WEBVTT 1 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:16.839 You are listening to Video Games to the Max. Hello, 2 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:20.039 and welcome to another edition of Video Games to the Max. 3 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:22.480 I am your host, Seana Garmer here with me as 4 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:26.480 per usual, Miss Mark Morrison, and if you're on the 5 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:28.519 video version, as you can see, we're going to be 6 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:32.560 talking about selling Hill to remake. Mark's played a little 7 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:35.280 bit of it, so this will definitely be some impressions. 8 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:39.280 I've pre ordered the game, but I got the standard 9 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:41.520 edition and I wouldn't have had time to play it 10 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:48.240 anyway until probably late Tuesday. Thankfully, the hurricane that's probably 11 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:51.679 people know about now Milton is not going to hit 12 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:56.719 us very hard in the Miami area, but it is 13 00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:00.159 going to hit another one of our comrades in the 14 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.920 relative broadcasting pretty bad. He lives in Tampa where it's 15 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:05.640 going to hit directly. So I've been watching a lot 16 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:08.040 of it and had to go get ready just in case, 17 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:09.920 because at first they look at what was going to 18 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:13.480 but now it's not, thankfully, But because talking about things 19 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:16.599 that looks like we used to know what they're going 20 00:01:16.680 --> 00:01:19.599 to be about, and then apparently things are changing. Talking 21 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:24.040 about Halo as last night was the Halo World Championships 22 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:26.439 and they had some big news, so we'll talk about 23 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:31.640 that as well. Menifoori Fantasio's glowing reviews, we'll talk about those, 24 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:36.879 some high jinks going on with Nintendo and more emulator 25 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:43.920 drama with that. Power World's getting a Melbo version. Alien 26 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:47.799 Isolation two is happening to lead into all the spooky 27 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:52.159 season stuff and more. All right, so just quickly here 28 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:58.079 to get this out of the way housekeeping. Whether this 29 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:00.719 is the first time watching or we do, or you've 30 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:03.200 been watching us for a while, we do appreciate you. 31 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:07.159 You can watch us live around this time between like 32 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:09.919 four or five five point thirty at the latest on 33 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:11.960 Mondays is when we do the show live. You can 34 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:15.319 watch it on YouTube, W two network, Twitch, and Facebook, 35 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:19.000 W two network as well. I'll not be bringing back 36 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:22.599 the Twitter, my personal Twitter pretty soon, not sure, haven't 37 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:26.280 decided that on yet, And then you can always watch 38 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:29.479 on demand on YouTube. And I've started making clips of 39 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:31.360 the episodes as well, so we have a few of 40 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.479 those already up there. I'm working on more from the 41 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:37.479 last few episodes you've had, so thank you for those 42 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.240 that have watched the clips as well. They do help. 43 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.560 And you know, of course, showing up on TikTok over 44 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:47.400 there too, so you can just go at Scarman on TikTok. 45 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:52.319 You can find me on there. So yeah, considering the 46 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:55.879 rest of the network, though, anime is kicking off this month, 47 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:58.719 this is the big anime month of course, with the 48 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:03.960 Dragon Ball Dima coming on in cohoots with the Sparking 49 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:07.280 Zero game that is also coming out the same day, 50 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:10.439 October eleventh, and of course other big animies are Dan 51 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:13.560 Dan Dan that's gonna be apparently the next big one 52 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:15.800 that's also coming, so you might want to go. Make 53 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:18.439 sure you go check out a Taco Cafe because they 54 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:22.280 talk about all the new anime each that happens each season, 55 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:24.000 and I'm sure they will be talking about the false 56 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:27.439 stuff fairly soon, if not this week, the next week, 57 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:30.319 so go check them out. The routs and broadcasting people, 58 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:34.159 they are probably going to be doing, if not today tomorrow, 59 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:37.599 the Joker to review, so go make sure you check 60 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:42.759 them out as well. So that being said, make sure 61 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:44.639 you subscribe so you can get all that stuff and 62 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:46.840 then you can go listen on podcasts. Also, if you 63 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:50.400 just like listening with your ears instead of watching, you 64 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:55.080 can find us wherever podcasts are, so that being said, Mark, 65 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:58.560 now you haven't played a lot of it, and you 66 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.520 have not, so you have not played Silent Hill to 67 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:02.960 the original. 68 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:07.639 Right, I've I played like the Hill one demo you know, 69 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:10.240 back in the day, and demo disks didn't like that. 70 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:13.080 Played sound Health trand PC way back in the day. 71 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:14.879 It didn't like that because it had like really bad 72 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:18.240 game pad support. And I played sound Hill four on 73 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:19.879 PS two and didn't like that because it kind of 74 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:24.439 gave me motion sickness. Okay, so yeah, playing Sondhill too. 75 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:28.279 All right, So you and I are both going to 76 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:32.199 have the same perspective of not really having played the 77 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:36.839 game previously. So our first right, you know, initiation with 78 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:39.079 this game is going to be the remake. Y what 79 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:42.720 do you what do you think about it? And compared 80 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:44.879 to I don't know if you've played any of Bluebird 81 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:47.959 Teams other stuff, compared to that, what do you know? 82 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:51.480 I think, uh, you know, it seems okay, it looks 83 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:53.839 it looks I don't think it looks great. I think 84 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:58.240 it looks interesting though it's I'm on performance mode, I guess. 85 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:01.279 But okay, some of the looks kind of janky, but 86 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:05.079 I think actually don't mind it like if you assume 87 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:07.680 the camera around you can see the guys like like 88 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:11.879 Jacket has some really weird looking artifact for like a 89 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:15.839 second because like the rain. So yeah, I got to 90 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:18.240 like I hit like the main town, I guess, and 91 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:19.839 I forgot my first flat and it was like a 92 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:24.720 board with some nails in it. Yeah, okay, It's like 93 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:26.720 how does this not break out for like two hits? 94 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:32.519 But okay, can you already feel the the psychological horror 95 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:34.439 coming at you? I've no. 96 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:38.279 I mean it does have like elements, like it has 97 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:41.279 some like you know, spooky sound effects, I guess, but 98 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:44.199 nothing scary at the moment, at least not yet. My 99 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:49.800 problem really is they don't tell you what to do. Okay, 100 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:52.240 So back to the town and think they gave you 101 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:55.480 a map, which is nice, but it's like, okay, there 102 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:57.920 are direct there are locations marked in this map, like 103 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:00.560 Gonzales Diner. So I went there and it's just like 104 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:04.240 some boarded up diner And I'm like, what why did 105 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:06.199 you make mention of this if you can't get inside 106 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:09.839 you know, side of it. And then like every road 107 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:13.000 was blocked off either by like one road is like 108 00:06:13.079 --> 00:06:15.040 had like a big get like a big ditch in it, 109 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:17.600 like part of the sewer blew up or something, and 110 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:21.040 the other other roads have like these like big curtains 111 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:24.600 like blocking it off, and I'm like, hey, you can 112 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:27.920 get through a curtain, like you know, yeah, and b 113 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:30.319 Like I spent ten minutes trying to figure it where 114 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:33.519 the fuck to go because I'm like, I I'm going 115 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:35.399 up to like every house and it's like every house 116 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:37.959 that was abandoned basically, and I'm like, can I go 117 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:40.480 through here? You know what? What's the deal? And I 118 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:43.240 finally found like, oh, there's like one path on like 119 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:46.279 the upper like left part. This is my tooltip for you. 120 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:50.000 By the way, Yeah, there's like a very small alleyway 121 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:52.160 between between two houses you can get through. It actually 122 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:56.240 progress the story. And I was like, okay, cool, but 123 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:59.279 you could have highlighted this a little better, or you know, 124 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:02.439 like it would have been nice to have some direction, 125 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:05.759 Like I guess it's like, yo, if you want the 126 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:08.879 original you know PS two two thousand and one or 127 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:11.600 two thousand and two, whenever that game came out, feeling 128 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:14.839 go go for it, but it's twenty twenty four, y'all. 129 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:18.959 Like people have waypoints or people have it's a more. 130 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.040 I think that's that's part of it, right, They didn't 131 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:26.160 want to remove that, Like if they give you that 132 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:28.040 from the start, there's gonna be so many people that 133 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:32.800 don't know right that you can turn the waypoints off, right, 134 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:36.439 So there immediately the first thought is gonna be oh man, 135 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:40.600 they they twenty twenty for it. They gamified this. I 136 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:43.399 didn't want that, Like how much how much complain did 137 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:46.639 we get about the yellow paint and red as an evil? Right? 138 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:49.839 Look? I mean I would have maybe have an outside 139 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:51.399 default then and then you can turn it off the 140 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:52.959 turn it on in the options, you know. 141 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:57.720 Yeah, I wonder if they could technically add something like 142 00:07:57.839 --> 00:07:59.079 more lighting. 143 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:03.279 Or I'm also playing I also fired up Dead Space 144 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:07.040 to remake a dead Space like Last Man Super Bored uh, 145 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:09.279 and that game has like an actual button that says 146 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:12.759 hey go here, you know, literally like an environment saying 147 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:15.639 hey follow this path. I'm not saying you need something 148 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:20.560 like that direct or that that extreme, but yeah, you 149 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:22.959 could do it like with the camera, like if you 150 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:25.879 press a button, uh, you know, the guy turns to 151 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:28.000 like the next objective or where you know, where you 152 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.480 should supposed to be able to go next you know. 153 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:33.679 I think part of it is that's supposed to be 154 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:36.320 the thing is like that's supposed to be part of 155 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:39.320 the angst of it. The the making you be a 156 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:42.679 kind of scared is that you don't know where you're going. 157 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:46.080 The fog is there's the kind of des wur you 158 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.440 you don't know what's coming around every corner kind of thing, 159 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:48.799 you know. 160 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:51.159 But by that metric, I mean I was getting to 161 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:52.600 the point where I just can look up a guide 162 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:54.559 or like look up a video and it's like, well, iry, 163 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:56.840 that breaks emersion even further, you know. 164 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:00.440 So I agree with you on that, yeah, because most 165 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:01.960 of them they're going to have to kind of tell 166 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:04.080 you what's coming up ahead in order for you, Right, 167 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:07.519 But I mean, just to get through that one little 168 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:09.120 section and then you can just go back to not 169 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:13.799 using it. I don't think it's that necessarily that big 170 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:17.000 of an immersion breaker. But yeah, from everything I've heard, 171 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:20.440 it's gotten it has a its like eighty eight or 172 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:24.080 eighty nine on open critic and metacritics so far so 173 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:27.919 or eighty seven eighty eight something like that, so right, 174 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.879 doing well as far as the critical reception, I think 175 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:32.480 a lot better than a lot of people thought it 176 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:34.759 was going to do, which, Yeah. 177 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:37.559 People were kind of down on it, and it's like, well, 178 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:38.519 it ain't out yet. 179 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:41.559 I mean, yeah, there was a lot of talk before 180 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:45.600 it came out about oh mean it looks bad. They're 181 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.080 ruining this. Oh they're going to make the combat just 182 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:50.720 like Resident Evil and it's you know, all this stuff. 183 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:54.080 And they for the most part, it seems that they 184 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:56.720 retained most you know, pretty much everything and then just 185 00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:00.000 made some parts longer that were kind of cut off 186 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:02.759 oft in the original. So yeah, I'm excited to start 187 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:07.679 playing this either late Tuesday or Wednesday. As we're dealing 188 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.000 with the terrain here. 189 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:11.279 I don't have I don't obviously don't have the gun, 190 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:15.720 but the like perspective looks a lot like Revenue before. 191 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:19.720 Yeah, they did do it over the shoulder, now yeah, yeah, 192 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:24.559 so that's part of the limitations that back then. I think, right, well, 193 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:27.240 later you're gonna get a pipe that apparently makes things 194 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:27.879 a lot easier. 195 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:31.399 Yes, whatever, zombie is afraid of the pipe. 196 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:35.279 I like I like hearing the the crunching sound that 197 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:38.919 it makes when you you kill things. That all right, 198 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:41.679 So anything else. 199 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:44.320 No, Like I said, play Dead Space played death for 200 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:49.039 like two hours. It's good. It's fine or fun? H 201 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:55.080 I played Mederic Solid one. How's that that game? Parts 202 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:58.600 of that game about age particularly well, Yeah, I mean 203 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:00.679 you can make fun of the graphic, it's all you want. 204 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:03.120 I mean they are kind they were kind of it 205 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:06.000 was impressive back then, but like the you know, cloud 206 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:09.519 had more faithial definition than fucking Snake did, so I'll 207 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:10.559 snaked it back then. 208 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:11.399 Yeah. 209 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:13.639 The problem with that game really to me is like 210 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:15.879 it is real hard to get a bead on when 211 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:19.120 you're gonna choke a guy out. So you know, I'm 212 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:21.080 like a foot away and I do the action, it 213 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:22.840 doesn't work. I have to get like one step further 214 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:26.080 or closer to him, right, If I get two steps on, 215 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:27.440 it was bump into him and then I'll you know, 216 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:30.600 alert then alerted and shoo shoot at me. So it's 217 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:36.840 a real delicate process. And yeah, I got metaphor on 218 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:38.919 the way. But it's like a week out now because 219 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:43.919 my corner got delayed. That's unfortunately I got out such 220 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:44.240 to play. 221 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:50.440 So yeah, because you got the Big Collectors, yeah, yep, 222 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:54.519 I got the regular addition, so I'll wait for it. 223 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:56.600 Well, given the reviews, I guess it seems worth it now. 224 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:02.720 So yeah, for sure owing reviews for this game pretty much. 225 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:05.320 He not that we didn't expect some of that. It is, 226 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:08.320 you know, from the same folks that made the Persona 227 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:12.919 games and then Shimmigan Tennesse Games, and even Vengeance has 228 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:16.080 been well received this year. Persona Thatony Relove was well 229 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.720 received this year as well. Obviously both of those are 230 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:24.399 older games, right, But I mean this is like they 231 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:27.440 called it their third pillar, and it seems like it 232 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:30.480 is going to be that. And we talked about the demo, 233 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.639 you know, last week. So yeah, if you want our 234 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:38.039 thoughts on you know, what we played from there, you 235 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:40.480 can you continue to out or find a clip on 236 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:45.399 YouTube as well. So I'm ready for that on Friday, 237 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:48.039 just to delve deep, go from where we were and 238 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:49.879 let's see how this goes from there. 239 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:51.960 Yeah, we do, all right. 240 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:56.799 So I guess I haven't really I've played. I saw 241 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:01.240 that they finally posted your Astro bart review. I'm almost 242 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:03.360 some of mine. I'm like at the last, like I 243 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:07.039 think right afore the conclusion, just talking about the extra stuff. 244 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:10.679 So I'm probably gonna have it done today. But I 245 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:15.759 replayed Astro astrobot, because the ps AFF does that thing 246 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:19.080 where it removes your pictures if it's been after two weeks. 247 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:21.840 So I had removed all my pictures. So I had 248 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:24.440 to play out some levels and stuff and asked about 249 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:26.799 again to get more pictures to put in the review, 250 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:30.840 and just kind of like refamiliarizing myself with some stuff 251 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:32.279 that I know what he talked about. And then I 252 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:36.200 was like, Okay, just still fun still awesome. Yep, but 253 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:39.279 that's that's it for me. I guess let's go ahead 254 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:45.799 and talk about the big news of the It wasn't like, look, 255 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:50.679 I had I had a different headline to start this 256 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:54.919 this podcast. When I was like going through it on Sunday, 257 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:58.799 like afternoon, like putting up the stuff, I did not 258 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:03.039 think that we were going to be talking about Halo, right, 259 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.159 So it's it's just funny that they have the Halo 260 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:10.679 World Championships. And then it's not just the head of 261 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:16.080 World Championships. They have this new whole trailer that they 262 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:19.480 show that's a project that they began to kind of 263 00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:23.039 show what whatever the new generation or Halo would look 264 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:28.440 like in Unreal five. You know, they'd already had reports 265 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:31.480 before that they were gonna move Halo to Unreal five, 266 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:36.240 possibly try to start that with Halo Infinite, or at 267 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:37.639 least with the multiplayer part. 268 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:38.320 Uh. 269 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:41.279 They did announce like previously if they'd added third person 270 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:44.240 mode to the multiplayer, right, so kind of led to 271 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:46.600 more rumors about, oh, does that mean the Battle Warrial's 272 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:49.720 coming pretty soon or something. And then we get this 273 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:54.000 which is just three four three essentially saying Okay, we're 274 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:57.320 moving Halo to Unreal five and this is what it 275 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:00.919 looks like. And then they all also revealed at the 276 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.120 end that they are no longer called three four to 277 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:09.919 three Industries, they are now officially Halo Studio, which I 278 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:14.200 heard some mixed reception. It's I talked to, you know, 279 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:18.799 our sort of third co host, Randy, and he was like, oh, 280 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:22.320 this is stupid. They're naming it after the game that 281 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:26.720 they technically didn't start. It's like your stepdad coming and 282 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:31.159 taking over something that you made. And I laughed and 283 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:33.600 I was like, but at least this is like he 284 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:36.200 kind of gave the example of what if Konami just 285 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:39.519 decided to make a Metal Gear studio and saying, Okay, 286 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:41.600 now you're in charge of all the metal Gear games. 287 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:43.799 I was like, well, that's not necessarily true, because it's 288 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:47.600 like they took over from Halo four and have made 289 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:51.679 Halo games before. It's not like this is the first one, right, 290 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:57.639 But they do mention in there that they are basically 291 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:00.799 they had a recipe before, which is taking a lot 292 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:04.639 of stuff from the previous games that Bungie obviously became 293 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:12.960 famous with and then adapting that to the current you know, 294 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:19.360 and two kind of varying success, right, Especially Five wasn't 295 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:23.799 well received at all. Halo Infinite was well received for 296 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.559 some of it, and Halo four was mixed as well. 297 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.799 And then you have that, right, So what do you? 298 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:35.279 I know, you didn't watch the trailer thing that they show, 299 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.960 but you're ready, Oh you did? 300 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:39.320 Okay, you know, yeah for seven minutes a long sin 301 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:44.159 Who cares? I guess, Randy kind of changing the name 302 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:46.919 doesn't mean a whole lot because the same people are 303 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:50.559 so responsible or in charge, and they can't make a 304 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.279 good Halo game. 305 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:57.840 I would disagree in the they can't make a profitable 306 00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:59.159 and popular Halo game. 307 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:02.600 Yeah, because I think Halo four is okay, I guess, 308 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:07.000 but no one cared about five, and Halo Infinite seems 309 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:08.519 like a dumpster fire, right. 310 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:12.480 I think the thing with Halo is that four they 311 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:16.000 really just they had to kind of they're now forced 312 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:18.960 to Okay, Bungee ended the cycle, we have to start 313 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:22.160 our own, and they're having to kind of deal with 314 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:25.079 that and change it. And then five they went into 315 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:28.400 a completely other direction nobody wanted and they suffered for that. 316 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:31.119 Six they kind of backtracked and went back to that. 317 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:35.839 Multiplayer was really well received. The story mode was actually 318 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:38.599 like the lot for Halo Infinite. It was just the 319 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:42.359 way that they rolled out the stuff. Afterwards, they gave 320 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:45.160 it the bad press, right the oh we're not going 321 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:47.319 to have the co op, We're not going to have 322 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:50.880 Forge for a long time. Oh then we're just canceling 323 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:52.240 the split screen period. 324 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:55.880 Uh finished already, you know. 325 00:17:56.160 --> 00:18:00.319 Yeah, the battle passes, even though they didn't do it 326 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:02.400 like Fortnite where you have to buy them and they 327 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:05.640 run out or whatever. Oh no, still, we don't like this, 328 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:08.680 you know, this is not what we wanted for the multiplayer. 329 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:11.559 And to be fair, Peer Hints is the one that 330 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:13.920 kind of saved the master Chief collection, and he's the 331 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:16.559 one that's kind of ahead of this right now. So 332 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:20.559 I guess what their whole initiative was to say that 333 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:24.440 we are we now like the chains have been taken off. 334 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:26.880 Not only are we moving over to unreal and we 335 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:29.039 don't have to worry about dealing with an engine that 336 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:31.839 we only made for this thing. Because whenever, originally this 337 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:33.759 is supposed to be like an open world game, it 338 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.119 wasn't even supposed to be this right that they wound 339 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:41.200 up being Halo Infinite. Then now they have the ability 340 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:44.960 to kind of like you know, chart their own course, 341 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:47.240 decide what they want to do with Halo from this 342 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:51.839 point forward, chase their own stories, whatever it is, you know, 343 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:53.680 all the I mean technical jargon. 344 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:58.000 Yeah, I would say though that's bad because part of 345 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:01.119 the big issue with Halo streak games if people don't 346 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:04.240 like those stories or what they're doing with the characters 347 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:08.559 and stuff like that. So right then you're going like, oh, 348 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:10.799 they got free rein to do Halo the way they want. 349 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:15.559 It's like, well, no, people don't want you know what 350 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:18.759 they want or you know what they're offering. And I 351 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:20.559 did watch it. I said, I watched that trailer. I 352 00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:24.559 hated when that art director guy said like, oh, we 353 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:29.359 got this project forge going. So we ideated on three, 354 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:32.720 you know, three levels, And I was like, can't you 355 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:36.039 just say fucking brainstorm or we you know, we created 356 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:39.839 like levels like he said, like the most like pompous 357 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:43.400 way too, Oh my god, Like I wonder if Halo's 358 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.839 going down the drange. 359 00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:49.079 Yeah, they made one that kind of looked like the flood, right, 360 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:52.920 which hasn't been used since Halo three, which. 361 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:55.960 Is something that they both did want, right, right, Yeah, 362 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:59.440 it made snow level and then like waterfall level, right, 363 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:02.720 But I don't know, I think they should have really 364 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:06.279 got I mean the problem with three four three, what 365 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.480 a lot of people have said is. 366 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:11.039 Like they don't like what Bungee did. And there have 367 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:14.200 been some reports like old Bungee people who worked in 368 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:16.880 the first Halo games who like left Bungee and tried 369 00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:19.519 to go work at three four three and three four 370 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:21.559 three is like no, because like he worked at Bungie. 371 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:25.079 Well remember they even brought in Joseph Stanton to kind 372 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:28.319 of like save it at the last minute, right, So 373 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:31.079 but talk about big time Bungie person. 374 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:35.640 Yeah, but he's gone now, right, and you have to 375 00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:37.640 wonder how much of his input day for used. 376 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:40.440 Yeah that was just for the story. I think it 377 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:44.480 wasn't necessarily for the gameplay aspect of it. 378 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:48.920 So I don't know. I mean, they can rebrand as 379 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.960 much as they want, but if the same people are 380 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:53.359 in charge, it's just completely hollow. 381 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:56.119 It's just well, I think they the thing is that 382 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:58.640 they learned from that mistake, right, They learned from the 383 00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:02.880 mistake of we're not going to do this again. There 384 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:05.640 was a lot of pressure of after the delay and 385 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:09.359 after the mess up of showing Craig and that whole 386 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:12.400 trailer and whatever, of we have to get this right. 387 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:14.400 But then also it's like, oh, we can't delay it again. 388 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:16.359 We have to release it now. We have to have 389 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:18.799 this thing. We have to have this big game out 390 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:22.440 in this timeframe or whatever, or it's gonna be a 391 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:25.880 big loss. And you know, even though they have game 392 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:28.640 passed to back them up, they don't necessarily It's not 393 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:32.160 like we're trying to get people to go necessarily spend 394 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:34.720 everything and buy the game like you would have in 395 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:37.680 the past. But I think they learned about like, you 396 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:42.119 gotta release same feature complete, no battle passes if you're 397 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:44.680 gonna do it right. I mean, obviously the way that 398 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:47.799 they release this multiplayer you have to monetize it. You 399 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:50.839 have to include that stuff. It's it's free multiplayer, right, 400 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:54.680 You're not paying for that, So it's a different thing. 401 00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:58.680