thing because then obviously that would potentially
just Have steam on. It but, yeah that is, like
that was such a huge potential thing when we talked about,
That i'm, like, man that is a huge selling point
for a Next. Xbox and even if things aren't going
the best For xbox right, NOW i would still like
get a next generation just like potentially for that, benefit
because that's like a whole new storefront to have on.
There but, yeah no. Longer so that's another. Thing you
can just, pull pull that rug out from Under. Xbox
but they deserve it because they're being super shitty. Lately
so that's so that's fine with.
Speaker 2: Me, YEAH i just wonder if they kind of felt
that was, like, oh that's something we can get on,
there and now it's completely. Gone so, NO i agree with.
You that would have been that would have been a
console seller for, me so.
Speaker 1: M, yeah all, right let's take our last ad break
of the. Show we'll be right back to talk to
The state Of play and non, no, yeah one other
THING i forgot to mention the top of the, show
but but, yeah we'll be right back for their last
couple of. Topics, okay we are. Back state Of play
happened earlier OR i guess last week at this. Point
it was a bit of a different, One. Travis it
was like A Japanese state Of play where we didn't
get like a full On english dub for, it but
instead they just had Like english subtitles for. It but
it was primarily more Maybe japanese focused, games like more
of The japanese, market and then a couple things of
course that you, know almost anything in here could be
eligible for anyone In North america to be into this.
Stuff but it was kind of a different vibe AND
i actually quite liked. THAT i think it had like
a very different tone to. It the guy who was hosting,
it he had like this cute little blue. Card, AGAIN
i thought he was like adorable doing this this. Showcase
he was really. NICE i like the set they had
where they talked to a couple of. Developers SO i
kind of like this as, LIKE i feel like it
lowered my expectations, too because it was something, different little
off the, wall and there was still like a couple
of cool announcements in, here Things i'm excited, for you,
know a Big they showed off An Elden ring night RAN.
Dlc that's a big. Thing Eld ering is. Huge if
you can get an announcement like, that that's pretty. Cool
and Then Marvel token is another big one that had a,
nice nice showcase, here a nice. Trailer so, OVERALL i
thought this was like a totally fine. SHOW i, MEAN
i had like no expectations BECAUSE i didn't even watch
it until a few days, later and SO i hadn't
heard much buzz about. It it was, like, oh there's
probably nothing in, here and there was, like oh, yeah
there's like a handful of things THAT i thought looked
pretty nice in. Here and, yeah it was cool to
kind of see what this show looks like when it's
kind of targeted for a different. Market SO i had
a good time with this one.
Speaker 2: Overall, YEAH i only watched the things you told me
to watch and THEN i scrubbed through it a little,
bit BUT i don't think it's a bad, idea because,
honestly great big market for, them, right so they should
do these. Things and even then there's still some information
and even the one train that you had me watch
did look really. Cool so, NO i think it's a
good idea to spread your. Wings don't just worry about
The North american, market you.
Speaker 1: Know so, absolutely, yeah there was two things early, on
and like the two cozy, games they did a lot of.
This they paired two things, together WHICH i thought was.
Nice it's almost like here's your, wine here's your. Cheese
VERY i do feel like they were doing that kind of.
Thing they had two cozy games inc Inco beanie one
store many stores was like this cute little convenience store
kind of simulator. Thing BUT i feel like there's so
many of those kind of games these, days and they're
just like asset flip like money grab kind of. Things
but this one actually looked really cute and. SWEET i
relate the art style of. It all the text and
stuff for, like all the things you were selling in
the store was all Like japanese and. Stuff SO i
don't know IF i assume this is getting like An
english version as, Well BUT i thought this looked really
cool when on my wish, list and Then Coffee talk
is a SERIES i really. Enjoy i've played the first two,
games and Then Coffee Talk tokyo has announced at some
point a few months ago AND i got to release
date here Of march, fifth so, Yeah i'm excited for.
That there's a couple returning, characters but it looks like
mostly a whole new cast of. CHARACTERS i feel Like
i'll just always pick up These Coffee talk. Games they're pretty.
Cheap they're just really, nice low key, games really good
music in. There just a nice place to hang out
at the end of a, day is WHAT i find
For Coffee. Talk SO i like the two cozy games in,
there and then, yeah the ONES i got you to
checkout IS i guess this is like a. Series so
there's two different games under The Broken lore. Moniker one
Is Broken Lore, unfollow which is maybe looks more like
a traditional horror, game a creepy, house, yeah weird nasty,
beasts that thin kind of thing coming after. You and
then another one Called Broken Lore, ascent which is kind
of like these two characters who are trying to get
this really dope live stream for their followers where they're
climbing this giant tower In tokyo and then obviously things go.
Awry there's some really creepy imagery one where like the
back of a lady's head and her neck is kind of,
ascending like getting this just growing is really. Creepy SO
i thought both these horror games look really, cool really,
distinct had a nice art. STYLE i like the premise
of a, Scent like that's very different than the other
Games i've seen out here from horror. Games it feels
like a very like movie kind of. Thing LIKE i
think about that movie what the hell is it Called The, fall,
right the one where like those two girls like climb
this like, uh just massive tower and it gets, tough you,
know which was not a great. Movie but like that's
a fun concept for a. Game So i'm really into.
THESE i think those really cool And i've definitely both
gone on my wish. Lists but, yeah would you would
you think those horror games any interest? There? Yeah, no
there is.
Speaker 2: INTERESTING i have to hear a word of mouth and all, say,
fig this would BE i don't know if i'd pick
it up a day, one but if down the, line
there's some good. Stuff maybe on a sale or on
those three games or who, Knows but, NO i like
to look at both of. Them they both had, to
which was funny BECAUSE i had to double take when
you sent me. Those it's, like, like what's he? Doing
this is A travis, Typo like why is there two
different broken arrow things? Here but, no it both of
them look. Good you like you said the first one
or the second one was, unique and the first one
very similar to to if you like The res seven
or THE pt if you like, That, okay you're in
a creepy house and something's awry and just some kind
of weird things like, that just like a full figure
that's just black and he's banging his head on the
table like lots of. Stuff that definitely is gonna have
kind of some mystery box elements to. It so, yeah
it's one That i'll look out, for whether if you
played or just down the line for. It but it
was they're good, trailers so what was down for some
good horror?
Speaker 1: Games, Yep and then we Got Elder Ring Night rain
is getting its FIRST. DAL i, MEAN i think it's
had SOME dlc bosses dropped in the, game but this
is like its first big DEAL c pack coming Out december.
Fourth considering this is like a multiplayer thing and maybe
a little bit live, SERVICE i do you think we'll
get a bunch of DLCs for this? Game, like are
they just gonna keep stumping it up for years to?
Speaker 2: Come? YEAH i think. SO i think this is a
good way to kind of wet the whistle too a little,
bit BECAUSE i imagine they'd probably may make an Eld
Them ring, two, right like a prop like a follow,
up you.
Speaker 1: THINK i THINK i haven't really thought about what they
do next because they just did a New Armored. CORPS
i feel Like bloodborne is maybe maybe it's finally time For. Bloodborn,
YEAH i guess their next game.
Speaker 2: Is G, YEAH i Guess i'll rephrase that not. Next
but do you think in general one day there would
be an album? Too has? Happening, okay and that's why
thinke that's still far. Off that's gonna be a little,
bit but so why not you, know LIKE i, said
what the, whistle the people that are still playing, that
AS i did, say they are making a, movie so
just to kind of keep that also going. Too So,
YEAH i THINK i think THE lc will come with
this so or like just continue to.
Speaker 1: Flow, yeah AND i think when that game is, That,
yeah when that cames super cheap on Sale night's, DISCOUNT
i think we'll probably pick it up and check that.
Out so, yeah, someday, someday maybe we'll get the game
of the edition has all these DLCs and we can
play it three years from. Now, yeah we'll keep an
eye on that. One and then, yeah there WAS i
GUESS i want to talk About Marvel. Token was there
anything else from the state of play THAT i didn't?
Speaker 2: Know nothing myself The eye of The.
Speaker 1: Beholder, Okay Marvel tocon got a new trailer, here WHICH
i think the main reason here is they wanted to
announce they're doing another, beta which is happening in the
first week Of. December so it's also like the same
time That Marvel Cosmic invasion is coming, out so big
week For Marvel. Games, yeah that's that's pretty. Exciting i'm
Sure Marvel rivals has a new, character you, know joining
the game that week, Too so, YEAH i Think i'm
signed up for. THAT i think you're signed up for that,
too because if you're just signed up for the, PlayStation yeah,
thing you're you're in general signed up, for so hopefully
one of us gets in there this time and we
can check it. OUT i think it's like seventy two hours,
long and you can check out all the characters and
things that they've announced so, far so that would be.
Nice but, yeah the main thing they show up here
was a new, level which IS X, mansion of, course
and THEN i, think you, know a lot of speculation
from there because on this level in the background there's
all sorts of, characters and so a lot of people are, thinking, Like,
okay those characters are probably not, playable so we didn't
get a new character. Here it seems like we got
a whole bunch of. Deconfirms but then also it's, like,
okay THE X men characters that aren't, here those one
seems like maybe there's some. Confirmation so there's it's mostly,
Speculation but, yeah what did you think of this trailer in? General,
yeah it was.
Speaker 2: Good this game's still looking. Good i'm liking a lot
of the Maybe i've seen images of, them but the
variation of the, costumes like seeing because that other spey
one that is like a that's THE ps four right
one of those skins or is it very similar THE
ps Four white.
Speaker 1: One i'd have to take a closer. LOOK i. DON'T
i don't THINK i noticed.
Speaker 2: That maybe it's not The White spier, though so maybe
it's just their. Look But i'd say the game is looking, good, looking. Sleek.
Yeah it was funny that WHEN i Saw, colossus because
WHEN i just pulled up the trailer first And i'm, like,
oh man Is, colossal then that's oh, no he's in the.
Background he's and he would have been like a perfect
fighting character and. Whatnot so, YEAH i am just still
in games still looking. Great i'm excited to try it
at some. Point i'm just still in shot that we've
not gone a single weird, yeah new.
Speaker 1: Character the roster is gonna be freaking, Small that's What
i'm thinking at this. POINT i just siny at launch
and probably just a bunch.
Speaker 2: OF dlc, yeah WHICH i think it feels similar to
when we Got. Strikers we couldn't wait to play it
online and we found wasn't. THAT i felt like when
this game came, out and especially with there being the four,
FIGHTERS i feel like you're like all big, roster lots of,
options is gonna be a good. Time SO i do
think that's actually gonna hurt them quite a. Bit hopefully
the game reviews well and plays well and that will
kind of get the word to go h because you
never know what superho games nowadays something balm and Obviously
Marl rivals was, free but obviously for a while blew, up,
right SO i don't know obviously what it's gonna be
priced at when it's gonna be. Released next year is
a tough year for games if you're not like a
big established. One so everything looks, good lots of the
combos and the, fighting, like it looks like a fun.
Game this looks like a game that if one of his,
OWN i definitely add The gauntlet as, well because it'd
be fun that, like because you could hopefully do like
a teams with the four, people, Right i'm. HOPING i don't,
know but, YEAH i uh just still surprised by no,
characters so mm.
Speaker 1: Hmm. Yeah so the, characters you, know once, again the
characters in the, background they're kind of like lower detail
than your main, fighters, Right and that's one of the
main reasons people are, like oh, yeah these are not
playable characters because they kind of look like shit compared
to like what the you, know rest of the characters
look like AND i feel like they have less about
like a certain. Style like all the characters in this
game so far have like kind of a unique look to, them,
Right like obviously we talked About cap and he kind
of has like this weird vest thing that he's not
really had. Before so obviously they're taking their own style with.
It that's kind of less so the case for these background.
Characters so that's that's definitely like to some extent deconfirming.
Them but ALSO i feel like that means that maybe
they're just like on the. Room maybe there's room for
them LIKE. Dlc, wise if this game is big enough
and gets a lot OF, dlc maybe you can see them.
Later BUT i think it pretty much means they're probably
not gonna be there on the base based character. Roster
so those characters in the background Are, Silock, Angel, Nightcrawler, Beast,
Colossus gambit, unfortunately Uh FRISSER, x And. Iceman so, YEAH
i think of Those, Gambit, iceman maybe those are like the.
Two LIKE i, Mean gambit is probably the biggest snub
just because he's so hot right. NOW i feel, like,
oh it would have been great to have him in. There,
yeah And iceman just always fun because ice powers are.
Speaker 2: Cool but, uh AND i feel like, that not that
it's one THAT i, want BUT i actually do feel
Like coss not a, Snub BUT i think that would
have been a Key silot.
Speaker 1: Too because sidelocks all over those old fighting. Games, yeah
so it's gonna be. Interesting but the notably the big
THREE i guess xllent characters not in, there maybe even.
Four rogue is not in, There, Cyclops, gene And. WOLVERINE
i Mean, wolverine you, know he's not, confirmed but like he's,
confirmed he's a hundre Percent, yeah in there as a playable.
Character what do you think this means For cyclops And.
GENE i feel like maybe it's looking pretty good for. Them,
ACTUALLY i feel like they'll want at least FOUR X men,
characters so you can make a team OF X, men you,
know if you go into a, battle and SO i
feel like those ones all make a lot of sense for.
Me rogue maybe less, so but it is. WEIRD i
don't think she was in the, background so that just
kind of stands out of like you would think she'd
be hanging out with gandit unless maybe she's.
Speaker 2: Playable sha't may, needle you. Know but, NO i actually
feel Like cyclops is not the. Best LIKE i feel
like he's lower on the totem pole for getting in,
there you, know because he's punching in some optical. Lasers,
YEAH i feel good About Jean. Gray you, know they
don't feel good about any of them BECAUSE i felt
like we got, more But Jean gray And rogue you never,
know can. Fly but, YEAH i Think Jene gray could
be a. LOCK i don't know about the other. TWO
i feel if you on those because there could be
some OTHER x men in there that we're not even
thinking about that could be on the.
Speaker 1: Roster, Right so, YEAH i MEAN i hope there's some
more weird weird Open there hasn't been a ton of those.
YET i always like to have a couple of the.
Speaker 2: Freaks and, yeah even Though i'd, say Like Robbie ray's
ghostwriter was kind of a weirdo pick a little, bit
like we weren't expecting that ghost, writer you, know LIKE.
Speaker 1: I guess specifically that that ghost. Writer, ye, yeah that makes,
sense that makes. Sense, yeah so, YEAH i uh, yeah
not not too much more other than, That like THE
X mansion, level it's kind of. Weird they they were, like, oh,
yeah you might be wondering this level doesn't have different
formations like the other. Ones does that mean it's a worse?
Map they like said that on the, stream and like
what a weird thing is. Saying they're, like, well, no
because the map will actually. Transform so it's like AND
i think my theory on this is that there's a
bunch Of sentinels in the, background just like walking around
like giant, Sentinels and SO i think as the, level
as you're playing through, IT i maybe THE X mansion
will get like smashed down and pieces will fall onto the.
Map maybe the sentinels will come in and you gotta
like dodge them or something. WEIRD i don't, know BUT
i think that's what's gonna. HAPPEN i think there's just
gonna be a lot of commotion happened in the, background
which could be. Fun but, yeah it's a little. Variation
AND i THINK i knew That Savage land was confirmed
and was probably in an earlier trader that MAYBE i
missed but just seen.
Speaker 2: Me But sentinel's always a good, time always a staple
OF X men blowing up. Stuff reckon. Havoc so sentinels
are a good option and it sets the stage up
a little different.
Speaker 1: Too so mm, hm yes you.
Speaker 2: Hear, me, NOW i hear it?
Speaker 1: Now, yeah oh that Fair. Internet but, yeah The Savage.
Lane seeing more of that level looks great as, well
So i'm very excited to fight. THERE i don't Think
i've really seen the gameplay for that one up until,
now so it looks. Great yeah, yeah, no uh, Yeah Marvel.
TOKEN i HOPE i get into that beta and can
share some more. Thoughts But, travis lastly for, today AND
i don't think there's much to say, here but just
wanted to bring it up since we're the Death stranding.
Boys Death stranding first it was a, game there was another.
Game then it's a. Movie, right it's a. Movie it's a, movie,
Right and then it was a concert and now it's
an anime On disney Plus Death stranding. Isolations uh you,
know no trailer or, anything just like a one screen,
shot pretty or not even a, screenshot but just one.
Image what do you think about?
Speaker 2: This are you?
Speaker 1: Intrigued?
Speaker 2: WELL i had to confirm is there not another anime
movie as? Well two? Happening, Yeah Stranding. Mosquito remember that
that's also. Happening we gotta look at.
Speaker 1: THIS i was looking that up AND i saw Some
i'm talking About. MOSQUITO i thought that was like a
code name for. This but, okay that's a different. Thing, OKAY.
Speaker 2: I get the guy at. Credit you know he's getting
you gotta get this, out you gotta build. It kajimo
production still obviously big times, right main game For Xbox.
Space she's not like they're, herd but still trying to
make a brand. Name so then maybe that whole idea
where The kajima productions could be him making one game
and then a bunch of other teams making a bunch
of other. Games, Right and this helps get in a
movie again On Disney. Plus getting to show all that
stuff HELPS I from just the, ARTWORK i am not
digging this. WHATSOEVER i do not like seeing anything with
Death stranding with high pinks and high reds and a
person with a. Bow the color and the animation looks
all be. Off AND i also just feel That Disney
plus is a very odd. Option. NOW i get, it
they Got. Hulu they're trying to be more adulty in a,
SENSE i, guess but it just feels very. STRANGE i
will be. THERE i will check this. Out i'm curious about.
IT i hope that it's something that's is of. Worse
it's The marin and it's not Just kajima, SAID i
will put the name on good To, Go but that
first image Like mosquito at least that, like, okay it's
not has anything to do With sandport Of, bridges but, like,
okay this feels like the dest straining. World not the
biggest anime, guy but excited to give this a shot
and see what it. Is this on just the first
impression did not feel like death. Straining this felt like
a movie that they might watch industri, like felt like something,
fake LIKE i don't, KNOW i was not digging WHAT
i was. Seeing SO i NEED i definitely need a
trailer in the. Future But I'm i'm happy that it's
a it's being, made AND i hope people it's another
way for a death straining BECAUSE i think the death straining,
world as we've talked, about is full of. Potential so
and this all just makes me think between a movie This,
mosquito there's gonna be a third, game AND i hope
it's with the character that he. IS i just feel,
like even if it's Not kajima making this, GAME i
feel like this brand they keep showing, that they keep
putting stuff into it'd be very weird just to leave
that the two games and never do anything with it.
Again so that's What i'm hoping is all this fuel
of the fire is gonna get me at third games
starring the CHARACTER i want To but, yeah it was,
Odd i'll just say.
Speaker 1: Odd, YEAH i think that's definitely a fair. Assessment the
art style is not really match the. GAMES i do
like the art, style at least from that one, Image,
LIKE i think it looks. Cool it just, yeah it
is a little bit distant from like the rest of the.
Series but who, knows maybe with like this Movie, mosquito, this,
LIKE i guess what'll mean to be seen if If
destrandy has different. Flavors you, know a lot of SERIES
i like, that you, know different spinoffs and things like
that have very different tones and, Things and so far
we've only had two games that are From kajimon are
very similar. Vibe but, yeah we'll have to wait and
see what this means for it and what this could
mean for, like, yeah another, game like maybe the next
Desk ranting that's not made By. Kajima maybe it doesn't
really delve much in these delivery mechanics and balancing shit
on your. Back maybe it's more of a actiony game
or something like. That you, know maybe they maybe they
mix it up so, like WHICH i think is. Fine
LIKE i like the delivery, mechanics BUT i don't know
IF i need three, four, five six games all doing, that, Right,
like maybe it's time to switch it up and do something.
New so, Yeah i'm intrigued by. THIS i will definitely watch.
It but, uh, yeah it's kind of just crazy how
MUCH i totally brought The mosquito. One so it's just
insane how much is happening from this, ip which is,
like you, know a seat decent, size but it doesn't
feel like it's that. Big LIKE i feel like there's
a much bigger gaming ips out there that could be
getting all these, things like A Boulders gay THREE tv
show or, something but like instead we're getting like a
bunch of dest ranting. Ones but it makes sense Because,
kajima you, know likes this weird.
Speaker 2: Stuff so but, yeah it's only six years old a, franchise,
right like obviously, no like longer because they, preview but like,
throwing the game came out because the game could, eat
it just came out bombed and then everyone's, like, well
we're not doing anything, there, Right so but, YEAH i
know it's gonna be. Interesting AND i can't remember, when
BUT i think sometime after the second, Game kajima did
some INTERVIEW i think it might have been in That
kajima whatever celebration thing where he did confirm it, that
like the live action movie is not Sam Porter, bridges
it's its own, thing own. Story so so that's also
interesting where all three of these, now the, Movie mosquito And,
isolations all different, stories none of them adapting the story we,
know so which is, well i'd say is a good,
idea but who. Knows maybe. Not maybe you'll look back
at the movie and, peep go oh it should have
been reissue in, This BUT i think it's probably a good.
Idea but, yeah it's gonna be interesting to.
Speaker 1: See so, YEAH i, mean it'd be hard to picture
them adapting that. Story and even like A tv show length,
thing LIKE i feel like it just needs so much
time to, cook like maybe a twelve episode one hour
each maybe that could do the. Trick maybe that's enough,
Time but anything less than, that it feels like it'd
be really hard to adapt that story to one and
so maybe it's better do these one off. Stories but
definitely an expansive, world like there's still you, know we've
been To australia Now, MEXICO, us but there's still like
this whole. Globe, potentially Obviously japan could be a really
interesting place to see what's cracking in The Death stranding world,
there which could BE i don't know if like these
shows or anything like that are from Like japanese teams
or anything like, that because obviously He's, japanese might want
to collaborate with Other japanese people and. Stuff but, yeah
we'll have to have to. See but, yeah definitely interesting
in the Last Death stranding, Isolations, travis anything else for, Today.
Speaker 2: No that is it? Fun, yeah just random topics. Today
lots of good stuff going on in the theame world and,
YEAH i guess we're on the trek To Game awards
and that'll be a fun show that hopefully she have
some announcements and.
Speaker 1: Everything so, absolutely, yeah a good mix of stuff. Today
thank you for joining. Me thank you, everyone for listening
and we will see you again next. Week bye, bye