WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:05.799 You were listening to episode sixty one of GameSpot After Dark. 2 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:09.480 On this week's episode, we talk about Genschen impact, cyberpunk Crunch, 3 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:24.239 and Peter Parker's face. Hello and welcome to episode sixty 4 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:26.519 one of GameSpot After Dark. I'm your host Jake Decker, 5 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:30.280 and joining me this week is Lucy James Hi to 6 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:33.799 more Hussein, Hello that, and Jean Luke Sipeke. 7 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:34.200 Hello. 8 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:34.640 Hello. 9 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:37.600 This is the first episode we've done in a while 10 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:39.439 where we haven't had a guest, so this is just 11 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:43.320 the core crew for the most part. Kelly's got another 12 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:46.359 podcast after She's going to be on the on Jared 13 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:50.439 Petties like, oh the one countdown, So she's taken a 14 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:54.479 break this week to I don't know, save her podcasting voice. 15 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:55.759 I guess you could say that to make sure to 16 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:58.920 check that out. But anyway, this week, what have we 17 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:00.920 all been playing? Did you want to start? 18 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:04.519 Yeah? So, I I had a little meltdown in slack 19 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:06.719 when I was trying to remember what I've actually done 20 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:09.280 this week. I did play a bit of Mafia on 21 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:10.799 Sunday morning. Forgot about that. 22 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:13.120 What do you think I. 23 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:16.359 Never played it originally? I was digging it, honestly, it's 24 00:01:16.439 --> 00:01:19.159 quite a chill game. I was very encouraged. You said 25 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:22.159 last week that it was relatively short. I just enjoyed 26 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:27.400 driving around basically. But the main thing that I've been 27 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:31.159 enjoying this week is the Great British Bakeoff is back. 28 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:35.480 I'm not calling it that shite American name that you 29 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:38.040 have to call it because of Pillsbury or whatever. It 30 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:39.159 is Great Britain. 31 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:40.000 The American name. 32 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:41.480 Yeah, what's the shite American name? 33 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:43.719 The Great British Baking Show? 34 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:45.799 Oh, you just said it. 35 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:47.480 I know I just said it, But I won't refer 36 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:51.959 to it when I in my in my review quote unquote, 37 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:58.040 I won't be referring to it as a bakeoff. So this, like, 38 00:01:58.480 --> 00:01:59.799 I know, I think I've talked about it in the 39 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:02.760 pot cast maybe last year, but like, Bakeoff is one 40 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:06.959 of those wholesome shows that just instantly cheers me up, 41 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:09.840 and I'm so glad they're all on Netflix here. I 42 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:11.840 am one of those people who I'll watch Bakeoff, but 43 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:13.840 I never get the urge to bake. I will just 44 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.319 buy my baked goods. I don't need to go through 45 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:19.599 all that stress about soaky bottoms and watching the oven 46 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:22.479 don't need it, but we were watching it on Friday. 47 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:26.759 There's a small group of us watching it, and it's 48 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:30.159 just a very wholesome show. And usually you can tell 49 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:33.599 who you're gonna hate immediately when you watch it, but 50 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:36.120 this season is kind of magical because I didn't hate 51 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:41.479 any of them. Also, in terms of like bake off, 52 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:44.599 there was so much drama in the first episode someone 53 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:48.719 accidentally knocked over someone else's plate of cakes just at 54 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:53.039 the technical as well, and then the show stopper at 55 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:55.520 the end, so that's like they get a brief, they 56 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:58.879 get time to practice. It was maybe one of the 57 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:02.919 weirdest briefs ever seen. It was make a cake of 58 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:06.599 someone who you're inspired by, and if you go online 59 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:09.120 and look at something they. 60 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:12.319 Are specifically, it's a bust. It's a bust cake of them. 61 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:22.360 I mean there was David Bowie just looked I don't know, sad, 62 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:24.120 squashed like and the thing is as well, it's like 63 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:27.800 very wholesome. Everyone's laughing and I'm not critiquing because I 64 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:30.719 know for sure that I couldn't do it. David Bowie 65 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:34.240 just looked so sad. I thought Freddie Mercury looked actually 66 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:36.680 really good. Because he was way more stylized, or like 67 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:42.560 most of them tried to do more realistic takes didn't 68 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:45.439 really pan out. But I think my favorite one had 69 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:48.159 to be Tomm de Along from Link on It two 70 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:52.240 and it looked like you know that music video for 71 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:55.080 Sledgehammer where he's all made of wax and it's all 72 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:57.159 I'm moving around. It reminded me of that, and it 73 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:00.199 was it's such a good show. I'm so glad at 74 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:00.599 his back. 75 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:08.719 That Tom DeLong cake is genuinely horrifying. It's ah, who 76 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:09.400 would you make. 77 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:11.840 A cake of? If you had what celebrity would you pick? 78 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.240 The first thing that came to my mind was you 79 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:17.079 know that Gerald busts where he's like playing. 80 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:19.000 Gwent and it's just like that. 81 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:21.120 That's probably what I do. It would look terrible, but 82 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:22.639 that's the first thing that came to my mind. 83 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:27.680 Ah, who would I make? Might make? I mean, I can't, 84 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.720 I can't do David Bowie. Oh it annoyed me. I 85 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:34.519 got like very push glasses up nose because they said, oh, yeah, 86 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:41.040 we're making Ziggy Stardust. But actually it was a Laddin insane. 87 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:41.759 Uh. 88 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:48.680 The lightning bolt across his face so that one's already gone, 89 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:52.959 but like you could do David Bowie and maybe his 90 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:53.439 life on. 91 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.040 Mars Labyrinth or Labyrinth all the Hair. 92 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:03.000 No I would do Nikola Tesla from The Prestige, David 93 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:06.680 Boy's greatest role Tesla. You can't do that accent for 94 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:10.399 ship Kenny, but no. I mean, like Bacop's back is 95 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:12.600 Fantastics on Netflix every Friday. 96 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:14.240 M h nice. 97 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:18.199 It's really fun enjoyable to watch the bit where the 98 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:22.839 old cake knocking incident came. It was so good, like 99 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:25.639 spoilers for it, but like it's a lady called Sura 100 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:29.120 and she's like adjusting or she's trying to like shoe 101 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:30.240 a fly away. 102 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:30.439 From a case. 103 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.519 She's already an early favorite by the way, because she 104 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:34.920 walks her cat around like a dog. 105 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:40.680 She like recoiled after like flicking this fly away and 106 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:44.079 someone was walking up just behind her and like knocked 107 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:48.160 the entire tree down, and then she was devastated. And 108 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:51.480 then she went on to win that challenge. So everyone 109 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:53.319 was like praising her and being like. 110 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:55.720 You're so good, well, don this is amazing, and she's 111 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:58.279 like she's like on the verge of tears because she's 112 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:02.480 just like ruined someone else's but like they chilled and 113 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:03.680 it was all nice after that. 114 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:05.879 I mean, it's never gonna be bin gate because bin 115 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:10.199 Gate had repercussions that went out into the media. It 116 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:11.920 was literally front page news. 117 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:16.279 You should explain bin gatepinate and I didn't get it. 118 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:20.240 Okay, So bin gate they were making. Was it a 119 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:23.759 baked Alaska? It was something with ice cream? Anyway, there 120 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:27.160 was this one guy, Oh, and he had his ice 121 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:29.199 cream in the freezer, but I think he'd put it 122 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:32.480 in someone else's freezer. So the woman whose freezer he'd 123 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:35.720 put it in took it out and just left it 124 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:38.680 on the side. So obviously it all melted. But like 125 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:41.879 he kind of went, why didn't you tell me? Like 126 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:46.120 why would you just leave it on the side? Obviously 127 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:48.279 kind of sabotage. But instead of him, you know, trying 128 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:51.199 to work around it and explain to the judges, he 129 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:53.199 just took it and just chucked it in the bin. 130 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:58.439 And then it became bin gate because it was like 131 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.480 did she do it on purpose? Avatage? Here? Was it 132 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:04.720 actually a mistake? Her name was Diana And then she 133 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:07.480 actually ended up leaving the competition a couple of weeks later, 134 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:10.240 like she didn't get voted out. She left I think 135 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.560 because of external pressures. 136 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:14.639 Wow. 137 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:18.079 Yeah, it was a big thing. 138 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:21.920 Sounds like a lot of drama in a show that 139 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:23.839 doesn't have a lot of drama, right. 140 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:26.040 And the other thing is the enjoy it. 141 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:30.560 If you're watching it probably worth doing. Not that they 142 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.920 need a shout out. If anyone doesn't need the shout out. 143 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:37.560 It's the McElroy family. But they have a They have 144 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:41.959 a companion podcast called Bacon, which is very good and 145 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:42.800 it's back as well. 146 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:46.800 Of course they have a podcast for it. They've got podcast. 147 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:48.240 Travis. 148 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:49.360 It's just Travis. 149 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:52.120 It's not the Yeah, it's not the entire Yeah, it's 150 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:53.079 not the entire. 151 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:55.399 Still though, between the three of them, like every time 152 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:57.920 I listened to my brother, my brother and me, there's 153 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.120 ads for other their other fans only podcast. 154 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:03.079 It's a dynasty. 155 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:04.759 I know it, truly is. 156 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:08.480 They're the rock a fellow of podcasts. 157 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:12.959 I'd say, So it isn't today National Podcasting Day or something. 158 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:13.879 I was seeing that on Twitter. 159 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:14.279 It is. 160 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:16.040 That's why we're doing it on a Wednesday. 161 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:21.720 Oh of course, yes, I thought this, Yeah, exactly. 162 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:24.839 Tomorrow. What have you been up to? 163 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:30.759 So I've been playing a game called hades Haiti's Nuts, 164 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:36.440 which is I know you guys talked about it last week, 165 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:39.960 but phenomenal game, excellent, having a lot of fun with it. 166 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:45.200 I think I'm doing pretty well at it, Like I 167 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:47.919 haven't done that many runs, but I get really far 168 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:48.559 each time. 169 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:50.360 Like I was listening to another podcast I can't remember 170 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:50.720 which one. 171 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:52.440 It was like, and they were like, oh, yeah, if 172 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:55.759 you get to like Elysium within like twenty runs, you're 173 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:58.480 doing really well. I think I got to Elysium on 174 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:02.279 like my third or four off run, and like, I 175 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:05.120 think I got really lucky with my setup. I love 176 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:09.120 the Shield because it's got that distant spam thing and 177 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:12.559 if you like put like a Zeus's boon on it 178 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:15.879 and it electrocutes everyone, and then you add a few 179 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:19.759 other modifiers onto it, it's incredibly powerful. So I've been 180 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:22.559 doing really lame tactics because it's fun to do that, 181 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:27.879 like just using the kind of projectile part of the shield. 182 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:31.679 The Captain America part of using it and keeping people 183 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.399 at distance and crowd controlling and then getting in doing 184 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:37.000 a few strikes and getting out very like Dark Souls 185 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:38.320 style style of prey. 186 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:42.000 And you're playing pretty much. 187 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:46.480 Yeah, like Meg, I beat on my first try because 188 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:50.039 of dark souls, Like I very quickly realize that you 189 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.840 can get three strikes in before she charges her like 190 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:57.639 void blade move that as it like it envelops the area. 191 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:58.639 So I was like in. 192 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:01.960 Three strikes out to two dashes and then it would 193 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:04.480 take her when she started dashing. All I had to 194 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:07.480 do was move one dash back and it would put 195 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:10.440 me in perfect position to do like a dashing strike, 196 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:13.279 which did extra damage. And like I just mopped the 197 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:15.720 floor with her. Yeah, and I did the same with 198 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:17.519 like the Love Life and Boss as well. I was 199 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:20.279 just like these boss it feels kind of easy, which 200 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:23.159 sounds like a weird flex, But I haven't really had 201 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:24.440 any trouble with that game. 202 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:25.440 I was gonna say. 203 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:27.519 I think the great thing about Meg though, is that 204 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:31.120 Meg is pretty easy. But I always mess up on 205 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.159 her because I I just think like, oh, this is easy, 206 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:38.480 and I get overconfident and I stop dodging correctly and 207 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:40.360 then I die and I'm like, I just I just 208 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:42.240 beat her, Well, why did I die again? And it's 209 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:45.000 because the game is being like, yo, you still gotta 210 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:48.039 respect this this boss just because just because it's easy 211 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:50.080 doesn't mean you can't sleep on the job. 212 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:55.399 Yeah, And like the the actual narrative stuff that the 213 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:57.840 way it unfolds as you keep coming back, and even 214 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:00.840 meg recognizing the way that you're you're coming back and 215 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:03.159 if you change your loadouts you'll respond to it, and 216 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:07.639 that kind of stuff. It's just a fantastically well created game. 217 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:10.519 I mean, like people have been heaping praise upon it already, 218 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:12.600 so I don't really have much to add in that way, 219 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:15.960 but I think probably one of the biggest or the 220 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:21.639 most exemplary ways to treat an early access experience I've 221 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:24.679 ever seen, like that Dead Cells is one of them. Like, 222 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:26.600 I feel like Dead Cells they did really good with that. 223 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:29.679 They were very open and very clear about the things 224 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:32.639 that we're doing. But it feels like Super Giant went 225 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:36.240 one step further on it, and like they were super communicative. 226 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:38.600 They had in game timers to make sure, you know, 227 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:41.679 counting down to the next content update and that kind 228 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:44.799 of business. And it's been really really interesting to see 229 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:47.120 it come together and be as good as it is. 230 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.559 You know, Danny did his no clip documentary kind of 231 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:53.399 charting the process. So like, if you're enjoying it, it's 232 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:56.240 worth checking that stuff out because it is really really fascinating. 233 00:11:57.120 --> 00:12:01.320 So just unsurprising that Super Giant has put out an 234 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:02.600 absolute banger of a game. 235 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:04.879 Again, you love to see it. 236 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:07.440 So I played that, and then I checked out a 237 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:13.159 game called Genshen Impact, which is a very strange for 238 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:13.519 the weave. 239 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:16.799 It is very long, it is it is. 240 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:20.320 Intensely anime from the outset to the point where like 241 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:23.720 it's it's the kind of anime that I'm not super into, 242 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:29.320 like cute, cute, like lots of cute little characters, high 243 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:33.279 pitched voice girls, and and like it's very much like 244 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:34.919 I'm not into that as much. 245 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:37.320 I find it quite greating after a while. 246 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:40.919 But it's a fascinating game because it's like it's a 247 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:44.600 mishmash of so many different games and it seems to work. 248 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:47.879 It's free, first of all, on on most platforms PS four, 249 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:52.120 I think it's on Xbox One, PC and mobile, and 250 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:57.480 it's a fully realized open world JRPG that has like 251 00:12:57.559 --> 00:13:01.759 Gatcha mechanics that allow you to unlock new characters to 252 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:04.759 add to your party. But it feels and looks a 253 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:07.159 lot like Breath of the World in that you have 254 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:10.759 this massive really vibrant world that you can explore at 255 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:12.600 your own pace, and you've got a lot of climbing 256 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:14.840 and that kind of stuff, and the RPG it he 257 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:16.840 teaches you how to cook in the same way. And 258 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:20.080 then on top of that, it feels like Dragon Quest 259 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:23.159 where it's like the open kingdom that you can go 260 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:25.639 and speak to and everyone's got like a little bit 261 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:27.919 of character to them that you that you speak to. Like, 262 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:30.200 I met this kid early on and I put like 263 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:33.519 a couple of pictures of him up. His name's Timmy, 264 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:35.519 and he was just like he was just standing on 265 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:36.919 by the side of the road and he was like 266 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:39.000 pigeons in front of him, and I ran towards him 267 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:41.080 and the pigeons flew away, and he was like, hey, 268 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:44.360 you made the pigeons fly away. And I was like, oh, sorry, 269 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.360 my bad, I don't mean to do that, and he goes, 270 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:49.000 it's fine, but sometimes I'm worry they'll never come back, 271 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:50.240 just like daddy. 272 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:56.480 And I was like, what, out of curiosity, how's the 273 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:00.000 so you mentioned there are Gosha mechanics micro transaction. 274 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:01.000 Have you had to do any of that? 275 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.639 Because I noticed someone in the discord server was saying 276 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:05.840 that they'd played a couple hours and hadn't seen any 277 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.440 of that stuff. 278 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:09.679 Like I the only reason I know it's there is 279 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:11.320 because I had to look it up, and that is 280 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:13.799 what I found. I've not actually encountered it any in 281 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:15.840 any way yet. I'm like maybe three or four hours 282 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:18.679 in because I've been I think you get to like 283 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:21.919 the main first kingdom about two hours in or so 284 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:24.840 less than maybe that, like an hour, but like I've 285 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.120 been running around and just like exploring and figuring things out, 286 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:31.200 but it's not shoved it in my face. The only 287 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:33.360 way I realized that it's there is one I searched 288 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:35.639 it to. I went on PlayStation Store and tried to 289 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:38.240 see how it's monetizing the game, and this there's a 290 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:41.320 currency that you can buy. But it hasn't prompted me 291 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:43.440 to spend the money or anything like that. It's shown 292 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.440 me like areas where clearly you could do it, Like 293 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:48.279 it's like, hey, go to this screen. This is the 294 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:52.000 outfit screen where you can change characters visual style. You know, 295 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:55.120 there's like a character roster screen which is like really 296 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:57.840 big and your character's like two characters right in the 297 00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:00.399 corner like really small icons say like oh, clearly it's 298 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:02.360 going to fill this entire screen with loads of people, 299 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:05.320 and you can like switch between characters on the fly. 300 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:06.639 They're like map to the dpad. 301 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:09.480 And the two characters I have is one is the 302 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:11.799 main character I picked, is the boy, and he's kind 303 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:14.480 of like link ish where he's got a sword and 304 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:17.039 also has the ability to like do certain magic. And 305 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:19.120 the other one like you tap right on the dpad 306 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:22.080 and you become this archer girl who's also it's not 307 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:22.879 like palette swaps. 308 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:23.879 They're all part of the story. 309 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:25.799 Like the archer girl is like the one works for 310 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:30.200 like the the god in in the local kingdom, and 311 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:32.679 like you can use her for distance attacks and that 312 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:36.759 kind of stuff. And there's like a weird story on follow. 313 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:38.879 So it feels like Dragon Quest. It feels like a 314 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:42.440 breath of the world. It feels a bit final, fancy ish, 315 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:46.440 and it's it also seems like a fully fledged thing, 316 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:50.639 like not like a you know, a tone down in 317 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:54.639 terms of like production value. It's got good music, it's 318 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:58.159 got impressive, like cool visuals. It's trying to do a 319 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:01.559 lot with it that the actual world mapp massive. I've 320 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:04.600 not explored even a fraction of it. And there's loads 321 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:07.360 of kingdoms and stuff like that. It seems like towns 322 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:09.679 and people to talk to. Everyone has got something different 323 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:12.559 to say, and you can also have conversations with a 324 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:14.480 lot of them instead of just hairing a bit of 325 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:17.519 dialogue and then moving on. So I don't know if 326 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:19.600 it's going to be any good, but I'm just intrigued 327 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:22.440 at this game that has kind of come out of nowhere. 328 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:25.720 It is free, and it's like an amalgamation of various 329 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:28.159 other good games but somehow still makes. 330 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:29.080 It work for itself. 331 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:33.559 It's like easy to play because it has literally costs 332 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:35.799 you literally nothing, So I would recommend, like, if you're 333 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:39.240 in the mood for an RPG j RPG, it's free, 334 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:43.279 download it, play it. It's worth taking a punt at. 335 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.919 Yeah. I haven't downloaded it. 336 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:47.200 I don't know if I will, but I was like 337 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:50.399 waiting on Twitter for people to be like, oh, it's 338 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:52.679 actually like only two hours a game play and then 339 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:54.080 you have to pay for this, you have to pay 340 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:56.360 for that, or they're still developing parts of it. But 341 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.120 I've actually been kind of intrigued because based on the conversation, 342 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:01.919 it seems like that's not really the case. 343 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:03.000 So at least like that. 344 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:06.000 When I tweeted about it, I had like people were 345 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:08.680 replying and saying like what game is this? And then 346 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:10.480 other people would jump in and be like, oh, this 347 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:12.640 is gains an impact, and a lot of people are like, yeah, 348 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:15.880 I'm twenty five hours in and I haven't paid a 349 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:18.400 single penny, and like it's not asking me to do that. 350 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:21.880 So I really do wonder how they how they kind 351 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:25.160 of made it work, and and I think they're trying 352 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:27.960 to do that thing where it's like just make the 353 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:32.440 thing compelling and hope that people like it enough to 354 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:34.720 to kind of play it and and and spend money 355 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:38.240 on it. I want to what is the name of 356 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:42.599 the development team. It's got a really funny name. It's 357 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:46.359 like it's going to annoy me now, but it's it's 358 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:50.119 like Futuristic Game Developer Team or something like that. 359 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.599 It's like, really, well. 360 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:53.559 It sounds like a trick, Like it doesn't seem like. 361 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:56.519 It's it looks like when you when you look at 362 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:59.680 the actual developer and the name and everything, it looks 363 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:02.880 like one of those RPGs that is advertised to. 364 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:06.119 You on like Instagram ads. Yeah, like a scam. 365 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:08.359 And then you start playing it and you're like, no, 366 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:11.200 this is actually it's actually quite legit, and you know, 367 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:13.519 not to talk about those games, but most of them 368 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:18.519 do suck, but like this, this feels legit and it 369 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:21.319 feels like really really cool and interesting. I definitely want 370 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:24.519 to check out more of it. The deem the developers 371 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:27.599 called me me hoyo mejo yo. Yeah, but they have 372 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:31.680 got uh okay mejo yo, the Otaku Saved the World. 373 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:37.359 Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a company good for that. 374 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:40.680 Yeah, I think that's I think that might be the 375 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:43.039 publisher more than the developer. 376 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:44.519 The developers got I'm gonna. 377 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:49.480 Check me me ho yo because it connects to like 378 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:52.279 a central server and it's like, hey, we're gonna we're 379 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:55.400 gonna connect your person account to the central server because 380 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:57.519 we want you to. It's got multiplayer and stuff as well. 381 00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:59.359 I've not actually tried it, but it's definitely got that. 382 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:06.359 But like they are like a well known developer or so, 383 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:08.000 they've got loads of like games. I think of the 384 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:11.119 of the similar ILK, but I think they are the 385 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:13.960 publisher because there's a certain other games that are listed 386 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:17.680 under Otaku Saved the World as the company. So I 387 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:20.279 think that's my favorite game developer Name of the Year, 388 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.400 Saved the World. 389 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:27.599 I just like the really boring ones like Blizzard team. 390 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:32.519 Fo yeah R and D Unit one. 391 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:36.759 Oh, what's the foul Fantasy seven sixteen name? 392 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.839 It was something real? 393 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:40.839 Oh yeah, it's like I forgot what was it called. 394 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.559 It's gone. 395 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:48.480 It's gone, but yeah, it's it's it's worth taking upon 396 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:52.240 on like it's it's literally they're free, so you've got 397 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:55.200 nothing to lose. I will say up front, it hits 398 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:58.680 you with like extreme anime bullshit where like you are 399 00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:03.720 too cute sa the characters fighting an evil looking lady 400 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:07.640 and she's like talking about humanity needs to change, and 401 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:11.000