WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:14.400 He'll be don't be bait. It's the internet. You're busy. 2 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:17.679 Let's do this for December sixth, twenty twenty four. For 3 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:19.879 the next hour or so, let me help you sort 4 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:22.199 through the world of gaming on Game Mess Mornings Live 5 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:25.920 with me Jeff Grubb Today Indiana Jones reviews are out 6 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:27.960 and should we be turning up the hype for the 7 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:30.800 Game Awards. But first please join me and welcome today's 8 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:37.000 co host the Game Mess Mornings. It's t More, who's saying, everybody. 9 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:37.759 I'm gonna show people because they demanded it. 10 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:45.280 Yeah, they demanded to see the shirt the shut by Cortes. Yeah, 11 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:48.520 look at that thing. Yeah, how can I go? 12 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:49.200 Uh? 13 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:52.600 You go here to walk a step towards your monitor, 14 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:56.479 towards the towards the I'm sorry, towards the TV. Now yeah, 15 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:58.520 now just do a hop to the left. Yeah, and 16 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:02.479 now he did the time warp again. Every buddy, hooray. Yeah, 17 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:05.799 looking very good. I like that a lot. It's very nice. Also, 18 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:08.319 do set up huh yeah, a new setup. 19 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:09.519 I'm running a Mac Mini. 20 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.200 The new Mac Minis are out and they are M 21 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:16.959 four chips and I've never owned a Mac personal computer, 22 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:21.879 but they're very very affordable, and I was like, you 23 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:24.040 know what, well, I say, very very affordable. 24 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:25.799 It's like six hundred dollars. 25 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:27.480 But it's affordable for grants. 26 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:32.000 Yeah, for a Mac, and I wanted something lower profile 27 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:35.040 because prior to this, I was running everything through a 28 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:40.319 single razor laptop. Yeah, which I used primarily for like 29 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:43.400 gaming and capture as well previously. But it was getting 30 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:45.519 a bit much and the whole thing was a mess. 31 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:50.959 Right now, I got a new desk from flexis Spot. 32 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:54.239 I paid money using the Flexi Spot one too. 33 00:01:54.599 --> 00:01:55.840 Yeah, it's it's good. I like it. 34 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:57.599 I wish I had bought a bigger one. This is 35 00:01:57.640 --> 00:01:59.640 still bigger than my previous desk, but I wish I 36 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:01.519 had bought bigger one. Flexi Spot if you want, took 37 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:03.879 me up with a bigger desk, hollow at your boy. 38 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:09.240 I also made some catastrophic errors in like putting it together, 39 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:10.599 where like it. 40 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:11.520 Stripped the screw. 41 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:15.560 I hate when that happens. I didn't do anything weird, 42 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:19.759 it just happens. So then I ha to get like smaller, 43 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:23.879 bigger screws to do it. I tried the old The 44 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:27.000 was like the toothpick in the whole trick. Where you 45 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:29.120 put toothpicks and break them off, put some glue in, 46 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:32.439 and then like try and screw it. It didn't work, but yeah, now, 47 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:34.680 and then I remounted my monitors. So now I have 48 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:37.240 my monitor here, and then I've got one of those 49 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:41.719 above monitors I've got right now, I can look up 50 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:47.759 and i can see you, Jeff up there. I've got 51 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:51.120 one monitor on my right as well for like gaming. 52 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.080 And then all of these monitors are also plugged into 53 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:58.159 the gaming PC as well, which which is also connected 54 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:04.319 via Xbox one, Xbox Series X no S and the 55 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.159 PS five. Good And let me tell you, it was 56 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.120 a nightmare to get all that stuff together. 57 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:10.560 I bet I like it. 58 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:16.000 The handshaking shit is so annoying. Yeah, and then I 59 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:17.360 have blood Bone running on my TV. 60 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:21.360 Yep, there it is. I Yeah. I tried to set 61 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:23.039 it up so that I because the way I have 62 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:25.560 it in my room here is there's the big TV 63 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:28.439 over here with all the consoles, and then my like 64 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:30.560 right next to this desk has the PC and so 65 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:32.960 the PlayStation five is there. And I try I'm like, 66 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:35.400 I'll get a splitter and I'll have it like send 67 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:37.159 a signal off of the TV and off of the 68 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:38.840 computer so I don't have to like swap it all 69 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:40.919 the time. And it's like getting one of those that 70 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:43.479 will like, Okay, we'll send a signal into like the 71 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:46.759 sound bar and then into the TV and then over 72 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:48.960 the computer, and then we'll also maintain all of the 73 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:51.840 HDR and the you know HD my two point one 74 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:54.800 and all that stuff. It was such a headache and 75 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:58.120 it still doesn't really work to this day. So you know, 76 00:03:58.199 --> 00:03:59.879 I just got like, okay, I'll fine, I'll turn off 77 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:01.719 and I just won't use that for now until I 78 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:02.680 figure out a fix for this. 79 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:04.919 And that's I turn off. 80 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:07.680 I turn off HDR on most of the games I 81 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:10.280 play because I look at it and I'm like, it 82 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:12.759 doesn't look as it doesn't look at vibrant, like I 83 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:15.639 like the vibrancy in games. Yeah, and Hi is like, yeah, 84 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:17.839 we made it look more accurate. I'm like, yeah, I 85 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:20.560 just wanted to look good. I don't really care about accurate. 86 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:23.560 Really, like really, your mileage is going to very depending 87 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:25.839 on the TV and then how well it's implemented into 88 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:27.800 the games. So there's a lot of factors there, and 89 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.120 it's yeah, yeah, I find myself turning it off, especially 90 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:32.040 on PC at the very least, because it's just yeah, 91 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:32.839 never good on PC. 92 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:33.879 Uh. 93 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.199 All right, let's explain what we do here most weekdays. I, 94 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:38.879 Jeff Grub will help pce your gaming life back together. 95 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:41.560 That includes breaking news and maybe even some of our 96 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:44.519 own original reporting. For all these topics, I'll get the 97 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.560 input of a bona fide expert who will make me 98 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:49.399 look smart. If you are watching live on twitch welcome, 99 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:51.480 You can always listen to the show later on podcast 100 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:54.319 feeds by searching for a Games Mornings or find the 101 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:57.639 RSS on giant bomb dot com. You can also catch 102 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:00.519 the show later with chapters and timestamps on you YouTube. 103 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:03.959 Hello YouTube. All right, we have a lot to get into, 104 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:08.839 so let's start the morning mess with indie reviews. Indiana 105 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:11.759 Jones reviews are out. It's got like a eighty seven 106 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:14.519 on Metacritic. I think it bounce between that in eighty six, 107 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:17.600 and it has an eighty six on Open. Critic Catherine 108 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:21.399 Castle at Eurogamer gave it five stars, says it's smart, fun, 109 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:24.560 and so very Indiana Jones. The Great Circle is a 110 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.399 stealth action tour de force that marks a bold new 111 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:32.279 era for machine games. Anthony Taramina at Game Rank gave 112 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:34.879 it an eight out of ten and said Indiana Jones 113 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:37.160 in the Great Circle offers some of the best puzzle 114 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:40.800 and tomb rating in video games, matching Spielberg's films in 115 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:44.079 many respects, and then Azario Lopez from Noise and Pixel 116 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:46.439 gave it a seven, says Indiana Jones and the Great 117 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.480 Circle captures the spirit of adventure with the nostalgic puzzles, 118 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:53.839 richly detailed, richly detailed environments, and thrilling set pieces. While 119 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:57.680 it stumbles with lackluster AI and clunky item management, its 120 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.279 charm and sense of discovery make it a rear arding 121 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:04.120 journey for fans of the iconic archaeologist. You've been playing this, right, 122 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:06.240 I have, yeah. 123 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:10.439 I I don't care about Indiana Jones one bit, well, 124 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.720 not not one bit. I watched the movies and I'm like, 125 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:16.439 I watched the I watched Raiders. Obviously, Raiders is a 126 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:20.360 really fun movie. And what was the other one? Templar 127 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:24.759 Doom I enjoyed as well. Post Like Indiana Jones in 128 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:28.040 his heyday, I haven't really watched I watched The Shilah 129 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:29.800 Buffalo and I was like, you know what, I think 130 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:30.399 I'm out. 131 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:33.519 Yeah, and you are not guilty of anything wrong there. 132 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:37.319 Yes, yeah, So I'm not like crazy about I'm not like, 133 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:40.879 I'm not I'm not into Indiana Jones the way white 134 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:42.480 people are into Indiana Jones as well. 135 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:44.600 Believe that, Yes, and. 136 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:50.480 Even still, I am pretty impressed with the way that 137 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:57.160 they have recaptured that the spirit of Indiana Jones. Whether 138 00:06:57.199 --> 00:06:59.800 it's even though it's not like John Williams scoring this, 139 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:03.399 it's not like Bielberg and crew writing it. 140 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:03.600 It is. 141 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:08.360 Devin Harrison Ford talking in it. We've got young Troy 142 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:15.160 Baker there and they're doing everyone's absolutely nailing. And yeah, 143 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:18.360 the writing is amazing. I think, I mean, I think 144 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:22.399 it's fair m M. I think like the writing in 145 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:25.360 this game, I think, based on the little bits of 146 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:27.879 the other movies that I've seen, is probably better than 147 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:31.800 most of that. It certainly has a more captivating villain, 148 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:36.720 it's certainly. Yeah, it's it's more it feels more authentic 149 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:39.920 to everything. And I know that right now everyone's kind 150 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:45.120 of upset that the opening prologue section recreates, you know, 151 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:47.319 a scene, an iconic scene from an older movie. 152 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:49.439 But really that's fun. 153 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:52.600 Yeah. I was like I don't know, man. I feel 154 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:54.720 like if you take look at the people. 155 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:57.720 Who made this game, they're clearly head over heels in 156 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:01.360 love with this franchise and they want to do right 157 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:03.160 by it, and they know it and they love it 158 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:06.079 and they care about it. And you give those people 159 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:11.040 an opportunity to make an interactive first person version of 160 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:15.240 that first scene that people can play, You bet your 161 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:16.399 ass they're taking it. 162 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:19.600 It's like, it's a good idea, it was, It's all around. 163 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:20.720 I liked it. It was a good ex. 164 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:24.040 Yeah, and it's not and it's not like it's not 165 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:24.600 like people. 166 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:27.519 It's not like coming from a cynical place. 167 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:31.519 To me, it feels like the people who made this 168 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:33.759 were like, oh, we really should want to do this 169 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:35.639 just to say we did it and we can knock 170 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:39.080 it out the park and we can't. Yeah, exactly, and 171 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:43.240 we can also set the tone with this. And yeah, 172 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:47.480 I've seen people on various social networks and that kind 173 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:51.879 of stuff talking about, you know, how lazy it was 174 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:54.000 or whatever it may be. And I was just like, 175 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:56.200 I grow up, I don't care, shut up. 176 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:00.559 I'm I'm enjoying the game a lot. I think it's 177 00:09:00.919 --> 00:09:04.399 really well done. I think that in terms of nailing 178 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:06.879 the vibe of Indiana Jones, they really do go over 179 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:09.919 the top to get all of that right. When the 180 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:13.360 Indian when the John Williams score does come in, like 181 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:15.720 his his classic tunes, like obviously he's not scoring the 182 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:18.639 game with new music, but the uses themes. When that 183 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:21.080 stuff comes in and you're using the whip and you're 184 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:24.759 running from from explosions and giant you know, machine guns 185 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:26.720 firing at you, and then you run into a room 186 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:28.159 and you punch a Nazi in the face and they 187 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.480 make the big meaty sound, all that stuff is really fantastic. 188 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:36.440 I think that the environments, like the scenes like themselves, 189 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:39.799 the actual places that you're in setting is like all 190 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:42.360 that stuff also really works. It's not just like we're 191 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:44.360 just gonna it's gonna be on a globe trotting adventure. 192 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:47.159 It's a globe trotting adventure that tries to have like 193 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:52.720 familiar like imagery, so it always feels like Indiana Jones, like, yeah, 194 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:55.480 you're back in the desert, so we're gonna have some 195 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:57.639 stuff that looks like the stuff you've seen in Indiana 196 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:00.080 Jones movies, and that doesn't feel gratuitous. It feels like 197 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:03.000 the right move because while this is a side story 198 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:05.559 to what has happened in Indiana Jones, elsewhere, this is 199 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:07.879 the Indiana Jones video game, and you want it to 200 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:10.240 feel like that, and they get all that stuff right. 201 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:13.360 I think my I think where I'm like, oh, I'm 202 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:15.759 surprised so many people are really vibing with this because 203 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:17.960 I think the pacing is a little weird, where you 204 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:21.399 can spend a very long time in these big, very 205 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:27.000 open areas walking back and forth completing tasks, and you know. 206 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:28.240 There's in the Vatican. 207 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:31.200 Yes, yeah, so you're in the Vatican and it's like 208 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.840 they recreated the whole thing and you're gonna go in 209 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:35.799 the Sisteine Chapel a bunch of times, and there's people 210 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:37.759 to talk to and whenever you talk to a character 211 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:40.720 that they rendered as like for one of these side quests, 212 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:44.360 it's good and they are interesting and they have fun 213 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:46.720 things to say, and then you'll go do their quest. 214 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:49.960 And I don't think those quests are always super fascinating, 215 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:53.279 but they're also not bad. It's just like, at a 216 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:56.320 certain point, when you're in our five of being in 217 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:59.080 the Vatican, it's like, okay, IV kind of I'm getting 218 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:01.279 a little sick of this now. To be fair, right 219 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:03.000 around then is when it does end as well, and 220 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:04.200 then you move on to the next thing. 221 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:05.080 Yeah, it's just. 222 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:09.240 Not as like whip cracking like Indiana gets in a situation. 223 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:12.720 He's he discovers something important and as he's having this realization, 224 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:14.759 the nazis break through the wall right at that moment, 225 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:17.399 and then he's off to the next next place. That's 226 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:20.279 how the movies go. The game has to stop and say, 227 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.519 we took a long time building this, We're gonna let 228 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:24.720 you do some more archaeology and puzzles and stuff like 229 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:26.919 that to kind of fill it in. And it's a 230 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:29.320 fair trade. I think it's just like I think it 231 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:30.559 does hurt the pacing. 232 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:34.519 Yeah, it's it's the side stuff in the oh, the 233 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:36.279 stuff that can make you spend a lot of time 234 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:38.440 in places like the bat can are very much optional, 235 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:42.240 and they're kind of designed so that you have this 236 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:45.480 system called adventure points where if you do indie shit, 237 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:49.720 but like you know, you pick up a letter that says, hey, 238 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:51.879 you meet me at this place at this time and 239 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:54.360 show you the mysterious thing that I found, and you're 240 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:54.919 like oh, I'm. 241 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:56.159 Gonna go see what that's all about. 242 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:59.919 You unlock some adventure points, which then you can use 243 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:02.879 later on to when you find these books to kind 244 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:06.360 of spend on upgrading your abilities. It's not a skill tree. 245 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:09.519 It's like in India will read a book and be like, oh, 246 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:12.159 so this is how I punch harder. 247 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:15.559 Yeah, yeah, exactly. 248 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:18.799 And then so that part of it is is kind 249 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:23.399 of in your to your discretion. But the thing that 250 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:28.919 I was very surprised back by is one the game 251 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:32.720 doesn't fall into that typical video game adaptation trap where 252 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:35.039 they take a franchise and then they always filter it 253 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:39.600 through the exact same what our video games filter or lens, 254 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:42.720 where suddenly it takes whatever game it is and turns 255 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:44.919 it into an action game yep, where it's like, oh, 256 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:48.559 here we have Shortshank Redemption the video game. Everyone's shooting 257 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:51.159 and punching each other, our hair's twelve angry men the 258 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:54.039 video game. Everyone's shooting it and punching each other, our 259 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:57.080 hair's I don't know, can. 260 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:58.039 There will be blood. 261 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:01.320 Everyone's shooting, punching and attacking aliens, and it's like, why 262 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.840 did you do this? They clearly I went and looked 263 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:06.240 at and there was like, what can we make? How 264 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:08.879 can we turn Indiana Jones into a video game? And 265 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:12.639 what they did was they found a a really nice 266 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:17.799 middle ground and used some some kind of like design 267 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:20.240 elements that they're very familiar with or have access to 268 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:25.840 expertise on, and that is, you know, exploration, health, and 269 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:29.639 some immersive sim elements as well, which I mean machine 270 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:32.679 games is no isn't known for their immersive simness, but 271 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:36.960 they are stablemates with Arcane and obviously what was the 272 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:42.039 name of that co op uh uh Wolfenstein game again? 273 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:45.720 Young Blood I think young Blood Blood, new Bloods. 274 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:47.919 Or whatever, the team that goes back to the Chronicles 275 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.799 of Riddick And it's like, you see. 276 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:56.399 Really feels like that, And I wasn't expecting that at all. 277 00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:00.200 I outside of like the tutorial where they teach you 278 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:03.759 have to punch and parry, I haven't got into any combat, 279 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:06.720 and that's by design. You can choose to to get 280 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.200 into combat. I feel like if you, yeah, if you 281 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:12.960 if you try and like go combat as the main 282 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.720 form of like your interaction with enemies, I think it 283 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:19.559 could get stale after a little while. Yeah, they don't 284 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:22.679 make Indiana Jones like capable of. 285 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:24.759 Like much super He's a guy. 286 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:25.600 He's just a man. 287 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:28.120 He can like punch block and that's about it. And 288 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:30.440 maybe you can use your whip to drag people or 289 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:33.399 disarm people. That's fine, and it's fun when you do it, 290 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:35.240 but I think it's we say this. Our review was 291 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:37.679 written by Richard Wakeling, and he says it in a 292 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:39.759 review as well. It's more fun if you do it 293 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:41.799 every now and then, right, because then you can have 294 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:44.600 that moment where you're like, haha, you go indie, and 295 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:46.639 then you can just carry on with your business. But 296 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:49.039 for the most part, I've just been like skulking around 297 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.399 and I've been like keeping the eye and they do 298 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:54.320 really nice things with like you know, taking the time 299 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:58.080 to create and fully flesh out all these environments like 300 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:00.759 the Vatican, Like I have not into the Vikan have 301 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:01.159 I been. 302 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:02.440 I've been to the vicant. 303 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:09.240 She so high I couldn't remember. I don't remember much about. 304 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:10.519 The vacant after going there. 305 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:12.399 I think the pup was real mad at me for 306 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:16.759 spray painting on the side of the wall. But I've 307 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.360 been like looking around and it's really nice and like 308 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:23.360 just absorbing the environment, which is really cool and and 309 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:26.600 the pace of it is something that I'm really enjoying, 310 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:30.159 having come off like a bunch of like faster pace 311 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:35.879 games recently. Just taking my time walking around doing Indiana 312 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:39.919 Jones stuff like finding little mysteries, pulling a lever, Wow, 313 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:43.000 secret door, what's that down there? I'm gonna like this 314 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:45.519 bressire that kind of stuff. It's it's a lot of fun. 315 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:48.039 I did not expect to be as And I know 316 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:52.039 a few hardcore Indiana Jones fans, like one of the 317 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:54.519 guys we used to work in the UK team, Adam Mason. 318 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:58.080 He's got a phone cover that he has very hastily 319 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:00.399 used like red bubble to print out and did not 320 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:03.279 pay attention to the actual dimensions. So he has a 321 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:08.039 phone case that reads Indian Joan and he is a big, 322 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:11.399 big fan of Indiana Johnes obviously, And I am just 323 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.840 I wish I could just be in the room and 324 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:15.679 watching play this game like some sort of weird video 325 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:20.480 game experience cock and like, I am sure that anyone 326 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:22.919 who loves Indiana Jones is going to have a wonderful 327 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:23.759 time with this game. 328 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:25.320 Shout out to the machine games man. 329 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:28.320 Like it's also like a really interesting, really cool and 330 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:34.240 really exciting example of that team diversifying a little bit 331 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:36.960 of what they do. I'm sure people were. I was 332 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:38.279 one of the people who was upset where I was like, 333 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:40.360 can you just make them make a Wolfenstein again? 334 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:41.960 Please? They're just so good at that. 335 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:44.840 But they put this game out and I was like, 336 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:47.919 fair play. I was not proven wrong. I didn't expect 337 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:51.799 it would be bad, but I was like, I'll take that. 338 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:53.759 That's an ex so far, an excellent job. 339 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:57.399 Yeah. They really did a very good job, and it's 340 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:00.279 I think it sets them up to make more of these. 341 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:02.600 I expect him to hop right back in and make 342 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:04.960 a couple more Indiana Jones games, at least one more 343 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:06.119 after this as a follow up. 344 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:09.720 I'll just like, let's not do too many of those though, please. 345 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:11.680 No, no, I do expect I expect them to do 346 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:13.119 at least one more, though, So. 347 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:15.039 You know what they should do. They should they should 348 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:17.000 do one one. It should be young Indiana Jones. 349 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:19.000 That's that would be very cool to see. 350 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:21.200 Yeah, there would, and then they kill him off. 351 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:25.279 Yeah right, it's and that's the the Indie Fails timeline 352 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:30.880 going for. Yeah, the last couple of things, I think that, uh, 353 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:33.039 like you said the villain's very good. It is very good. 354 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:37.799 It's like if you liked the villain characters and hating 355 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:41.119 them in Wolfenstein and Wolfenstein to excuse me, the new Colossus. 356 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:43.960 You will see a lot of that here. It works 357 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:45.400 very well here as well. 358 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:48.680 The way you pronounce the name of that game. There 359 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:52.440 has also created the opportunity to make another game, Wolfenstein 360 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:56.640 Wolfstein Wolfenstein game where you play the dog. Come on 361 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:59.200 wolf Stein wolfin Stein. 362 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:03.079 Yeah, it's the d make where you're on rough machine games. 363 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.079 Job ever you. 364 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:09.960 And then I think the one of the small disappointments 365 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:12.599 for the game for me is uh Indiana Jones as 366 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:16.000 a fan. The whole idea from the beginning was Lucas 367 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:19.119 was saying to Spielberg, well, I you want to make 368 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:21.799 a James Bond movie, I got something better. Let's do this. 369 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:24.359 There's this guy Indiana, and he chases after mcguffins that 370 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:28.200 are actually really magic. They're really a thing that is 371 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:32.119 interesting in their own unlike most mcguffins and movies which 372 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:33.759 are and for people don't like. Most people are gonna 373 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:35.519 know what mcguffin is. But Mcguffin's just a thing, a 374 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:38.039 character chases in a movie, it gives them a reason 375 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:40.960 to move the plot forward. But in Indiana Jones that 376 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:42.680 they were supposed to be Like, no, it's really is 377 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:44.359 the Ark of the Covenant, and you're gonna it is 378 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:45.519 gonna be the thing at the end of the movie 379 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:50.480 that is going to change things. The Great Circle, I'm 380 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:53.240 like struggling to It's just not like one thing, right, 381 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:55.480 It's not like, oh the Cup of Christ. Uh. 382 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:58.079 Great circle is the friends you made along the way. 383 00:18:58.160 --> 00:18:59.880 It really is, like you really have to just kind 384 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:03.319 of accept that because it's the itself is not super 385 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:07.359 interesting so far, but yeah, whatever. 386 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.759 Everything of the story. 387 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:11.079 Have you heard the story behind like the franchise where 388 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:16.240 Steven Spielberg and George Lucas met in an elevator and 389 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:18.480 like quickly pitched him on it and that's how we 390 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:19.359 got Kingdom Hearts? 391 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:23.160 Yeah, uh huh, you're proud of yourself. 392 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:28.359 Yes, everyone for your Kingdom Hose finals dying to tell 393 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:32.079 you that every single it's the Vego Morrison kicked the 394 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:35.039 helmet like Kingdom has people. 395 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:38.039 Lucas did break his toe in that elevator as well. 396 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:42.000 Absolutely all right, I'm gonna keep playing Indiana I'm like 397 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:46.200 twelve thirteen hours in and yeah, I'm looking forward to 398 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:46.480 see you. 399 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:48.519 It's not super long as well. It's like twenty hours 400 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.160 your compussion. 401 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:53.400