WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:14.400 He'll be like a dummy bit. It's the internet. You're busy. 2 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:17.239 Let's do this for October fourth, twenty twenty four. For 3 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:19.760 the next hour or so, let me help you sort 4 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:22.160 through the world of gaming on Game mess Mornings Live 5 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:25.800 with Me Jeff Grubb, Today's Silent Hill two reviews are in? 6 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:29.600 And did Bluebird blunder? And where are we on? The 7 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:33.000 single player games are dead? Pendulum swing? But first please 8 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:35.600 join me and welcoming today's co host, the Game Best Mornings. 9 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:38.560 It's Jordan Middler. Everybody. Jordan, how are you doing. 10 00:00:39.119 --> 00:00:42.479 I'm very well. The anti tom Ita continues lurin me 11 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:42.920 at Rain. 12 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:46.520 We've undone him and he shall remain undone, and it 13 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.479 took all our efforts. You can't see it. We have 14 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:52.920 some witches chanting just off screen. They're doing great work, 15 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:57.000 great work to keep him buried and done. And I 16 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:58.719 believe he won't return next week, and so I won't 17 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:00.840 regret saying any of this. That'll be great. 18 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:04.519 How do you doing, Jordan? I'm good mind quiet week 19 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:08.120 for me you might have seen, but apart from that, 20 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.719 all good vetty beuzy video games do be happening. I'll 21 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:14.239 be completing them. I'll be uploading the whole playthrough. It's 22 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:15.480 been a great week. How are you? 23 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:18.920 I'm great. It's like for Semi, what's he taught? Like, 24 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.400 Oh yeah, yeah, that's stupid stuff on Twitter, which I 25 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:22.519 know a lot of people like that. If they're not 26 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:24.920 on Twitter, they hate here about this stuff. But also 27 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:26.879 like I don't think about it when I'm as soon 28 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:29.640 as I like close Twitter, it leaves the brain immediately. 29 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:32.159 I don't know if people realize that. And then it's 30 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:33.760 like oh yeah, and then these get on there and 31 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:35.879 these goofballs are goofing it up, and it's just like 32 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:38.640 kind of it's becoming fun to dunk on them again 33 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:41.959 because they do just seem so lost and stupid. The 34 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.200 whole thing this week is some idiot wants us to 35 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:48.200 upload all our gameplay just to prove that we beat 36 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:50.920 the game before they can read our review, which is 37 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:54.280 strictly prohibited by almost every embargo I've ever read. 38 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.959 Yes, and just before you read might have you of 39 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:00.959 that's one hundred dollars, RPG says I one hundred hours 40 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:03.959 to watch me play through it, including the thirty five 41 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:06.920 minute section where I'm deciding which spec to go with 42 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:09.919 I'm sure you're going to really enjoy the actual minutia 43 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:12.680 of playing through a video game. Look, here's the thing. 44 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.120 These Twitter people and all this stuff is very stupid. 45 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:18.560 I think it's worth noting for people on all sides 46 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:21.319 that when this stuff happens to me, I send it 47 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:23.680 to my friends and I send all the insults, and 48 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:25.960 the best insults get sent into my friend group chat, 49 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:27.680 and I go, that's a fucking belter. 50 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:29.240 That's the good stuff. 51 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:33.439 Yeah, like it's it just doesn't affect real life. Twitter 52 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:35.000 is not real life, okay. 53 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:38.759 Yeah, And it's like, man, yeah, I we're doing an 54 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:41.319 absurd job. You should be making fun of it. Of 55 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:42.280 course you should. 56 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:43.280 I'm a big. 57 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:47.680 Video game journalist. What it is that, Yeah, let's do that. 58 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:51.199 And so, yeah, I enjoy all the good The problem 59 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:52.800 is most of them aren't very good at it. The 60 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:55.360 insults aren't very good. But when you get those good ones, 61 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:59.479 that's the really makes the whole thing worth it. How 62 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:01.680 are you doing otherwise? It's uh, we are kind of 63 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.360 like I did the thing I think this morning actually 64 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.439 finally where it's like all those games I keep saying, well, 65 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:10.039 I'll just play that before Game of the Year. And 66 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:13.560 now it's like, oh no, I have We're running out 67 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:15.360 of time. I got to start playing some of those 68 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:18.599 games I keep putting off. Nine Souls is the one 69 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:20.000 that like is at the top of my list because 70 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:21.840 everyone says I would really like that. Everyone who has 71 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:24.479 played it seems to really enjoy It's a Metroid Vena game, 72 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:26.919 so I'm like, okay, I should just get that loaded 73 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.520 up and actually play it. How are you feeling about, 74 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:31.639 like keeping up on games and all that stuff. 75 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:34.479 Yeah, I'm kind of and I'm having a mex and 76 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:37.960 a blend. I think right as of four minutes ago, 77 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:39.280 I can say I've been playing some of that the 78 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:42.800 Apple expansion. That sounds pretty good. I'm been playing something 79 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:45.680 else that lead about on Monday, the code for Silent 80 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:47.280 Help played a little about that. It's just a little 81 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:50.240 it's it's a sharkoutiny board to sounds. Vetti and told 82 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:54.479 me about it. The main ones for the Nest of October. 83 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:56.319 I believe that will be my part view will be 84 00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:58.560 called in dragon Age, so it's kind of just dragon 85 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:00.719 Age will be an early called probably be end the 86 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:02.560 day it comes out, so it's not too much of 87 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:04.759 a crossover for Race yeah exactly. 88 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:07.120 It's uh yeah, I guess, I guess it does help that. 89 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:09.599 Like for the rest of the year, outside of Dragon Age, 90 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:12.000 which I'm curious to try, there's not like a ton 91 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:14.199 of stuff I feel like I have to play on obviously, 92 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:16.160 like Brothership, I'm still gonna want to play, and we'll 93 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:19.360 do some Mario party stuff, but I might have a 94 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:22.639 chance to actually catch up here and there. Uh all right, 95 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:25.399 let's explain what we do here most weekdays. I, Jeff Greb, 96 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:27.879 will help piece your gaming life back together. That includes 97 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:31.279 breaking news and maybe even some of our own original reporting. 98 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:34.279 For all these topics, I'll get the input of a 99 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:36.639 bona fide expert who will make me look smart. If 100 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:39.319 you were watching live on twitch welcome. You can always 101 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:41.519 listen to the show later on podcast feeds by searching 102 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:44.800 for game Mes Mornings, or find the RSS on giant 103 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:47.600 bomb dot com. You can also catch the show later 104 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:52.720 with chapters and timestamps on YouTube. Hello YouTube. All right, 105 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:54.720 we have a lot to get into, so let's start 106 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:58.519 the morning mess with Silent Hill. Two reviews are out. 107 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:01.240 It's got I was doing like an eighty eight on 108 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:04.560 Open Critic. I actually missed the Metacritic out probably around 109 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:08.199 the same zone. Pretty good. That's a pretty high school. 110 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:11.560 That's like I think people always do forget or just 111 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:13.720 don't think about it, maybe the way I do. Getting 112 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:16.600 an eighty eight very hard to do. Most games struggle 113 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.240 to get up above that eighty five eighty six. So 114 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:21.800 that's a very good score. Start here with Mark Delaney 115 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:25.319 from GameSpot, who gave it a nine out of ten 116 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:28.879 and says remaking one of the most revered horror games 117 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:33.319 ever is no simple task, but Bluebird Team impressively rebottles, 118 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:36.319 impressively rebottles the magic of the two thousand and one genre. 119 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:40.319 Landmark Tristan o'gilvy at IgM gave it an eight out 120 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:43.199 of ten and said Silent Hill two is a great 121 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:45.759 way to visit or revisit one of the most dread 122 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:49.639 inducing destinations in the history of survival horror. James Kennedy 123 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:51.519 gave it a three point five star. I did not 124 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:55.199 write down where they're from. I forget. Blueber Team's version 125 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:57.759 of Silent Hill two often feels like a high fidelity 126 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:01.319 version of the original, with remixed puzzle and item locations. 127 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:04.480 The combat is reasonably satisfying. The Boston counters have been 128 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:07.759 have been improved, but what is fundamentally a great horror 129 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:10.639 game is partially undermined by the over the top sound design, 130 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:15.000 injection of jump scares, and general lack of restraint. Chriscollian 131 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:16.920 gives it a It gives it four stars over at 132 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:20.120 VGC and says Silent Hill Too is a skillfully handled 133 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:23.439 retelling of one of the medium's most loved survival horror games. 134 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:26.279 It stays faithful to the original to a fault at times, 135 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:31.839 but breese enough new life into into simultaneously ensure that 136 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:35.680 longtime fans will appreciate the respect shown, while newcomers won't 137 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:38.480 find it antiquated. Have you been playing this at all? 138 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:41.959 I have not, Jan and Dan have. I've been missing 139 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:43.519 out so far, but I will when it launches. 140 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:46.879 Yeah, I'm about I'm about five hours and to at 141 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:50.000 this point just kind of beyond where myself and Don 142 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:53.480 played the preview a couple of months ago. It seems 143 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:56.759 really good. As you see, eighty eight is higher than 144 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:00.360 I would have expected, and I think I think I'm 145 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:02.480 just about in line with Chris's review the kind of 146 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:07.480 four star area, and it's it's basically I think it's 147 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:11.079 a great reset for what Silent Hill fans would want, 148 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:15.120 Like there's a bit of stability to the Silent Hill 149 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:17.519 ship after so long of nothing, and it kind of 150 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:20.759 reminds me of Metal your solid delta in a sense 151 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:23.959 where it's like you don't want to take massive swings 152 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:27.240 when you have no good will. This is get us 153 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:29.480 back on solid ground and we'll see where we can 154 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:31.639 go from here. And they seem to have done very well. 155 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:35.120 And the Bluebird team, I think after speaking to them, 156 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:37.160 I actually think they got quite an unfair rap because 157 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:40.240 I said to them quite cheekily that I didn't mean 158 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:41.680 it to come across so badly, but I was like, 159 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:43.759 all the journalists can't believe how good this game is. 160 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:46.040 And they were laughing, and they were like they seem 161 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:49.079 to understand what their limitations are and they're trying to 162 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:52.319 get better, which is great to hear, and they seem 163 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:56.480 like a good bunch. So yeah, it's a I enjoyed it. 164 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:59.920 It doesn't it doesn't quite hit that level of like 165 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:03.079 the Razi four remake or the Razy two remake or 166 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.360 anything like that, but it's in the conversation and I 167 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:09.079 think after the sentiment around that game earlier this year. 168 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:10.759 The fact that that's the case, it's a huge one 169 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:11.160 for them. 170 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:15.439 Yeah, I you know, I always had expectations that they'd 171 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:19.519 be able to make this one work. They could probably 172 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:24.480 ignore the demons that maybe Bluebird carries sometimes that causes 173 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:26.800 them to put a little too much into some of 174 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:29.199 their own games that people dislike, and it's like, well, 175 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:31.399 we could just work with the good stuff that's already here. 176 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:34.200 And really, this, I've said this before, This is the 177 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:37.840 ideal scenario scenario for Silent Hill fans where they could 178 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:40.440 fret and be angry for months that Bluebird team was 179 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:42.639 gonna mess up their favorite game, and then when the 180 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:45.279 game comes out, they actually get to also enjoy Silent 181 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:47.879 Hill two again. So they get the best of both 182 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:50.480 worlds to hate this this game for a long time 183 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:53.159 and then love it maybe once it's out. You know, 184 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:56.159 I think it's it remains to be seen once it's 185 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:59.799 in the wild. How the true you know, you know, 186 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:02.639 the people who bleed Silent Hill, how they're gonna feel 187 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:04.480 about it. But it seems like this is setting it 188 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:07.000 up for the best chance for this to win. This 189 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:10.440 when when that crew over and I'm always curious reading 190 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:12.639 these reviews as well, it's like, what what do people 191 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:16.840 want from a remake? Because me personally, when I you know, 192 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:19.960 I think the Metroid Prime Remastered was fantastic, and then 193 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.600 I think Shadow of the Clausus was one that's like 194 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:24.559 a no. I feel like some of the magic was lost, 195 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:28.240 and like the more eerie look of the original personally, 196 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:30.559 and Links Awakening kind of same thing, Like I like 197 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:32.039 the way it looks on the game Boy, and that's 198 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:34.799 that style and this toy like diorama stuff. I think 199 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:37.399 it's beautiful, but it's maybe not for me. It's everything's 200 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:39.519 everyone comes in with their own preconceived notions, and I 201 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:41.639 think we saw that even these small quotes I read 202 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:45.159 like James Kennedy is like, you know, their game is 203 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:48.360 partially undermined by the over the top sound design that 204 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:50.879 like the and the injection of jump scares, so it's 205 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:52.919 like new jump scares. It's kind of like not what 206 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:55.399 I'm looking for here, And then you know, Chris is like, 207 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:58.080 yeah it, you know, those updates kind of make it 208 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.879 help it avoid feeling antiquated. So I think it's gonna 209 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:04.639 have to get out in the wild and let those real, real, 210 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:07.600 big deal fans see how they feel, and I'm sure 211 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:10.000 they will probably find a handful of things here and there, 212 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:13.200 but I get the sense that overall most people are 213 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:15.240 gonna come away from Silent Hill to very happy, and 214 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:18.440 it feels like setting up that franchise for long term success. 215 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:22.960 Again, I also think people who have no history of 216 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:25.320 the Silent Hill franchise could just play this and not 217 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:27.600 particularly feel like it's a PlayStation two game, and I 218 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:30.840 think that's a great advantage, especially as the people who 219 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:33.000 as we get further away from that era and the 220 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:37.159 cachet that Silent Hell had is only felt with people 221 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:40.679 that were around that time a time. Yeah, this is 222 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:43.320 just a brand new triple A horder game. I think 223 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:46.720 will go down very well with people. I get the 224 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:50.879 sense that the Silent Hell community are obviously they've been 225 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:53.120 hurt before kind of thing, but I think they can 226 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:55.879 take solace in the fact that this comes out it's 227 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:58.720 well received. Hopefully it does well commercially. In the question 228 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:01.960 I have for you is, does the do you think 229 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:05.360 the community wants another one of these from Blimber or 230 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:08.519 does the community want Konami to say, Okay, Blibber, you 231 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:10.559 can have the next new Silent Hell game. 232 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:16.200 Yeah, that's I kind of hope they can work towards 233 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:19.159 a world where they get the chance to do both. 234 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:23.480 But the same thing probably right now is do another 235 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.440 remake because you did really go with to Now take 236 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:32.960 that and actually maybe increase the estimation of Silent Hell 237 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:34.759 three and the rest of them up to this level, 238 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:36.600 or get as close to this as you can with 239 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:38.960 those other ones, so that we can have this baseline 240 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:42.759 to work with and then maybe start on the side 241 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.440 again work on what might be a new Silent Hell. 242 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:48.399 Now you know what Silent Hell f stop or whatever 243 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:50.840 it is Silent Hell. I don't know the one that's 244 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:53.440 supposed to be Silent Hell five. I guess I'm not 245 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:55.279 a fan of the series. I don't know they are 246 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:58.120 making a new Silent Hill right, but I guess I 247 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:00.480 don't know if that's like supposed to be a full 248 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:03.440 blown new sequel or sort of like maybe something kind 249 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:03.799 of new. 250 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:08.679 Yeah, it's interesting. I'm really interested to see the Silent 251 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:12.799 Hill game from No Code, who are developer based in Glasgow. 252 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:16.799 They previously did Observation, which I thought was excellent, and 253 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.519 I like really like this new Kanami era of just 254 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:24.639 letting people do what they want with the properties, not 255 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:27.759 entirely what they want, but as VGC reportedly years and 256 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:31.960 years ago, this was an initiative for metal Gear Hill 257 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:35.080 and ca you line. 258 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:38.960 Sex as shit. Sorry that came from the deep. 259 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:42.279 It's right there with the Day's Gun remastered as and 260 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:46.000 it'll come out something. But yeah, I think that. I mean, 261 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:48.960 I'm very happy with how they're going with metal Gear, 262 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:51.720 and that's a series that's important with me. Fucking Johnny 263 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:54.720 metal Gear mister Riker seemed very happy with how it's going. 264 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:55.919 I'm very happy with it. 265 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:59.600 They seem to have had a bit of humility in 266 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:02.320 the sense that they're like, we can't really do these anymore. 267 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:04.759 We have some of the people that can stow help, 268 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:07.559 like some of their original metal Gear team is stough 269 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:10.759 and purchasing this remake. But I think it's a it's 270 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:14.879 a good sign. I can only assume that most developers 271 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:18.879 looked at the last ten years of copcomon went oh. 272 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:23.279 One million percent, yes, and it's like it already worked 273 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:27.879 for Konami, where you know, before the metal Gear solid collection, 274 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:30.960 like Konami makes a lot of money. They do pretty 275 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:32.759 well as a company, but when you looked at the growth, 276 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:34.840 which is what these companies really care about. And we've 277 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.159 talked about this before everybody, so if you've heard this before, 278 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:39.399 I'm sorry. But they were looking at the growth and 279 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:42.399 be like, e Capcom's grown real fast and we're just not. 280 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:44.519 And then they put out the Metal Gear Solid collection 281 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:47.240 and instantly they're like, whoa, we kind of have Capcom 282 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:51.320 like growth here immediately from just the collection. So I 283 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:54.399 think that is a very encouraging thing from their point 284 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:56.399 of view. So expect them to kind of keep going 285 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:59.240 down this path. Yeah, and as long as they are 286 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:01.840 choosing the right place partners, are making the right investments, 287 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.399 are not rushing anything, sort of have a good technical baseline. 288 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:07.679 I mean, that's the advantage Capcom continues to have is 289 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:10.639 the reach for the Moon Engine is so good that 290 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:12.639 they and they know how to use it so well 291 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:15.399 and it's so versatile that they are able to like, Okay, 292 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:17.519 now we're adding open world stuff to this and that's 293 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:19.159 going to be the next three games from this engine. 294 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:22.679 That's a huge advantage, of course, but that is not 295 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:26.399 like the reason everything works at Capcom. The reason works 296 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:29.399 because they are picking the right franchises and making good games, 297 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:32.519 and Konami has now been able to do this, and 298 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:34.759 I think they're going to reap the exact same rewards 299 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:39.639 the Capcom has been getting. So yeah, I think they 300 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:42.080 do make new Silent Hill games going forward. They've alread 301 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:45.480 announced the one I think beyond that, keeping Blueber's sort 302 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:47.480 of in their orbit now at this point, now that 303 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:49.879 like the Silent Hill has maybe found its footing and 304 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:52.519 Blueber's found its footing with Solent Hill, I don't think 305 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:54.960 either side's going to want to give that up necessarily now. 306 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:58.799 That's as long as Konami remains pleasant to work with, 307 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:02.399 which is just historically not always been the case. So 308 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:04.960 I think we have to wait and see. Is this 309 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:07.399 period that they're in that I agree with you. I 310 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.600 think this is a nice period for Konami, But is 311 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:12.559 it an exception and they backslide and they become the 312 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:16.120 weird secretive company that they were before again? So we'll see. 313 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:18.840 Well, they still did that ridiculous thing where people's email 314 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:20.840 addresses are just a scramble of they do you still 315 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:21.159 do that? 316 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:25.000 I didn't know that, man, that's nuts. That's got That 317 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:26.879 was like an early thing I discovered in this and 318 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:30.559 I'm like this person email man. That's another I could 319 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:32.279 tell this is a different random set of numbers, and 320 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:34.039 I looked into it trying like can I find someone 321 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:37.120 at Konami specifically, It's like, nope, it is a random 322 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:42.039 number system for their email address. Bonker's company. All right. 323 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:45.279 The Legend Zuelda Echoes of Wisdom has strong launch in Japan. 324 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:49.480 This is from gamed Data Library on Twitter tracks these 325 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:51.279 things and kind of puts out Excel sheets every once 326 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:53.799 in a while. Retail launch sales of the Legend of 327 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:56.600 Zelda Echoes of Wisdom in Japan are forty percent higher 328 00:15:56.639 --> 00:16:00.000 than Links Awakening remake. With digital it should be above 329 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:03.440 a Link between Worlds and be the third biggest launch 330 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:06.159 for a two D Zelda in thirty years, after the 331 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:09.720 Nintendo DS games. Although so it's all two hundred thousand 332 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:12.200 copies in Japan in its first week. That puts it 333 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:14.600 ahead of Links Awakening, which was one hundred and forty 334 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:18.240 one thousand, and then if you uh, let's see, like 335 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:22.399 the DS games, the Spirit Tracks was three hundred and 336 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:26.440 twenty thousand, Phantom Hourglass was two hundred and eighty eight thousand, 337 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:28.879 So that's eighty eight thousand more for like spirit tracks. 338 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:31.759 I wouldn't be surprised if, like with digital, it's actually 339 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:36.039 like an extra hundred thousand copies, uh like fifty seventy 340 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:38.440 five percent twenty five percent for a Nintendo Switch game 341 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:41.440 in Japan. That doesn't sound or I'd be a sorry, 342 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.279 sixty six percent thirty three percent. That seems very possible. 343 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.480 So yeah, this could be one of the best selling 344 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:50.240 two D Zelda games or fastest selling two d's Zelo 345 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:53.679 games in Japan so far, and hey, good for it. 346 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:57.320 I've been years unto that console. Like if they hadn't see, 347 00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:59.399 if they hadn't already said they were going to this 348 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:02.240 sweat too in the next financial year, I would want 349 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:03.919 stories like this what make me think of they're going 350 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:05.480 to get another yet out of the Switch. I'm just 351 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:07.640 gonna keep doing this over and over again and it's 352 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:10.000 still gonna be like yep, so massively. 353 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.880 We're in that right because this was like the game 354 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:14.079 was the system kind of does feel like maybe it 355 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:16.680 actually was supposed to come out this holiday and they've 356 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:20.000 sort of just kind of moved everything out a couple 357 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:22.200 of months, a couple of weeks here and there to 358 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:26.119 fill in that space, and uh, I mean yeah, when 359 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:28.480 I see this stuff, I agree, it feels like they 360 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:30.279 if they wanted to, they could make that same decision 361 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:35.160 yet again. And yeah, but hey, a switch to in 362 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:37.119 twenty twenty five, like I think. 363 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:39.119 A comparmed don't. 364 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:42.640 God, No, I think a few years back it was 365 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:45.279 like that is actually probably what's gonna happen, because it's 366 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:47.519 the system just has so much momentum, and here we 367 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:50.240 are witnessing that over and over now in terms of 368 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:54.240 hardware sales. Clearly sputtering to a certain degree, but sputtering 369 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:57.759 a relative to the switch and nothing else, like, not 370 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:00.680 relative to any other console ever in a lot of ways. 371 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:04.200 So yeah, I think I'm still playing this game. This 372 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:06.400 is the game I'm playing the most right now. Continue 373 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:08.359 to fall in love with it more and more as 374 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:10.000 I play. I think it does have a rough start, 375 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:14.640 but as I kept playing it is when I started 376 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:16.960 just exploring on my own and not necessarily just going 377 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:19.960 waypoint to waypoint, it turns into a really different game 378 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:22.279 where I'm just trying a bunch of dumb shit and 379 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:25.319 almost all of it works and makes the game break 380 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:26.400 in fun ways. 381 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:31.119 Yeah, Andy wasn't mega hot on it yeah one of you. Yeah, yeah, 382 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:33.359 he was one of the lower ones. But it's then 383 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:36.640 trying to I just I like open word with Zelda. 384 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:39.200 I don't have a great affinity for Zelda as a 385 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:42.000 franchise or anything like that. Like these little side games 386 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:44.160 don't do much for me. I like him. I like 387 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:46.400 I'll play the big main titles because it almost feels 388 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:48.640 like you need to to be in this space, like 389 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:52.599 their the Marquee releases, like it feels like they're these 390 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:58.119 important kind of games of record almost. But it's cool 391 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.240 to see that them making the swing to have you 392 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:04.079 played as Zelda has gone down well with folk because 393 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:05.519 it would have been a shame for them to do this. 394 00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.920 And then it come out, come out and. 395 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:09.759 Be right at Super Princess Peach game right where it's 396 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:12.359 like what is this? And that was like a bummer 397 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:14.119 because people been like, wow, we get to play his 398 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:16.240 Peach for the first time ever and that comes down 399 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:18.400 it's like and it's like the powers are she cries 400 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:22.920 a lot because she's emotional, and uh, for as awkward 401 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:24.519