WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:08.560 Everybody. 2 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:11.480 Welcome to Gameless Mornings with Me Jeff Grub, your host 3 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:13.119 from giant bomb dot com. 4 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:14.400 Thank you for tuning in. 5 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:16.160 In this episode, we're going to be talking about a 6 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:19.760 big game getting a second chance with updates and new platforms, 7 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:22.480 and how bad are things going to get at Naughty 8 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:24.160 Dog in the next year or two. It's gonna be 9 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:27.359 a good one because we have Jason Finelli on the show. Jason, 10 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:28.559 how are you doing? 11 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:30.960 I am fantastic. 12 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:36.320 I can smell the holiday break, it so freaking close, 13 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:39.280 and I am glad to be here with you on 14 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:41.439 what I understand is to be the last Game mess 15 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:45.079 Mornings of twenty twenty five. Because Grub I happened to 16 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:47.560 remember this morning and I took a screenshot. I'll put 17 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:50.479 it in our chat. You and I started the year. 18 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:54.240 If you call back in the alternate lifetime, that. 19 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:58.840 Was January of this year. Wow. Yes, January sixth was 20 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:02.600 a Monday and you and a much Nothing's happened since then, not. 21 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:06.319 A damn thing. It's been a slow year. Nothing happened 22 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:11.400 with y'all. Everything went according to plan. But yeah, we 23 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:13.319 were the first GMM of the year. You reached out 24 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:15.079 and invited me and now here we are on the very 25 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:18.000 last one booke, ending the year with with a with 26 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:20.760 A with a taste of Finelle, which. 27 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:23.640 We make a make it a tradition, the taste of 28 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:26.400 Finelle tradition. Everybody that we're all looking for. 29 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:28.400 Fantastic. 30 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:30.079 I'm glad we could make it happen that that That 31 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:32.640 is right though, last show of the year, everybody for 32 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:35.159 Game Mess Mornings. We're going to be taking the next 33 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:37.519 two weeks off. It's Christmas next week, New Year's the 34 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:39.879 week after that. Uh, you know, A big part of 35 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:41.239 that is the industry kind. 36 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:42.040 Of takes those weeks off. 37 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:44.439 There won't be that much news and if there is, 38 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:46.079 well we'll talk about it when we come back. We'll 39 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:49.200 hit the New year running and I'm looking forward to it. 40 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.560 Love doing this show. Love everybody who's stuck with us 41 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:56.120 and kind of made it really work this year. And 42 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.000 and yet thank you all so much, and thank you 43 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:00.560 Jason for starting it and and ending it with us. 44 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:00.879 Yeah. 45 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:04.680 Yeah, any plans for the holidays, any games you're going 46 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.200 to catch up on, any any you know, travel, what 47 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:07.519 do you got? 48 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:08.319 What do you got going on? 49 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:12.159 Mostly staying around this area. A lot of our Christmas 50 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:16.639 stuff happens here in Delaware County. It'll be we host 51 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:19.000 Christmas breakfast, we go to Christmas even at my parents 52 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:21.080 Christmas dinners in a different spot every year. I think 53 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:23.520 it's in laws this year, who are right down the road, 54 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:26.599 not not doing, not going anywhere majestic, anywhere far and 55 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:29.360 nothing like that. But as far as games go, I 56 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.560 usually take the week to try and catch up on things, 57 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:36.120 finish things from the year before. I have a couple 58 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:37.639 of short games I want to get to that I 59 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:40.479 haven't played yet. I don't know how to pronounce this, 60 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:45.000 and I'm so sorry. Is it desk below tea? Yeah, 61 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:47.800 that's how I say it. Yeah, that's one that I 62 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:49.479 have not played yet. I want to probably do that 63 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:51.319 in one sitting. I understand, you give you that in 64 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:52.479 one two to three hour sitting. 65 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:53.319 That's one. 66 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:56.280 I do need to finish the Game of the Year 67 00:02:56.319 --> 00:03:00.439 Claire Obscure at the TGA's because I probably we should 68 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:03.439 right nine out of twelve awards. It's it seems pretty good. 69 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:06.719 I want to Yeah, yeah, there you go. That's when 70 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:09.120 I want to finish, and a couple of other odds 71 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:11.439 and then maybe start Metroid. I do want to play 72 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:13.159 that too. Oh, it's it's worth playing. 73 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:16.560 It's it's got great mechanics, gameplay, really fun to play. 74 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:20.280 Yeah, but mostly it'll be, you know, hanging out with 75 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:23.520 the family, just relaxing, recharging, and then hitting the ground 76 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:27.080 running on. In twenty twenty six, already have some things 77 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:29.520 believe it or not, in the pipeline for the beginning 78 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:33.439 of the year that came from the Game Awards, both 79 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:34.879 online and in print. 80 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:35.400 Wink. 81 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:40.520 So we're we're we're excited. We're excited here in house finale. 82 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:41.159 It's a good time. 83 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:42.280 I love it. 84 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:44.360 Yeah, it seems like it seems like things were happening 85 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:45.360 at the Game Awards this year. 86 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:50.560 Really. Yeah, I've never been. First time. Yeah, oh okay, god, yeah, 87 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:51.520 first time. 88 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:54.719 And like if I were to say to you, I 89 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:56.039 was up at five point thirty in the morning and 90 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:57.680 didn't go to bed till two, you would think I 91 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:00.800 was dead. But I was energized and entire time good. 92 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:04.199 It was nuts. I saw a bunch of cool people. 93 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:08.719 I did the game Spot announcement recap from a watch party, 94 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:10.919 like in the room, like there's a bunch of suits 95 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:13.439 to my left, bunch of people like pr to my right, 96 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:15.599 and then myself and a couple others are just hammered 97 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:17.879 away at these things. I'm the only one reacting to 98 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:21.480 things too, Like when when Jenny Kidd takes the stage 99 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.639 for that Game of the Year medley at the end. 100 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:27.040 I have championed that woman since that game came out, 101 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:29.160 Like she came out on stage, I lost it and 102 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:30.959 I was getting looks and I don't give a shit. 103 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:34.319 That sound is awesome, She is awesome, That game is awesome. 104 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:36.800 Yeah it was. 105 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:39.399 It was wild, and I need to go every year now. 106 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:42.560 I think, good, Yeah, I think. I definitely kind of think. 107 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:45.680 I'm like, nah, we were busy, we had some stuff 108 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:47.800 going on. We kind of couldn't piece together any like 109 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:49.120 big event at the end of the year. Kind of 110 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:52.040 used that as an excuse not to go, and you know, 111 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:54.079 it was nice to relax. I'm glad Jan got to 112 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:56.639 go and rap us a little bit, but definitely had 113 00:04:57.079 --> 00:04:59.319 not just fomo, but being like, oh, we could have 114 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:02.240 made more happen. We've been there and people were expecting. 115 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:03.920 To see us. So I think I'll see you there 116 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:04.319 next year. 117 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:06.680 We'll see I'm not gonna go with the show itself, 118 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:08.160 but I'll see in La at the very. 119 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:08.959 End the show. 120 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:11.720 Either it turns out turns out for guys like us, 121 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:12.600 we don't need to. 122 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:15.720 No, definitely don't need to, don't want to, won't do it? 123 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:19.720 All right, let's see, Uh it was one a couple 124 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:22.480 of things. Oh yeah, thanks everybody for all the well wishes. 125 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.160 It was a very simple cavity feeling. But I was 126 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:27.439 a little bit of rough shape yesterday because it was 127 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:29.199 like one of those ones where he's like, I'm gonna 128 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:32.480 have to use like like body force, body weight to 129 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:34.160 like get in there and get something with this tooth, 130 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:35.959 and like that's always a bad sign when like the 131 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:37.319 dentist like clean in and. 132 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:39.240 There, and it's like, you know, they did a good job. 133 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:40.639 I didn't feel the pain in the moment. 134 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:42.399 But yesterday it was like, oh, I can feel like 135 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:43.839 where something did happen. 136 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:46.000 And now the nova cane's worn off. Feeling a lot 137 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:46.519 better today. 138 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:48.399 It's like a little bit sore still, and if by 139 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:50.560 chew on it a little bit too much, that sore 140 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:53.000 spot comes back, but it's like, clearly it's so much 141 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:53.720 better than it was. 142 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:55.439 So feeling pretty good about that. 143 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:58.720 And then of course it's Christmas time and that means 144 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:00.399 one of the kids I think is gonna GE's sick 145 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:01.560 and be sick for Christmas. 146 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:06.560 And it's funny that you say that, yeah, because he No, 147 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:11.240 you may while we're talking, you may hear voices coming 148 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:15.560 from my medicone. My younger stayed home from school today. 149 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:17.600 She's up in her bedroom but we have I have 150 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:19.160 the little monitor here so I can hear her if 151 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:22.240 she needs me. But it's not a big deal. She 152 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:24.439 had fever last night, woke up this morning a little 153 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:26.759 bit better. We don't think it's anything particularly serious. It 154 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:28.519 might get a little bit worse, but then she'll be fine. 155 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:30.680 But she had like her first grade was doing a 156 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:33.560 performance today. One of her one of her friends won 157 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:36.959 a free like special lunch and chose Charlotte to be 158 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:39.319 her friend that accompanied her. And now she can't do that. 159 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:42.040 So she was kind of bumming about those things. But 160 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:45.879 fingers crossed, everybody will be being rare in shape for 161 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:47.720 the holiday itself, which is most important. 162 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:51.000 Yeah, it's last year Immy was sick for Christmas and 163 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:52.800 open presence And then we're like, do you want to 164 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:53.959 just keep going? She's like, no, I'm going to. 165 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:55.560 Go sleep for a little bit. Like in the middle 166 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:56.759 of opening presents. 167 00:06:56.600 --> 00:07:00.519 Like, oh, it's the saddest thing in the world. Hoping 168 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:02.920 that doesn't happen again. She went to school because she 169 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:05.560 didn't want to miss anything because it's their big Christmas 170 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:06.639 party stuff, And I'm just. 171 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:08.639 Like, Okay, I hope she hopes she's all right, but. 172 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:12.519 Yep, got a bad feeling about it, so we'll see. 173 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:15.959 I hope she's okay when she gets home. Last thing, 174 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:19.279 did you see this mister a game show over here? 175 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:21.319 Did you see this Jeopardy clue that was going around 176 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:22.439 Blue Sky yesterday? 177 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:24.279 Fantastic? 178 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:27.800 Everybody check check out Chris Coler's a Blue Sky page 179 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:28.399 ire you want to see it. 180 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:30.439 But I'll just repeat it basically, or I'll do it. 181 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:32.279 I'll paraphrase it basically. 182 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:36.560 With the clue was a spider lives on a farm 183 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.199 and talks to their non Japanese friend about how much 184 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:40.519 they love Japanese stuff. 185 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:45.040 And the question is, what is Charlotte. 186 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:50.079 Charlotte's weeb incredible stuff? 187 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:55.279 Was unfamiliar with your game Jeopardy? 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We had a many, many 195 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:16.920 hours of talking about our favorite games of the year. 196 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:19.480 You could start looking forward to those popping off next 197 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:21.079 week and the week after that to kind of end 198 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:21.639 up the year. 199 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:23.519 We were also able to gather up. 200 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:25.240 A bunch of our friends who have written games of 201 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:27.639 the Year list for us that'll start going up on 202 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:29.959 the site next year and or next week, next week 203 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.440 and the week after that. Thanks to Marino and Lexi 204 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:35.159 for helping with that. 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Thank you to everyone 214 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:58.639 who has As far as this show goes most weekdays, 215 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:01.440 I Jeff Grubb will help you your gaming life back together. 216 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:04.559 That includes breaking news and maybe even some of our 217 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:08.360 own original reporting. For all these topics, I'll get the 218 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:10.480 input of a bona fide expert who will make me 219 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:13.720 look smart. If you are watching live on Twitch welcome, 220 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:15.600 you can always listen to the show later on podcast 221 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:18.480 feeds by searching for Game Mess Mornings, or find the 222 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.799 RSS feed on GiantBomb dot com. You can also catch 223 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:25.679 the show later with chapters and timestamps on YouTube. 224 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:28.840 Hello YouTube. All right, we have a lot to. 225 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:32.399 Get into, so let's start the Morning Mess with Butesa's 226 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:35.360 newest IP is still reportedly on course for switch to. 227 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:39.080 This is from Liam Dulan at Nintendo Life. Following a 228 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:44.200 rumor in August about Bethesda's newest original IP, Starfield, landing 229 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:46.200 on the switch To in twenty twenty six, A new 230 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:49.399 story now is making the same claim. This information comes 231 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:52.679 from Windows Central Executive editor Jess Corden. Shouts out to Jess, 232 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:55.480 who says the action role playing game Space Game will 233 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:58.360 not only be arriving on PlayStation five in twenty twenty six, 234 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:01.759 but also Nintendo's new high ybrid system. Starfield will not 235 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:04.279 only be getting its PlayStation five version in twenty twenty six, 236 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:06.679 but also in a Nintendo to switch to version on top, 237 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:10.720 he said. He added or He mentioned also that hopefully 238 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:12.879 this will be a good experience on the portable unit, 239 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:16.639 as the title has now undergone severe optimizations for low 240 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:21.840 power devices like handhelds. Yeah, it does feel like about 241 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.960 time for Starfield to make this happen. Starfield, of course, 242 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.960 is the one that is so interesting Jason, because leading 243 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:30.840 up to its release it was a very different like 244 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:35.519 Xbox and that this they were still like intending to 245 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:39.639 have games like Starfield be forever exclusives, be system sellers, 246 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:42.000 be a game that can you know, we're gonna give 247 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:44.039 up some money by not being on these other systems 248 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:46.960 because we're gonna sell Xboxes and sort of bolster our 249 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:51.440 our our ecosystem. And Starfield was the game that like 250 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:54.399 that had to happen, and when it didn't, ever since 251 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:56.320 then we've seen this different Microsoft. 252 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:57.519 Everything is an Xbox. 253 00:10:57.759 --> 00:10:59.879 That's when the change happened, because the idea was if 254 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.080 our Field can't move, the needle on this stuff? 255 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:04.679 What can and you know, obviously it's like, well, if. 256 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:07.720 Starfield had been a better game or whatever, things could 257 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:09.720 have been different. But they've it wasn't. They struggled to 258 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.799 do it. It needed to be that it wasn't. Now here 259 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:14.360 we are so we're on the other side of that. 260 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:16.840 Are they are going to bring this thing to other 261 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:20.840 platforms and of course PlayStation five obvious, but why not 262 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:22.879 also bring it to the switch to if you can. 263 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:25.440 They've had success on the switch with a lot of 264 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:27.679 their games Bethesda, so I'm expecting to see that, how 265 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:28.080 about you. 266 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:30.919 I am also expecting to see it too. I think 267 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.480 we saw it also last week. South of Midnight got 268 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:38.600 the same treatment, which is good. But I don't think 269 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:43.600 that switch To will ever be left out again. I 270 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:47.080 think I know Indiana Jones is on its way, But 271 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:51.600 I think that that Xbox now is viewing the two 272 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:54.919 of them, PlayStation five and switch To as like a 273 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:59.279 joint package, right, especially with something like the rog the handheld, 274 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:01.360 they have a little more familiarity with putting their games 275 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:03.759 on handheld now and they can adapt that. Not that 276 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:07.320 the switch To is as powerful as the Xbox Rock is, 277 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:11.159 no of course not. But yeah, I don't think I 278 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:12.879 think this is just par for the course. I think 279 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:16.519 this is just them trying to make everything an Xbox. 280 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:18.600 This the whole, This is an Xbox campaign put as 281 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:21.759 many of their games and as many platforms as possible. Honestly, 282 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:25.799 no one should be surprised by this anymore. Once Halo. 283 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:29.000 Once Halo hit PlayStation, all bets were off. Well, I 284 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:31.840 mean once Foorza, I guess hits PlayStation, all bets were off. 285 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.039 Halo was just the next step in that. The more 286 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:38.360 universally paid attention to step I guess you would say 287 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:41.480 would be the Halo one. I think the bigger problem 288 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:46.159 with Starfield forgive Me, is making it so that the 289 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:50.279 game is more interesting. It's a lot you could pourt 290 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:52.720 it to whatever you want, but until the expansions of 291 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:54.480 the game, and I loved I had a lot of 292 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:57.559 fun with the first one, the base game, don't get 293 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:01.159 me wrong, but it it just doesn't have the staying 294 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:05.039 power as a Bethesda RPG should. And I think that, 295 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:07.639 to me is what should be a bigger focus, Like 296 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:09.519 are there more expansions coming or are they just going 297 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:13.480 to port this to another ecosystem of players who may 298 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:18.200 be slightly disappointed by it. I'm saying, yeah, I oh good, Yeah, No, 299 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:20.320 that's I mean, that's it as long as this new 300 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:23.080 DLC might be coming, if it's a brand new expansion, 301 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:26.480 the upgrade space travel as it says here in this article, 302 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:29.840 also too, they may want to avoid the performance issues 303 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:31.799 that Skyrim had. I know they said that it's been 304 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:35.279 optimized for low power devices like yandelds, but they probably 305 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:37.039 thought the same thing about Skyrim switch to. 306 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:39.799 Port and that goes so, well, Yeah, that's such a 307 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:42.519 weird thing because that game does run pretty okay on 308 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:44.840 Switch one, and then they did something and cost problems 309 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:47.440 on switch to I don't know what the latest is 310 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:47.720 on that. 311 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:49.200 I hope they've updated and fixed that. 312 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:51.960 But yeah, for Starfield, I mean, you're right, the problem 313 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:56.720 was always very foundational, like they chose early on to 314 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:59.399 build this game that like in such a way they're like, hey, 315 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:00.879 let's make it ten year game. 316 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:02.360 And I was always worried about that. 317 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:04.360 I think I probably said on this show and other 318 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:07.000 shows as they were going into that game, it's like, well, 319 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:09.840 make the base game fun the way you did with Skyrim, 320 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:12.360 and the ten year plan will take care of itself, 321 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:14.840 Like that's how it worked with Skyrim. You just made 322 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:17.279 a really good game and then people wanted to keep 323 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:19.799 playing it forever, and it's instead this time around sounds 324 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:21.679 like they just kind of got in their head about 325 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:23.840 making a game that people would play for ten years, 326 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:27.159 and the moment to moment that base game had a 327 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:29.840 lot of gaping holes in terms of its quality of 328 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:35.279 experience now to that point, secret presentation sparks excitement for 329 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:38.879 Starfield's future. This is from Jonas Mackie at Game Reactor. 330 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:41.840 We already know that, but there's working on new content 331 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:44.919 for Starfield, but we haven't received any further information about it. 332 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:48.639 The studio also hinted on several occasions that they have 333 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:53.120 more things in the pipeline for the space RPG, and 334 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:55.399 there are rumors that it will be released replaystation five 335 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:58.519 and switched to Now. Several sources are reporting that something 336 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:01.240 is in the works, and star far Field News That's 337 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:06.919 Capital N claims that a secret presentation has recently impressed attendees. 338 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:08.240 This is a quote. 339 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:11.879 A behind closed doors showing of upcoming Starfield content took 340 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:15.120 place recently, making those who attended very excited for the future. 341 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:15.600 Of the game. 342 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:19.240 Windows Central editor Jess Gordon shouts out to Jess says 343 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:21.519 he has heard similar information and it seems that a 344 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:24.799 fairly significant update to Starfield is in the works. Apparently 345 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:27.080 it won't quite be on par with the treatment like 346 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:30.720 cyber twenty seventy seven received, remember when that happened and 347 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:33.039 kind of like really changed the story on Cyberpunk, but 348 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:35.440 the comparison still shows that we may have something really 349 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:40.159 exciting to look forward to next year. Some of those changes, 350 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:43.799 think you alluded to it. The space travel, They are 351 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:46.639 going to make it more seamless, so instead of the 352 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:50.639 loading between going to different spots in space, apparently it's 353 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:53.559 going to be much more like you just free form 354 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:57.279 fly from where you're at to your goal and there 355 00:15:57.320 --> 00:16:00.559 is stuff in between without loading sequence is or at 356 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:04.679 least most loading sequences, I don't know, And it's like, okay, 357 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:07.639 that is better in my opinion. That is an improvement. 358 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:12.480 We'll fake it will make it feel more immersive. It's 359 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:14.960 not the problem with the game though, the problem is 360 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.440 just you know, landing on a planet and not that 361 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:20.960 there's nothing interesting. It's like, if there is something interesting, 362 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:24.000 there is usually a five minute walk where it is 363 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:28.200 not interesting first, and nothing really to do in those 364 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.679 and in that five minute walk other than fight cemenemies, 365 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:33.919 it was just, yeah, I didn't quite get that designed 366 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:35.159 at all. And then there was a bunch of other 367 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:38.120 stuff like the customization and the spaceship not really feeling 368 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:41.039 like a home. I'm sure they're trying to improve. 369 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:45.480 All of that it does. Does this sound like enough 370 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:46.240 for Starfield? 371 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:47.440 Do you feel like this could be one of those 372 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:49.759 games that has a No Man's Sky sort of like 373 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:52.879 trajectory of Hey, in a couple of years, we're gonna 374 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:54.360 be looking back and be like, wow, look how far 375 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:55.240 this game has come. 376 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:58.399 Or is this too little too late? I hope so. 377 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:00.679 I thought No Man Sky was a little too late. 378 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:03.000 I thought tryer Punk was a little too late. Both 379 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:06.680 of them made the turn. So I hope for Starfield 380 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:09.440 that this does happen. But there are two things in 381 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:11.599 this story that make me kind of give me. 382 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:12.359 Pause, please. 383 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:17.119 The first one is Starfield News not exactly the most 384 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:20.960 unbiased of Outlet's no offense to them. They covered what 385 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:23.880 they do, You're right though, But but for them to 386 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:27.200 say that the secret presentation recently impressed attendees, I did 387 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:29.240 know of the secret presentation. I saw some people talking 388 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:31.519 about how they were there, and I did see some 389 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:33.519 people talking about how, hey, this is some cool stuff. 390 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:35.839 You should give it a chance. Fine for both of 391 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:40.279 those things, But forgive me for the grain of salt. 392 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:44.640 I will have that people who were specifically brought to 393 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:46.559 Xbox to see this, you know what I'm saying, They 394 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.039 may have put it. 395 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:48.400 They're skeptical, right like you have. 396 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:51.079 They're skeptically when once you go in there and you 397 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:53.079 start seeing it and they're presenting it in the best 398 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.759 like possible, and everyone else is excited around you, it's 399 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:58.039 very easy to get caught up in that like micro 400 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:01.079 climate of hype and yeah, like I don't know everybody, 401 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:03.279