WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:11.720 Hey, everybody, Welcome to Game Mess Morning is presented by 2 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:14.960 ms I with me Jeff Grubb, your host from giant 3 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:15.759 bomb dot com. 4 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:16.960 Thank you for tuning in. 5 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.440 In this episode, we're going to be talking about reviews, 6 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:23.160 season being upon us, and shrink flation making new PlayStation 7 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:25.640 fives worse. It's gonna be a good one because we 8 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:28.519 have Jason Bonelli on the show. Jason, how are you doing. 9 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:35.439 Jim Andy? It is one day before the season starts. 10 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:38.719 We're almost there and I am very excited to put 11 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:41.079 that jersey back on. And I have I have a 12 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:45.359 plea for you, mister Detroit Lions fan. I put a 13 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:50.399 lot of stock fantasy football in the Lions. Yeah, you 14 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:51.840 screw this up for me. 15 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.560 I I did like when I had the opportunity, when 16 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:56.240 it was like when it made sense of my draft, 17 00:00:56.280 --> 00:00:58.920 I definitely picked up some. I was like, I just 18 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:01.240 missed out on an Ross Saint Brown, which is the 19 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:04.599 one I really wanted. But oh well, no, listen, the 20 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:06.359 offense is going to be good this year, like I 21 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:07.519 have very. 22 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:08.519 Little doubt about that. 23 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:11.159 So it's all gonna come down to whether they could 24 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:13.719 stop anyone on defense, and who knows they're going to 25 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:16.200 score points though, So yeah, and I think they're gonna 26 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:17.840 have like they're gonna be trying to prove something because 27 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:20.680 Ben Johnson's gone and they're like, well, look Ben was great, 28 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:23.439 but we didn't. That's not what made us great. So 29 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:24.599 I think they're going to have a little bit of 30 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:26.359 a chip on their shoulders. So I think they're going 31 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:28.200 to show off a little bit on offense this year, 32 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:30.319 and they have, of course, all of the weapons. 33 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:30.359 To do it. 34 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:32.079 So you and me both are going to be ry. 35 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:33.879 I got Jared Goff as my quarterback, so. 36 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:38.480 I have in one league I have the golf Laporta stack, okay, 37 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:42.719 and the other league I could just have Laporta. So yeah, 38 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:45.439 I am. I am hoping that you guys do pretty good. 39 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:47.719 What did I pay in that auction draft for Laporta 40 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:51.519 twenty two? Probably one of the three highest tight ends 41 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:52.280 in the auction draft. 42 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:54.239 You're telling me about this auction draft, and now I'm like, 43 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:55.359 that sounds pretty cool. 44 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:59.120 It is fascinating. It's just a bunch of people screaming 45 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:02.319 numbers for three, but the rosters end up pretty fun. 46 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:06.519 I like playing around with economic systems in like safeguarded 47 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:08.319 spaces and stuff. Like that, and that sounds like a 48 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:12.159 fun way to do that. All right, let's explain what 49 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:14.000 we do here. We're Giant Bomb. 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This is a 81 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:38.840 sequel to Damon Xmachina, the Switch game that eventually went 82 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:41.560 to PC. I think this one's on both Switch and 83 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:43.240 PC at the start. 84 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:45.680 Might be elsewhere, but I know it's on those platforms. 85 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:49.080 It got a nine out of ten from blogger Ali Barter, 86 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:52.560 who posted this on as a contributor on Forbes. Damon 87 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:56.360 Xmachina Titanic Scion is an open world Mecca action sequel 88 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:59.919 set three hundred years after the original players pilot arsenals 89 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:02.280 customizing them with loute credits and scrap. 90 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:05.960 Combat is faster with new boost mechanics and orbit lock on. 91 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:09.520 The story is improved with better characterization and a Colisseum 92 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:14.960 Arena mode. New features include heavy armors and character upgrades 93 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:15.719 via fusion. 94 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:17.439 That's a new system, I guess. 95 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:21.600 However, the game lacks new player onboarding, includes unnecessary content 96 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:25.639 like card games and vehicles, and has less impressive character designs. 97 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:29.240 Its main flaw is a lack of focus burying great content. 98 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:32.279 Despite issues, it's they considered it to be a great 99 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:36.079 game overall. I did hear there were some performance issues 100 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:37.879 as well. Some of these reviews bring it up, some 101 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:40.879 of them don't, and the performance issues extend beyond the switch. 102 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:44.079 It sounds like issues with the game itself. Jason rid 103 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:46.920 This other reviewal Quick from PJ O'Riley at Nintendo Life, 104 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:49.879 who gave it a six out of ten. Damon X 105 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:53.600 Machina Titanic Scion is a decent met game with plenty 106 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:56.639 of depth and its weapons setups and lots of excuse me, 107 00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:59.480 cool loot to discover it in its large open world maps. 108 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:04.160 Combat is flexible, it's fast, and it's very often Plenty 109 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:08.040 of fun. However, performance issue issues, which are also present 110 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:10.519 on other platforms, so don't sweat it too much. Switch 111 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:13.480 to owners make for a janky experience in places with 112 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:17.199 mushy controls and limp feedback. It's just not nearly as 113 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:19.920 polished as it could be in this respect, with stutters, 114 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:23.360 loading into new areas and low rest textures a common sight, 115 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:26.959 again also on other systems. The overall feeling here is 116 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:29.680 a game that needs a few patches and tweaks to 117 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:34.360 get it to where it needs to be. Listen, I 118 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:37.120 like mechs and I'm always looking for another met game. 119 00:05:37.399 --> 00:05:40.279 But pardon me is like I will be happy going 120 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:42.319 back and replaying Armored Core six for the rest of 121 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:44.439 my life. That's like a perfect game to me. I 122 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:46.720 love it so much, so I'm kind of comparing all 123 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:50.800 these games to that. And Damon Xmachina never quite reached 124 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:52.360 the threshold of like I'll go check. 125 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:52.959 That checking on that. 126 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:55.480 I always was like, eh, slightly less than and I 127 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:59.879 was hoping Titanic Scion would sort of be this culmination 128 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:02.240 and bring all these pieces together and really make it work. 129 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:04.480 And it sounds like in some ways it is exactly that, 130 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:07.879 except for the performance, which is really seemingly dinging it 131 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:09.879 in a lot of these reviews. Any interest in Damon 132 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:10.480 x Makina. 133 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:13.839 I was very surprised when this game even had a 134 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:17.480 sequel announced. I really didn't think I wasn't. I didn't 135 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:19.480 think it was on the radar enough to get that. 136 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:22.759 But maybe they saw in your line of thinking Armored 137 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:24.879 Corps six and thought, hey, maybe we can iterate on 138 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:27.079 this a little bit, learn some things from this, and 139 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:30.120 bring it to our game. And I don't know, LIMP 140 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:33.319 feedback is not something you ever want to hear in 141 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:38.439 any situation. So I fear that this one may also 142 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:41.600 become very dusty, very fast. It'll just kind of happen. 143 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:43.680 It'll come out, the people who like it will like it, 144 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:47.120 and then off it will go to be frank. I 145 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:49.120 remember this being the case with the first one too. 146 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:51.879 It just kind of showed up, did its thing, came 147 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:54.680 out in what twenty nineteen, I think twenty twenty something 148 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:58.160 like that, and then disappeared. The PC port happened and 149 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:00.560 we all went, oh, okay, and now here we are. 150 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:03.480 So this is about where I expected it to be. 151 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:06.279 That seventy seventy one range. I didn't expect it to 152 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:11.720 blow anybody out of the water unnecessary content like card games. Allie, 153 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:14.839 we you and I have to have a chat. But 154 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:18.560 I mean, I don't think the rest of the reviews 155 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:20.319 are going to be this divisive, Like we have a 156 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:22.279 nine and a six. I think everybody else is going 157 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:24.120 to be like, yeah, it's here, great, why not and 158 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:24.959 that's seventh range? 159 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:27.600 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I think that, you know. The 160 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.519 one odd thing here to me is, uh, it feels 161 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:33.600 like this game could be a winner if they would 162 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:36.319 have taken some extra time to avoid the performance. 163 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:38.160 Issue, specifically, if they would have just figured that out. 164 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:40.279 So why rush it out? Why put it out? 165 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:43.199 And I get it like they want to have it, 166 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:45.879 you know there maybe before some other games come out, 167 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:48.680 Silk Song, a handful of other things so that they 168 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:50.240 you know, they didn't know when Silk Song was coming out, 169 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:52.120 but they want to be out before the holiday rush. 170 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:54.319 And it's like, I just don't know if that was 171 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:56.839 the right move here. But also it's a small publisher, right, 172 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.480 it's marvelous, and they were like, let's get it out there. 173 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:00.000 It's good enough. 174 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.079 And something to be said about coming out so early 175 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.040 in the switch to his life cycle that maybe they're 176 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:08.160 looking to strike gold with early adopters who are looking 177 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:11.519 for something to play in the interim. Definitely, but coming, 178 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:13.480 but I think Silk Song might have put pay to 179 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:16.399 that unfortunately as well. I'm not going to say that 180 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:19.480 this is like a Horizon Zelda situation where Horizon keeps 181 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:22.160 coming out when Zelda games come out, or around or 182 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:25.839 around big titles, But it looks like this one just 183 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:28.439 may appear and then, like I said, appear and disappear, 184 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:30.160 and then we'll be on to the next one, which 185 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.559 is unfortunate. It's it seems like the kind of game 186 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:35.879 that you know, if you're really into the first game, 187 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:38.639 you might enjoy this second one given and be able 188 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:40.399 to forgive those flaws, which is what I'm kind of 189 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:44.519 getting from this nine out of ten review. But now, 190 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:47.480 if I'm going to wait for the obscure, weird action 191 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:50.679 game with mech overtones, I'll wait for another astral Chain 192 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:51.879 that game rules. 193 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:56.159 Yeah, I do wonder if there's a chance that Platinum 194 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:58.600 and Nintendo will go back and update Astral Chain. 195 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:00.120 We'll see that. 196 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:03.480 There's no word of that, but it probably not. Okay. 197 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:06.159 Second review out of three here Kronos, the New Dawn 198 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:10.600 reviews are in eighty on Open Critic. That is pretty impressive. 199 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:13.480 An eighty on Open Critic. I forgot to count how 200 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:15.320 many reviews, but there were a handful. There was quite 201 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:17.440 a few. It got an eight out of ten from 202 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:19.879 Mark Delaney a game Spot, and I'll say, like, this 203 00:09:19.960 --> 00:09:21.120 is one that doesn't have a. 204 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:21.720 Lot of spread. 205 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:25.120 It's a lot of eights. There are some sevens, a 206 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:25.960 couple of nines. 207 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:28.200 When I was scrolling through it was the bulk of 208 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.799 them were right in this where the Open Critic score 209 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:33.320 is right in that eight out of ten, four stars 210 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:37.600 that range. Mark Delaney at GameSpot says Bluebird Team follows 211 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:40.559 its Silent Hill to remake with an original horror story 212 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:44.480 that is tense throughout, though sometimes to punishing, and then 213 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:47.200 Steve c at the sixth Access gave it an eight 214 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:49.519 out of ten as well, and said Kronos, the New 215 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:52.360 Dawn is a great new survival horror property, and I 216 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:55.399 hope we see more of the travelers adventures in the future. 217 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:59.080 The clear influences from genre legends are combined with some 218 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:02.240 original touches to make a game that feels familiar but 219 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:07.159 also manages to innovate and surprise players too. The intriguing narrative, 220 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:10.679 the enjoyable progression, and the challenging combat all combined to 221 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:13.159 make an experience that some iments Blueber's. 222 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:14.360 Play as horror specialists. 223 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.679 Yeah, I think you and I are both scaredy cats, 224 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:21.600 not ones that are usually seeking out the spooky games. 225 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:23.679 You know, I want to play them. I'm always curious 226 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:24.159 about them. 227 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.480 I so Coronis, we have to be one where I'd 228 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:29.200 have to make an excuse, And it's like at eighty 229 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:31.120 out of one hundred, it's one where it's like I 230 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:33.399 might force myself to make an excuse to play this game, 231 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:35.799 maybe on content or something like that, or maybe I'll 232 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:38.440 sit along with someone else while they're playing it. I'm 233 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:40.720 more curious now after the That just sounds like a 234 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:43.080 solid response to this game from critics. 235 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.639 What do you think? Artemi was afraid that the critical 236 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:49.200 claim of Silent Hill to remake was a lot more 237 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:51.960 about nostalgia than it was about the actual quality of 238 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:55.320 the game, and this sort of gets rid of those fears, right, 239 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:57.159 the fact that they were able to bounce back with 240 00:10:57.200 --> 00:11:00.000 an original game so quickly and to get the score, 241 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:02.960 whereas now people will hear eighty on open credit can 242 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:04.519 be like, oh, it's just an eighty. It's not the 243 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:08.919 best game ever made because numbers are so important to them, 244 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:13.639 but considering where they were with their previous titles, hard 245 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:17.240 thing to do really recognize that it really really is. 246 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:21.080 But like I see, I'm interested in this too because 247 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:23.240 I as much as I am a scary cat, as 248 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:28.919 you mentioned, I find the worlds of these horror games fascinating. 249 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.320 Like I didn't play a lick of Dead Space because 250 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:35.759 scaredy cat, but I have done extensive research on that 251 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:39.639 world because I just find it so fascinating. Five Nights 252 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:42.720 at Freddy's is you know, it's more tamer horror, but 253 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:46.200 the overarching lore around that is a minefield but also 254 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:51.039 very interesting. I hope that this reading the intriguing narrative 255 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:53.679 that pulls me in immediately. I don't know if I'll 256 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:55.919 play it. If I do, I may take my tried 257 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:58.639 and true method of watching a let's play on YouTube 258 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:02.039 first In this rams, I know where the jump scares are, 259 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:04.240 and then playing the part and be like, ah, you 260 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:07.639 can't scare me. I have nerves a steal and so 261 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:11.679 I can get this story that would be fine, But yeah, 262 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:16.320 I am very positive on Blueber high on Bloeber at 263 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:19.679 the moment. This is great for them, and there may 264 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:23.240 be a story better told by someone else, not by me, 265 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:28.320 of their history starting out as like a middling less 266 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:32.799 than average developer of these horror games and slowly finding 267 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:37.000 their voice and their method. Having Silent Hill two remake 268 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:39.200 be like, look, we're here, we know what we're doing now, 269 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.360 and then Kronos right behind it showing we can do 270 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:45.360 the original stuff too. I think I think this is 271 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:48.039 good for them, and I think they're only because they're 272 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:51.159 doing another Silent Hill remake, right, that's the rumor. Three. 273 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:54.399 Yes, I think it might go back to one first 274 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.440 to one. So yeah, because one and three are related. 275 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:00.360 Two stood on its own. I'm not sound healthy. I'm 276 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:01.039 going for memory. 277 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:01.879 I think this is right. 278 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:03.480 So I think the plan is now to go to 279 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:06.799 Silent Hell one and maybe maybe three at the same time. 280 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:09.000 I can't remember actually the exact details, but yes, I 281 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:10.279 think the planet is go back to one. 282 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:12.440 First, Okay, but either way, I think it bodes well 283 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:15.320 for that and any future original games that they have 284 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:15.679 as well. 285 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:18.919 Good stuff Luber all right, and then the third one 286 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:23.039 here Open critics score of seventy eight four Everybody's Golf. 287 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:26.320 Hot Shot this is or hot Shots. I should say this. 288 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:27.879 Is the new one people have been waiting for, but 289 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:30.759 not developed by Clappands, the team that did Claphans Golf 290 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.200 and Bunch of the hot Shots before this, or Everybody's 291 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:36.559 Golf games. But people seem to be mostly okay with 292 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:38.720 this when there's some high reviews and some low reviews. 293 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:42.039 Seventy eight overall, though six out of ten from roland 294 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:46.120 Ingram at Nintendo Life, who says Everybody's Gult Golf hot 295 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:49.559 Shots carries on the series traditions with solid courses, a 296 00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:53.879 robust character leveling system, and the appropriate level of silliness. However, 297 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:57.200 the experience is uneven on switch fans manjoy it in 298 00:13:57.240 --> 00:14:00.799 short burst, but technical issues and patch you presentation stop 299 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:02.919 it from being the standout entry it could have been. 300 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:05.519 Got a ninety out of one hundred from Casey Sheld 301 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:08.279 at Gamer's Heroes, who says Everybody's Golf hot Shots is 302 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:12.279 the definitive arcade golf game with countless golfers, caddies, courses 303 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:14.759 and modes just waiting to be explored. And then it 304 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:17.600 got three stars from Yasmine Hubbard at Final Weapon. 305 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:18.960 I think they have a five star system. 306 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:22.559 Everybody's Golf hot Shots offers an addictive gameplay loop with 307 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:25.559 its simple three button press system, which allows players of 308 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:28.120 all skill levels to pick up and play. However, it's 309 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:31.600 lackluster graphics and course design leave a lot. 310 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:32.559 To be desired. 311 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:37.480 So yeah, it sounds a little disappointing. And maybe in 312 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:41.360 part of that is the technical side, which, man, it's like, 313 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:43.080 this is one that should not be having issues on 314 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.480 the switch right, the switch on the like maybe it's 315 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:48.000 like maybe this is on switch and switch to, but 316 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:50.039 either way, it's like, if I'm playing this on switch too, 317 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:52.279 I want it to run fantastic. I don't get it 318 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:54.519 without like so many of these games being problems. But 319 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:56.879 like where you're at with Everybody's Golf hot Shots, this 320 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:58.279 is what I was kind of looking forward to. 321 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:00.080 I've not played a lot of hot Shots before. I 322 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:01.200 was always a Mario golf guy. 323 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:03.480 I was gonna hop in on this one, but I 324 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:05.240 was gonna wait for the reviews, and now I'm like, ah, 325 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:06.279 if I have time. 326 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.000 I am also a Mario golf guy, and I have 327 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:10.519 a feeling if I played it's just gonna make me 328 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:14.080 want more Mario Golf. Also, if you wear anti Nintendo 329 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:17.919 tinfoil hats, that's why it's not running right on Mario Golfer. 330 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.720 They're sabotaging. 331 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.360 Uh huh. 332 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:23.440 As Chat reminds me, you need to go in with 333 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:26.279 a slight grain of salt because and this is a quote. 334 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:29.600 Some game textures were created using generative AI with supervision 335 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:32.759 and revision by the developers. Details of this Jenni usage 336 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:34.639 can be found below. Tree and leaf textures and the 337 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:39.039 golf courses were created using AI generated images. Yeah, I 338 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:41.240 think that is. 339 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:43.759 So whenever they say tree and leaf, I think they 340 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:45.879 might be referring to speed tree, and that is just 341 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:48.159 the like, which is something developers have used for forever. 342 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.360 If they are using it on other stuff, then I 343 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:52.279 would be worried. But if it's just tree and leaf 344 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:54.919 stuff that they're referencing specifically, I do think that's that 345 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:57.840 speed tree tool that developers. Again, I've been just like 346 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:00.440 a decade now a speed tree has been used games. 347 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:05.600 So it's part of the conflation between AI and generative AI. Yeah. 348 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:08.720 Yeah, like just procedural tools and you know, algorithms and 349 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.200 stuff like that. 350 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:10.039 All that stuff is in. 351 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:14.360 A bucket together, but it's usually like replacing artists creating 352 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:16.559 content for your games. Like speech Tree has been doing 353 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:18.559 that forever, but it was saving time of person havef 354 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:20.679 to designing five thousand different trees. 355 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:23.960 Okay, so more research is needed. If it's just speed Treem, 356 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:24.759 maybe we'll give it a shot. 357 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:29.480 Yes, yes, exactly and procedural tools. I thumbs up for those, right, 358 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:32.000 but it's like, yeah, there's probably a room in there 359 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:34.120 for them to take advantage of that stuff as well. 360 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:36.600 Either way, this is one. Yeah, I was hoping to 361 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:39.639 play it on the switch. Hopefully they clean it up 362 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:41.480 and it'll be better on there. But I'm just sick 363 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:44.039 of a game coming out and saying that, like, oh, 364 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:45.759 maybe it'll get some patches to run well on the 365 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:49.120 switch too. You know, I'm not gonna throw that at 366 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.480 the defeat of the of the developers. Maybe that's because 367 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:55.720 Nintendo isn't providing enough of their software development kits, and 368 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:58.159 so people are developing things for the Switch one for 369 00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:59.879 longer than they intend to, and then they try to 370 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:02.039 order to switch to it at the last minute and 371 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:04.000 they're not able to get it across the finish line. 372 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.559 Because of that. 373 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:09.440 All right, let's let's do this. Let's take a break, 374 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:11.880 and then we're gonna come back. 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