WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:11.720 Hey, everybody, welcome to Games Mornings presented by Deku Deals 2 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:14.320 with Me Jeff Grab your host from giant bomb dot com. 3 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:15.320 Thank you for tuning in. 4 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:17.640 In this episode, we're going to be talking about Metroid 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:21.559 Prime for previews and Call of Duty Black Ops seven reviews. 6 00:00:21.559 --> 00:00:23.480 It's gonna be a good one because we have Chuck 7 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:25.399 simmer Held on the show. 8 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:26.679 Chuck Tawsky, how are you doing? 9 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.800 I'm sorry? Were you about to call me Jeff? To 10 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:30.719 call me one of the Jeff's. 11 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:34.079 Yeah, listen, it's it would be easier if everyone. 12 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:36.600 Was just one of the Jeff Jeff, it would be easier. 13 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:39.960 I don't know why you guys don't consider it, be 14 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:42.200 more considerate. It's what I'm trying to say. Chuck Apps, Okay, 15 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:45.200 I'm sorry. So yeah, I'm Jeff zimmer Held. Yeah, I'm 16 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.039 doing I'm doing well. Thanks for having me on the show. 17 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:50.119 I'm so excited. It does suck having to follow what 18 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:51.920 Alyssa was Alyssa yesterday? 19 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:54.000 Uh, Jam was yesterday? 20 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:56.399 Okay, that also sucks. To be fair, I don't want 21 00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:56.960 to follow Jam. 22 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:59.600 But listen, it's you know, each day is its own 23 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:02.560 new begin You don't need to be judged or or 24 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:03.679 compared to anyone else. 25 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:05.680 You just need to be the best Chuck you can be. 26 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:06.920 That's all we're asking from you. 27 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:09.040 Every day is a gift. That's why they call it 28 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:09.599 the present. 29 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:12.799 Oh okay, all right, so that's the end of the show. 30 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:15.840 All right, grab fade into black map. Thank you, Let's 31 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:18.280 get the hell out of here. Wow. And that's what 32 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:19.599 that's it for Giant Bomb too. 33 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:24.400 How you doing, Chuck, I'm doing great, really good. You 34 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:27.239 know what. I'm sipping some some Irish tea from one 35 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:30.120 Lex Luddy. Oh, thank you, Ley, this is very good. 36 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:33.359 Is that is that's Is that the an older Giant 37 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:33.840 Bomb mug? 38 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:35.319 Or is that the current Giant Bomb mug? 39 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:37.480 This is the Dizzy Bomb. So we don't actually have 40 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:40.560 a version of this on the website. Okay, okay, look 41 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:43.120 I'm going to be transparent. I'm kind of pitching that 42 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:45.120 logo is the one we use for a little bit 43 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:45.680 on the news. 44 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:49.519 I love it. No, I'm I'm fully behind that effort 45 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:52.000 because I agree. I think it's really fantastic to look 46 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:52.959 at it. 47 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:54.959 Stoned I do. 48 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:57.760 I will say that, you know, you're a large man. 49 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:00.640 The mug does look small when you're holding it. So 50 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:02.599 I was worried, like people are going to see this 51 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:04.959 and be like, oh, oh my god, Mike did give 52 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.519 us small mugs, but no, this is an older mug. 53 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:10.159 This is one of the smaller mugs I think we've 54 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:12.879 ever had too. So it's a little a little bit 55 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:13.199 of both. 56 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:15.800 Yeah, all right, Well we'll get your andre the giant 57 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:19.360 mits around that thing and enjoy your drink. All right, Hey, 58 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:22.639 it's Friday. 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As far 85 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:25.960 as this show goes. 86 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:29.080 Most weekdays, I Jeff Grub will help piece your gaming 87 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:32.360 life back together. That includes breaking news and maybe even 88 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:36.120 some of our own original reporting. For all these topics, 89 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:38.120 I'll get the input of a bona fide expert who 90 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:40.479 will make me look smart. If you are watching live 91 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:43.120 on twitch welcome. You can always listen to the show 92 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:46.120 later on podcast feeds by searching for Game Mess Mornings, 93 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.439 or find the RSS feed on GiantBomb dot com. You 94 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:51.759 can also catch the show later on with chapters and 95 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:53.159 timestamps on YouTube. 96 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:55.159 Hello YouTube. 97 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:56.520 All right, we have a lot to get into, so 98 00:03:56.599 --> 00:03:59.680 let's start the Morning Mess with those Metroid Prime for 99 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:04.800 Nintendo also put up a seven minute overview trailer. This 100 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:08.080 comes from Nintendo Everything. The Metroid Prime for Beyond is 101 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:10.439 only a few weeks away now, and the game now 102 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:13.319 has its best look yet thanks to a brand new trailer. 103 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:16.839 The overview video shows off gameplay, Nintendo switch to features, 104 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:20.720 and more. And really this is a lot of the 105 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:22.759 footage that you'll be able to see in our quick 106 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:26.120 look ex that we put up this morning where Becklar, 107 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:28.040 who went to New York to play the game for 108 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:30.040 about an hour a little bit more than an hour, 109 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:32.639 was able to bring back some footage and he showed 110 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:35.199 it to me and kind of, you know, showed off 111 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:37.079 like all the things that he learned, and then I 112 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:38.879 was able to ask him a bunch of questions about it. 113 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:42.279 So that's up on the site now, so I have 114 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:43.839 secondhand opinions on this. 115 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:44.160 Chuck. 116 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:48.439 Looking at it, I am pretty excited. I think it 117 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:52.879 looks very good, very promising. I think the conversation piece 118 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:55.759 everyone's going to have coming out of this, because we all, 119 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:57.560 you know, if there's a fly in your soup, no 120 00:04:57.600 --> 00:04:59.199 matter how good the soup is, people are going to 121 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.720 talk about the fly. Right and right now, everyone's worried 122 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:06.600 that this Miles mackenzie character is going to be that 123 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:11.759 fly that they cannot ignore. He is a bubb you know, 124 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:12.600 he's an autocon. 125 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:15.240 I think that's a reference points most people get. 126 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:17.560 He's an autocon. He is there to sort of be 127 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:21.079 a little bit of a comedic relief. He is certainly 128 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:23.360 out of his element in some ways, but he knows 129 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:25.199 more about the world than you do in other ways, 130 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:31.160 and he's there in person with like interacting with Samus. 131 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:33.920 So every time he does that, every time he appears, 132 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:36.120 or every time he has has something to say, it 133 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:40.079 does sort of burst that isolated energy that most people, 134 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:43.439 I think associate with Metroid Prime, especially Metroid Prime one. 135 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:48.399 I'll say that I'm not like freaking out over this. 136 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:51.319 I watched what Backlar showed me. We kind of talked 137 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:54.560 through it. Backlar certainly wasn't phased by it, but you know, 138 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:56.439 for me, METROI Prime is this holy thing. 139 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:58.600 So I was like, let me, let me get a 140 00:05:58.600 --> 00:05:59.079 sense here. 141 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:01.800 I The sin I get is that he is very 142 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:05.120 much part of this early part of the game where 143 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:07.519 they are trying to introduce a bunch of stuff real 144 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:10.519 fast so that they can then get to some other 145 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:13.639 things that are new to Metroid Prime, but still very 146 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:17.399 much in that idea of, hey, you are solving puzzles, 147 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.439 you are getting new abilities that open up more of 148 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:21.560 the world, and we want people, we want onboard people 149 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:23.879 really fast, and he's a part of that process. 150 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:26.720 I think. I don't know, did you get a chance 151 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:28.000 to see this, Do you have any thoughts? 152 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:31.319 I did. I watched all of his footage and that 153 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:33.879 was like the one thing I zeroed in on immediately. 154 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:37.079 I don't have a problem with it, right, but I 155 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:39.959 was like, fans of this series are going to home 156 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:41.839 in on that and have an issue, and that's going 157 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:43.720 to be all of our reddit, right. I mean, like, 158 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:47.000 the best version of this is autocon like you mentioned, 159 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:50.839 can love bloom on a Metroid And then the worst 160 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:54.560 version is like he's human clap trap, which ye, I 161 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:57.920 don't think he's at He's not quite claptrap level, which 162 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:01.439 I that's a negative by the way, It's not twenty 163 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:05.279 eleven or whatever. It doesn't play as well. So yeah, 164 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:07.600 I think if it goes too far that direction, that's why. Yeah, 165 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:08.680 that's where it doesn't work. 166 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:12.040 Yeah, And I you know, and again I'm mostly hopeful 167 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:12.839 and ensure. 168 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:14.800 Chat's like, yeah, it could be cope. It could be cope. 169 00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:18.800 But you know, it's also a lessons learned over time 170 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.279 of everything. You know, anytime I freaked out about a 171 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:25.040 game before I actually played it, I almost I'm almost 172 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:28.399 never right. Those anxieties have almost never been correct. It's 173 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:31.279 almost it's usually quite the opposite of like, oh, this 174 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:33.519 was not a big deal, and that I never think 175 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:35.560 about this thing that I was worried about ever again, 176 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:38.240 because it was never actually a problem. 177 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:39.680 We'll see again. 178 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:42.279 I do think that if you asked a fan of 179 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:46.360 the Metroid Prime series to list, you know, just descriptor 180 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:50.720 words for like what this franchise should be, like loneliness 181 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:53.600 and isolation would come up, atmosphere would come up, and 182 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:57.279 you know, his his appearance or in his his presence, 183 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:01.680 McKenzie's presence does feel like it it affects and taints 184 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:02.879 all of those factors. 185 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:06.120 I like I said. 186 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:08.240 Since I was getting is that he is going to 187 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:14.319 be an opportunity for contrast. By contrast Samus looks even 188 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:18.000 cooler and even more capable around him, she just looks 189 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.319 like she doesn't talk to him. He talks to her, 190 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:23.720 and she just barely even nods her head. She nods 191 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:25.560 her head like once at him. A lot of times 192 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:27.879 they'll say stuff and she just knows sells it completely. 193 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:29.920 And I that I actually really. 194 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:30.319 Like I do. 195 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:33.120 I like the no cell than the master chief treatment 196 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:35.879 that she's given. It was that that made me laugh sometimes. 197 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:39.080 So like he's definitely playing like the comedic foil to Samus. 198 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:42.159 Does does it need that? I don't know. I also 199 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:44.919 don't think it helps that the most recent Metroid release 200 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:48.799 in general was Dread right, which is that is a punishing, 201 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:53.080 lonely experience. So yes, I know they were. There were 202 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:56.759 Npcson three. I haven't played three, I'll admit that, but 203 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:59.919 different vibe. I think they were like more like cutscene NPCs. 204 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:02.679 That right, I think that's right. Yes, yeah, I actually 205 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:04.279 never played three either, so. 206 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:07.960 That my understanding is that's correct, and that a lot 207 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:10.679 of this stuff is pretty similar to the generally well 208 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:16.399 regarded METROI Prime three. So yeah, I'm like, when I 209 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:18.639 was getting too with the idea of the contrast is 210 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:22.159 I think it makes sense for them to start you 211 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:24.120 off in this area again, like it felt very much 212 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:28.240 like a tutorial area and onboarding area that you know, 213 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:31.960 they establish this character now, and then they strip all 214 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:34.480 these things away from you, including the character that's there 215 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:39.039 helping you. Now, even the one time of McKinsey coming 216 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:40.519 up to Samus to me and like, hey, maybe you 217 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:42.080 should check out this thing over here because I think 218 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:45.480 it's interesting. That really does rub me the wrong way. 219 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:48.840 Where I get that, Get that out of here. Let 220 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:50.600 me let me figure that. The whole idea is to 221 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:52.799 figure the game out. The whole idea is let me, 222 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:54.960 I don't know what I'm doing, let me just start shooting. 223 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:57.559 And I accidentally shot the wall, and now I realized, oh, 224 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:00.279 these walls are breakable if I shoot them. That is 225 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:04.840 the genre, and I think it might look rough in 226 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:07.559 comparison in a world where we just got Silk Song, 227 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:11.519 a game that just thrives with its isolation and letting 228 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:14.960 players flounder and figure things out, and was greatly rewarded 229 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:18.399 for it. You know, I hope this game doesn't feel 230 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:23.399 like it was developed with kids gloves on. Now, if 231 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:26.679 we can like forget about Mackenzie and put that aside 232 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:30.399 everything else, I mean, it looks amazing, It sounds amazing. 233 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.240 The characterization of Samus on her own and even in 234 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:39.320 a conversation with Mackenzie. All that stuff just they nailed 235 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.759 it from my point of view so far. And then 236 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:44.919 they also do this excellent thing of you land in 237 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:48.200 a very familiar looking environment. This lush green setting looks 238 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:52.200 a lot like METROI Prime one, but there's this temple 239 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:54.600 that you can kind of see and that you're moving toward, 240 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:57.519 and that seems to have quite a bit of a 241 00:10:57.600 --> 00:11:00.799 different art style. And I was already like, hey, I 242 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.080 cannot wait to get in this game and start moving 243 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:04.919 there because I have to see what's going on inside 244 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:09.200 this place. So I think they're they're getting ninety five 245 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:11.879 percent of the stuff right. And then the question mark 246 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:15.639 will be how do they handle these characters interacting with Samus, 247 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:18.120 because it's not just Mackenzie. We did see in the 248 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:21.879 trailer that there are other like Federation characters that she 249 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:24.559 will be talking to later in the game, although I 250 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:26.720 think none of them will be quite be the bumbling 251 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:28.360 jar jar binks that Mackenzie. 252 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:28.600 Seems to be. 253 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:32.559 Hey, he's not so far as a jargerr Yeah right. 254 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:35.279 Well, yeah, he was in he's in the same column. 255 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:37.879 He's like me, he was hacking. He's hacking at that console. 256 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:41.720 He's like opening doors and shitch binks. 257 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:42.480 That's what I'm saying. 258 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:48.440 Got fine, that's good. I have to vindicate Mike Manatti 259 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:51.279 here for a second. Please, it's a very pretty game. 260 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:55.360 It looks really good. I think he was right to 261 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:59.440 roast all those nerds about them complaining about the desert. No, 262 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:03.080 it looks really good. I have no like. I trust 263 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:06.159 that part of the game. It's going to be great exploration. 264 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:07.879 I think is going to be really fun. 265 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:11.559 Yeah, and yeah again, I just think all the other 266 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:16.320 stuff looks really solid. Uh. So here's the good news. 267 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:19.200 I can probably mostly tune out the conversation that's going 268 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:21.919 to happen about the game as people's anxieties overtake, then 269 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:24.600 the puddle news happens, and all that stuff, because this 270 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:27.639 game is going to be out in three weeks barely 271 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:29.840 even that it's uh, it's going to be here before 272 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:30.320 we know it. 273 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:31.679 So that's looking fun. 274 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:35.399 Crazy, Yes, that's crazy. Holy shit. Yeah. December sixth, right, yep, 275 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:36.679 uh no. 276 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.320 In December fourth, December fourth, that's right, Yes, December fourth 277 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:39.720 is correct. 278 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:42.519 Yeah, yeah, you know why I have December sixth, libra, 279 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:43.799 and that's that's different. 280 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:47.360 Uh, huh oh. Yeah. Let's see. 281 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:51.320 The game was originally announced in twenty seventeen, like that 282 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:55.200 Nintendo Switch direct way back when it was developed for 283 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:58.960 a little while at was it Bandynamico that was helping 284 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:01.200 them out with it, and then when that version got canceled, 285 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:03.919 Retro Studios took it over something like five six years 286 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:06.320 ago and it's been working on it ever since. So 287 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:10.879 this game has gone through about two complete dev cycles 288 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:15.120 and we're finally getting it. So a lot of expectations 289 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:17.000 will be put on it. I hope it can live 290 00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:20.320 up to them, and my guess is we get to it, 291 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:23.320 people might still find Mackenzie annoying, but I do not 292 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:25.440 think that will be what makes or breaks this game. 293 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:26.879 I really really don't. 294 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:30.240 Oh. I did to think of something I will say 295 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.440 from like a game development perspective, So like if you're 296 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:37.600 designing a level having an NPC that needs to be 297 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:42.080 taken care of as scorted, I will say, like, there's 298 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:44.919 gameplay elements here that could be expanded upon from like 299 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:47.440 the other games, because you have that character in the game. 300 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:50.639 So I don't know. I think it's going to be 301 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:53.080 more than it appears right now, and I think that'll 302 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:55.519 add some more dimension to Metro. 303 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:56.519 Yeah. And I. 304 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:02.840 Have always been curious about where Samus fits into or 305 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:04.919 a bit more curious about where Samus fits into the 306 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:06.919 galact Dec Federation and all that stuff. And I know 307 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:09.120 they explored some of that in some of the other games, 308 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:12.200 Majord Prime three being one of them, for sure, but 309 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:14.120 I think they could do even more with that, and 310 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:17.879 so I'm hopeful as we get along in this game, 311 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:22.279 what we find out is how all these various characters 312 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:26.919 feel about her, and that really establishes her mythology even more. 313 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:29.639 It's maybe similar to the way Doom twenty sixteen did, 314 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:31.759 where it's like he wasn't talking all that much. All 315 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:33.360 he did was, you know, when someone was having a 316 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:35.799 conversation with him, he would bash a keyboard and and 317 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:39.799 the screen. Yeah exactly, and it's like, Okay, that's all 318 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:42.519 I need to know about this character. And I thought 319 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:44.919 that was really enhancing to Doom guy. I think we 320 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:48.200 could get something similar here, But that is me being hopeful. 321 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.360 We'll see. I don't know, all right. 322 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:54.679 Call of Duty Black Ops seven reviews came in yesterday, 323 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:57.799 has a seventy seven on Open Critic eight out of 324 00:14:57.840 --> 00:15:00.960 ten from Dalton Cooper, who said Call of Duty Black 325 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.120 Ops sevens robust multiplayer and zombies' offerings make up for 326 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:08.440 the weaknesses of its co op campaign as a six 327 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:11.039 out of ten from Simon Cardy at IGN, who says 328 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:13.679 that Black Ops sevens campaign is a wild one thinks 329 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:16.200 to the scope of its ambition, but the big swings 330 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:19.559 it takes don't always land, leaving it an uneven step 331 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:21.879 down from last year. And I think IGN has been 332 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:24.639 separating out their single player and multiplayer reviews for a 333 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:26.879 long time, and that would happen here as well. So 334 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:28.759 that's six out of ten for the single player version 335 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:30.200 of Call Duty Black Ops seven. 336 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:33.960 Yeah, we should point out that number is moving and 337 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:36.279 there's only like thirteen critic reviews out there right now, 338 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:38.080 so it's already at a seventy nine from like. 339 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.360 Okay, we wrote this on the docs, so thank you 340 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:43.159 very much. Seven out of ten from se Doster. The 341 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:45.840 latest entry in the Call of Duty series gives players 342 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:48.919 more ways to play the campaign than ever, to various 343 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:50.759 degrees of success. 344 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:51.919 Yeah. 345 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:53.559 To me, this sounds a lot like a Call of 346 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:56.159 Duty game. It sounds a lot like Black Ops seven. 347 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:59.519 Multiplayer will be a lot and it's going to be 348 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:01.399 very famili but there's going to be a ton of 349 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:04.879 content there, and zombies is back immediately because this is 350 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:09.480 another Black Ops game, and then that campaign sounds weird. 351 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.279 In fact, let's just. 352 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:13.039 Let's get this story in there right now. You can't 353 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:15.559 pause the Call of Duty Black Ops seven campaigns, so 354 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:17.759 you better hold it in. This is from Darren Bontius 355 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:21.279 at GameSpot. Call of Duty Black Ops seven is now out, 356 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:23.759 and while this new entry in the long running franchise 357 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:27.080 doesn't stray far from its traditional action packed gameplay, in 358 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:29.919 the single player campaign, there is one big difference here. 359 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:33.519 You can't pause the game. The always online campaign doesn't 360 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:35.799 allow players to take a quick break during a firefight, 361 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:39.080 as the game continues on without you. This means you'll 362 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:40.840 need to find a safe place to camp out in 363 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:42.960 case you need to take a breather away from your screen, 364 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:45.399 unless you want to become a standing target for enemies. 365 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:47.639 But the game is pretty forgiving with deaths. 366 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:49.919 I never found myself having to replay too much of 367 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:52.159 a mission if I had to take a break midway through, 368 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:54.799 or I reached a challenging section where I died a lot. 369 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:57.960 Summer Doster explained in game spots Call of Duty Black 370 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:01.600 Ops seven single player campaign review. Another change prompting online 371 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:04.240 discourse is the game's aim assist features. Some players feel 372 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:07.839 like the feature has been significantly dialed back following feedback 373 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:10.480 from the beta, with some praising it and others asking 374 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:12.000 for Triarch to make changes to it. 375 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:14.200 So, yeah, but that will be an ongoing. 376 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:19.279 Conversation that they are emphasizing co op for this campaign, 377 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:21.359 which cool. 378 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:24.240 I never want that at. 379 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:26.119 The expense to be able to pause a game that 380 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:28.640 I'm still very likely going to play on my own 381 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:31.519 if I play it at all. Just this continues to 382 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:33.480 be such a weird choice, especially for a Call of 383 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:36.799 Duty campaign that should be like something I shouldn't have 384 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:39.039 to think about. It should never annoy me. It should 385 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:41.440 be just like a fun rollercoaster ride, right. 386 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:44.920 Yeah, Like what in the Don matric? Bullshit? Is this 387 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.839 like a single player? 388 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.039 Like? 389 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:50.440 Please let me play offline? Like, look, I'm not a 390 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:54.440 cod multiplayer guy. I have enjoyed the campaigns previously. Yeah, no, 391 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:56.599 this would absolutely piss me off. I'm sure it comes 392 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:59.599 from like some technical challenge of having like a heavily 393 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:03.839 co op forward, co op focused campaign, but I don't know. 394 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:06.160 It's it's one of those things. You know, they're in 395 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:08.519 a meeting and they're like, are we doing this? Is 396 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:10.640 this what we push? And they just make the call like, yeah, 397 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:14.119 we're doing this because the effort is challenging. I don't 398 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:16.680 I don't see like any huge benefit to them keeping 399 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:18.480 it always online, So I don't think it goes from 400 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:21.799 that sort of perspective, But I don't. It's not lazy, 401 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:23.079