Go on then, mate. I'm back. Again. You was away.
I was away. Then it was my birthday. Yep. And
now we're here. Yep. Should we talk about my
birthday present? Yeah, I've got a fucking boner
pick with you. Big one. Yeah. Big problem. So
do you want my side first? Go. So we have that.
Right. So it was Ash's birthday. This is what
happened. I get a phone call through Instagram
whilst I'm at work. And even my phone didn't
know what was going on. So it spazzed out a little
bit. And I was connected to the work van at the
time. So I don't think the van really knew how
to take an Instagram call. Because who rings
people off of Instagram? And then I unlocked
my phone. And it just said Jem. Because obviously
Jem's got that weird squiggly writing as her
name on Insta, isn't she? Yeah, weird squigglies.
My first thought was, he's dead. Something's
happened and he's died. Or something serious.
He's fallen out a tree. Something has happened
and I'm being notified. I don't know why I would
be notified, but I'm being notified. Business
partner. Business partner. My business partner's
fucked. Business partner's dead. And so I answered
the phone. I went, Gem, you good? You all right?
He says, oh, yeah, no, no, I'm absolutely fine.
She's like, um... She was like, it's Ash's birthday.
She was like, I don't know what to get him. And
she was like, I don't really know much about
the gaming side of stuff. She was like, you're
the only person I could think of that would know
him well enough and then know what we're talking
about. So can you help me figure out what to
get him? I went, yeah, yeah, of course you can.
And she was going through the stuff that she
got you. And she was like, but you ain't going
to be fucking excited by any of that. I need
to get him something else. And then she was like,
I'm on his PlayStation. And I'm on his wish list.
I went, all right, fucking decent start. Because
I said, he's got a Steam wish list. I said, and
he's got a PlayStation. I said, don't bother
with the Steam one. And she was like, I wouldn't
dare touch that Steam deck. She was like, I ain't
got a fucking clue. She was like, I would not
go anywhere near it. I said, it's fine. But I
said, he's got that wish list on Steam because
he wants to know when there's a deal. So I said,
there's no point. There's no point grabbing any
of that. I said, it's probably the same with
PlayStation, but fuck it. And she was like, there's
loads of shit on here. I said, we'll just start
reeling some stuff off. I said, and I'll work
it out. She said, Oblivion Remaster. And I said,
yeah, that's fucking, that's decent. But I said,
he's already... I said, he wants that, but I
said, he has already played Oblivion before.
So I was like, it won't really be that much more
exciting. And then she reads off a couple of
other games and then she reads off Indiana Jones.
I went, oh, Indiana Jones. I said, oh no, sorry,
I am wrong. Originally, I said Oblivion, but
then she couldn't get that on Amazon. And she
was like, so I'll just buy it through the store.
I said, don't do that because it will notify
him that you've done it. I said, you can't. I
said, you're better off getting him a physical
game. And then she was panicked because she was
like, I don't know if he's going to have any
storage, blah, blah, blah. He's got like another
hard drive that he uses. So that's absolutely
fine. I said, he can just install it onto that.
I said, it's not a problem. And so I was like,
right, can't get Oblivion on Amazon. So I was
like, right, what about Indiana Jones? Because
I said, if he's got it on his wish list, I said,
he must be interested. I said, I think we both
wanted to play at some point. So I said, can
you get that on Amazon? And she was like, yeah,
yeah, of course I can. So I was like, right.
So I was like, right, we'll do that then. Buy
that. And she was like, oh, thank you so much.
I said, let me know if he likes it or not. I
said, worst case scenario, he don't like it and
it's Amazon and you just return it. And she was
like, yeah, yeah. But I was like, I'm sure he'll
love it. And then what happens? I get a message
on your birthday from Gemma. He hates it. no
no no I'll tell you what because I still have
the fucking chat won't I mission abort mission
abort she said where is it she said mission abort
Indiana was not a success well because she said
she rung me and she said Jones is coming to the
Harris Prince household and then I said he'll
love it and if he doesn't I'll buy it off you
And she said, you know, I'll blame you if he
doesn't. I said, I'll take that. I'll take the
flack. It's fine. And then she messaged me on
the 2nd of May at half, half seven in the evening.
She messaged me. She said, Mission Abort Indiana
was not a success. I said, what? What the fuck,
really? She said, yeah, I definitely blamed you.
I said, for fuck's sake, why the fuck is it in
his cunty wish list then? What the fuck? You
tell him to give his fucking bald head a wobble.
God damn. And then she said, I know I was shocked
and I told him the whole story and he laughed.
So I then kicked off and said, why the fuck is
it on his wishlist? Pull the tit on it. I'm not
happy at all. And she said, I have no idea. I
will never look at that wishlist again or trust
his loss ever again. So now Indiana has to return
to whence he came. I'm upset for you. I apologize.
I forgive you. You want to fucking explain that?
Why is it? Because I said this to all the lads
at work and all because I was fuming. I felt
like a right dick. Because I was like, why is
that on your wish list? What's the fucking point?
If you don't want to play it, that's fine. I
understand that. That's not a problem. But forgive
me, Prince, when your wife has rung me up with
a wish list in front of her and I've plucked
the game off of that wish list, which is a triple
A, and thought, yeah, it'll probably like that.
And then you've turned around and gone, nah,
don't like it. Right, let's start at the beginning.
So, I had no idea she was doing this. Well, obviously.
So, ah, but I had an inkling. I didn't have an
inkling she spoke to you, but there was a few
telltale signs I started adding up. She initially
said, I got you another present. I've took a
big gamble. And I was like, well, that's interesting.
So my mind starts going into overdrive. Boulder's
Gate Collector's Edition. I'm a smart guy, man.
I can get little bits. I can extract little bits
of information from sentences. Evelyn, my daughter
at the dinner table, we was talking about something
and she said the word wishlist. And I was like,
that's a strange word. That's not in your vocabulary
as a child. It's a strange word to come out of
your mouth. But I didn't think too much of it.
And then I was playing Call of Duty with Clarky
and he asked me why my name was Ashley Wubba
Wubba Harris Prince. I said, I don't know why
my name is Ashley Wubba Wubba. Gemma started
laughing. Wubba Wubba? She changed my fucking
name on the PlayStation to Ashley Wubba Wubba.
She'd also... Well, she'd used the one -time
free change. No, not my profile name, just my...
Not my PSM name, just my profile name. Oh, your
profile name. And she'd also changed my description
to something else as well. So you're like, she's
been on my PlayStation. Yeah, so then I was like,
well, hold on. Why has she been on the PlayStation
before? Wishlist. Got me something. Wishlist,
yeah, yeah. Gamble. So I text myself this message
at 20 past 7 in the morning. So a long message
that you've texted yourself. This is a message
to myself to guess my present. Following acquired
evidence, i .e. Gem turning on the PlayStation
5 and changing my details. Wubba wubba. evelyn
mentioning the word wish list i devise that you
jem harris prince have purchased the game in
its physical form from my wish list from amazon
following this evidence i believe that game to
be one of the following the first berserker kazan
assassin's creed shadows or rise of the ronin
i also think there's potential that it could
be lords of the fallen which would be very funny
because i bought that on the 22nd of april for
18 pounds it's now back up to full price and
i haven't downloaded it yet so i showed her this
message because she was desperate after i told
her that i thought i knew what it was she laughed
and said you are way off the mark she gave me
the present I felt it. I was like, I am way off
the mark because this feels like something completely
different. She'd put it in a wash bag. So I unwrapped
a wash bag and was like, oh, sick. And then I
felt the game inside. I was like, oh. As I peeled
that zip, she must have seen my face go from
pure excitement to just absolute disappointment.
Yeah, but why? Because I can play that for fucking
free on the Xbox. It's on fucking Game Pass for
free. I could literally play it for free. Yeah,
but then you have to play it on the Xbox. Yes,
but that's not a big deal, is it? So I was just
like, thank you. You weren't though, were you?
I was, I was thankful. I know you weren't. I
was thankful. I fucking know you were. I was
thankful, but she knows me too well. Yep. She
went, you didn't want that, did you? I said,
if I'm honest, not really. That's not what you
want to hear, if I'm honest. If I had to choose
a game, that probably would have been the last
one I picked on the entire wish list. Fuck's
sake, what would you have picked? And that wish
list is large. Any of the others I mentioned.
Rise of the Ronin. Preferred that. Kazan would
have preferred that. Oblivion, obviously. I didn't
think about that. Yeah, but Kazan, she said that
first and I thought no because you've just got
Lords of the Fallen. Correct, yeah. But I still
would have preferred that. Take it off your wish
list. Why is it on your wish list then? I don't
know. Because I probably thought if it goes down
to a five or a seven. Exactly what I'm saying.
So you can see the confusion. Number one, that's
never going to go down to a five. I'm not blaming
you. No. I'm not blaming you. You've made me
feel a fool because your wife come to me. Of
all the people that she could have gone to Clarkie,
but she didn't. She'd come to me. And I felt
quite privileged in that. I enjoyed the thoughtfulness
of it. And I've fucked up. And I've worked very
hard to impress Gemma. And now I feel like I've
soiled that bond slightly. Because now she's
never going to come to me again with those sorts
of questions. No one is to blame here. And I
would take responsibility for it. However, it's
my wish list. It's your wish list. I would never
expect someone to go through my wish list and
buy stuff like this. That's fair enough. So for
me to put something on my wish list and then
be bought it and be like, you fucking idiot.
I would never have expected that. Yeah, but I
understand why you don't want it. Because yes,
you can get it free on Game Pass. Fair enough,
right? Why did it ever make it on the wish list
then? That's what I don't get. Why the fuck was
it ever on there? The way I see it is if it was
a 10R, 15 quid... It's never going to be that.
It will one day. I would probably buy it one
day if it was that price because that's the price
of Game Pass for the month and I'd rather play
on PlayStation. But it's probably one of them
games I'll... play in 10 years or never at all.
It's interesting, but I'd probably rather watch
it on YouTube. I think the same about it. I've
got no real massive interest to it. The annoying
thing is, which I didn't think of until you said,
you know, she couldn't bet it on Amazon, would
have been oblivion. And the annoying thing is,
she said to me, that was the game that she saw
and was like, that's the one that I should get
because I know he likes Elder Scrolls stuff.
So she'd already made her mind up. But obviously,
if it was on Amazon, she could have... If it
was a physical, we would have gone with that.
But we couldn't. Well, then, necessarily. So
no one's to blame here. It was just a strange
sign of events. Did it get sent back? Yeah, yeah,
it's gone. Yeah. The funny thing is, I said to
her, you know me. If it's got swords and goblins
in it, buy it. That's all you need to know. If
there's swords and goblins... Indiana Jones has
swords in it and whips. No goblins. But I do,
you know, it all worked out well with nothing
in because it got sent back and then we spent
that money on electricity instead. So I end up
with nothing apart from more electricity. So,
you know, we live and learn. I thought it was
very sweet. I said to her the gesture meant more
than the game. She'd gone to a lot of effort.
She'd tried her best. She'd gone to the wish
list. She'd spoke to you. She'd done everything
possibly could. It's my own. my own preference
that's ruined her surprise so no one to blame
um but yeah it's a funny turn of events because
then she said i asked the stinky log and i was
like this makes it even funnier yeah that's yeah
it's not good it's not good it's all good i asked
the stinky log i love that i love that that's
the name that sticks The old PSN name. Stinky
Log. It's a great name. The Stinky Log. Evelyn
was like, who's a Stinky Log? Me. Yeah, you wouldn't
understand. It's me. But yeah, that was interesting.
It was a fun surprise. I had a great birthday.
It was lovely. yeah many funsies what cake did
you have oh i had a victoria spongy but it was
massive and it had like frozen strawberries on
top they don't look like strawberries they look
like just oh it was lovely amazing cake very
very good cake and i thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed
it yeah that's nice And I was worshipped for
my birthday. My whole weekend. She was so nice
to me. And then as soon as it was over, she treated
me like a cunt again. Standard. Annoyingly, I
tried to stretch it out because she does a lot
of birthday weekend. She did like Saturday, Sunday.
No one can say no to daddy. He can get what he
wants and play games if he wants. And then Monday
rolls around. It's bank holiday. I thought, am
I going to squeeze another day in? She was like,
no, cunt. You're done. I said, but if anything...
This should be more my birthday because I was
born on May Day. I was born on the bank holiday
Monday. But she won't have none of it. She won't
have it. Which is fair enough. Yeah, it was.
It's how we roll. She was very kind to me. It
was a lovely experience. Went to a farm. Went
to Jimmy's farm. You ever heard of that? No.
Where is that? Highly recommend it. It's near
Ipswich. It's about 45 minutes. Very, very good.
You can take the dogs. I won't be taking my dogs
into a farm. They'll go absolutely rabid. There's
only two places in the country, that being one
of them, that you can take animals to at the
farm. Yeah. It's got polar bears there. It's
got arctic wolves, arctic foxes. I feel like
that shouldn't be allowed. So cool. Polar bears
on a farm. That's what I mean. Vader's probably
one of the only dogs in existence to see a polar
bear. Probably not. Where the fuck did they put
that? Like massive enclosures. Massive. Yeah.
And the wolves, they get kept quite far away
because canines, diseases and that. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Just in case they come out and start fucking.
Probably one of the nicest, cleanest places I've
ever been. Yeah. Beautiful, lovely walks, massive
horses, meerkats, like I say, polar bears. So
it wasn't a farm, it was a zoo. It was just called
Jimmy's Farm. Jimmy's Farm. Big old zoo. There's
parrots. where we eat we had a little food in
the restaurant sitting outside and then there's
like a massive enclosure with parrots in there
and i said to i said to tommy i said parrots
can talk you know he went no they can't i said
they can he went hello he went hello i was like
i didn't expect that perfect and then he said
what did he say shut your mouth and he went shut
your mouth great um the toilets are very interesting
they're like cylinder and then you open the door,
go in and it's just like what would seem like,
you know, a normal toilet. You sit on the toilet
seat and it's just a hole in the floor with shit
in it. Yeah, nice. So naturally I recorded a
little video for proof. Someone else is pooing
there, you can see. That is just someone else's
poo. Oh, whilst we're showing pictures of poo,
do you want to see what I produced this morning?
I actually forgot to show any of the lads. Camels.
There's camels. There's polar bear. I had a couple
of... A couple of splats. Nice. That's a messy
one. That's what we call an eaten mess. It's
not good. Seeing a polar bear in a field, for
me, doesn't seem normal. It's got like a little
cool chamber and stuff. Yeah, but put it in a
fucking freezer, not a cool chamber. Listen,
I don't know the logistics, but they obviously
know what they're doing. Otherwise, they wouldn't
be allowed to keep polar bears. But they're very
cool. Yeah, true. True. Games. Should we go on
to games? Yes. Yes. I was just talking about
my birthday. Sorry. No, no, that's fine. Sorry
about that, guys. No, no, you're fine. You're
absolutely fine. What have you been doing? What
have I been doing? I've been probably just playing
COD, to be honest. So you should go with me,
then. No, I played a bit of DayZ. Okay. Played
a bit of DayZ, got back on that. I haven't done
a lot. Looted a few houses, hid in it, and then
just gone on there once or twice, and then realised
it's really dark. And then just logged out. I
did play Boulder's Gate for about 20 minutes
because I love it. And then it just filled me
with joy and then I stopped playing it. Yep.
And, you know, I know that you've been playing
Expedition 33 because I've seen you on it and
I saw the Patreon chat. So please be sensitive
due to the spoilers because I have read that
it is one of the most... spoilery games you can
ever play. Even seeing someone's shoulder allegedly
is a spoiler for some reason. Yeah, and it's
almost impossible to not spoil it. So when you
do talk about it, please be as vague as possible.
That's going to be very difficult because I don't
know what considers as a spoiler. Well, I guess
anything within the first couple of hours ain't
a big deal because you're going to see it in
the first couple of hours. But yeah, I am interested
to know your thoughts. I've looked into it. I'm
not sure it's for me solely because... Of my
weird tastes in games, it's very... It's like
modern -y fantasy kind of shit and I just like
them separate. I don't like them merging the
two. So it has to be fantasy or modern. I don't
like the two combined. Oh, what, because it's
set in a modern Paris? Yeah, I don't like that.
That's apocalyptic. Yeah, it kind of puts it
off. Oh, yeah, no, yeah. Well, you need to change
that mindset completely because you're in Paris
for about five seconds and then you're gone.
You're in... You're in a world. The painted world.
The fracture. I've seen a few things. I've seen
the painter and I know what it means that you
have to, that's the age, 44, everyone's going
to die. I know the basics, but I know nothing
more than that. So go ahead. I would say from
my 10 something hours, I think, that I put into
it, 10, 12 hours. I feel like that's a decent
amount of time to get a gauge of how the game
is going. You know what I mean? I feel like you've
thrown, half a day's worth of gameplay into it
then you you know what's what's going on um that
is a game of the year contender all day all fucking
day no no no ifs buts or maybes that now the
gta 6 is not coming out this year um which we'll
talk about later uh that is a contender a big
fucking big one and the fact that that was made
by what 30 odd devs Ex -Ubisoft. And the story
was written by a random geezer on Reddit. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. Same with the composer for the music.
I think they got off Craigslist or something
like that. Just random fucking mishmash of people.
And it's fantastic. I didn't like the look of
it. No, I did like the look of it, but I didn't
at the same time because it was obviously turn
-based combat. And I'm just not a massive...
fan of that however i got into the algorithm
of it so i was seeing loads of shit um i've seen
a couple of tiny spoilers but i don't know what
it's spoiling so they're not really spoilers
i just know that at some point i'm going to meet
certain things and people whatever um which i'm
still excited for and the bit that draws you
in the most out of anything is that it's 45 quid
so you're not paying full whack for this game
So I was like, right, well, fuck it. I'll go
out on a whim here and I'll buy it. And then
we'll see what's going on. And at first, when
I was playing it, I was getting slightly annoyed
because the dialogue is very much like, almost
like Pokemon. You know, where the bar comes up
and then you have to press X for it to go through
to the next bit and then X for the next bit.
So it kind of, if you're skipping it at the wrong
time, it kind of... messes around with the fluidity
of the conversation it'd be like me saying a
sentence and then waiting for you to press X
X until I can carry on it doesn't really you
know what I mean it doesn't work so the first
sort of like half an hour when you're in like
the intro bit or whatever I was a bit like fuck
it this is giving me Final Fantasy vibes I don't
like this I'm not down for that kind of shit
and pushed through that half an hour and then
you you start to work out what is going on and
like you said there's a paintress um and it started
at number 100 there's this big she's like sat
there on a chair or whatever and a big fucking
golden number behind her on like some archway
thing out in the sea and uh every year she stands
up and fucking wipes it clean and then goes down
a number and it's called the gommage and um basically
the number that it rolls on to anyone who's that
age they die they're done so you're part of this
population that is trying to um every year they
send out an expedition to the paintress because
they're trying to kill her so that they can hopefully
stop stop her jotting the time down and yeah
that's hence the name Expedition 33 because lo
and behold the number's gone down to 33 in your
Expedition 33 and at that point you leave Paris
you don't see that place again or so far I haven't
so you're now thrusted into fantasy world so
that thought of mixing modern between fantasy
it's not like that at all get rid of that because
you're not you're not in there and even when
you are at the beginning and you're in Paris,
it isn't fucking what you think it is. I'd liken
that more to a, to a brighter Elden Ring, not
Elden Ring, um, Bloodborne type setting. Less
fire and fucking beasts everywhere. It's a festival
for fuck's sake. But, my point being like, it's,
it's the Eiffel Tower's there. Uh, there's buildings.
Yeah, for a fucking half an hour. No, no, no,
but that's what I'm saying, the set, that setting.
So he's, I see, I got it that it was in a modern
setting just by seeing one of the main characters,
I guess, in a fucking tie. And I was like, oh,
that's not normal. And he's in a house or something.
I was just like, well, I can't separate the two.
I don't know. My brain is just weird like that,
man. The Expedition has a sort of uniform to
it, to what they wear. But you can change it
a little bit. But I wouldn't let that affect
anything. Anyway, you go on your expedition and
obviously it's pretty much a death sentence because
all of the expeditions before you have not made
it back. So the consensus is that if you go on
an expedition, you're basically killing yourself.
But you can volunteer to go on the expedition
pretty much whenever you want. So there's a person
on the expedition who's your... you're their
guardian basically i think she's maybe like i
don't know i'd say like 19 or something like
that so people are kicking off because they're
like you're throwing your life away you've got
like some good years ahead of you dead set um
and then yeah you you end up in this in this
in this place and it's just so fucking fun the
combat is so fun it's so good for a term term
based the the bit that i really enjoy about it
is um so your characters because you do build
a party as you're going um everyone has their
own unique skills and they are unique but they
all synergize really well with each other so
they've all got different elements like fire
frost all that earth all that shit um but they
all do different things and um so like the main
person gustav uh he's got an ability where he'll
like fire a gun at someone and it leaves the
fucking mark on them well the next person might
have an ability where anything that any target
that's marked they'll do 50 percent more damage
to them and then they'll also do some fire damage
and then the next one fucking if the if the target's
being affected by fire they'll do this that and
that and the abilities look really fucking cool
And then what I think is quite nice with it,
which I haven't really seen much in turn -based
combat, is the ability to parry, dodge and avoid
incoming abilities. So rather than you just waiting
for your turn again, you're still actively in
the combat. And I feel like that just makes it
that more engaging and it's not too hard. It's
kind of... It's kind of Soulsborne -like in a
sense of you have to learn an enemy's mechanics.
Because you imagine you're going to fight an
enemy, you can't do what you would normally do
in, say, something like Elden Ring, where you
can run around and then see what the enemy's
going to do before engaging. Obviously, where
this is turn -based, you've got no choice but
to see what happens. And there have been quite
a few times where I've just flat -out been mullered.
whether it's enemies that are too difficult for
me at the time or what, but fucking soul's born
mind, if it bleeds, it dies. So any enemy that
I've come across where I probably shouldn't be
fucking killing it yet, I've killed them because
I'll just keep going back, going back and going
back and going back. It works like checkpoints,
so they're like flags where you can rest up.
heal yourself much like a fucking bonfire that
resets all the enemies that's in the area um
so you basically you have this big map which
is like an overhead view when you're when you're
in this big area and there's loads of different
little um realms pretty much that you're being
taken to and once you enter one of those areas
there's no longer a mini map You can't see where
you are. You just have to figure it all out yourself.
And that's basically like your mission pretty
much. So far, I'm just following the story where
it's telling me to go. But as far as I'm aware,
I've got the freedom to go wherever I want, I
think. And yeah, it's just cool. You get different
weapons, attributes. So like agility, vitality,
all that shit, luck. So you can tailor your character
to certain builds and things like that. And it's
just fun, man. It's very fun. And when you cast
an ability, like a skill, it makes you do a skill
check for that ability to make it more powerful
or give you certain buffs and shit like that.
It's quite cool. Is there other characters or
is it just that geyser and three birds? So far,
I've got the geyser and then... the two women
is as far as I've got but I'm I don't know how
much gameplay there is I don't know how big the
game is so I have no idea see all I've seen is
because games like that you want to be able to
for me I like to be able to change the party
to how I want the party to be I know you can
mess around with their abilities and all that
sort of stuff from what I've seen but yeah it
just looks like they're geezer and free birds
for the whole game I don't know if that is. It
probably is because you... The story is based
around them, so I guess... Yeah, yeah, yeah,
because you... Again, I don't know how... Because
it is spoiler. I can't really word it, but yeah,
that would make sense that the people you've
seen are the people that you will be playing
as because from what happens when you enter the
world going after the Pinterest, the events that
unfold, almost instantly dictate who's there
and who isn't. So it would make sense that those
are your set people. But the shit that you're
able to do with them is very fun. Very, very
fun. Like I say, I don't know how long the gameplay
is, but I'm having a fucking blast with it at
the moment. It's so fun and it looks so good.
The graphics on it are just... It's so fucking
sick. And I haven't come across any enemies yet
where I'm not enjoying the combat. If that makes
sense. They're all quite unique. Which I like.
And yeah. I thought it was going to be very Final
Fantasy. But I don't think that it is. I'm not
getting that vibe anymore. Since I've now left
fucking Paris. And there's not just a flourish
of dialogue being thrown at me. It just feels
like a really nice polished game. I haven't really
heard anything bad about it. Only glowing praise.
I've seen one thing that people are like, fucking
hell, get your head out of your arses. It's not
that good, but there's always going to be the
underline, isn't there? Yeah, I mean, it's...
It teeters on the edge of... Because the combat
is fun, but it's also... It's as simple as you
want to make it. If you want to kill an enemy
by just fucking hacking and slashing, then you
can. If you want to make it as complicated as
you like and go, right, well, if I use this ability
lined up with that one and blah, blah, blah,
then you can. It's more or less fucking playing
Pokemon. If you want to kill an enemy with Surf,
be my guest. But if you want to... use all if
you want to fucking swap out pokemon because
you can do this and then you can do that and
you want to paralyze that one and put that one
to sleep then by all means you crack on and do
that it is completely down to how you want to
play it as the as the consumer um but it does
play that fine line of this is really enjoyable
and then this could get really boring really
quick so i've noticed that like um when you're
in when you're in the big open world there's
still enemies that you can run into a lot of
them are very much of the same so because of
that they have the the same health that you're
used to and everything so therefore if you want
to get through it quick through those enemies
quickly you can use the exact same rotation because
you know it works there's no sort of like hiccups
there And there have been a couple of times where
I've killed an enemy, turned the corner, and
then there's the same enemy in the same layout.
So you go, right, well, I can just do it. But
they're kind of like filler enemies, which is
fine. But at the same time, if you're having
to do that for most of the game, then I could
see it getting annoying. But when you've got
the introduction of different abilities and stuff
like that, and you can swap them out, then it's
as fun as you make it. Yeah, I mean, also, we
have to always take into consideration how many
people made that and what they've done with their
resources. So, kudos to them, right? It's very
good. It will be a strong contender, 100%. Oh,
yeah, that's all I've heard. If it was 70 quid,
I reckon it would still do pretty decent, but
the fact that it's 45 quid makes it just that
little bit better because you go, fucking hell,
I'm getting all of this for not even full price
standards. of a game okay so i can tell you about
the companions if you like or you cannot be told
it's up to you how many are there i can tell
you whether you handle gone what swap them out
can you swap them out yes oh you can yes so it
says oh yeah i won't i won't obviously read what
i shouldn't be reading but yeah it says in clear
obscure exposition 33 you can have different
companions in your party by switching between
characters you can have a party of up to three
characters at a time allowing you to explore
the game with different combinations You need
to find and recruit all redacted other playable
characters, excluding Gustav. Yeah. Luckily,
there are no missable party members in the game,
so you don't have to worry about searching every
nook and cranny in hopes of finding the new characters.
Yeah, yeah. I won't tell you how many there are.
We're off the thing if you want. Because I think
there's... I don't know. I'm trying to avoid
Googling anything. There is one enemy. that wasn't
attacking me that i've spoken to and they wanted
a certain thing i've given them that certain
thing that thing then ran out so they now want
more of that thing um so it's like i don't know
if me continuing to give them what they want
will allow them to be my companion i'm not sure
uh but they're in a like they were sort of like
near the beginning um So I would have to go back
for that. But again, I'd have to Google to see
because there's a high chance that they're not
a companion or anything and I could just kill
them if I wanted to. It's interesting that there
is other companions because it's a very story
-heavy game what I've seen. Obviously, I don't
know what people are talking about, but obviously
I'm on Twitter a lot just looking at gaming news
and stuff. Of all the people that are playing
it, Every single person, I've always seen a tweet
from them saying the same shit. It's always been,
oh my fucking God, the end of chapter one. Oh
my God, the end of chapter... And then it's people
finishing, oh, tears, joy, laughter. One of the
best experiences in gaming I've ever had. And
that is like resounding across the board from
everybody that's playing it. So that shit must
be hitting some heavy hitters. I can't remember
who I watched. I think it was... I think it was
SkillUp. you know skill up like skill up it was
either him or luke uh someone who i watch and
they said yeah like this it's impossible not
to spoil this game so like like there was a point
he said even watching trailers and stuff or reviews
there is like as a as i said there's a point
where you see something on someone's shoulder
and that's literally a spoiler so i'm just like
it's it's the most spoiler heavy game you'll
ever see so there must be some wild that goes
down for it to be that spoiler heavy, you know
what I mean? So that's why I'm quite sensitive
to it. Because I do want to play it, but I just,
at the moment, I'm just, I'm hooked on it. Get
it in me! Fucking Call of Duty. Pretty much.
No, I just, ow. I've started a new career mode
on FIFA. Not that you care, I'm playing as Portsmouth.
Changed all the sliders to make it realistic.
Playing as Portsmouth? Why Portsmouth? Just bringing
back Pompey's glory days. Yeah. I never play
as West Ham. No. I do if I'm just playing against
other people. Yeah, there's no point. Whether
I do career mode or football manager, I've always
started as a different club. I started playing
football manager on the Steam Deck. That works
fucking... dangerously well it doesn't say that
it's playable but yet every single aspect of
it is perfect even more perfect than using a
computer I might say there'll be one tiny thing
that makes it unplayable yeah it doesn't say
unplayable it just doesn't say anything really
I think it might even say playable but with a
little asterisk I'm not sure but yeah I didn't
expect it to be like a thing so I put that on
loaded it up to see if it worked I was like This
works too well. This is for another time. So
let's put that back. Otherwise, that's me. So
no football manager stories yet. How are you
getting on as Portsmouth? Where are we at? Well,
I played one friendly game. I started it last
night. Fucking hell. I've got a career mode where
I was Colchester. Oh, yeah. But, yeah, I got
them up quite a bit. I think I got them into
either Premier League or into Championship playoffs.
I can't remember. It was a long time ago. But,
yeah, so that's the little side project. I'll
just plug away at that. I've been playing a lot
of Warzone with the boys. I've been watching
a lot of football. I've been jumping on DayZ
for, you know, 20 minutes at a time. Get some
resources and then turn it off when it gets dark.
How are you thinking about GTA 6? Did you like
the second trailer? What astounded me, right,
obviously this is prior to... trailer coming
out and I might have even said it to Gem not
that she has any idea or give a fuck about what
I'm telling her but the fact that they just went
bang Instagram here is the release date of GTA
I was like you could put a trailer out or anything
out just for the release date and get fucking
50 million views and just make money off that
Like that's mental to me that they didn't do
that. But then obviously they've put the trailer
out regardless. So I suppose it's not sure if
I'd have preferred the release date of the trailer
just to make it more exciting. And then that
gump afterwards about why. It's got 93 million
views on YouTube. What's interesting to me is
the fact that that whole trailer was captured
on base PS5. And it is... gameplay and in -game
cinematics and in -game play which is astounding
to me and i'm literally just looking at it now
the the bit at the beginning in the trailer when
he's talking to that geezer he's on the balcony
there's a geezer by the truck that transition
from him saying goodbye and then he walks into
the building, that is gameplay. 100%. That's
the first thing I thought when I see that. When
he walked in, I thought it was going to switch
to him just playing. Yeah, that's a transition
of gameplay. And there's a, funnily enough, we
were talking about it, me, Leon, and Connor,
wow, Connor, about, because he, Leon said, do
you think that Series X is going to be able to
run that at 60 frames per second. Series S? Or
X and S? S is the shit version. Yeah, yeah. I
think S is the shit version. S is the shit version,
or the lesser version. Well, the X is no different
to PS5. An X is the same as the PS5, yeah. I
think that was the question, is do you think
that that's going to run at 60 frames per second?
And I said, I said, I'd like to think so. that
it's going to run as it's supposed to. Realistically,
do I care about frames per second? No, if it
runs smooth, I don't really give a fuck. But
at the same time, it's difficult to work out
because what Liam was saying is that when GTA
V came out, obviously it was more tailored towards
the PS4 than it was the PS3. But like Connor
pointed out, The PS4 came out really not long
after GTA 5 released. So they knew there was
going to be a longevity there. So it would have
been tailored more towards the PS4 than the PS3.
I still remember playing GTA 5 on the PS3, which
I think is fucking mental. It's crazy. To think
that is fucking stupid. I was in school for fuck's
sake. Not normal. And I was saying that I...
Don't believe that GTA 6 is going to release
and not be able to play exactly how we're seeing
it on the PS5. I think it should be able to do
that. Obviously, I know you've got the PS5 Pro.
I don't think they're going to be tailoring this
towards a PS6. Do you know how much a fucking
Pro is? 800 quid. No, it ain't. That's ridiculous.
Fucking Google it. Google it. It just pisses
me off. 750 quid, I think I see on Very. Yeah,
never. ridiculous buy a PC at that point that
money's going towards a PC but from the the trailer
looks fucking mental there'll be no there'll
be no fucking I don't know what I was going to
say just ignore me sorry sorry you did a massive
sniff yeah I was expecting you to come out with
something I was about to say something really
cool and then 660 quid yeah on Amazon There's
still a lot of money. There's a fucking shit
ton of money, brother. You can get a PS5 digital
389. I mean, they'll release it for a PS5, right?
If it plays at 30 FPS, it plays at 30 FPS. But,
as you've said, rightfully, it'll go into PS6,
probably PS7. So you're just going to get the
same treatment you got with the other ones. Upgrade
for X amount or free, whatever route they choose
to go down. um so it doesn't really matter and
also games like this um think of the last of
us one that came out in ps3 that that's boundary
pushing that's what they do like the the when
ps5s or initial life cycle of a console is never
dictating the power of the console right it's
always like the bare minimum because developers
are working for a system in its infancy they
don't know the power or how much they can press
with a lot of the time they're working on games
for ps5 say for example years before ps5 exists
so they get given like the base knowledge of
the ps5 and maybe a prototype of it but they
don't know the full capabilities of it so until
they've worked with it for years and years and
know its intricacies they're never going to be
able to build it to its maximum capacity where
rockstar always pushes things to the absolute
limit like Naughty Dog did with Last of Us. Last
of Us, you think Last of Us 1, I remember playing
that and being like, how the fuck is this thing
real? The graphics for that were mind boggling.
And now you look back and you think, that looks
pants. But at the time, I was like, fuck me.
And that's pushing it to its limit. That's all
it'll do. It very well might run at 30 FPS, but
at that point, you just go, well, it's not going
to be like this forever. But also, if it runs
smooth, I just don't care. Bro, it's GTA 6. Who
gives a fuck? If it runs at 10, I'm buying that
shit. Unless you want 200 quid, add it. That
was basically my closing fucking comment, was
regardless of how much it costs, what state it
is, every single person that has the ability
to play it is going to buy it and is going to
play it. It's geezers at work now that haven't
played computer games for years. They're buying
a PS5 for GTA. For someone that doesn't play
computer games, that's a £500 outlier for a PlayStation
5 and a game. But did they buy an Xbox for Starfield?
No. They're not poor gamers like me, are they?
They've got it. It's under lock and key. It's
there. They don't have to do anything. And we
spoke about this last time we spoke about GTA.
They do not have to do a single fucking thing.
No marketing, no nothing. They didn't have to
release that trailer at all. Nothing. I feel
like they're just swinging a dick at this point.
They release trailer two, shadow drop it, just
bang, there you go, see you later. And then the
following day, come out with an announcement,
a statement from the company themselves saying,
oh, by the way, that trailer that you just see
is all gameplay and in -game cinematics. See
you later. See you in a year. It's not rendered
or anything. That is what the game looks like.
Ciao. Interestingly, as well, their release date
for this is actually the same day. Bonnie and
Clyde. Yeah, that's very interesting. They give
off them vibes. Yeah, because that's what they've
been likened to, Jason and Lucia. I've seen all
these things like, here's a hundred things you
missed in the trailer, and I've just ignored
every single one of them. Literally, because
I typed in GTA 6 Trailer 2 to see the view count,
I've scrolled two videos down. 13 tiny details
and Easter eggs I missed in GTA 6 Trailer 2.
One day ago, 329 ,000 views. From TGG. Yeah,
he's the big, he's the something gorilla or something.
Yeah, like a gorilla, yeah. Yeah, GTA 6 Trailer
Breakdown, 100 plus Easter eggs you missed. trailer
to 19 hours ago. 100 plus Easter eggs you missed
in a two minute trailer. Shut the fuck up. It
does look bonkers, man. It does look bonkers.
I see the physics of the liquid in the beer bottle.
That's the only thing I've seen. That's all I've
fucking seen. I was like, that is actually mental.
Because you can only see that if they zoomed
right in. And I was just like, what the fuck?
But at the same time, everyone's sitting there.
Including myself going, yeah, this is mental,
this looks mega, blah, blah, blah. It fucking
should. It's been a long old time. Like, fair
play. Fantastic. Thank you, Rockstar. This is
great. But at the same time, this is what I fucking
expect. I don't expect anything less. It's going
to come out and people will complain. Of course
they're going to fucking complain. Because they're
never going to reach the heights people expected.
Everyone's going to complain. But at the same
time, everyone's also going to say, shut the
fuck up. Take my money, bitch. Who cares? Take
it. Like that, the... The power that... It's
basically like the pope for religion. This is
what it is. It's the magnum opus of video games.
GTA is the pinnacle of video games. This is what
we wanted. And what is even more crazy is that
it's self -propelled hype. We've done this ourselves
as a community. Everyone has hyped this game
up themselves. They released one trailer. and
then give it over a year, released another trailer
that still gives very little away. First trailer
gave basically fuck all away. Second trailer
basically gives fuck all away. And that's it.
And then there you go. Run around with that,
kids. Have fun with that. My initial reaction
when I saw the release date was that I have to
try and stay alive for another year. And you
know what's even more crazy is we all thought
that it was coming out this year. Well, I didn't
because we actually made a bet on it. I still
can't remember what that bet actually is. I have
no idea. No one gives a fuck. No one cares, Ash.
Do they? The general consensus of it being delayed.
There's no outcry. No one's like going fucking
burn them. That's what I'm saying. Everyone's
like... yeah okay the trouble is though it's
because we're not starved mate the amount of
games that are coming out that are like top notch
like just quality bro have you got that clear
obscure like no one give that fucking fighting
chance everyone was like It's just coming out
just after Oblivion. Make sure you give this
game a watch. Everyone's like, what the fuck?
This is a masterpiece. Where's this come from?
And then you've got Oblivion just shadow dropping.
What the fuck? It's Oblivion, like, remade. Wow,
wow, wow, wow, wow. Before that, you've got fucking...
You've got Ghost of Yotai coming. You've got
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Did you see the collector's
edition of Ghost of Yotai? Yes, I did. Not for
me, though. Tasty. I think it looks tasty. 203
pounds. interested it's a tasty one yeah but
it's not gin and sky so I'm not interested told
you this yeah but you get a bust yeah but I'm
not buying the game no no you don't get a bust
you get a mask I'm not interested in the game
you're going to miss out on a massive massive
game yeah of course I am but that's just the
way I live yeah the games and I'm kind of happy
from a what's the word a neutral standpoint because
I feel like games like Claire Obscure KCD2 they
should be genuinely in with a chance of winning
game of the year they should be going there thinking
we might win this GTA comes out no one's winning
nothing it's unfair so for the fact that they're
now going to have a chance they're probably going
up against each other Man, they need their accolades,
bro. Because that's the new thing. It never used
to be a thing. Game of the Year, little awards.
No one really cares too much. Now it's like a
big event and it matters. GTA 6 comes out. It's
the equivalent to frying fucking Liverpool in
Sunday League. Like, there's just no point. There
ain't any point in fucking trying to beat that.
You watch how many games were planning on coming
out May 2026 that will now not. be coming out
May 2026. Or we'll be coming out on the fucking
1st of May to just try and squeeze as much of
that in or they'll just do it. But even then,
you need a four -month buffer either side. You
need to get the fuck out of the way. Get out
of the way because if you... Delay your game
a year. If it's coming out in 2026, bring it
out in 2027 or bring it forward. But even the
other fucking problem, so GTA 6 comes out 26th
of May. Do not release a game for two, three
months after that because no one's going to be
interested. Then online's going to come out.
Do not release a game a year, two years after
that because everyone's going to be playing that.
Every single person. Everyone will have rinsed
the campaign and then we'll all be fucking screaming
for online because I want to beat someone up
with a dildo. And then boom, that's going to
drop. It's going to be absolutely, it's going
to be one of the worst releases that you'll ever
experience because it will be and we'll all complain
and we'll all kick off and then a month after
it'll be absolutely fine and it'll just be business
as usual and we won't be interested in anything
else. That's just how it's going to work. We'll
all regress back to what we were when GTA 5 came
out. Every single one of us. Hermits. Yep. Little
rats. See you later. Ooroo. Ooroo.