WEBVTT 1 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:16.640 Hello everybody, and welcome to episode fifty six of Game 2 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:20.440 Spot after Dark, Game Sports Official after Dark Podcast. That's 3 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:23.280 a very circular definition, but you know it's me on 4 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:26.440 the rains today push Jake out for the week, so 5 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.879 it's gonna be a chaotic episode. I'm Lucy James joining 6 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:34.359 me this week. We've got John nigsideke Hello with a 7 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:37.399 very crisp new mic. I'm very excited about it because 8 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:39.920 I haven't set mine up yet. I just have the 9 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:43.000 crappy old one Tomorrowhos saying. 10 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:46.439 Hi, Old Mike also yeah, but your mic is good. 11 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:49.560 And Kelly Plaguey Hi, also an old Mike, but I 12 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:51.079 figured out her music correctly. 13 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:55.399 It's been like this week has felt very strange because 14 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:58.320 when we're putting the running order together, at least for 15 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:00.240 the topics to talk about, they are the same was 16 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.679 last week, but this time we have actual stuff to 17 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:06.799 talk about, like in terms of DC fandom, Black Ops, 18 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:09.439 Cold War. So it's gonna be It's been a big 19 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:13.640 week already in Games Come for context, we're recording this 20 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:16.879 on Wednesday. Games Come hasn't happened yet, so we're in 21 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:19.439 a we're in a world without pork knuckle and without 22 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:23.680 tiny German beers or game announcements at the Achillies. So 23 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:26.719 if we're not talking about I don't know, you can order, 24 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:29.480 you can pre you can register to pre order PS 25 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:31.760 five now, but we don't know when it's out. So 26 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:34.000 if they announce a PS five, really stay and we're 27 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.640 not talking about it here. That's why. But let's get 28 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:40.079 into what we've been playing. CALLI and when come Chief first. 29 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:44.400 All right, well, Tomorre, we'll be really happy to hear. Well, 30 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.079 I've already told him, but a surprised Tom that I've 31 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:55.959 begun blood Born, my blood born. Uh my, my character's 32 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:58.719 name is Strawberry because that's what I was eating when 33 00:01:58.840 --> 00:01:59.719 I created her. 34 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.120 It's yeah, And. 35 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:09.039 I found that like like I was like, okay, I 36 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:11.280 I know on paper when I'm supposed to do. And 37 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:14.199 then the first area has so many enemies that I 38 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:16.960 was just like, I don't know, I don't know if 39 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:20.199 I'm mentally ready for this, Like I don't know, but 40 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:21.879 I got I got through it. 41 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:23.599 What it wants you to think. 42 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:27.960 But really it's just it's you. Just The thing I 43 00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:30.840 love about that first area is it's so overwhelming at 44 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:33.039 the very beginning and then the more you kind of 45 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:36.319 go through it, you just you learn it and it 46 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:37.840 just and it sets you up for the rest of 47 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:40.280 the game where it's like, oh, it's going to present 48 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:44.800 me with things that are immediately very intense and scary, 49 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:47.879 and then it gives you the confidence to tackle them. 50 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:50.240 It's very, very exciting for you. It's basically that bit 51 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:53.759 in Simpsons where is the references that I can sing, 52 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:56.800 but it's like escalating. So you go off and you're like, 53 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:59.000 I can sink, I can sing, and then by the 54 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:00.159 halfway when you're like, I can. 55 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:07.520 Except I would certainly hope that's where I get with it. 56 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:11.639 I've been I started playing at like the height of 57 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:16.960 the heat wave too and with the fires, so I 58 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:19.120 had to like stop a lot because I was getting 59 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:24.319 way too like literally and figuratively heated playing. So it's 60 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:27.280 cooled down. We still can't really open our windows too much, 61 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:31.159 but it's cooled down at least, so I'm ready. I'm 62 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:35.680 ready to give it another shot. But uh yeah, I 63 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.840 I've The hardest thing for me was the controls, honestly, 64 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:42.400 because I think the last game I played on PS 65 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:47.840 four was the last of US Part two. So because 66 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:50.039 I haven't started Ghost of Sushimi yet. I'm sorry, but 67 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:57.680 I had really like I kept accidentally throwing molotovs, having 68 00:03:57.759 --> 00:03:59.919 a really hard time with the control scheme and blob on. 69 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:04.800 But but I'm I'm excited. I I also like, I 70 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:07.840 want to finish Secro, but I kind of want to 71 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:10.400 do Bloodborne first because I feel like like I don't 72 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:14.120 want to cross those two. I want to keep them 73 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:14.560 a little bit. 74 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:15.840 That room, I was. 75 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:18.120 Gonna say, because Scro will get you used to not 76 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:20.720 having a stamina bar and then Bloodborne will be like, 77 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:23.240 oh no, you to manage. 78 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:28.079 That ship that was that was also very difficult. So yeah, 79 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:31.879 I'm I'm enjoying that journey. And I'm also I've been 80 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:33.920 watching The Simpsons from the beginning. 81 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:37.720 Before you move on? What weapon did you pick up? 82 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:38.079 The start? 83 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:40.120 The one that. 84 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:44.959 Opens Okay, okay, okay, what it's called? 85 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:47.879 Wait? They all kind of. 86 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:50.439 Yes. 87 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:57.279 It's been described as the reu effect where it's on 88 00:04:57.319 --> 00:04:59.000 the cover, so that's why everyone picks it. 89 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:00.560 Ah. 90 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:04.079 I mean I was just like that one looks cool. 91 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:08.040 Oh when I got the the I got a better outfit. 92 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:11.360 Would you get to get a hunted? 93 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:13.000 Yeah? 94 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:16.079 So how do you feel about the little messengers in 95 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:18.920 the bath. Have you met them yet? 96 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:20.120 Yeah? 97 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:21.279 Hang on, where did you get up to? 98 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:28.439 I have? I have seen a boss, but I ran 99 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:35.439 away using the item that lets okay my blood. 100 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:41.839 Fine. Next time you're in the in the Hunter's Dream, 101 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:44.160 just go to the little bath area that's on your 102 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:48.120 left immediately and you'll see the little like yeah, that 103 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:51.480 little lad. Yeah, yeah, I love this. 104 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:54.199 My favorite thing about the game so far as the 105 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:58.079 little the little guys the floor, your little notes, I 106 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:01.279 love love them some hilarious. 107 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:02.959 No can't you. 108 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:05.519 Yeah. You can get a top hat for mine all 109 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:08.680 wearing top hats, and you can get like there's like 110 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:11.560 maybe three or four things, but they're very cute. And 111 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:15.480 if you like, get the Pigma figures come with those 112 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:17.319 little guys as well, which is what I was like. 113 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:23.000 They're very cute. Yeah, all around, Bloodborn is a very 114 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:23.519 cute game. 115 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:29.240 Absolutely. Yeah. I've also been watching The Simpsons from the 116 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:35.560 beginning and it uh just because and it's amazing how well. 117 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:37.079 I've been doing that. 118 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:43.000 Actually, those jokes, it's I don't know what caused it, 119 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:44.480 just like all of a sudden one day we're like, 120 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:46.399 let's just watch Simpsons. 121 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:49.399 You know, I was like kind of in a mood, 122 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:51.959 and I've been on Talking Simpsons a couple of times, 123 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:55.759 and one of the episodes that I did was in actually, 124 00:06:55.879 --> 00:07:00.439 I think a couple of them were like early episodes, 125 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:03.759 so I got to one that I've already done. But 126 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:08.519 watching them in sequence is like, I'm just like some 127 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:10.839 of those jokes, I like just can't believe that they 128 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:14.079 happened in nineteen eighty nine, nineteen ninety, right, and they're 129 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.680 still funny. I know, I'm not the first person to 130 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:18.680 say this. I just have been thinking about it a lot. 131 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:22.879 It's wild how those jokes from nineteen eighty nine are 132 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:26.920 still relevant today. In George Oil's nineteen eighty four. 133 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:31.839 Oh go ahead, I was just gonna say, like, you 134 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:36.160 kind of forget, like I've I've literally existed, like the 135 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:38.720 Simpsons has existed longer than I've been alive, you know, 136 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:42.519 Like so like you kind of forget You're so used 137 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:44.720 to modern Simpsons and what it's like, and it's very 138 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:47.759 like pop culture heavy and like celebrity cameos and all 139 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:51.240 that stuff, and you kind of forget how like incredibly cynical, 140 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:55.120 like o G. Simpsons is and like how it's just 141 00:07:55.199 --> 00:08:01.439 like like, uh, like Homer and like the Simpsons are 142 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:06.600 like the asshole family that like would have been the 143 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:09.279 antagonist and like the average sitcom in Flanders would have 144 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:11.759 been like the protagonist. And they've like completely flipped it, 145 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:15.399 and it's just like it still works. It still works 146 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.519 so well, and it's so it's so funny, like, oh 147 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:19.199 my god. 148 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:23.000 Any there's it Modern Simpsons is it still is? 149 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:26.000 Still the last episode. The last episode of the Simpsons 150 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:32.039 I saw was I think four hundred, I want to say, 151 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:36.559 or three hundred where Bart moved out and Tony Hawk 152 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:39.000 was in it. That's the only one I remember. 153 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:40.679 Oh I remember that. 154 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:42.240 Yeah, it's the last episode of Simpsons. 155 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:45.039 Yeah, Tony Hawk. Really that was the last episode of 156 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:45.879 the Simpsons you saw. 157 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:47.759 I feel like anything since. 158 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:50.960 I've watched beyond that, but they're not as memorable, you know. 159 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:54.679 No, I feel like the characters just like Mo. He 160 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:58.440 he's like wears like a nice shirt in like modern Simpsons, 161 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:00.519 and he's like goes over to them for he's like 162 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:04.279 a family friend. And I'm like, no, Mo's like the 163 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:08.919 sleazy bar owner. He's in love with Midge, Yeah, and 164 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.720 calls him and he threatens to murder him. 165 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:12.279 Definitely. 166 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:15.159 Oh sorry, I was gonna say that that episode that 167 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:22.600 Lucy is mentioning is the Simpsons S fourteen e eleven 168 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:28.559 dot xvid dot eazy TV. So season fourteen, episode eleven, Wait, 169 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:29.120 so hang on. 170 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:31.720 So when what are they up to? Now? What? Season 171 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:32.480 twenty two? 172 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:35.320 Thirty thirty thirty. 173 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:38.279 Yeah, twenty was around when the movie came out. I 174 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:39.799 want to say, oh, jez. 175 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.679 I think that's the last major Simpsons thing that I watched. 176 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:46.440 The movie after that was Goodbye, Old Friend. 177 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:51.279 I mean, I will extend like the Simpsons episodes. I 178 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:55.200 will watch like through some seasons that people can like, 179 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:57.480 like I think most like if you want to be like, 180 00:09:57.559 --> 00:10:00.600 oh like push up glasses like a big sentence four 181 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:04.519 to nine. But I will watch like through the early 182 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:06.840 teens and like have a good time just because it. 183 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:09.759 I mean, like John Luke said, that shows older than 184 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:12.159 I am, so like there's a it has this grace 185 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:18.120 period for me. We're still nostalgic. But I yeah, I 186 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:19.279 haven't watched it this year. 187 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:21.840 This is clearly not the right place to do this, 188 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:23.879 but like, did it just run out of things to 189 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:27.200 say or did it like did the characters become rubbish 190 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:29.200 or or did they what happened? 191 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:34.240 I think that well, for there's a really good Super 192 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:35.840 eight Past World video where he kind of like breaks 193 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:37.480 it down. But I think I think the big thing 194 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:39.080 that he kind of brought up was, like I mean 195 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:42.320 most of the original staff just left by like season 196 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:45.440 like nine. I think there's like a massive exodus and 197 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:48.519 like all but like Conan O'Brien, yeah, all but two 198 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:50.679 of the writers. So it's like it's just kind of 199 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:54.080 like the priorities are different. Like the people who who 200 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.840 created it, who had like that specific vision for it 201 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:00.759 to be this like biting satire, were like not there anymore, 202 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.000 you know, to keep that going. 203 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.480 And you also have like those early episodes. The context 204 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:09.679 is so different because, like you said, at the time, 205 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:13.200 Flanders would have been the protagonist in any other sitcom 206 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.639 on the air. Probably you have like like at the time, 207 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.240 people were really upset about Bart as a character, like 208 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:22.039 they just knew the show is like the show with 209 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:26.240 the foul mouth child. Celebrities that were on the show 210 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:28.000 were like too embarrassed to have their names in the 211 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.919 credit made like a dig at the Simpsons. 212 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:34.600 Wow, So like, uh. 213 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:40.759 Yeah, we're gonna talk about Ronald regularly. But but yeah, 214 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:44.360 like I think there's the changing landscape to I think 215 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:46.320 there it's hard. I feel like it's hard to do 216 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:52.240 satire in a post like Family Guy, South Park, the 217 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:53.440 attitude towards what's. 218 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:56.639 Different, Like I I in the way that like Simpsons 219 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:00.159 was like the animated sitcom for like the ninety I 220 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:02.159 would say like the two thousands was more like a 221 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:04.960 Bob's Burger's or something, just a very different feel and 222 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.399 kind of like capturing more a different culture though, like 223 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.600 the Simpsons was created for the nineties. 224 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:18.440 So they are currently in season thirty two, no episode number. 225 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:23.120 October twenty fifth, I believe was the last episode Treehouse 226 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:26.120 of Horror Roman numerals that I won't to even begin 227 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:29.279 to try and guess what that is. How long do 228 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:31.080 you reckon before the show gets canned? 229 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:34.399 It's not it makes some still get millions of still 230 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:35.360 so popular. 231 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:41.159 Yeah, I'd say it's probably Tria support thirty one because 232 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:43.919 there's been one every season except the first, right, or 233 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:45.679 have they been multiple per seasons. 234 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:50.360 I feel like it's more likely that the majority of 235 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:54.039 the cast will just pass away and they'll have to 236 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:57.039 cancel it for that reason rather than. 237 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:59.639 I mean like if you lose one of the core. 238 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:01.919 Yeah, like at this point, I mean. 239 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.720 Like the enough people who are able to pull amazing 240 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:07.360 like Home. 241 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:11.200 Uh, like a Mickey Mouse scenario where they like train people, 242 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:14.200 they have them at the ready to replace them. 243 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:16.639 They change Home with voice to Mickey Mouse. 244 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:20.720 There's an ending like sequence in a newer Simpsons episode 245 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:24.399 where they do a little song. I'm not gonna say it, 246 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:27.240 but they say like they'll never stop. The Simpsons have 247 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:31.120 no fears. We'll have stories for years and one of 248 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:33.320 them is like Marsh and it's all sing song, but 249 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:36.399 it's like Marsh becomes a robot. One of them like 250 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:39.720 it's a jokes, but it's it's also true because they're like, 251 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:42.879 it's never it's too big to be canceled. But anyway, 252 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:44.559 we can move on from the Simpsons because we do 253 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.759 have to talk about Ronald Brake. 254 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:48.600 Let's move on, John, what you've been doing? 255 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:55.120 I was, I popped in and played some Batman Arkham City. 256 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.679 I was feeling that Batman itch and I was like, 257 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:00.320 you know what, I'm gonna pop it in. It was 258 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:03.440 it was. It took me like only like ten hours. 259 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:06.039 It was like a nice like I'm just gonna beat 260 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:08.879 a game real quick and have a good time, And 261 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:11.120 that is a fantastic game. 262 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:14.759 The weird thing is Alfred has to help Batman with 263 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:18.320 his Batman You get a little, you get a little. 264 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:22.679 I saw it in your badge as soon as John 265 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:25.159 Luke said it, I saw. 266 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:26.639 More n. 267 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:30.639 Carry Uh. 268 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:32.679 I mean, I don't know what to say about the game. 269 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:35.840 That hasn't been said in for years, and it's just 270 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:38.879 it's it's really good. Uh, it's really good, you know what, 271 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:42.960 you know, I'll tomorrow, I'll admit it. 272 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:44.440 Finally everyone comes around. 273 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:46.120 It might be the best Batman game. 274 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:48.480 It is the best game. 275 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:55.840 I still think I like the slightly more condensed pack 276 00:14:55.919 --> 00:15:00.639 structure of Asylum, but I'll admit that I think from 277 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:04.120 like a story perspective, and like the design. I mean 278 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:08.159 the like their their take on like Old Gotham, and 279 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:10.960 like that architecture, and like the stuff like wonder City 280 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:15.440 underneath it's incredibly well done. Like that game's art style 281 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:17.279 holds up beautifully. 282 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:23.200 Yeah, and like they To truly feel like Batman, you 283 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:26.039 need an open world like you need to. You need 284 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:30.039 a a city to move around and like have crimes 285 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:34.120 to drop in on like in an asylum. That is 286 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:37.679 about mine experience. But you don't really get the complete 287 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:41.519 Batman experience, right, You don't get to see in the 288 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:45.559 distance the bat signal like piercing the sky and fly 289 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:49.840 towards it. That's the that's that's when you truly feel 290 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:54.200 like Batman, and that is why City is the best one. 291 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:57.759 Also the zip where you where you do like the 292 00:15:57.799 --> 00:16:01.120 double tap and he like slingshots himself. Oh so satisfying. 293 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:04.039 Oh my god, Yeah, that is like that's why I 294 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:06.960 keep playing Night because it feels so satisfying in that one. 295 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:09.159 That's where they like perfect that field. 296 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:13.600 I want to try Night again. I only played it once. 297 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:15.159 It's the only one I've played once. I played all 298 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:16.519 the others like multiple times. 299 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:20.000 You should play it again, Like that's so burnt. 300 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:26.200 I really that game feels bloated in a way that 301 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:31.240 I just was, like I just I just felt done 302 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:32.600 with it by the time I beat it. 303 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:36.159 I think it was like it came out in the 304 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:40.200 height of like open world fatigue as well, but like 305 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:44.559 I played it again recently and just coming at it 306 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.519 at a slower pace after not really playing many open 307 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:50.759 world games. It felt so good, Like it felt really 308 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:52.879 well paced, and there's parts of it that feel like 309 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:56.960 it's perhaps not as like high quality as other things. 310 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:58.960 I know people don't like the Batmobile a lot, or 311 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:01.879 the missions around it. There's certain things that you can skip, 312 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:04.839 like the Riddler stuff like just don't don't bother, like 313 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:07.480 it's not right. Yeah, but like when you do that, 314 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:10.400 it's such a good game. It's so much fun and 315 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:12.759 it feels so good to play, and I think like 316 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:14.640 the story holds up really well. 317 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:18.000 The story is the thing I remembered the most and 318 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:22.039 kind of why I want to replay it. But yeah, 319 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:24.079 I think it's a shame that like I have to 320 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:27.440 ignore so much of it, Like like I did all 321 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:30.480 the Riddler trophies and like Arkham Asylum and City, and 322 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:34.240 I felt like those like it was like the right amount. 323 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:37.160 It felt it felt good to do it all and 324 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:40.559 it didn't feel like exhausting, And like I think A 325 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:43.799 Night just like went too far in the way that 326 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:45.559 I think a lot of open world games do now 327 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.000 where they're like, let's just put more stuff in it, 328 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:51.359 and you're like, oh god, no, I don't want to 329 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:57.039 collect another goddamn Riddler trophy. I don't care, Catwoman, you 330 00:17:57.079 --> 00:18:01.000 can just hang there forever and I'll you'll never be saved. 331 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:03.279 Sorry, Cal, I'd be interested to see what you think 332 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:05.319 of it now, because I I when I went back 333 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:06.799 to it, I think I liked it more than the 334 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.759 first time I played it. 335 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:10.119 Okay, I definitely want to. 336 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:13.319 Yeah, it's good. It's like night you gigabytes though, so 337 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:13.880 good luck with that. 338 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.000 Did they fix the PC version eventually? 339 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:20.160 Yeah, you became a bit British there. 340 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:23.799 I was about to say version you fix the. 341 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:27.279 People into but yeah, it got updated and I think 342 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:30.039 it's way better. I know. Chris Praira was playing it recently. 343 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:32.000 He said it looks amazing and it performs well. So 344 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:34.920 I think they eventually fixed it up. 345 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:37.279 Yes, so it's good. That was one of those people 346 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:39.920 that bought it on PC when it came out, heard 347 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:42.079 about all the issues, and I was like, oh, maybe 348 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:43.680 I'll be lucky. I'll be one of those people that 349 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:47.559 doesn't have it. Turned it on. All the textures were 350 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:51.200 missing on like Gordon's face and that like opening scene, 351 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.880 and I just immediately turned it off, refunded it and 352 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:55.440 downloaded the PS four version. 353 00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:59.240 That's for bad tim. 354 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:02.559 Been playing so I have been playing a game called 355 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:09.279 Batman Arkham City. No, so, I played a bunch of 356 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.799 Arkham City, and then I when I'm actually going back 357 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.039 to Asylum now just because I've been in the mood 358 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:17.160 for it, but I won't talk about that too much. 359 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:26.079 I been playing Kimi, still Yami, still good, enjoying it. 360 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:30.440 I can't remember how did they add things to this 361 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:34.640 game A ton, yeah, because like there's certain like side 362 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:37.440 quests and even like plot beats that I'm like, I 363 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.640 do I do not remember this. 364 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:42.559 Most of the side stuff is new new right. You 365 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:45.960 can definitely tell from the writing it feels very different. 366 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:48.400 Yeah, it feels very current. And I was like, I 367 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:51.279 don't remember any of this stuff. I just remember like 368 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:53.519 straight up brawl stuff and not a lot of like 369 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.599 extra material. 370 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:58.599 All the Margin stuff is completely now, like that original 371 00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:00.000 game shows up like three. 372 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:02.440 Times, three or four times. Yeah, That's why I was like, wow, 373 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:04.680 but Margin was really popular now. I don't remember him 374 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:06.640 being this popular back in the day. I remember him 375 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:08.799 being like an asshole like four or five times to me, 376 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.559 and I whopped his ass. 377 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:12.000 It's two I think made him twos, yeah. 378 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:14.960 Twos where he were really Yeah, So like I'm really 379 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:19.319 enjoying the feeling of like going back to that game 380 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:22.720 and it being somehow better than I remember it to be, 381 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:25.480 like and like knowing that this is well different, but 382 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:29.599 like it's like rediscovering an old love for the first time. 383 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:33.119 Like it's really really fun to do that. And I 384 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:35.559 spent a lot of time doing the stupid mini game. Still. 385 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:38.759 I played UFO Catcher yesterday for maybe an hour and 386 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:42.680 a half. Pocket Racer, I did Pocket Racer a really 387 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:47.839 long time. I've done too much bowling, and I do 388 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:50.400 I do the thing with the Hostess club where I 389 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.839 just go down to chat to the lady. 390 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:53.480 That's my favorite part. 391 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:56.960 Yeah, the lady. It's like, this is what reminded me, 392 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:59.039 this is what made me think this is this is 393 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:02.079 very different, like the Hostess mission in Kwame. 394 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.640 I don't know. 395 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:05.279 I think the character I got was her name is 396 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:10.119 Rena or something like that, but she is a lesbian 397 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:13.799 or maybe she's bisexual. She's bisexual like Hostess and like 398 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:18.920 is very progressive and chill about everything, and like Kiri 399 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:22.240 at the same time is like huh, discovering about like 400 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:24.759 her preferences and like. 401 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:27.119