WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:12.480 Hello, and welcome to episode fifty eight of Game Spot 2 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:14.240 After Dark. I'm your host, Jake Decker, and this is 3 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:16.359 GameSpot's official video game podcast. 4 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:17.640 Joining me this week is. 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:22.559 Lucy James, Hello, Callie Plaguey Hi, and Jean Luke Sypeke. 6 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:26.160 Hello. This week, well, there's a lot of news. 7 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:29.280 We're gonna talk about all the xboxes that were announced 8 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:33.119 or you know, finally shown off and given a date 9 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:35.479 and price and all that good stuff. 10 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:37.200 Plus we got some Call of Duty stuff. 11 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:39.079 But before we get into that, we're going to talk 12 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:41.119 about what we've been playing or doing. 13 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:43.560 Kelly, do you want to kick it off? Sure. 14 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:47.119 I've been playing a game called World's End Club, which 15 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:50.479 is currently on Apple Arcade. It's by the creator of 16 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:55.200 Donkan Rampa. So I was really excited to start it, 17 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:59.079 and I was pretty surprised at how I mean, I 18 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:01.000 guess it's not surprised, but I don't know. I was 19 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:04.079 surprised that it was still very dong Ganarampa like, and 20 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:07.840 knowing the dong Rappa series, I don't think that's a 21 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:10.560 bad thing because even when you think it's predictable, it's 22 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:14.200 really not predictable. So basically, like Don and Arappa. The 23 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:17.719 premise is like children locked in a place and they 24 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:21.640 have to kill each other to get out. But this 25 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:25.280 one is it's interesting because like everyone has like a 26 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:30.799 wristband that has someone else's task on it, and they 27 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:34.400 each have these tasks they have to complete to like 28 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:39.159 escape the place they're locked in. But you don't have 29 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:41.359 your own, you have somebody else's. So the game is 30 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:46.159 like do you trick someone into giving you the information? 31 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:49.120 But if they fail to do their task, they die, 32 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:53.519 So it's it's interesting. I'm still pretty early. The music 33 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:56.560 is very don Gan Rampa. The characters are very dug rapa, 34 00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:00.599 like very like anime archetypes kind of characters, and literally 35 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:03.200 their names are like Kansi and he's the one who 36 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:06.640 speaks with the Kansi dialect and Annie Key and he's 37 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:09.639 like the big brother. But I'm enjoying it. It's also 38 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:11.960 coming to switch later, so it's just an Apple Arcade 39 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.080 for now. I don't know, I just really needed I 40 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:18.120 love Donan Rampa so much, And don A Uppa V. 41 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:21.039 Three ends like kind of like that's the end of 42 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:23.520 the series. I mean, I guess there's it's possible it 43 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:26.479 wouldn't be, but that's that's kind of how it wraps up, 44 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:29.520 and so it's nice to get like a different killing game. 45 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:35.840 I I'm just very happy. 46 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:38.479 How you Yeah, I was gonna say, no, how have 47 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:40.080 you been playing Paradise Killer? 48 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:42.240 I really want to play Paradise Killer, I. 49 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.360 Ask the killing game although you're solving crime, Yeah, that 50 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:47.159 I want to jump into. 51 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:49.199 Oh yeah, when I say killing game, I mean it 52 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:52.000 in the Dongan Rampa sense, which is that a small 53 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:56.000 animal makes you kill your friends, but not the Metaino 54 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.639 way that I'm meant to. Yeah, but uh yeah, Paradise 55 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:01.280 Killer is definitely on my list. I have my PC now, 56 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:04.039 I didn't have it for a while, but I don't 57 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:06.120 really have a good place to set it up where 58 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:08.759 I am. I don't really have like a proper desk, 59 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:10.039 so I need to figure out where I can set 60 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:12.360 up my PC and how I can make that work. 61 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:15.319 I also spilled coffee all over my keyboard this morning, 62 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:19.719 so we'll see how that goes. But that's that's really 63 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.520 high up of my list for sure. 64 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:25.960 Nice John Luke, what about you? 65 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:30.439 I have been playing tell me why the new Donod 66 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:35.560 game that By the time this podcast is up, the 67 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:37.479 final third episode will be out. I've only played the 68 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:39.479 first episode, so I can't really speak to the whole 69 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:43.319 whole game, but I really really like it so far. 70 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:45.319 I think it's got a great hook for those who 71 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:49.479 aren't aware. The premise of the game is you play 72 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:52.919 as a pair of siblings twins. 73 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:58.199 One is trans and the other is. 74 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:04.919 The out and they are reuniting after ten years of 75 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:06.919 being away, and they're they're going back to their old 76 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:11.520 their old town to kind of deal with their their 77 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:16.560 past and the I don't know, I'm trying to avoid. 78 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:18.560 I don't know if I should like really get into it, 79 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:19.879 but I guess the game kind of says at the 80 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:25.600 beginning basically their their mom gets killed by one of 81 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:28.319 them at the beginning of the game, and it's kind 82 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:30.519 of like the ramifications of that's it. 83 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:32.800 Gets pretty heavy. There's there's a lot to it. 84 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:37.040 But I absolutely love the characters, and I think kind 85 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:41.839 of like the directions, the you know, plots going are 86 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:44.480 really interesting and I'm like super curious, like kind of 87 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:45.759 to to. 88 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:47.959 See where all that goes. 89 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.519 Like the relationships with the kids and each other is 90 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:54.000 really interesting, the relationship with the mom is really interesting. 91 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:59.879 And like the trans characters like him being trans Is 92 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:02.639 it actually like really part of the plot at all, 93 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:04.160 It's just like that's who he is. 94 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:07.439 It's yes and no, yes and no, like the the 95 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:13.000 So I would say they do a really I think personally, 96 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:15.519 I think they've they so far do a really good job. 97 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:18.959 With the character Tyler is their name? 98 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:20.560 His name? 99 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:21.639 His name? Yes? 100 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:27.959 Sorry, he is like a really well conceived character. I 101 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:32.560 think they they do a good job like making that 102 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.120 a part of his identity because it's part of the 103 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:39.480 plot without it feeling like that's just their whole identity. 104 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:41.879 I guess that you tracked that. I think a lot 105 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:43.639 of media falls into Yeah. 106 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:46.000 I'm going off of our review of it, which is 107 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:50.439 a review of the entire three all three episodes. I 108 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:52.120 didn't play. I haven't played the game. I just edited 109 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:55.519 the review, but Justin Clark was the reviewer, and he 110 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:58.399 just talked about how like it's not a game where 111 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:01.439 like you have to watch people be transphobic to this 112 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:02.399 character kind of thing. 113 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:04.680 No is what I meant. 114 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:08.800 Like totally, there are elements of that that does pop up, 115 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:11.959 and I would say that is something to be wary 116 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:15.120 of your level of like sensitivity towards that. I mean, 117 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:18.399 the the stuff that happens in the past with the 118 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:22.480 mom directly relates to that. There's definitely stuff like that, 119 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:24.000 So it's like I would be wary of that, but 120 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:28.519 I do think overall, you know, compared to other media, 121 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:32.279 I think they handle it so well. Obviously, that's not 122 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:35.839 my decision to make in terms of like how well 123 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:39.199 they do it as a straight person, straight white person, but. 124 00:06:41.319 --> 00:06:42.199 Non transperson. 125 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:46.319 Well, they do have a big FAQ on their website, right, 126 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:49.279 Like the developers have like this huge thing that answers 127 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:53.120 questions to help to help you figure out if it's 128 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:55.079 within your comfort level, which I think is really cool. 129 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.480 Yes, I think that's awesome, and they do really smart 130 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:00.800 things like, for example, despite the fact that there are 131 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:04.959 scenes that take place in the past when Tyler was 132 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:07.560 kind of still figuring themselves out, they never dead name 133 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:10.560 him and they have a really clever way around it, 134 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:14.399 which I thought was really cool, And that was something 135 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:17.639 like that's awesome, Like you can tell that they really 136 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:21.319 did their research, they consulted a lot of people on it. 137 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:24.279 That was something that I saw a lot of criticism 138 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:28.160 of the trans character in the last of Us Part two, 139 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:34.040 because you do hear that character's dead name so, and 140 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:36.560 I think people have differing opinions on it. But that's 141 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:38.720 a cool thing I think about. Don't not has that fact? 142 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:40.360 I don't know. 143 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.279 I always say fact, but I know it's faq. But anyway, 144 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:45.839 they have all those questions about the character, and one 145 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:48.199 of them is does the character get dead named? And 146 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:51.160 they answer that no, no, he doesn't. And I think 147 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:53.639 that's the kind of thing I was referring to, like 148 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:56.600 that you can really assess your comfort level. But also, 149 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:58.040 John Luke, I wanted to ask you, because I know 150 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:00.240 you're a really big fan of Life is Strange. How 151 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:04.839 does it compare like coming off of those games, Like 152 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:08.680 does it meet your expectations so far? 153 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:09.199 It does. 154 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:11.040 Like I said, I'm only in the first episode, and 155 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:13.439 I think there's still a lot to it it without 156 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:16.759 getting into it, there is also a supernatural element, which 157 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:18.959 I actually wasn't expecting them to do. I kind of 158 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:21.240 figured they would it would be a little more grounded, 159 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:23.759 But there is a supernatural element, although I think it's 160 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:26.480 a more subtle supernatural element that can lead to some 161 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:31.560 interesting gameplay. I think they're doing some interesting stuff with it, 162 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:33.919 where like you play as both siblings, So you'll go 163 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:37.320 back and forth between the siblings and you'll have these 164 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:40.919 situations where you can kind of dictate how the siblings 165 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:47.240 feel about certain events and certain characters and the relationship 166 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:52.559 with each other. There's this interesting mechanic where basically, like 167 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.440 the siblings are remembering what happened, and they both kind 168 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:59.879 of remember it differently, and then you, as the player, 169 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:03.519 kind of choose which one you want to be, like 170 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:07.679 the path you're going to go forward with, like which 171 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:10.879 this is the one that we're going to decide happened, 172 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:14.399 and that be the way we ask this person questions 173 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:16.120 about it, which I think is super cool, and I'm 174 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:18.480 it only happened once in the first episode, so like, 175 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:20.799 I'm curious to see how that builds over the rest 176 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:25.600 of the game. I'm also interested it's been touched on, 177 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:28.519 but not enough. I'm hoping there's more in it later. 178 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:31.440 It takes place in Alaska, and there's also a Native 179 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:35.279 American element to it, so I believe the main characters 180 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:39.559 are also Native American. I know there's a couple that are. 181 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:42.600 They they kind of talk a little bit about sort 182 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:45.440 of like the culture and aspects of that, but it's 183 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:47.159 they've kind of kept it to a minimum in the 184 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:51.399 first episode, so I'm curious how that comes into play later. 185 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:54.440 Yeah, they're indigenous Alaskan, right. 186 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:58.519 Yes, yeah, but I really I really like it. 187 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:00.919 So if I love the characters as as. 188 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:03.600 Someone who's not really interested in the doptknot games like 189 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:05.919 Life Is Strange didn't really grab me. I do like 190 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:09.600 that this is like an episodic game that's released on 191 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:11.840 it seems like it's being released on a weekly basis, 192 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:14.279 or maybe it's a bi weekly basis or something like that, 193 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:17.240 because that just seems like the way to go. I mean, 194 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:20.320 I know there's a business and development reason why you'd 195 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:24.240 space them out for longer periods of time, but I 196 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:26.360 do kind of like that it seems more like a 197 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:29.080 TV show where you can check in every week rather 198 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:32.080 than waiting three four months for the next episode. 199 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:34.440 I one hundred percent agree because I think in the 200 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:38.759 case of like tell Tale, they would literally like they'd 201 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:41.279 have like a skeleton, but like they would be like 202 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:44.519 finishing those episodes as they were coming out, and this 203 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:47.240 is much more like, Okay, the whole. 204 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:49.919 Thing Strange Season one was the exact same. Yeah, like, 205 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:52.240 and I think some of that game, like it slipped 206 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:55.440 as well, and so some episodes didn't even come out 207 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:57.679 in time. I think originally it was meant to be 208 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:01.759 like every month, every two months, but yeah, they work 209 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:02.840 on those right down to the water. 210 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:05.320 Yeah, and because of that, like sometimes stuff changes in them, 211 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:08.000 which it doesn't necessarily need to be a bad thing 212 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:10.039 that sometimes that could be a good or interesting thing. 213 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:12.720 But yeah, you can tell like, Okay, this is clearly 214 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:15.320 like a finished thing that they just intentionally split into 215 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.799 three parts to kind of like break up the pacing, 216 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:20.399 because it's like you can play it on one go, 217 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.360 but then like once you're done, you're like, oh, that 218 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:24.200 was a lot. I need to like process that and 219 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:26.440 then you can go back next week and pick up 220 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:28.639 the next part. So I'm very excited to play the 221 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:32.399 other two parts because I I'm really enjoying it, and 222 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:34.759 I hope it picks up because I honestly haven't seen 223 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:37.120 many people talk about it. I don't know if it's 224 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:39.279 just kind of like the timing in which it's coming out. 225 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:41.200 It's on game Pass, so it's like if you have 226 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:45.440 that both PC and Xbox, I highly recommend it. 227 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:47.039 How long was episode one? 228 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:51.720 I want to say maybe like three hours. We like 229 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:54.120 poke around everywhere, you know, and like, yeah, listen to 230 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:56.360 every piece of dialogue. So probably somewhere between two and 231 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:58.639 three hours, depending on how you play it. 232 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:01.240 Yeah, it definitely seems like don't not too it's kind 233 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:04.960 of figured out that formula. Like, I mean, there's a 234 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:09.120 lot of reasons why Telltale kind of went under, but 235 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:12.120 I feel like dough Nut has like really figured out 236 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:14.759 that cadence and how to release those kind of games. 237 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:17.080 It kind of seemed like tell Tale was kind of 238 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:19.279 like flying by the seat of their pants, which you know, 239 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:22.639 this is just speculation, but I've seen the documentaries, I've 240 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:24.120 read a lot of reports about it, and it just 241 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:25.960 kind of seemed like they were like, all right, let's 242 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:28.519 try to We've got that episode done. 243 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:30.360 Yeah, let's just let's just keep running. 244 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.000 And I feel like it's also much better on the workers, 245 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:35.159 you know, to be like all right, we're done, we 246 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:37.039 can take a break. We don't need to jump right 247 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:41.840 into the next episode. But anyway, Lucy, how is Batu? 248 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:46.279 So? 249 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:48.440 Wait? Is it? 250 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:48.720 Is it? 251 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:52.759 Is it the is bo to an actual planet in 252 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:55.919 Star Wars? Or is it the like the thing you 253 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:58.919 go do in the Disneyland Park in Disneyland, Like, I 254 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:00.600 don't what is they don't know. 255 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:01.679 How canonical it is. 256 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:08.679 Actually, so I like Star Wars a reasonable amount. That 257 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:12.120 sounds like weird, but like I watched the movies as 258 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:15.279 a kid. I've seen them a bunch, obviously seeing the 259 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:18.440 new trilogy, but they're not like the be all and 260 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:22.080 end all for me. I you know, I was watching 261 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.159 The Princess Bride more than I was watching Star Wars 262 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:25.960 when I was growing up. I never watched them over 263 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:28.480 and over again. So I have a decent knowledge of 264 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:31.039 Star Wars. And actually I'm sure I've talked about in 265 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:33.080 the podcast before, but like, one of the coolest things 266 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:36.600 I've ever done is go to an interactive Star Wars 267 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:40.840 experience called Secret Cinema in the UK, where you're basically 268 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:44.639 given a role and you go around like they recreate 269 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:47.960 the set, like they recreated the interior of the Death Star, 270 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:52.559 they recreated Tatooine, and you basically play out the whole 271 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:54.480 of a New Hope but you do quests and stuff 272 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:57.519 and like it's super super cool and they perfectly don't 273 00:13:57.559 --> 00:13:59.679 let you take pictures of it because they want to 274 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:01.799 keep the secret. But you have like quest lines as 275 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:04.480 you go through it. So it's basically like working your 276 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:07.159 way through Star Wars in New Hope. That's my experience. 277 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:09.879 I allowed to talk about it now because it was 278 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:12.559 like four years ago, but it was super super cool. 279 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:15.919 Like I did the Blade Runner on as well. I 280 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:19.240 got arrested during the Blade Runner one because they thought 281 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:21.960 I was a replicant, and then you meet random characters 282 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:24.600 from the movies and they give you a quests. So 283 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:27.080 like for Star Wars one, I had to go to 284 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:30.879 Uncle Owen and trade droid parts with him, and then 285 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:34.200 I had to go and find like Han, Solo and Chewy, 286 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:37.120 but they were in prison. They were doing something. Then 287 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:39.039 I finally made my way to the Death Star and 288 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:44.559 I saw Lea. It's really really cool. So that's my 289 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:48.879 Star Wars experience. So Journey to Batu is more like 290 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:52.480 what I assume Galaxy's Edge is, Like, it's taken a 291 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:56.159 lot of inspiration of Galaxy's Edge. Again, a little insight 292 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:58.200 into me is that I could have gone to Galaxy's 293 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:01.159 Edge like the second week it opened, because my friends 294 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.120 got like tickets on the lottery and we always go 295 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:05.840 to Disneyland. But I didn't go because it was in 296 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.879 eight a m. And I just didn't care that much. 297 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:13.759 So I'm worry with Star Wars. I didn't want to 298 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:15.519 have to get up at six am to go to 299 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:21.840 the drive to Anaheim uh and do it. So Jenny 300 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:24.240 to Battoo is a very weird one for Sim's expansion 301 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:27.600 pack because they've done these like tie ins with other 302 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:32.240 stuff before, Like everyone remembers the Katy Perry fucking. 303 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.200 Kerry. 304 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:40.440 Yeah, sweet treats, like there's Ikea, there's h and M, 305 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:45.720 there's uh, there's been knitting. Is a weird pack, but 306 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:49.120 it's very it's like wholesome, but like the Star Wars stuff, 307 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:54.759 it just doesn't it sticks out so much. And Battou 308 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:59.559 is an area is very very empty, like, uh so 309 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:03.320 it's playing yesterday and I made a house and like 310 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:05.320 the new having some of the Star Wars stuff is 311 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:08.600 really cool and you can bring like little stuffed porks 312 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:11.759 back as souvenirs from because it's basically like a vacation place. 313 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:13.759 You can bring the porgs back and you can build 314 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:15.639 your own lightsaber and stuff. But when you actually go 315 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:18.480 to back too, it's very very empty and there's a 316 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:21.399 very few of the buildings you can actually go inside. 317 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:23.519 Like you get these little missions and like the first 318 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:26.200 mission you get to it says okay, go to the 319 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:28.759 CANTEENA or get some food from this place. You don't 320 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:32.000 actually go inside. You stand outside and a pop up 321 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:33.519 comes up and says, what do you want to pick? 322 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:37.000 And there's all these Star Wars related food and you 323 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:40.240 just pick it and then you you don't even like 324 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:45.519 eat it, it's just there. And so they have little 325 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:49.039 quest lines. You can be in the First Order, you 326 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:52.399 can be in like you can be a scoundrel, or 327 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:55.639 you can be in the Resistance, and to do those 328 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:58.879 like those little missions are kind of like go talk 329 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:05.680 to this person's bread. First Order propaganda's. 330 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:05.160 Great, you will do real. 331 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:11.039 You actually get an interaction that as you inspect the 332 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:18.519 ID badges of suspicious individual. But like, so I did 333 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:21.720 the First Order stuff, and like the one thing I'll 334 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:24.240 say that it has going for is like there's music 335 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:27.680 in there. When you talk to stormtroopers they speak in 336 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:32.000 simlish but through the little stormtrooper mask. It's very cute. 337 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:35.079 There are some characters in there that you can meet, 338 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:37.920 Like I met Ray because I was just watching her 339 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:41.119 do a bunch of lightsaber training. That was cool, and like, 340 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:42.440 I guess that's the kind of thing that you get 341 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:45.920 from the parks, right, is that you like you get 342 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:47.839 to see the characters, get picture taken with them, whatever. 343 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:51.000 But the park itself, and I'm referring to it as 344 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:53.559 the park because it's not Star Wars. It's a Galaxy's 345 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:59.759 Edge pack. It's sadly really empty and like the Millennium 346 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:02.720 files there, you can't go inside it. You go and 347 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:07.519 scan it, scan the Millennium falcon and it's. 348 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:10.559 Like that, but that's like that's like Galaxy's Edge though. 349 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:12.720 You look at the Millennium Falcon and you're like, there 350 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:16.839 it is. Yeah, I saw it. 351 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:19.160 For me, It's like it's confusing as to who this 352 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.720 pack is for, because if you are a big, big 353 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:27.519 Star Wars fan, you would want more from it, but 354 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:30.079 like if you're a casual fan like me, where it's like, oh, 355 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:33.599 it is cool to have like the esthetics of this. Hey, 356 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:37.720 I do think it's cool when you like the menu 357 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:40.519 music is replaced by Star Wars music. I think that's cool. 358 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:44.079 And like I did genuinely smile when I saw Ray, 359 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:46.440 like because I was like, oh, I didn't even realize, 360 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:48.319 like you know the characters were in it and she's 361 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:50.279 there doing her thing. Oh, you can get a droid. 362 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:53.240 That was cool. I have a little droid that just 363 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:56.319 follows me around. Instead of BBA, I call him bb 364 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:05.279 oh my little baby h and then bbbb I sounded 365 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:11.799 I stunded more like Dexter from Dexter's It's just a 366 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:15.880 very strange choice for a pack. But you can play. 367 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:19.720 You can have Sims. What are those aliens called with 368 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:26.160 the big we're making emotion. Yeah, you can have like 369 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:30.240 you can be one of those, and you have like 370 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.960 different costumes and stuff that are locked after whatever rank 371 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:37.680 you are within the faction. Overall, it's a weird one. 372 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:40.759 I think I want to play it again and see, 373 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:43.559 but like take a family because I just took like 374 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:45.920 a solo female sim there, But I would I would 375 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:47.839 be interested to see if like I took a family 376 00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:56.359 of Sims and the kids were like. 377 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:55.400 Oh, like it's like a for the park. 378 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:59.079 Really does and it's really unfortunate the park is getting 379 00:19:59.119 --> 00:20:04.119 closed for a substantial amount of time, right, yeah, because 380 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:08.960 like there's no like in making magic in SIMS. 381 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.119 One. 382 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:11.480 For example, when you would go to magic Town, there 383 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:13.880 would little roller coasters and you could just like they 384 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:16.440 with stupid like tiny little roller coasters, but you could 385 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:18.359 be sims In and like there's nothing like that in 386 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:21.559 this unless the reason I've missed it. But then even 387 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:25.799 getting around the park is kind of difficult because nothing's. 388 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:29.200 That It's like, I mean, that's kind of reflective of 389 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:32.240 the actual Galaxy's Edge, which I've been to, and like 390 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:35.960 basically everything you mentioned in that expansion is is what 391 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:38.880 you do at Galaxy Sege. You go get blue milk 392 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:41.720 at a stand, the canteena is there. 393 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:43.720 You can they do the cantina too. They have a 394 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:45.599 cant you. 395 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:48.559 Can build a droid, you can build a lightsaber. You 396 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:52.680 look at the Millennium Falcon, and then you go to 397 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:57.039 the one main ride, which I couldn't Like I did it, 398 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:58.599 but I closed my eyes the whole time because it 399 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:01.920 maybe really motion sick, but I could. It's it's a 400 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:05.480 stationary like ship that you go in and and it 401 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:08.079