WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:12.279 Hey, everybody, welcome to Game Mess Mornings presented by Deku 2 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:14.599 Deals with Me. Jeff Grub, your host from giant bomb 3 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:17.679 dot com, Thank you for tuning in. In this episode, 4 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:19.160 we're going to be talking about one of the best 5 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:22.320 reviewed games of the year. Yes, another one, and a 6 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:24.600 much requested future comes to steam Deck. We'll get into 7 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:26.480 all that soon. It's going to be a good one 8 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:28.879 because we have John Clark on the show. John, how 9 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:29.559 are you doing? 10 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:32.960 Oh good man. This is a privileged first for me. 11 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:36.840 You'd like to be here because I have very fond 12 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:39.520 memories you. You like, took us under your wing when 13 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:41.799 we were first starting out, and that's hard to do 14 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:44.359 in this industry. So it's always nice to be able 15 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:46.560 to return the favor and be a voice and say 16 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.359 hello to the giant bomb community and obviously the xboxerier community. 17 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:51.600 Bid you good wishes, wishes. 18 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:54.079 You will, so, yeah, we appreciate it as always. 19 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:56.759 Yeah, it's a guy that was years and years and 20 00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:00.320 I was in Colorado then, so quite some time ago. Yeah, 21 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:01.840 you guys are doing well, happy. 22 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:01.960 To see it. 23 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:06.079 How are things in the You guys describe yourself as 24 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:10.040 console specific, but you guys try not to be fanboy Warriors. 25 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:11.480 What's the take over there on that side of the 26 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:12.319 face right now. 27 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:14.840 It's Microsoft have made it wonderfully easy for the last 28 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:15.359 couple of years. 29 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:15.760 It's great. 30 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:20.599 It's a great time for everyone involved. The media industry, 31 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:23.680 I think is going through its own changes. Like I'm 32 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:26.560 sure you've had plenty of conversations with fellow guests and 33 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.760 other people in this space. It's hard out there, like 34 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:34.439 unless you want to descend upon clickbait, seo garbage that 35 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:36.640 no one enjoys doing. Like, no one on the team 36 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:39.480 likes writing this stuff. There's no creative output, there's no 37 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:43.480 fun in it. But the reality is to stay alive, 38 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:46.359 you have to dabble a little bit. And we think 39 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:49.439 we're finding a nice balance. But what we're really focusing 40 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:52.000 on is making stuff for the people that play on 41 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.040 that platform, because I think, you know, speaking candidly, it 42 00:01:56.079 --> 00:01:59.719 isn't everybody's favorite platform, right, but there is a contingent 43 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:01.959 of millions of players out there that still play there. 44 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:06.480 But equally, as Microsoft are transitioning in this weird way 45 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:12.639 that they're doing that feels woefully disorganized into everything, there's 46 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:15.080 kind of like there's two coins, right we've talked about rebranding. 47 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:18.080 Do we change names ort of that. Are the Xbox 48 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:20.280 Faithful you know, going to take that as a sign 49 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:23.520 of defeat or is it an opportunity for us to 50 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:25.840 just cover more or is everything going to be great 51 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:27.879 because in the end, everything is going to be everywhere, 52 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:30.000 so kind of it doesn't really matter what we're called. 53 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:32.120 I don't know how that's all going to shake out. 54 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:35.199 We're still figuring it out. But it's certainly an adventure 55 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:40.400 and it's fun. Yeah, it's it's it's a challenge, especially 56 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:44.000 as it's my sole job, but I love doing it 57 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:46.039 right and they're the passion still there and we still 58 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:47.800 get to do cool stuff like do you remember the 59 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:50.680 book we did, Like yeah, of course four years ago, 60 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:53.199 five years ago. It's out in retail today. 61 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:57.599 Whoa, really, we've got it, published the book and then 62 00:02:57.680 --> 00:02:58.719 get it. Yeah. 63 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:02.520 Yeah, So like if people didn't know this, hold on 64 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:04.960 a second, look, I want to wheel gracefully backwards. 65 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:08.360 No, absolutely, grab it. Uh, this is a they did 66 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:09.159 a lot of work on this. 67 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:11.080 It was we did we did this right and this 68 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:13.039 is the super duper fancy version and this is for 69 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:16.039 your expots out there that bleed green. Right, this isn't 70 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:17.800 what it looks like at retail. I'm sorry to say, 71 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:20.719 because this book costs a lot. But we made a 72 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:24.840 book all about the original Xbox console and the games 73 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:27.120 and all of that jazz. You can see. It's like embossed, 74 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:29.439 and it's for collectors. It's a coffee table book. It's 75 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:32.319 full of really lovely art and every game ever released, 76 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:35.159 all of that jazz. But we got got picked up 77 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:39.879 via some publishing deal and it's come out in retail 78 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:42.719 in a much cheaper way, so people can go pick 79 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:44.960 it up. But it's out Amazon. I don't think it's 80 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:46.719 available in the US until January. 81 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:52.479 Oh okay, well never mind. Still though that is that's 82 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:55.599 very cool. It's excellent worker. You guys are always hustling 83 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:57.159 trying to make stuff like that happen. I find that 84 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:00.280 to be pretty inspiring. Yeah, And it's like to figure 85 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:01.439 out what the future is going to look like. I 86 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:03.759 don't think the people that get paid the most money 87 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:06.800 in this industry have any idea what's going to happen next, 88 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:09.479 and so I think we're all just kind of trying 89 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.800 to follow their lead and realizing, oh, they don't know anything, 90 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:15.360 and so it's making every decision we have to make 91 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:16.600 a little bit more challenging as well. 92 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:18.959 Yeah, I mean, look at the news run today. I 93 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:22.399 won't spoil it, but like, oh, I guess some companies 94 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:24.600 are all thinking along the same lines as we go 95 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:25.319 forward now. 96 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:27.519 So maybe they take different routes, but we kind of 97 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:29.000 all end up in the same place. 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Hello YouTube. 137 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:12.839 All right, we have a lot to get into, so 138 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:16.839 let's start the morning mess with Arc Graders' reviews. You know, 139 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:19.279 this is a game that was kind of it came 140 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:21.759 out a little bit ago. Now it's you know, a 141 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.480 live game, so reviews are still kind of trickling in. 142 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:28.199 It has a ninety three on Open Critic. Was ninety 143 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:30.160 four now just kind of down to ninety three. It 144 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:32.120 is one of the best reviewed games of the year. 145 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:35.279 I think people are pointing out might be actually be 146 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:37.279 like tied for the best reviewed game of the year 147 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:40.079 something like that. Either way, this is these are all 148 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:42.480 kind of glowing reviews for the most part. It got 149 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:45.079 a nine out of ten from Mark Delaney at GameSpot, 150 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:48.959 who says Arc Graders is an extraction shooter unlike any other, 151 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:53.240 playing out like a totally unpredictable, immersive, thrilling story generator 152 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:56.000 directed by the community, as a nine out of ten 153 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:59.360 from Aaron Bain at Push Square, who says Arc Raiders 154 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:02.360 has well and truly been worth the weight. This is 155 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:06.160 a phenomenal showcase of what immersive multiplayer can be. Every 156 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:08.160 run is different, and what your squad will come out 157 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:10.079 with the story. Your squad will come out with stories 158 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:12.519 each time. It could be tougher on those planning to 159 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:15.600 play solo, and the extraction loop won't be for everyone. 160 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.439 But as far as extraction shooters go, this is the one. 161 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:21.160 This is one of the most successible and it respects 162 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:24.639 your time, giving you a fun experience from your first match, 163 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:26.959 and then a six out of ten from Eric Hodges 164 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:30.720 at Tryhard Guides, who says Art Graders seems to be 165 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:34.040 a good contender for the extraction shooter genre, offering solid, 166 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:38.360 if familiar genre gameplay and a unique aesthetic. However, overpriced 167 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:41.360 to monetization plagues this already pay to play title, and 168 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:43.839 as something of a tourist to the extraction shooter genre, 169 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:46.480 I can't personally say that Art Greators does anything too 170 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:50.399 different or exciting, proving to be an inoffensive experience, albeit 171 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:53.639 one that failed to win me over. I've played a 172 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:55.439 little bit of this, and I gotta say I think 173 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:57.639 I'm beginning to feel the itch. There's a couple things 174 00:07:57.639 --> 00:08:01.240 that happened. John I went in there, star Plane, I 175 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:03.319 was like, okay, I do like the aesthetic. I think 176 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:07.040 this is a cool looking sci fi sort of setting 177 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:11.319 that's like somewhere between a seventies a sci fi novel 178 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:14.519 and Titan Fall, kind of in that range. Those are 179 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:18.639 my touchstones that there's probably people who are genre. Yeah, yeah, 180 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:20.759 And then I started, Okay, I like looking at it. 181 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:24.319 Shooting feels good, and I like just kind of like 182 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:27.120 adding the quests and seeing the things that I needed 183 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:29.600 to pick up and going into the world and then 184 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:30.879 going back to my base. 185 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:33.480 It was like, oh, yeah, this is just a new. 186 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:36.559 Form of upgrading my weapons and my character in like 187 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:39.039 Call of Duty four, it's like a more immersive version 188 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:43.360 of that. And then because you can go into this 189 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:46.879 world and it's PvP VE and most people most of 190 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:49.720 the time are focused on the VE part of that, 191 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:53.720 the versus the computer players and trying to take out 192 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:56.960 the the mechs and stuff like that, it creates the arcs. 193 00:08:57.000 --> 00:09:00.799 It creates this opportunity for all these interesting interactions between people, 194 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:03.399 and I'm just like, oh, you know what, that sounds 195 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:05.519 like a good way to spend my time. So I 196 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:07.320 am being one over by this, how about you? 197 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:11.919 I was invited to the they called it the Final Preview, 198 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:15.200 but I said, look, I've played, I don't know. I 199 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:17.840 played something like twenty hours in the beta. I played 200 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:20.480 another ten in the service Slam. I played an additional 201 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:22.399 four for this preview event, and I was like, I 202 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:24.720 don't want to do twice the work here. I'm going 203 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:26.519 to write this as a review and progress is that okay? 204 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:28.960 And I said yeah, and I equally like, just at 205 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:30.919 that point, I've played enough. I know what this is. 206 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:34.320 And I will quote myself because it's easier than coming 207 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:37.279 up with something off the cuff. It's an extraction shooter 208 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:41.960 that's purposely built for hardcore players, yet is surprisingly accessible 209 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:46.039 for a newbie. It's thematically dystopian, so it's you know, 210 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:49.000 post apocalyptic and machines have taken over the world. The 211 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:52.559 world is screwed. Yeah, it's beautiful. It's full of color 212 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:56.879 and vividness and brightness, and it's tense and it's thrilling 213 00:09:57.320 --> 00:09:59.799 and it can be downright terrifying. But it's also full 214 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:02.639 of the the endearing moments that I haven't experienced since 215 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:05.200 the early days of Seer Thieves, Like where you've got 216 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:08.679 these player emergent moments? Yeah, you just but I've pumped in. 217 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:11.240 I'm addicted. I haven't been this addicted to a video 218 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:15.080 game since Blueprints earlier this year, where I am like obsessed, 219 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:19.320 I wake up thinking about it. Playing solo is a 220 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:21.679 friendlier experience if if there are people watching right now, 221 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:25.679 they're like, h PvP other humans gross totally get it. 222 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:29.440 In Solo, surprisingly, you'll find that most people will team 223 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:32.480 up and you'll encounter the odd douchebag, but for the 224 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:35.480 most part, that's where the emergent things happen. 225 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:37.720 The douchebag makes the fact that most people want to 226 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.879 pair up even more meaningful to me. 227 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:42.559 Yeah, exactly, because when you do encounter that moment, Like 228 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:45.120 I've had moments where I've been extracting and I'm on 229 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:47.480 my own and there's been people waiting for me to 230 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:49.840 drop down into the extraction shoot and then they're just 231 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:51.799 gonna gun me down in the last moments, and I'm like, 232 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:53.720 you jerks, how long have you waited? 233 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:54.000 There? 234 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:58.840 No life? But then equally, we've been that team. You know, 235 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:00.879 I put often players three and you go out as 236 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:03.440 a squad and you yeah, that's where it gets sweaty. 237 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:06.000 But you get these wonderful combat encounters where you can 238 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:07.960 choose to run, you might pull it out of the 239 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.240 bag and then you're looting, and then someone else will 240 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:13.080 come and third party you. It's those emergent moments that 241 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.720 are making this game kind of go big and go viral, 242 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:20.399 but it's still nice and easies you in. It's I 243 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:22.399 think they've done an incredible job. And I know there's 244 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:24.919 some criticism about use of AI in the game. 245 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:29.320 The voices specifically, I think for the characters are is 246 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:33.639 some form of AI, Yeah, the speech for a while, 247 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:36.159 but like, maybe this is more aggressive than that. I 248 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:38.720 think there was someone mentioned, and I haven't looked into it, 249 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:41.039 that they trained on real voice actors. If that's the case, 250 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:42.720 that is that is a bit much. 251 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:46.639 Yeah, they hired voice actors that said, I am okay 252 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:48.879 with doing this because they're a small team, right, And 253 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:52.000 I think, like, I don't think AI is great. It 254 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:53.840 bugs the hell out of me every time any of 255 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:55.799 these giant companies bring it up, and I roll my 256 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:57.559 eyes into the back of my head like everybody else. 257 00:11:57.600 --> 00:12:01.000 But there is elements in this that are super smart. Like, Okay, 258 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:04.320 they're a small team, and if you're going to be 259 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:07.320 tagging all these different things across all these maps, can 260 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:08.519 they come up with a way where they don't have 261 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:10.879 to hire everyone every time as they make a new map. 262 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:13.240 And it's a life service game, they have they do 263 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:15.440 you say to do that? That's a clever way, and 264 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:18.399 the actors have agreed to it. So I don't know 265 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.559 how mad we should get. But they also use and 266 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:22.879 I'm not sure where I read this, and I'm maybe 267 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:27.080 paraphrasing here, machine learning to dictate how the arc animate 268 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:29.600 when you shoot off their turbines. 269 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:33.159 Yeah, because like machine learning may Yeah, that's like that's 270 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:35.840 like classic stuff at this point where early on when 271 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:37.720 we were looking at machine learning, it was like, oh, yeah, 272 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:39.399 we can like just build a three D model and 273 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:42.200 let it run through its say hey, we want to 274 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:44.440 go where you're running at like this speed, and then 275 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:46.759 they can go through millions of federations in a few 276 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:49.399 minutes and figure out a way to animate itself, like 277 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:51.840 how it should walk. And it's like that that stuff 278 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:55.320 I've always liked. I think that's a cool way to 279 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:59.200 explore this. The you know this, it's not that small 280 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:01.440 thet studio, I think they were two hundred and fifty people, 281 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:04.559 like out of there it could tell yeah, sure, but 282 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:07.279 but there certainly are a team that's kind of out 283 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:09.840 there trying to like figure out ways to just save 284 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:11.600 money to make this stuff makes sense long term. Now, 285 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:13.480 this is a game that is going to be very successful, 286 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.559 So at this point I would be like, hey, all 287 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:18.840 those excuses early on, if we want to make sure 288 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:21.120 that we're being cost effective, it's like, well, I don't know, 289 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:21.679 pay the people. 290 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:23.120 Let's just continue to pay the people. 291 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:25.120 And all those grooments you made with those voice actors, 292 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:28.080 maybe just bring them back because it's just actually better. 293 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:30.799 It's better to have them there do it voice in person. 294 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:33.840 So yeah, do do what right by those people, do 295 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:36.879 right by your game. But I can't help but like 296 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:41.480 the game so far, I think that it is mostly 297 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:45.240 something that is. It does feel like it respects your time. 298 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:47.519 Feels like it's like they thought about that stuff of like, oh, 299 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:49.480 you have a life beyond this thing, and we want 300 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:52.759 that for you, as opposed to some of the other 301 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:55.519 entries in the genre, which everyone says it's like, oh yeah, 302 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:57.399 this is going to have to become your whole personality 303 00:13:57.559 --> 00:13:58.120 is playing time. 304 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:01.279 Yeah. Yeah, Like if you know, in the extraction shooter genre, 305 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:03.360 you'll get wiped so that everyone gets reset after like 306 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:06.799 a season whatever. To my knowledge, this is optional in 307 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:09.919 our graders, So you can choose to you know, get 308 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:12.240 some cool new cosmetics and all of this jazz if 309 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:14.159 you choose to wipe and you have to start again, 310 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:16.759 and you'll retain certain things, and they won't give you 311 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:19.039 like I'm better than the other players type buffs, but 312 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:21.919 you'll get I've got this exclusive you know whatever, because 313 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:24.120 I am hardcore enough that I did all these things. 314 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:26.559 So it's a smart way of approaching it. I'm curious 315 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:28.440 to see what, you know, what next year brings. They've 316 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:30.799 already got a road map out for from now until 317 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:32.879 the end of the year. There's new maps, there's new 318 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:36.879 machines to fight, there's new quests to go on. What's 319 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:39.080 what's going to happen next, you know, and there's plenty 320 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:40.480 of things that they could do. But the big thing 321 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:42.960 that they're missing, Jeff, is beards. There's no beards in 322 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:45.799 the game, and this is the post apocalypse. I need 323 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.200 a beard. 324 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:46.840 Yep. 325 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:48.480 It doesn't make it doesn't make any sense. And I'm 326 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:50.440 offending everywhere. 327 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:51.240 Thank you. 328 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:53.000 Yeah, that was that was the last thing that sort 329 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:56.240 of won me over here was kind of talking to 330 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:59.039 friend Christian who kind of shirped us through the game 331 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:01.480 the other day when we stream it, and he mentioned 332 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:05.000 he's like I finished all the missions, like wait what no, 333 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.639 Like what do you mean like the dailies for today's 334 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:09.519 like no, no, like this this season of stuff, like 335 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:11.159 I kind of like did everything you're supposed to do? 336 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.960 There's an end like that? 337 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:16.200 To me, that's like that is more enticing the idea 338 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:19.720 that I could see this through and then eventually they'll 339 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:22.440 reset it and come up with like a new set of. 340 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.320 Things you're supposed to do. 341 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:26.519 But it's like, ah, I can work towards something and 342 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:28.440 see a light at the end of the tunnel. Something 343 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:31.120 about that clicked in my brain of making it feel like, okay, 344 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:33.879 I curing it runs good on steam Deck. Running runs 345 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:36.440 well on steam Deck, I should say, and that I could. 346 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:39.399 It's like a fun experience solo queueing and you can 347 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:41.679 actually get through this and see some sort of an end. 348 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:44.919 I'm like, Okay. That combination of factors has has certainly 349 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:46.799 made me more interested in playing it. 350 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:51.320 Yeah, the world that they've built, unlike the mystery behind 351 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:53.519 who are the arc? Why are they coming back down 352 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:57.519 to the planet? You know, because this is set ecological disaster. 353 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:59.559 The rise of AI, the rise of technology is all 354 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:02.960 convert in humanity screwed. And now the people in the game, 355 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:05.080 like your characters and the world around you, they don't 356 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:08.559 really know what the arc is and exploring and pulling 357 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:11.519 at that mystery thread of like, is there another set 358 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:13.639 of humanity up there in the stars that are trying 359 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:15.559 to take the planet back and they're using machines to 360 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:17.919 do it? You know, do we get to go fight 361 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:19.919 them at some point in the like, I don't know. 362 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:22.919 Let's find out as a community together. That's super cool. 363 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:25.840 And that the new map that's coming in December is 364 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:30.799 unlocked via community interaction in some form. What that looks 365 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:32.879 like yet again, I don't know, but I'm curious to 366 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:33.279 find out. 367 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:33.919 Yep. 368 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:37.120 Definitely definitely feels like it's lately combining a lot of 369 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:38.759 the factors that have made a lot of other games 370 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:42.360 work recently in a really smart way. The other game 371 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:46.240 that got reviews, High Role Warriors, Age of Imprisonment in 372 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:48.720 eighty one on Open Critic. It keeps like ticking up. 373 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:51.480 It was like starting in the seventies. It was eighty 374 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:54.200 when I looked last night, eighty one this morning. Seven 375 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:57.080 out of ten from Richard Wakeling at game Spot, who says, 376 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.360 a fish a. 377 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.360 Few issue of fishues. 378 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:02.519 Yeah, few issues hold it back, but High Roll Warriors 379 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:05.920 Age of Imprisonment marks a high point for the spinoff series, 380 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:09.759 iterating on its riotous hack and slash combat with depth 381 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:14.119 and variety. Four point five stars from daily Mehr, who 382 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:17.200 the author over there rights murdering millions of Moblins is 383 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:19.839 simply a cathartic sensation you won't get in any other 384 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:23.119 Zelda game, I suppose, other than the other Musso Zelo games. 385 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:27.480 Is it mindless, yes, but still wholeheartedly satisfying, And then 386 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:30.759 four stars from Jade King at the gamer who says, 387 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:33.160 but this is still a Muso title, and it can 388 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:36.640 only achieve so much within that framework without awkwardly bursting 389 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:40.559 at the seams. With those restrictions in consideration, however, High 390 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:44.240 Role Warriors Age of Imprisonment is a triumphant sequel that 391 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:49.720 Zelda fans are going to adore. God, this is like 392 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:52.000 a game where it's like, Okay, I suppose the best 393 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:55.079 version of this idea with Zelda stuff, and that's the 394 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:57.559 Zelda game that I stole, really love, and I love 395 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:59.920 that setting, and you know this is in the past, 396 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:02.839 I think, with Zelda being imprisoned, you know, before the 397 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:05.480 events of Tiers of the Kingdom. I think that's right. 398 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:08.000 I'm not exactly sure you're about right, You're about Oh, 399 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:10.759 that sounds right to mean, that sounds good. But even 400 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:14.440 the best version of that is only so appealing to me, 401 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:17.160