WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:10.240 Hey, everybody, welcome to Game Mess Mornings with Me Jeff 2 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:13.759 Grab your host from giant bomb dot com. Hey, we're 3 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:15.919 a year old. Hi everybody, Thank you, thank you for 4 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:18.199 tuning in. In this episode, we're gonna be talking about 5 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:23.320 Xbox's biggest gaming leaking, biggest gaming leaking, biggest game leaking early. 6 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:25.239 It's gonna be a good one because we have Lexiletti 7 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:26.600 on the show. LEXI, how are you doing. 8 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:30.039 I am here, I'm celebrating. I'm in the festive spirit. 9 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:36.039 I'm wishing you happy anniversary, like, which is a normal 10 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:39.600 thing to do. Is Yeah, it's it's been a year. 11 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:42.240 Do you want to know where I was when I 12 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:46.399 found out that that Giant Bomb may not have been 13 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:50.079 a thing. I was about to sit down to watch 14 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:54.159 Thunderbolts in the cinema because. 15 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:56.000 Oh my god, really, yeah, it's been. 16 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:57.840 A rough week. I'm going to take an early day 17 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:00.799 off this Friday. I think it was a Friday. I 18 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:03.079 was like, I'm going to take an early like day off. 19 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:04.560 I'm going to go to the cinema, go for a 20 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:07.480 nice long walk out to the cinema. And I get 21 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:09.040 there and I sit down and I look at my 22 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:11.680 phone and I see a bunch of ominous messages on 23 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:15.000 Blue Sky, and I was like, well, I have time 24 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:16.799 to watch a movie for two hours and see what 25 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:17.920 is when I come out. 26 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:20.640 And then by the time you came out, we we 27 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:24.760 own giabomb. So yeah, we've we've been independent for a year. Everybody, 28 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:29.000 it's it's been fast, kind of NonStop and a lot 29 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:29.879 of really good ways. 30 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:32.400 It's been a good year. We got a cool little 31 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:33.359 video up. 32 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:35.719 Showing some of the like a sizzle reel from our 33 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.719 first year. We are going to be celebrating everything with 34 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:44.040 a big marathon stream. Mike's going to be playing through 35 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:51.079 Donkey Kong sixty four. He's starting that today and think, yeah, 36 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:51.439 go ahead. 37 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:55.519 I don't think he understands no, that game is not 38 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:59.200 like he's like, oh, yeah, she's a boring platform but like, 39 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:01.480 I don't think he under sounds that like it's a 40 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:05.879 grating platformer. It's an aggressively grating platformer. Like I watched 41 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:09.319 a lot of us. Yeah, yeah, I watched a lot 42 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:13.400 of that h bomber guy streaming it. But that man 43 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:15.800 doesn't break easy. It almost killed him. 44 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:18.800 No, those those beavers, they were bothering him. They were 45 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:22.680 definitely bothering him. Uh yeah, so that's my that's my 46 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:26.240 one thing. Everybody when when we ski, when we post 47 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:29.800 on social media that he is in Beaver bother, just show. 48 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:30.199 Up for that. 49 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:33.159 At least you're not gonna want to miss it. I 50 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:35.439 think there is a chance Mike one shots it, and 51 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:37.639 if he does, then we all we all have to give. 52 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:39.719 We have to we all have to subscribe to Giant Bomb. 53 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:42.080 If he doesn't one shot at We're gonna get a 54 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:46.199 lot of good sound bites of like saying things about. 55 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:49.919 Beavers, suggest non stop weird weird phrases about beavers. 56 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:52.000 It's gonna be special and amazing. 57 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:56.439 So Soundboard is going to be like totally overhauled with 58 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:58.199 just Mike beaver talk. 59 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:02.000 We will get the beaver bother Claxon's going everybody when 60 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:04.199 it happens. But yeah, the whole thing is going to 61 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:08.039 be starting today and I think basically it's a Sabbathan style. 62 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:10.800 So the more subs that we get, but you know, 63 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:13.000 we're doing this because it's the years up. We want 64 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:15.280 people to re up their subscription. We'll be transparent, like 65 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:17.159 we're trying to give you guys a fun reason to 66 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:20.960 come back and stay subscribed. This is the first fun reason, 67 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:24.120 so tune in for that. Support support us, support Mikey, 68 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:26.400 keep them going. Let's actually see him one hundred and 69 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:29.240 one percent this thing, and thanks to everybody who's just 70 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:31.719 been been there for us so far. You know what, 71 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:33.800 Let's get into things and explain ourselves. 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If you were watching live on twitch welcome, 93 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:34.959 You can always listen to the show later on podcast 94 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:37.759 feeds by searching for Game Mess Mornings, or find the 95 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:41.519 RSS feed on giant bomb dot com. You can also 96 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:44.240 catch the show later with chapters and timestamps on YouTube. 97 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:46.680 Hello YouTube. 98 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:48.079 All right, we have a lot to get into, so 99 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:53.199 let's start the morning Mess with Directive eighty twenty. Reviews 100 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:57.600 are in seventy six On Open Critic, Let's see tech Raptors. 101 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:00.279 Andrew Stretch wrote seven point five out of ten ten 102 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:04.040 and said Directive eighty twenty does a lot correctly, but 103 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:06.959 tends to get in its own way instead of letting 104 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:10.879 the players sit in the uncomfortableness. The new turning point 105 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.839 system makes exploring new outcomes a breathe. Though Day one 106 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:17.000 gave it a seven out of ten, I believe this 107 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.439 was Jesse that wrote this. Director of eighty twenty is 108 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:22.319 a solid sci fi yarn let down by some early 109 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:26.360 snark filled writing. The plot is serviceable in showing you 110 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:28.920 some gorgeous locations full of people you may or may 111 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:31.560 not want to save and a bevy of monsters you'll 112 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:35.279 get bored hiding from. If you've enjoyed the studio's previous works, 113 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:37.959 then rest assured that director of eighty twenty may well 114 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:39.720 be worth checking out. 115 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:42.839 LEXI, I believe believe you played this right. 116 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:45.959 Yes, I reviewed this. My review is up on Game 117 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.439 of Guides right now. I gave it a seventy nine 118 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:51.160 out of one hundred. I like it quite a bit. 119 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:55.319 I think I think it's pretty obvious why they have 120 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:58.680 not been leaning into the dark Pictures stuff with this game. 121 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:02.319 This is a ark Pictures game, but is much more 122 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:05.480 in line with the size and i'd say the polish 123 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:10.720 of something like The Quarry or what's it again until Dawn, 124 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:15.079 of course. But yeah, I really really enjoyed this game. 125 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:20.079 It has one or two genuine surprising plot twists in 126 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:22.000 it that I thought were pulled off pretty well and 127 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:26.600 kind of play into the structure and the foremast of 128 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.680 these games in a way that I quite like. I 129 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:33.399 also quite like that the characters are one that they 130 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:35.519 just have more time to develop them in a way 131 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:41.240 that the usual dark pictures games just really don't. And 132 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:44.959 also all of them are like good at their jobs. 133 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:48.279 They're not dirt bad teenagers, which like you can have 134 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:52.680 endearing dirt bag teenagers. I think until Darn Mike, especially 135 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:55.040 in that game, is like really good the guy who 136 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:56.879 the jock who gets the shit beat out of them 137 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.800 without that game, but I think that all of these 138 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:03.040 people being quite competent and good at their jobs and 139 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:08.199 generally able to keep track of things and logic things 140 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:13.000 out is really refreshing for the like compared to the 141 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:19.120 usual more slashery victims in these games. It's much easier 142 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:22.319 to keep these people alive because they are able to 143 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:25.759 think through what they are doing. I also think the 144 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:29.800 turning points system is a much better way. That is 145 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:36.000 basically it in previous games. You could you'd see at 146 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:37.959 the end of the game all the decisions that you'd 147 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:40.519 made and how they kind of butterfly affected out on 148 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:42.560 what path you went down, And if you wanted to 149 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:45.480 go and see other decisions, you had to start from 150 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:48.079 the beginning of the game or load a chapter and 151 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:51.959 then continue from there. This allows you to rewind to 152 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:55.720 literally every single previous decision, no matter what is, whether 153 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:58.519 it's a dialogue choice or whether it is one of 154 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:02.399 the bigger like ranching points of the narrative. It allows 155 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:04.000 you to jump back to one of those and pick 156 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:06.639 something different. And as you look through the kind of 157 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:10.279 mind map of the game, which you know tells you 158 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:13.879 where you made your decisions and what they led to, 159 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:17.439 it also tells you what decision would let you get 160 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:20.079 the other outcome. So if you see one of the 161 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:24.399 characters dies in it because you know in a chapter, 162 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:26.120 and you pause it and then you see that there's 163 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.319 a version of events where they wouldn't have died, it 164 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:31.759 will tell you like, oh, back in chapter three, if 165 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:33.840 you had set this up, they would have been fined. 166 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:35.879 So you can rewind back to chapter three and just 167 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:40.759 start from there. And it's again, it doesn't totally relieve 168 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:44.919 the like fact that you do have to replay through 169 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:48.240 all of the section leading up to mash point then again, 170 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:50.360 but it allows you to at least know where to 171 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:53.480 start to make that decision and quickly jump back to it. 172 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.320 And it is like an almost instantaneous you just jump 173 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:00.440 straight back to that point. The game also introduced is 174 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:04.000 a collectible towards the end that does ties into the 175 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:07.000 rest of the Dark Pictures universe. Up until that point, 176 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:10.840 it's barely it's barely connected, and basically that's a reason 177 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:14.639 to continue exploring your save file and going looking in 178 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:19.799 different scenes again for more collectibles. And if you do that, 179 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:22.360 you'll unlock a thing. And there's a whole thing that 180 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:24.120 wasn't even in the game when we played it, but 181 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:27.039 they've said they will patch it in with the Day 182 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:31.799 one release. So yeah, I think this game stands alone 183 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:34.639 really well compared to the rest of the Dark Pictures games. 184 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:39.600 And I think that like even just the character one character, Surning, 185 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:42.600 is way more interesting than almost any other character their 186 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:45.039 version if you keep them alive long enough and you 187 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.120 hear some of the like stuff that he has to 188 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:51.080 deal with, And yeah, I quite like it. It's not perfect. 189 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:54.200 These games have a habit of feeling quite disconnected in 190 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:57.919 places because they do have to account for certain characters 191 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:00.200 not being alive or maybe you not learning so and 192 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:04.000 pieces of information, so sometimes they do just feel slightly disjointed, 193 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:07.080 but like, it's not the end of the world. And 194 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:10.600 also this game is designed to be replayed multiple times 195 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:12.960 so that you do get that whole soul you or 196 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.480 a bigger insight to what was really happening. 197 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:18.919 So yeah, I really like it excellent. Yeah. 198 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:22.360 You know, while you were talking there, I was kind 199 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:25.759 of glancing at some of the previous Open Critics scores 200 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:29.519 for the Dark Pictures games and other super massive games basically, 201 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.559 and this is just right in kind of the middle. 202 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:33.360 It's maybe on the higher end actually in terms of 203 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:36.639 just where the scores are coming in A seventy nine 204 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:38.919 for The Quarry, this is seventy six. A lot of 205 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:41.480 the Dark Dark Dark Pictures games. The other ones are 206 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:45.480 in that range or lower. And I think, you know, 207 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:49.360 as much as it's a cliche at this point, and 208 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:53.320 we do rightfully ridicule it, fans of the genre shall 209 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:56.039 rejoice here, right. I mean, like, if you know you 210 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:59.440 like these games, this is another one of those without 211 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:02.080 sort of anything that's going to necessarily push you away, 212 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:04.279 and maybe some neat features that might help you explore 213 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:06.080 the game, like the turning point system. 214 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:09.399 Right. That's my read on these reviews so far. 215 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:13.159 The degree to which they lean into, hey, this is 216 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:16.120 just the thing in space is kind of like, yeah, 217 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:19.039 we know that, Like you are literish in the horror genre, 218 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:24.360 and as the game progresses, it actually subverts some of 219 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:26.200 that stuff in a way that I thought was really 220 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:31.080 fun for a game that is so like it is 221 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:32.840 a way that the people who are playing this have 222 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:37.240 probably watched the thing and have probably watched Alien and 223 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:40.600 it does some clever twists on that stuff as the 224 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:43.919 game goes on, and it plays around with time and 225 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:49.360 some interesting ways that I really liked this game is like, yeah, 226 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:51.519 fans of the genre is one way to put it. 227 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:54.960 But I do think it's just it's engaging in a 228 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:57.720 way if you do like that stuff in a different 229 00:11:57.720 --> 00:12:00.320 way if you do like that stuff. So that's that's 230 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:01.879 kind of why I was drawn to it, because I 231 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:04.399 do really like, you know, horror and horror movies and 232 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:05.000 shit like that. 233 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:08.919 Right, Yes, that makes sense as well, did do you? 234 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:11.399 I can't remember. Is this the one that also has 235 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:13.600 or maybe they've done this in recent games and carries 236 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:18.039 over here built in sort of multiplayer function where multiple 237 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:19.840 people can play at the same time and have input 238 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:20.559 on the choices. 239 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:23.279 So this one, as far as I can tell, the 240 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:29.000 multiplayer is much more in line with until Dawn, which 241 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:30.679 was kind of a past the controller thing. 242 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:31.720 Yeah. 243 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:35.039 In some of these games, it was like, oh, if 244 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:38.519 you split up, then one player online has control of 245 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:41.639 these characters and another player online has control of these characters. 246 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:44.559 And that is not here in this one. And I 247 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:48.240 think that actually serves the story better because they don't 248 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:51.840 feel as compelled to constantly separate characters for no good reason, 249 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:55.200 and it kind of just gives the game a more 250 00:12:55.320 --> 00:13:00.200 naturalistic feel to it. For most of it. I think 251 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:03.000 that the multiplayer stuff is mostly just past the controller 252 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:03.600 kind of stuff. 253 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:05.000 Yep, makes sense. 254 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:08.879 Once again, that's directive eighty twenty. It is a seventy 255 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:13.240 six on Open critic LEXI seems to be pretty but pretty. 256 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.360 You seem like you liked it. When is it available to? Like? 257 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:17.639 What is it up now? Is it available to? 258 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:20.759 I think it's I think it's a few days. I 259 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:24.000 can check the release that. If you are unsure on 260 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:26.360 this game, I would recommend I bet the next Land 261 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:29.440 of Folks will play through this, watch the stream and 262 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:32.720 how the look as they like those games. Yeah, it 263 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:34.519 is out the twelfth, so it's out tomorrow. 264 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:37.120 I was listening to the Plan Rama over there on 265 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:39.639 the next Lander, which helps me plan the month as well, 266 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:42.000 So thanks for doing the work for me, guys. And 267 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:44.200 they were talking about it on there and they were 268 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:46.759 interested in the turning points system and stuff like that. 269 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:49.840 So yeah, I'll be watching them play as well. All right, 270 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:54.159 let's get to the next story. Yeah, the biggest Xbox 271 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:58.600 game kind of period at this point just leaked early. 272 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:03.159 Sports the Horizons has leaked online and they have cracked it, 273 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:06.399 so now you can play it early right now on PC. 274 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:10.279 This is from Chris Scullion at VGC. The PC version 275 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:12.559 of Forts of Horizon six appears to have been leaked 276 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:16.000 online ahead of its full release. The much anticipated sixth 277 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.879 game in the Forts of Horizon series is set for 278 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:22.440 general release on May nineteenth, with early access available from 279 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:25.279 May fifteenth, basically this Friday for people who buy the 280 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:30.039 premium Premium edition. However, as noted by numerous sources online, 281 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:32.799 including the Gaming Leaks and Rumors reddit page, the PC 282 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:36.080 version has been acquired, cracked, and made available for download 283 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:38.600 by pirates. Well, the main reason for the leak has 284 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:44.440 not been fulleged. Yeah, all right, touche well done. It's 285 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:47.120 not been fully and officially confirmed. The main reason that 286 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:49.679 is The leading theory is that the pre loaded version 287 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:52.039 of the game was uploaded to Steam's back end on 288 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:56.960 Sunday by a developer, but was done so without any encryption. 289 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:00.480 This reportedly made it possible for certain individuals to download 290 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:02.879 the files and apply a crack to make the game playable. 291 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:05.200 That doesn't make a ton of sense to be like, 292 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:08.279 people could just go into Steam servers and find the 293 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:11.000 game if it's been uploaded, even if it's not been released. 294 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:14.399 It feels like multiple things must have failed here. VGC 295 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:17.159 has been has seen the game available for download on 296 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:21.320 certain websites, but it's not downloaded it and therefore cannot 297 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:24.360 verify its validity. Although people are just playing it now. 298 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:26.679 People have been sharing stuff online. 299 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:30.000 So uh yeah, wow, this is god. 300 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:33.600 Xbox can't can't do any Like if there is a 301 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:35.320 rake that could be stepped on. 302 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:36.759 They'll find a fucking way. 303 00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:40.960 You know, the phrase like couldn't catch a break if 304 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:44.039 like for love nor money, like the idea of like 305 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:46.279 you no matter how much money, you couldn't catch But 306 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:49.879 Microsoft have infinite money and they literally can't catch a 307 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:52.840 break in a way that I find like pretty fucking 308 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:54.039 poetic these days. 309 00:15:54.320 --> 00:16:00.399 Yes, right, exactly. It's like it's maybe karma. I don't know. Yeah, 310 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:02.159 so this is the game. 311 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:04.360 That just sells for them, does very well. 312 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:07.120 This one feels like it is going to be a 313 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:10.480 monstrous hit, and so for this to happen and kind 314 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.840 of just it's going to take some of the wind 315 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.480 out of the sales. 316 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:14.039 Obviously. 317 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:17.279 The Xbox version is going to probably still do just fine, 318 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:20.279 although it's on game Pass. Although that happened last time, 319 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:22.080 and when they had the early access thing, people still 320 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:23.919 paid a bunch of money on top of their game 321 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:25.000 Pass subs. 322 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:25.399 To play it early. 323 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:27.759 They'll still sell a lot of copies of this game, 324 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:29.960 but this is the one that was supposed to be 325 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:31.519 like their big winner this year. 326 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:33.759 And now I bet, I don't know. 327 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:37.080 I kind of feel like just checking a pirate site 328 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:39.840 and seeing the number of seeds for this thing right now, 329 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:42.960 I bet it's pretty high. I bet there's already one 330 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:46.080 hundred thousand plus people seeding this thing. Yeah, I wouldn't 331 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.639 be surprised. 332 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:49.480 It is very funny that people who are pirating this 333 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:51.879 game can play it through Steam by adding it as 334 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:54.879 a non Steam game. But I can't play it through 335 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:59.000 Steam because I was given a Microsoft Store code, and 336 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:02.080 Microsoft does and allow you to add their games to 337 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:06.680 Steam if you I just want to use Steam input. 338 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:08.759 I just want to take a screenshot with my control 339 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:15.359 of goddam it. Yeah, Sean also left you and Osha story. 340 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:16.680 That's uh. 341 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:19.920 The Forts files were uploaded to Steam without DRM. Yes, 342 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:22.680 I did hear that of something that then I heard 343 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:26.960 they only had Steam DRM, which Sean, you're in chat 344 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:29.400 you could correct me is basically the same thing as 345 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:32.400 no DRM at all. Is kind of how that works 346 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:36.240 these days. But I don't know, like either way this 347 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:39.599 stuff is. This is a big, big mess up because 348 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:43.079 this game was going to sell a ton on Friday. 349 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:44.440 It probably still will. 350 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:48.920 But Microsoft, coming off their most recent financial earndents, was like, hey, 351 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:52.400 our hardware is obviously not selling nobody wants that, but 352 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:55.720 also our games are selling less than they were last year. 353 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:58.079 And then Forts Horizon six was supposed to come along 354 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.759 and change that fate again it probably still will. I 355 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.279 don't know what do you think this has a measurable 356 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:05.119 like detrimental effect. 357 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:08.880 I mean, these games sell really well on PC, but 358 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:11.440 they sell their best on consoles, like we do know that, 359 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:17.799 and so it's not been cracked on consoles. But yeah, 360 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:20.799 I think it's super interesting to see if this does 361 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:26.640 affect sentiment in any way. The Fort Sir Horizon games 362 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:30.200 are like so known quantities in some ways that in 363 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:33.599 some like reviews for this game are kind of just 364 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.200 gonna be like, yeah, it's Forts Horizon. You know, they 365 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:40.279 didn't wind up making a third person shoot a weird 366 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:43.079 but yeah, ultimately, people, what if. 367 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:45.440 The reviews are like, no, wait, this is actually Fable. 368 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:47.640 They actually just put Fable in here instead. 369 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:50.200 Yeah, they fucked it up and they uploaded fable to 370 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:56.599 see that. But yeah, like, I am curious to see 371 00:18:56.920 --> 00:19:00.640 what the desire for this game for three years, you know, 372 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:04.599 if it like if that's what the proposition being presented 373 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:08.359 to people now is, because like, if this got cracked 374 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:10.680 a couple of days after launch, it wouldn't get as 375 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:12.799 many news, right ups. It's getting news right ups because 376 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:16.599 it's happened before launch. So that's the thing spreading the 377 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:19.759 information now is that this happened before launch. And I'm 378 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:23.720 curious if that drives people to be like, oh, there's 379 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:26.480 a way to play this game for three So yeah, 380 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.319 I'm curious. 381 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:29.119 Yeah, I don't even know. I don't even know what 382 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:31.119 pirates sites people go to anymore. I'd have to. 383 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:33.559 I'm like, I tried, I tried the Pirate Bay, and 384 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:36.440 at that that website is always like it's just real. 385 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.200 This is probably just. 386 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:42.000 The honey pot now yeah, and then, uh, I can't 387 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:43.200 Jane added it out here. 388 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:45.559 I can't believe he didn't read. Oopsie, yeah, my bad. 389 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:47.759 Uh Sean said the forts of files were uploaded to 390 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:52.319 Steam without DRM parentheses. Oopsie, there you go, my bad. 391 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:54.160 I apologize. What we're you gonna say? 392 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:58.440 Like, I feel like you haven't had to care about 393 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:01.920 getting games on the cheap ever since you got that 394 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.880 press account. 395 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:05.400 Yeah's place of differences? May yeah at this point, like 396 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.680 I'll just wait, yeah, exactly. 397 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:09.440 Wonder if you were to calculate how much money you've 398 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:13.119 saved over the years. 399 00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:15.480 I was, I was still telling somebody like I was 400 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:17.839 doing my taxes, and I'm like, man, I still spend 401 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:19.359