Savage Guardin' | Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast Episode 218

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  • Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
  • Sony's procurement of its first-ever mobile studio isn't something to get excited about, and we're not even gonna pretend to try. However, the acquisition of Savage Game Studios does suggest a new strategy for PlayStation, one that seeks to protect its various flanks even if it's not yet necessarily begun to fight on said front. Mobile gaming is a good example: They've said they've wanted to do something, and they have, but they don't acknowledge or pay attention to anything that results. It's as if it's not very important, but clearly, that's all about to change. We discuss. Plus: Sony acquires 14% of FromSoftware, SNK says there's interest in both sides for a Capcom vs. SNK revival, Quantic Dream gets scooped up by a Chinese firm, Mafia IV is early in development, and more news, followed (as always) by listener inquiries. Should we embrace the term "I" and "Triple I" when it comes to indies? Is there such a thing as "too much accessibility" when it comes to gaming? Why are console-exclusive pre-order bonuses so darn persistent? Is Colin fearful of Dustin's growing podcasting power
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    Timestamps:
    0:00:00 - Intro
    0:06:05 - RIP Zeus
    0:07:59 - Ben is fanboying over Succession cast members hearing a podcast he edits
    0:10:13 - Will Dustin get his surgery?
    0:17:30 - Does Colin hate Dustin?
    0:23:05 - Old men in public restrooms are the worst
    0:30:22 - Is a burger without cheese still a burger?
    0:35:24 - The Last of Us: Part 1 is out
    1:09:48 - A State of Play may be imminent
    1:10:17 - Assassin’s Creed Mirage has been confirmed
    1:12:24 - A UK regulator is slowing down the Activision acquisition
    1:18:16 - The Twisted Metal show’s first season is in post-production
    1:18:33 - Game Informer’s new cover is dedicated to God of War: Ragnarok
    1:19:51 - A new PS5 model brings some minor changes
    1:20:24 - A Ukrainian developer is enabling players to write messages on shells to Russia
    1:25:52 - Where are we on Star Ocean: The Divine Force?
    1:28:31 - Sony may be acquiring First Contact Entertainment
    1:30:20 - Sony’s Discord functionality is coming soon
    1:34:48 - Embracer’s acquisition of Square Enix properties is final
    1:35:27 - A Kickstarter is in the works for Armed Fantasia and Penny Blood
    1:40:55 - Journalists don’t know when acquisitions are happening
    1:45:03 - What have we been playing?
    2:01:24 - Sony has acquired Savage Game Studios
    2:18:46 - Tencent and Sony have acquired larger stakes in From Software
    2:30:42 - New PlayStation Plus games have been announced
    2:39:08 - Quantic Dream has been purchased by NetEase
    2:49:48 - A Capcom vs. SNK revival is not ruled out
    2:54:16 - A new Mafia game is in development
    3:00:53 - Triple I?
    3:04:49 - What’s the best way to promote a podcast?
    3:18:38 - Is there such a thing as too much accessibility in games?
    3:27:09 - What games are as fun to watch as they are to play?
    3:32:31 - Does Colin miss anything about being on the inside of the industry?
    3:35:30 - Has any exclusive content enhanced our experience of a game?
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  • @gideonr3992
    @gideonr3992 Рік тому +64

    After the bathroom story I died laughing 😂 from the ad read startup. “And now a word from our sponsor, Better Help!” the timing couldn’t have been better 🤣

    • @desertgsrider1
      @desertgsrider1 Рік тому +4

      I was thinking the same thing while cracking up!!!

    • @robertortega6793
      @robertortega6793 Рік тому +4

      Came looking for this comment. 26 minute mark is gold.

  • @ReubenBarrett1989
    @ReubenBarrett1989 Рік тому +49

    Oh man that camera Chris is using is absolute gold. Slow zoom ins on him thinking while Colin was speaking had me cracking up. He's gotta keep it lol

  • @bornblindgames
    @bornblindgames Рік тому +66

    I've been putting off some cancer screenings and I think this episode has sealed the deal for me. Gotta go get it done. Get some "adulting" in before the holidays

  • @gleekthemonkey4570
    @gleekthemonkey4570 Рік тому +36

    Chris should absolutely keep this camera there’s something bizarrely hilarious about the zoom insz

    • @dportnov
      @dportnov Рік тому +2

      It feels like someone is editing in zooms on the fly really badly and I love it.

  • @wolfe5471
    @wolfe5471 Рік тому +10

    I really hope Colin checks out dishonored, truly one of the unsung heroes of the last 10 years. 1 & 2 both

    • @bdre5555
      @bdre5555 Рік тому +3

      Yeah I just left a comment about Dishonored 2. It is a truly brilliant masterpiece. Really wish we could get a current gen patch on PS5 for it!

  • @barryburton8477
    @barryburton8477 Рік тому +58

    This episode is going to be truly, madly, deeply great.

    • @MisterK-YT
      @MisterK-YT Рік тому +2

      Oooooh I want it, I don’t know if I need it but ooooh I’m dyin to find out

    • @pitchen
      @pitchen Рік тому

      @@MisterK-YT **I’d die

    • @MisterK-YT
      @MisterK-YT Рік тому

      @@pitchen cheers

    • @ThaWolferine
      @ThaWolferine Рік тому +1

      Thank you based Barry ❤

  • @LaztstaNd
    @LaztstaNd Рік тому +19

    The reason PS first party games get scrunitized is because, they've been constantly hammering in our heads this entire generation, that their games are SOOOOOO high quality, they HAVE to be 80€ and they CAN'T be on the service day one, because of how high quality they are.

    • @nix2939
      @nix2939 Рік тому +5

      High enough quality to justify a price hike? No. Higher quality than the shite Microsoft puts out on Gamepass? For the most part, yeah.

    • @daksans6764
      @daksans6764 Рік тому +1

      Sony games are so high quality that they become forgettable in 20 minutes.

    • @isturbo1984
      @isturbo1984 Рік тому +2

      @@daksans6764 I think you and the others before you are missing the point. It's not about the mark of quality Sony does or doesn't hit... or what the quality is in comparison to Xbox. It's about marketing. Sony persistently sells a product under the advertisement that their quality of experience is top shelf. While good, it hits different once you find out they are taking their mid-shelf product in a plastic bottle and just pouring it in a different bottle and hiking the price.

    • @daksans6764
      @daksans6764 Рік тому +1

      @@isturbo1984 Sony spends more money on marketing than any other publisher in the world but marketing doesn't make a game great.

    • @isturbo1984
      @isturbo1984 Рік тому

      @@daksans6764 again. youre missing the point,. its not the money spent. its how they are presenting it. "we're better," is in every slogan. and when you're not, it has the opposite effect.

  • @benschroeder7106
    @benschroeder7106 Рік тому +12

    Some Combination of Crying, Shitting, and Cumming is the title of my autobiography

  • @remakeyourself
    @remakeyourself Рік тому +9

    "Shit, Piss, Cum, Cry, Spit & Sweat" The Next Album by Chris RayGun.

  • @daimena.cianci2651
    @daimena.cianci2651 Рік тому +2

    The camera zoom for Chris is so funny, I love it 😂 I hope lockmort takes advantage

  • @biggiebutters2251
    @biggiebutters2251 Рік тому +7

    Considering every show Chris is in a different location. I'm starting to think he is in some witness protection program.

  • @mpnothanks
    @mpnothanks Рік тому +3

    Dustin should go ham on visual novels during his recovery.

  • @richardcarson3596
    @richardcarson3596 Рік тому +2

    the burger discussion reminded me of that episode where colin explained he is afraid of mustard.

  • @MikeHeldTheWorld
    @MikeHeldTheWorld Рік тому +13

    Colin, you have to play Dishonored. It's one of the best games of all time and easily in my top 10. It's not really similar to Bioshock at all though. Besides the weapon in one hand and powers in the other, it plays completely differently. 10 years later and Dishonored still puts most games to shame in regards to player choice and creativity. Dishonored 2 and Death of the Outsider are also great. Oh and the Dishonored dlcs are high quality story expansions. Just an all around great franchise.

    • @Valentino_Cilantro
      @Valentino_Cilantro Рік тому +2

      I totally agree, I love this Franchise.

    • @daksans6764
      @daksans6764 Рік тому +3

      Dishonored is one of the greatest games of all time and best immersive game of last decade

    • @jeromeortega1416
      @jeromeortega1416 Рік тому

      Eh. I hated the controls.

  • @dougdynamo9398
    @dougdynamo9398 Рік тому +3

    I mean this well and truly, the Tencent partial acquisition of FromSoftware was some of the most disheartening shit I've heard in a long time. From is one of my favorite developers. Does the dollar speak more than the suffering of others? Sad times, really.

  • @locowolfie
    @locowolfie Рік тому +5

    I know im late but for me the argument about “accessibility options” is that its will warp what a game is, changing its core experience. So as long as i can turn the options off im all for it but as soon as its “baked-into” the game as opposed to a toggle its a big no no for me.

    • @isturbo1984
      @isturbo1984 Рік тому

      To add, a lot of them have the option turned on by default and are just obnoxious. Like in Far cry 6, the game screams at you in robot voice "Press A to Start!" on the main screen you can't turn off, even if you have the voiced menu option off.

  • @joshhall5172
    @joshhall5172 Рік тому +4

    Pretty sure Activision doesn't own Sekiro and just published it here in the west.

  • @garywood97
    @garywood97 Рік тому +1

    Lol Chris's camera had me expecting music to just start playing like...."Hello darkness my old friend."

  • @MrJamieb147
    @MrJamieb147 Рік тому

    As a Scot, I can confirm that it is referred to as a chicken burger, and we also refer to anything with square sausage, not as a burger, nor a sandwich, but as a "roll and square slice".

  • @silverlabguy9670
    @silverlabguy9670 Рік тому

    That better help sponsor just after that convo with the Old Man. CRAZY TIMING!

  • @kevinkomaki7392
    @kevinkomaki7392 Рік тому +8

    This episode is going to fly us to the moon and back

  • @ginraisama
    @ginraisama Рік тому +7

    It's fine to be a pacifist when you're far away from the conflict, would love to know if the same sort of comments would apply if it was the US being invaded by another country that is a nuclear superpower. Besides I don't think Putin is pulling his troops away just because we ask very politely... Maybe we should try it though just in case...

    • @0-A2
      @0-A2 Рік тому

      This war was escalated and could of been prevented if NATO didn't expanse to the borders and kept neutral ground. Instead of listening to Biden.

    • @ginraisama
      @ginraisama Рік тому +3

      @@0-A2 NATO should have actually expanded earlier by the time Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, we wouldn't be in this mess if they had. Now Finland and Sweden join Nato as well as a consequence. Again, all these opinions are really good to have when you have no skin in the game and are sitting an ocean away. But for people here in the region is not a hypothetical for many many years.

    • @0-A2
      @0-A2 Рік тому

      @@ginraisama Poor assessment since I’m not that far away. Again they invaded cause of political involvement in business affairs not needed. Russia extended a partnership with EU and we turned it down for US’s sake. So the wars could have been prevented. Now we are gonna be the one with our living standards degrading and the war happened anyway, while the dollar is stayin strong. Russia don’t want political bs and invasions like what happened in Middle-East.

    • @ginraisama
      @ginraisama Рік тому

      @@0-A2 i don't care about making excuses for Russia. They are the agressors since 2014, now they are involved in a war they can't win. Bonus for us, no more dependence on russian oil and gas going forward. I'll take 1 cold winter for not having to support that dictatorial regime again.

    • @0-A2
      @0-A2 Рік тому +1

      @@ginraisama There are no excuses. We are the agressors. By putting weapons and getting involved with “neutral”” countries around their border and turning down a partnership. Maybe u should do some research.

  • @michaelkenos
    @michaelkenos Рік тому

    Watching Chris deal with the camera movements was most amusing for me. Lol

  • @strsocerplaya9
    @strsocerplaya9 Рік тому +3

    So Microsoft says they'll do something and we're just supposed to believe them? Unless it's put in writing, that's naive.
    Also, people who own multiple consoles can and will easily change what platform they get the game for. But most people probably dont have multiple systems.

    • @TerraWare
      @TerraWare Рік тому

      Well we know according to Jim Ryan's statements that Xbox agreed to keep CoD on Playstation 3 years after Sonys current promotional deal AB ends which should be like 5 years from now.
      That's plenty of time for Sony to create a rival ip. Who knows maybe Xbox will keep publishing CoD even after the 5 yeara but a 5 year assurance is pretty good.
      I doubt Xbox is going to sign something that guarantees CoD on PlayStation indefinitely. PlayStation will have to accept it, its not like they really have a choice. They are the only ones against this deal from an industry perspective. They don't have the power to stop it and the deal will eventually go through. Do you take the 5 years and adapt? Or do you try to make it more difficult to make this acquisition happen prolonging the inevitable.

    • @isturbo1984
      @isturbo1984 Рік тому

      Pretty much. Words from a liar mean less than nothing to me. That being said, I don't give a shit what weasel words Phil uses to convince a crooked FTC to let them buy a fellow American company against the worlds of another lying CEO (Jimmy)

  • @FormerlyKnownAsArt
    @FormerlyKnownAsArt Рік тому +1

    1:08:52 10,000 in 1970 is close to 76,000 today so things have proportionately become be MORE expensive not less.

  • @kevinkijowski5980
    @kevinkijowski5980 Рік тому +2

    Sony actually has a really popular mobile game in the form of fate/grand order. It's made 5.4+ billion which makes it one of the top 10 highest grossing mobile games of all time. It's made by delightworks which Sony bought but is part of the music division.
    I think the way Sony is handeling the PC and mobile side is smart. They aren't taking away resources from first party so the devs don't lose development time to making a PC or mobile port.

  • @wabduhflypsprod4785
    @wabduhflypsprod4785 Рік тому

    That transition into the Better Help ad though.. 🤣

  • @bdre5555
    @bdre5555 Рік тому

    Getting that comparison to the Howard Stern Show is one of the biggest compliments a podcast could get. Howard Stern is absolutely one of the sharpest / greatest comedic minds ever in my opinion.

  • @timlanegames
    @timlanegames Рік тому +4

    Chris’s camera really doesn’t care,huh?

  • @seancdavis13
    @seancdavis13 Рік тому

    Holy shit man. Chris's camera randomly zooming in on his face is hilarious.

  • @clickingaming
    @clickingaming Рік тому +1

    So happy y'all brought up Destiny in the exclusive content question. I was an Xbox One player at release and missing a strike was a big issue.

  • @viciousvictortee1298
    @viciousvictortee1298 Рік тому +1

    DUSTIN, Has to find the best Surgeon who can fix his hand and wrist without damaging his retractable bone claws.

  • @WAR904
    @WAR904 Рік тому +2

    It’s just 10$ more-2022
    It’s just 20$ more-2024
    It’s just 30$ more-2026
    It’s just 40$ more-2028
    It’s just 10$ for now but you know sure as shit it won’t stay that way if people let them do what they want.

  • @michaelkhan2168
    @michaelkhan2168 Рік тому

    Hey Colin how are you timestamping? Do you rewatch the whole video? I don’t see you making notes. Big time fan for almost a decade. Congratulations on all the success. Keep it up !

  • @zan8117
    @zan8117 Рік тому +4

    TLOU has been on 3 generations of consoles. They should just double down and remake it every generation at this point.

  • @Fonzflicks
    @Fonzflicks Рік тому +1

    I think Telltale type games would be good on mobile. Anything that doesn’t require twitchy refined controls to play.
    Other games I think could work are beat ‘‘em up type games like TMNT or press button at right moment type games. There was this game back in the day called Bust a Groove or Move in Japan that I was totally addicted to. It was a dance battle type game where you pressed combo buttons to the rhythm of the music. I would love if this game came back and was mobile. Also games like Stray I feel could work on mobile as well, smaller type experiences kind of games.

  • @budakaimaster3
    @budakaimaster3 Рік тому +1

    Chris is truly locked up somewhere and the security guard keeps fucking with the camera

  • @vidarCRC
    @vidarCRC Рік тому

    Chris having his own cameraman is wild. So committed. Haha I think that's an Nvidia Broadcast setting. You can turn it off. If it is indeed the camera well, that's weird.

  • @RedKnightInGotham
    @RedKnightInGotham Рік тому +21

    Listen, all I'm saying, in regards to the price of TLOU Part I, is that the Mafia 1 remake was $40 at launch and TLOU Remake is $70.
    The Mafia 1 Remake was essentially a brand new game compared to the original.
    TLOU Part I is, for the most part, just a visual upgrade.

    • @sakuragi1062
      @sakuragi1062 Рік тому +3

      Price point yes you can compare mafia remake to the last of us part 1 and but from a visual and gameplay perspective it’s dumb to compared the two games.Mafia 1 came on the ps2 in 2002 the original game is outdated thats why the remake is more impressive visuals and gameplay wise because they can do so much improvements when a game is old and outdated.Thats not the case for the last of us the game came out 2013 and they remastered it in 2014 even if you played the original game on the ps3 the game still looks good and plays good so you wouldn’t see a huge jump from the original to remake because the game is still recent and its not old enough to warrant a remake. You can compare the last of us 1 remake to Demon Souls remake because those 2 games came the same generation

    • @smgofdvld
      @smgofdvld Рік тому +4

      it's alot of die hard defenders ultimately for me last of us remastered is the definitive version it has decent framerate and visual quality. same story and dlc and outside of visuals its just not a justified purchase at least for me.

    • @Mr8T1
      @Mr8T1 Рік тому

      You clearly don’t know what your talking about or haven’t played it yet.

  • @CRedd9830
    @CRedd9830 Рік тому +1

    Armed Fantasia looks great but Penny Blood is probably my most anticipated game ever. I'm a huge Shadow Hearts fan and I'm really excited to finally get another horror JRPG

  • @dageekynerd2898
    @dageekynerd2898 Рік тому +3

    Gears of War has a 94 metacritic & Gears of War Ultimate has an 82. It was $40 had MP and gave access to Gears 1, 2, 3, & Judgment.

    • @isturbo1984
      @isturbo1984 Рік тому

      AND it had added campaign content that was cut from the original 360 version.

  • @echos9396
    @echos9396 Рік тому +5

    Listening to this as I wait the results of my sick cat at the Vet, great episode overall!!

  • @user-dj9iu2et3r
    @user-dj9iu2et3r Рік тому +4

    Dustin going on the writing of GoW is weird to me. I played through it twice (with more than a year apart) and I never noticed any “unwarranted” pieces of writing.

    • @sugs0377
      @sugs0377 Рік тому

      @LetzterHeld cause you've watched every anime in existence right?

  • @bdre5555
    @bdre5555 Рік тому +1

    I enjoyed deathloop for a few weeks, but all it did was make me want to play Dishonored 2. Honestly, Dishonored 2 is a superior game in every aspect in my opinion. The World building in it, and the style. The incredible music. There's just nothing else like it.

  • @sbh1889
    @sbh1889 Рік тому

    The layoffs you're talking about happened at Hanger 13 in Novato, California. This new Mafia game is being made in the UK.

  • @clouphon3019
    @clouphon3019 Рік тому

    🤣🤣🤣 these zoom ins got me rollin

  • @NewOO1
    @NewOO1 Рік тому +3

    Listen, I'm not a fan of Peacock or The Office leaving Netflix but I can whole heartedly 100% recommend the superfan episodes of The Office that are on there. They are recut episodes with tons of deleted content put back in them and are absolutely incredible and the closest a huge Office fan can get to watching it again for the first time. I recommend a trial and blitz those or find some way to watch them, they are 110% worth it.

    • @saintallison
      @saintallison Рік тому +1

      Wow, thanks for the heads up. Hadn't heard anything about that!

    • @mattj2692
      @mattj2692 Рік тому

      I thought peacock was free with ads?

    • @gregoryjoslin3173
      @gregoryjoslin3173 Рік тому

      I also enjoy the superfan episodes but they are a bit overhyped. On most episodes the extra time doesn't really change the cut. Instead the majority of time its just a new cold open or extra retakes at the end of the episode.

  • @elleandroid
    @elleandroid Рік тому +1

    ground chicken burgers can actually be great. there are local delis that make them mixed with awesome seasonings and corn and black beans!

  • @mikeyroos4229
    @mikeyroos4229 Рік тому +1

    Are we talking about carpal tunnel surgery? If so, buddy of mine had it and regrets it terribly, made things worse... Fingers *painfully* crossed!

  • @J-Nigma
    @J-Nigma Рік тому

    All of the random camera zooms are really funny.

  • @SpaceJimAstro
    @SpaceJimAstro Рік тому

    As an Australian can I just say: this is an S-tier show title

  • @jackiechan272
    @jackiechan272 Рік тому +5

    What would you do if Russians invaded your homes and killed your loved ones?

  • @PaulieWalnuts13
    @PaulieWalnuts13 Рік тому

    1:27:10 Dustin is totally right. Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden, Valklyrie Elysium, Star Ocean, DioField Chronicles & Tactics Ogre all dropping within a 3 month span. Square is nuts lmao. They are having a hell of a year tho. All those coming + Stranger of Paradise, Chrono Cross Radical Dreamers, FF VI Pixel Remaster, & Live A Live. Absolutely insane.

  • @xwers1234
    @xwers1234 Рік тому

    I like this idea of this rouge AI camera, being the silent 4th member of sacred symbols. Keep the camera Chris.

  • @Solid_Duff
    @Solid_Duff Рік тому +2

    Runaway Ben while you still can.

  • @evanwestendorf9667
    @evanwestendorf9667 Рік тому

    love the cut to ad immedately after the laughter from the cumming/shitting/sweating/pissing conversation dissipated. Truly magical editing.

  • @Easelgames
    @Easelgames Рік тому +1

    Haha Chris' camera is like an OCD director that just can't decide the *exact* angle to shoot at. It's kinda funny how it goes outta its way to readjust like an inch

  • @HerbieChuckNorris
    @HerbieChuckNorris Рік тому +2

    If tencent has its arms around a game you like, wait and buy it second hand - nothing will go to them.

    • @c.wubby.u861
      @c.wubby.u861 Рік тому

      hmm, intriguing how does that work?

  • @juliansalazar7097
    @juliansalazar7097 Рік тому

    40:51
    Colin, the albatross has a name; Jim Ryan.

  • @grizzlybearking1878
    @grizzlybearking1878 Рік тому +6

    Sony owns Fate Grand Order. The 7th highest grossing mobile game of all time and has grossed almost 5Busd so far in about 5 years They also bought the studio Delightworks

    • @daksans6764
      @daksans6764 Рік тому

      Fate Grand Order is so huge that nobody has heard about it

    • @grizzlybearking1878
      @grizzlybearking1878 Рік тому

      @@daksans6764 Garena free fire, puzzle dragons, Fantasy Journey, honor of kings. Im sure you know about all of these games except fate grand order right?. They must be so huge you heard of them because how big they are is tied to how many people know about them right? These are games that have grossed nearly 10x what Skyrim has. A game everyone heard about.

    • @daksans6764
      @daksans6764 Рік тому

      @@grizzlybearking1878 Fate Grand Order is nowhere close to Skyrim. Skyrim has won so many awards.

    • @grizzlybearking1878
      @grizzlybearking1878 Рік тому

      @@daksans6764 Holy shit. What on earth does that have to do with any of my statements. Idc which is the better game. Idc who won awards. Idc. My statements has nothing to do with that. I stated a fact about Fate Grand order in response to comments made in the video about mobile and how they already already have a bigger player in the space revenue wise. Even bigger than Candy Crush a game everyone knows. You came here to tell me know one heard of it. I gave you an example of a popular game and how that has nothing to do with success. Now you are talking awards. Learn how to have a rational conversation with sound logic or go look for another comment to troll with your drooling blithering idiotic strawman statements.

    • @archangelarielle262
      @archangelarielle262 Рік тому

      @@daksans6764 It has sick anime.

  • @jonnycusackchannel
    @jonnycusackchannel Рік тому

    I refuse to believe that Chris hasn’t added a reverb effect on his mic. The most echoey audio I think I’ve ever heard

  • @jacobperkins9307
    @jacobperkins9307 Рік тому +1

    Strongly disagree with Colin's "Demon's Souls was made by a team not as aesthetically talented as Naughty Dog". I'd argue that the overall art design and aesthetics of games like Bloodborne and Elden Ring is superior to any of Naughty Dog's games (Bloodborne in particular has some of the best art, creature and environment design I've ever seen in a videogame). And even in Demon's Souls, Tower of Latria is a work of art. What should've been said is that Demon's Souls was not made by a team as good at graphical fidelity and technical details as Naughty Dog. Though what one aesthetically values in their art varies from person to person, and I don't value Naughty Dog's hyper-realistic style (though I did always love their design of the cordyceps infection).

  • @MiggyMash1218
    @MiggyMash1218 Рік тому +1

    Another banger. I’m shocked.

  • @bdashrye182
    @bdashrye182 Рік тому

    “Slitter Fisters” 😂

  • @xwers1234
    @xwers1234 Рік тому

    Colin! My ravens play your Jets next Sunday! Can’t wait for football. Joe Flacco the 🐐

  • @dspada27
    @dspada27 Рік тому

    @9:23 have you watched forged in fire never thought i would like a show about forging weapons

  • @asimb0mb
    @asimb0mb Рік тому

    About the burger story, I don't like cheese in general, so I always take a burger without cheese.

  • @desertgsrider1
    @desertgsrider1 Рік тому +5

    Next week Chris will let us know it was Sweeney controlling his camera!

  • @dobiash5.060
    @dobiash5.060 Рік тому

    "Pissing, shitting, cumming - aint nothing better" is a line from the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, he was quoting that I hope 😂

  • @markm5927
    @markm5927 Рік тому +2

    I'm glad people are separating accessibility options from gameplay modifiers, aka difficulty options, cheats etc. I agree with Chris, I think options are fine but they aren't for every game. Look at Papers Please - wouldn't that game be lesser if you could just get everyone through passport control every time? Policing how other people play is lame, but so is insisting a game include something that goes against the experience.

  • @MitchellMiller1
    @MitchellMiller1 Рік тому

    How do you not mention Soul Calibur 2 as an example of console exclusive content. That one DID impact my decision on which console I played on.

  • @Equilibrium911
    @Equilibrium911 Рік тому

    2:38:18
    Is this what people are talking about with Dustin getting walked over?

  • @jean-alexandrethibault3892
    @jean-alexandrethibault3892 Рік тому

    Fantastic show as always

  • @jysnax
    @jysnax Рік тому

    The camera Chris has is following his every move…..

  • @joeherrera8826
    @joeherrera8826 Рік тому +1

    My problem with the last of us part 1 is the cost 70 dollars is just too much for a remake to me for a game that already had a remaster on the ps4.

  • @DanishingAct
    @DanishingAct Рік тому

    Hell of an episode title.

  • @jermelpurse3018
    @jermelpurse3018 Рік тому +1

    Scores are not dumb. Scores are not as accurate as a written room but that’s because the score is literally meant to be Quick easy to read minimal effort to understand. If you see a thing you know what that means if you see a one you know what that means. Know if you want to know why something is a 10 that’s a deeper discussion there are games that were tens that were different than the last of us I believe Celeste got a 10 totally different than the last of us the reasons why it got it 10 were different than the last of us but it still deserved 810. The only way for someone to know what was different from the pixel game versus the full 3-D the last of us what’s to read a review if you did you would understand these games were told any different from one another you would even understand that if you had a love for pixelated platform or one game was for you if you had a love for story driven 3-D narrative swift dynamic gun game play another game was for you. That’s why review scores are neither good nor bad they’re just a way of expressing information to people. If you want a full review you read the review if you want something quick you just look at the score. I think Call In understands that a full review read by the consumer is far more beneficial but just because we’d like to look at review scores don’t mean you should say they’re unnecessary or dumb They have their merits it’s just we often rely on them a little too much when it comes to purchasing or even talking about a game there is a new wants there is subtlety when discussing a work of art. To say A Picasso painting is a masterpiece that’s the she was in one word to describe it but to have someone go into detail as to why it is a masterpiece well that’s different that’s insightful. The same is true for video game reviews to say a game is a masterpiece is one thing to actually going discuss why it’s a masterpiece is another. You could get bullet points as to why it’s a masterpiece again quick like a review score but providing more detail to a consumer or you could literally write several pages worth of material as to why it’s a masterpiece more information for the consumer but it also takes time for the consumer to consume. Consumers have their preferences and US reviewer‘s have to meet them where they want to be met.

  • @DextrousJOE
    @DextrousJOE Рік тому +2

    I skip the show for two weeks and Chris is now in a witness protection.

  • @ShuwinCannoli
    @ShuwinCannoli Рік тому

    Talking about pissing and shiting going directly into an ad read is loudest I've laughed in a bit.

  • @gondotheslayer
    @gondotheslayer Рік тому +4

    If we stopped sending weapons to Ukraine politicians sadly wouldn't suddenly grow a heart and help Americans.

  • @knleonhart
    @knleonhart Рік тому

    I’m starting to wonder if Square Enix invested in the most titles they’ve ever had in development because the Japanese Yen is so weak. When a handful of those larger investments didn’t pay off, they had no choice but to pawn Eidos. The lack of tourism is crumbling the Japanese economy, but the government is being so protective of its citizens about letting people in that it can’t improve. Seems like having your money invested is less risky than holding onto it there.

  • @thewirv
    @thewirv Рік тому

    Chris's camera is fucking with my brain

  • @vishnualcyone9170
    @vishnualcyone9170 Рік тому

    What’s up with Chris’s Surveillance camera Webcam?! 🤣🤣

    • @bdre5555
      @bdre5555 Рік тому

      Feel like I'm playing Watch Dogs lol

  • @XPyro69
    @XPyro69 Рік тому +1

    Deathloop is amazing

  • @kenshin391
    @kenshin391 Рік тому +2

    TLOU didn't need to be what people are calling a remake. To compare TLOU 88 score to why Demon Souls score was higher than what is was when it first launch is the most stupidest comparison. One came out on PS2 2009... the other 2013. Which one really needed an overhaul and if it did receive that overhaul the review score would be greater? 🤔 👀👀 I would say Demon Souls since obviously is was the older and WAY!... more looking rougher game that warranted a SUPER!... graphical upgrade. As a playstation player can't no one argue TLOU wasn't just a cash grab and Sony did this to test a future practice of theirs. Another thing is look how they treat the people who actually bought the game a 3rd time for $100. Crushed boxes on delivery and no refund or new one sent. YEA!...they really showed you how much they care about your purchase. 👀

  • @loutronz4708
    @loutronz4708 Рік тому

    I can't believe Colin of all people is dumbfounded by the journalistic norms in this day and age. Love the show!

  • @StephenTheZ
    @StephenTheZ Рік тому

    Dustin's concern about Star Ocean is right on the money for me. Diofield, Valkyrie Elysium, and Star Ocean are all games I am very much looking forward to, but all of them coming out in an around 1 month window? Bleh. As someone who likes his niche action games I will be skipping out on Diofield for the time being even though it's cool as heck based on the demo. Also this problem is worse because we're also getting Bayonetta 3 and the PS4/5 version of No More Heroes 3 in that same time frame.
    I hate how so many games just get dropped in specific parts of the year. Some of these games really should have come out in the summer.

  • @blindpilots27
    @blindpilots27 Рік тому

    i was desperate for colin to interrupt dustin

  • @esvbud
    @esvbud Рік тому +1

    I'm hesitant to play The Last of Us for one reason. The experience can only go down for me. The original Last of Us is one of my favorite games of all time. It's a masterpiece.

  • @ShaneC2788
    @ShaneC2788 Рік тому

    Chris's new camera must stay!

  • @Lkjhgf5482
    @Lkjhgf5482 Рік тому

    The first time I heard Savage Garden was from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4.

  • @Pholtslander
    @Pholtslander Рік тому +1

    When did you guys get proJared on the podcast? And why is his camera so dramatic?

  • @siciliangamer
    @siciliangamer Рік тому +3

    1:14:00 exactly this. Anyone can see what MS is doing just buying devs/IP from other sectors and often ruining them is anti competitive. Xbox can't even handle their own flagship IP well.

    • @daksans6764
      @daksans6764 Рік тому

      Xbox has Forza

    • @TerraWare
      @TerraWare Рік тому

      Xbox have failed Halo imo and I have my own concerns with management issues but their other IP's have been really good from my experience. FH5, Gears Tactics, Age of Empires 4, Flight Sim and Grounded are great games. As for buying devs and IP's, that's the same strategy Sony's used lol except that they've historically gone after third party studios too locking timed exclusivity deals, a practice Sony regularly engages in to this very day. Since they came with the PS1 they bought studios and their ip's. Nintendo are different because they formed many of their development teams in house back in the 80's and 90's.

    • @isturbo1984
      @isturbo1984 Рік тому

      Not really. I mean, sure, Microsoft is fucking up Halo, but it's not like it was great before Infinite. It's been arguably bad for a decade and three releases. Other than that, what IP did they ruin? Are we going back to the 20 aughts for the Rare story yet again?--Who later went on to make one of their most profitable and successful IPs?? Can you be any more full of shit? lol 💩

  • @ChunkCohen553
    @ChunkCohen553 Рік тому +3

    Colin’s “we shouldn’t be helping Ukraine” take is REALLY gross. Now I know why this guy got cancelled. Justified.

    • @SILVERONIN
      @SILVERONIN Рік тому

      Nah he's right, let the Slavs deal with their own mess

  • @juda_5163
    @juda_5163 Рік тому +1

    The entire section of Colin hating Dustin plays out like an actual Lockmort edit. Between Colin saying "fuck me", Dustin being left speechless, and Chris' camera being completely sentient, I was stuck with a constant grin on my face. Good stuff boys

  • @mattyboy316
    @mattyboy316 Рік тому

    Wow so different seeing the faces of voices I have been listening to for about a year now is way different 😂

  • @m3ntalist
    @m3ntalist Рік тому

    Listening from the UK is constantly infuriating when you are speaking about food. First it was you guys wondering what the black bits were in decent vanilla ice cream (it is what vanilla is, it is the seeds from the seed pod), now it is talking about a sandwich. Look, the sandwich was named after some British aristocrat (John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich) and that is totally different to a chicken burger (which can come in many forms). It's just that the quality of chicken is likely to be better when cut off a bird and used in different forms in a burger instead of questionable chicken mince, of the type used in nuggets. Chicken burgers are on pretty much every gastropub and burger menu here. You can also get very good burgers which use different types of cheese. One of the best I had was actually from a steak restaurant called flatrion and that was bluecheese, but then mst places don't have that kind of quality, so I actually go for the classic American style burgers - french's mustard, gherkins, and the like (with US style burger cheese)

  • @mattsanders2207
    @mattsanders2207 Рік тому

    Best games to play with a significant other, Life is Strange, the Uncharted series, Until Dawn, Star Wars Fallen Order. (if you’re Star Wars fans) A Way Out, It Takes Two, play together.

  • @Duorsa
    @Duorsa Рік тому

    I think scores are fine for original games. Remakes and other forms of re-releases, no need. Games like FF7 Remake that are virtually new games, sure.

  • @walken2727
    @walken2727 Рік тому +1

    I'm a patron at the 5 dollar level. So why do I keep hearing ads read by the boys during the show? I mean, it's not a big deal to just fast forward but why pitch "ad free" when it's not?

    • @BOchamp01
      @BOchamp01 Рік тому +2

      This will eventually be released for everyone for free. The audio version has no ads, and the video description on patreon has time stamps to skip the ads.

    • @walken2727
      @walken2727 Рік тому

      @@BOchamp01 I'm aware. Think you misunderstand