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Afternoon everyone, welcome to What's the Buttons

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podcast. Episode 4. Yeah, episode 100 and something,

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130 something, 140 something, in the hundreds.

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Yeah. It's absolutely fucking sweltering. Thankfully,

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we've been apart for... Like three weeks, a month,

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something like that. So there's going to be a

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plethora of things to talk about naturally. So

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many, so many. Which is thankful because the

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heat has zapped out any gaming capability from

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me whatsoever. I am fucking shattered. It's terrible.

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And all my other gaming powers are having the

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same complaints. It's too hot to fucking get

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any games in, which seems ridiculous because

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all I want to do is sit indoors out of the heat

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with a fan on my nutsack. So it's kind of like

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prime gaming time, but it's just too fucking

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hot. The gap between us is decent because a lot

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has fucking happened. A hell of a lot. The fucking...

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Summer Games Fest. Summer Games Fest. Switch

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2. You're back on ESO. I'm back on ESO. The cross

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-player announcement for ESO. The fucking Xbox

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showcase. The Xbox handheld. Xbox announcement

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that they're partnering up with AMD for the latest

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Xbox. That's the big one that I want to talk

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about. NetEase just announced, I say just announced,

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15, 16 hours ago, a AAA game that Mark was talking

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to me about called Blood Message. Looks very,

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very similar to Assassin's Creed, but very fucking

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good. Graphics look insane. Who fucks NetEase?

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Who's NetEase? Oh, NetEase. NetEase, one of the

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biggest. I thought you said NetEase. No, not

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NetEase. NetEase, game developer. No, NetEase.

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There seems to be a paving the way ever since

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Black Myth Wukong for AAA games coming from places

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like China, many Asian countries, which is quite

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nice to see because that history in terms of

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what you could throw into games is just endless.

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It's like Vikings pretty much. You can just do

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whatever the fuck you want with it. I love it.

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I'd be remiss to not talk about Exposition 33.

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Yeah. We need to do that for Sam at least. Okay.

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Yeah, fucking hell. And that. One last final

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hurrah. I've done exactly what I knew I would

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do. Haven't touched it since I completed it,

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which is fine. It's now deleted off the PlayStation

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because I needed the storage for The Division

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2, which I'm now also playing as well. You want

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to go then? I don't mind. Go on. Obviously, there's

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going to be spoilers, so you're going to have

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to jump 10 minutes forward or whatnot and then

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have a little listen to see if we're still talking

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about it. It's been out for a while now. You

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should have already finished it. I am going to

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go against the grain and say it's all right.

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It's all right. I thought it was good. No, let's

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not beat around the bush. It's very good. It's

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a fantastic game. It's not my taste. I don't

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like the setting. I was getting to a point where

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I was bored. To be perfectly honest with you,

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I put it on easy about halfway through and just

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bum -rushed it. And even then I got to a point

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where I had to grind because I wasn't high enough

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level. So even easy is not actually that easy.

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You proper bum -rushed it. Jesus. Because, yeah,

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I just... It's very good. I'll tell you what

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is the best, quite possibly the best in any game,

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is the music. It's great. Top tier. Phenomenal.

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A lot of the story beats I'd already kind of

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put together myself. I'd not put together, but

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I was like, I bet she's her and I bet that's

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a representation and I bet they're related. You

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know, it wasn't many big surprises to me and

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towards the end, I was getting confused. I was

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like, I don't even know what we're looking at

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now. I was getting confused. It was one of those

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games where I was paying a lot of attention to

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stick with the story and then sort of like in

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the last couple of hours, I was kind of like...

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what the fuck is actually going on and i was

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i was just holding on and then when i did finish

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it i googled the ending because obviously there's

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two separate endings um and yeah it made it made

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perfect sense but i had to i had to get on reddit

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to actually find out what the fuck it meant i

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picked the bad end and i let um i let her win

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um whatever male i let her win so then he's in

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the theater and she's sitting in the crowd yeah

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yeah i did the other thing yeah you did the good

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ending I didn't know what was the good end. I

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just liked him. Yeah, him winning. What was his

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fucking name? He wasn't Gustav. He was... He

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just left the brain, finished the game. Verso.

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Verso. Very cool character. Ben Starr voiced

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by amazing. The characters were very cool. Yeah,

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great. I really enjoyed it. I fucked around a

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lot with the character builds, which I don't

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normally do. Messed around with swapping people

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in and out. Messed around with different builds

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and shit like that. Monoko was my favourite geyser.

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I made him an absolute tank. He just fucking

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could not take damage. And yeah, I had a lot

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of fun with it. But it was very much... Yeah,

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I mean... I was getting bored but not getting

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bored at the same time. I don't know if boredom

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is the right word. Maybe a familiarity with it.

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It was almost like I know what I'm doing and

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I can almost switch my brain off a little bit

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and continue to play and still get the same results.

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There was definitely a lot of encounters where

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I like the different levels and all the different

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structures. And I liked the art design, but there

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was definitely, I got to a point sort of like

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two thirds of the way through in the game where

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anything outside of a boss that I was encountering,

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I just knew what was going to be effective against

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those enemies. And I was in and out of combat

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within like 15, 20 seconds. So just straight

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in, straight out, straight in, straight out until

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you get to a boss and then continue the story.

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So little bits like that were somewhat. tedious

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but at the same time i feel like if it was the

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opposite of that it'd be fucking annoying so

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can't really win um but yeah i think it's it's

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it's a very very good game especially if you

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don't like um what do they call them turn -based

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turn -based games it's a it's a decent game to

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jump into if you're if you're thinking about

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about dabbling into that or if you're like me

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and you've never outside of fucking pokemon and

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boulders gate played a turn -based game then

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it is good I think it deserves a lot of praise.

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It's fantastic. It's a fantastic game. And I

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think in a different setting, that game's my

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jam. That's not my setting. If that was in World

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of Warcraft world, Dungeons and Dragons world,

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I'm all over it. But the setting, as I said before,

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the modern switching between modern and post

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-apocalyptic and fantasy, it was all too much

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for me. There was a lot of jumble there. Yeah,

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so... setting wise it's just not for me but I

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thought the characters were great the game was

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great story's a bit convoluted I think that might

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just be my small monkey brain I can't comprehend

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things because everyone else seems to get it

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and then I think I'm the same as you man I YouTubed

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the story just to make sure I got what I needed

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out of it be like oh right yeah I may have missed

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that bit like understanding yeah very good game

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Won't play again. And now we close the book on

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Claire Obscura Expedition 33. I'm very happy

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I played it. I'm extremely happy that I played

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it. And I do think it does deserve its, it definitely

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deserves its flowers. And in the game of the

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year, shout. And fortunately or unfortunately,

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I think it probably will win. Just for the size

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of the studio and how it's come about, more than

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the game. What they've done is fantastic with

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who they've done it with. But for me, still,

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my game of the year, still Kingdom Come to Live,

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it's still a mental game. What they've achieved

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is, Mind -boggling. And that is the last you're

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going to hear of Expedition 33 as we banged on

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about it for the last fucking four, five, six

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episodes. That's that fucked off. Sorry, Sam.

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I know you loved it. We loved it too. I loved

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it. You loved it. I enjoyed it. Next thing on

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the list of the group, I would like to delve

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into that Xbox handheld. Go ahead, because I

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know very little. I watched it. I know little

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about it. You're the tech guy. There's not a

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massive amount that come out of... There's not

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a massive amount of knowledge, but for quite

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a few conversations that we've had in terms of

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where we've seen gaming going, that is almost

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exactly what we fucking said is going to happen,

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where it's going to that handheld, play -everything

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-on -anything type, and that is exactly what

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Xbox is going for. They want you to be able to

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play whatever game, wherever, and have it all

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cloud -based so you can just fucking keep flicking

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between the two, which is basically what this

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handheld's going to allow you to do. They've

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partnered up with Asus, so you know the ROG Ally.

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It's basically that, but customised as Xbox.

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What you're essentially getting is a fucking

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Xbox Series X. in a handheld it's a powerful

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fucking device uh and the sort of like the ui

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and everything on it will be um game pass will

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be on it and as far as i'm aware i think it will

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just it will be microsoft will be the the the

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system on it so you'll be able to have access

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to shit loads of games just having game pass

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on it will be fucking cool and like i said it's

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cloud based So anything that you play on that,

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you'll be able to then jump onto your Xbox, PC,

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whatever, and continue playing from that. That's

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the winner. Which is quite cool. They've openly

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come out and said that the console wars for them

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are done. They just want everyone to enjoy games

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on everything. It's easy to say when you've lost,

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right? It is easy to say when you've lost, but

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at the same time, it's also very... fuck the

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wars you don't need them anymore especially not

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now and we've been saying that for for fucking

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almost three years now that it's just it i remember

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i remember when we were sat at the old house

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in the fucking um in the outhouse and having

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that conversation where i said that the tech

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will hit a point where the the the gaps between

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previous gen and the current gen are nowhere

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near as big as they used to be, and you'll plateau

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and have to look elsewhere for advancement. And

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I feel like the handheld scene, like when the

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Steam Deck come out, and we was big on that and

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talking about that subject matter, is exactly

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where it's heading to. And now that the console

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wars sort of aren't a thing, really... for xbox

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is just grabbing that by the fucking balls and

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going all right well we we want you to be able

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to fucking jump on everything so here you go

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have at it it's the same with the latest xbox

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that they're bringing out alongside um not alongside

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the handheld but same sort of news is going to

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be partnered with um amd so they're going to

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make that fucking crazy powerful but at the same

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time the um operating system that's going to

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be on the Xbox will be Microsoft rather than

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Xbox so you'll be having access to a shitload

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of stuff through your Xbox rather than a PC so

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it's just all about that you can see that they're

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building a base to just fucking have everything

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which I like I'm all for it I'm all for it The

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only thing that can be a downside to that is

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without competition, there's no innovation. So

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PlayStation, Xbox are always battling it out,

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trying to one -up each other. And if that doesn't

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exist anymore, and Nintendo, obviously, if that

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doesn't exist anymore, then are we in a place

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where no one's going to push? In the grand scheme

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of things, you just want to be able to play whatever

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you want on whatever you want, right? That's

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the dream. But then does that come at the sacrifice

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of not... None of them innovating enough because

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they push each other forward. I feel like you're

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still... Because Sony's obviously doing their

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own thing. I feel like now they have to be working

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on a handheld. I know they've got the Portal,

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but that's not a handheld to the same standard

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as what is coming out. So I feel like there's

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your competition in that Steam's doing this fucking...

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Xbox is doing this, Asus is doing this, all with

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handhelds. Sony's tried something of it with

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a portal. I know they didn't market it as the

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same kind of handheld, but you can't ignore that.

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You've then got the Switch 2 that's thrown into

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that as well. A far more capable Switch to its

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genesis. So it's difficult to ignore that space.

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And I feel like through having a competition

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of handheld devices and what each one can do

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and the quirks from that, I feel like you're

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going to get innovation and competition in terms

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of games naturally spew off from that. Because

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I feel like the next course of action will be

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how fucking powerful can we make a handheld and

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how good can we make the games run on it? Because

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obviously right now you jump on your Steam Deck,

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you can play a lot of games on it that are decent,

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but there's also a hell of a lot of games that

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you have to tune the fuck down to be able to

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play it. And I feel like that is the next piece

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of the puzzle that needs finding, is how do we

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put AAA games onto a handheld device that's going

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to run almost the same as what it would do if

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you banged it on a console. It's a natural progression.

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100%. We'll get there. I mean, they do run a

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lot of them just at 30 FPS, right? Yeah, but

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that's the other milestone, isn't it? Getting

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rid of something like 30 frames per second and

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being able to run that run shit on 60 frames

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per second, which is, that's a hurdle that's

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already been... leaped over in terms of consoles,

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especially on a fucking PC. Because right now,

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if a game releases and it's native on 30 frames

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per second, everyone kicks off about it because

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you go, what the fuck is archaic? Why are we

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doing this? It's ridiculous. I mean, we still

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hold that grudge now when you have the option

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between performance and fidelity. Let me run

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fidelity at 60 frames per second. Why can I not

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do this? Performance at 120. Yeah, still happens

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at some games. So that... That issue is almost

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disintegrated. So I feel like that's the natural

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progression in terms of a handheld is you'd look

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towards that. And then I think through there

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you're just going to get other games. Naturally.

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Naturally. Because everyone needs to make fucking

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money. Me too. It's too fucking hot. You know

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what I mean? I know what you mean. Moving on.

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I don't know nothing about consoles. Pandas.

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I'm terrible shit like that. What else came out

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that you saw on there? On the showcase or whatever?

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I don't know. More Outer Worlds 2 stuff. Right,

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yeah. Looked quite cool. That's a game that I'm

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very interested in. I know you weren't a massive

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fan of the first one, but I'm a big fan. I like

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it. That's cool. Yeah, let's have a little...

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Because you can pre -purchase that for $80. And

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that comes out on October 29th, 2025. There were

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just a little more trailers and gameplay and

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shit like that. Nothing crazy. I do like the

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perks and shit that they're bringing in. The

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ones where they've got a downside to them. And

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they showcased one where it was you're always

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moving faster when you're crouched down. But

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the downside to that is when you stand up, your

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knees pop, and it alerts everyone around you.

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Nice, yeah. That's funny. I just thought that

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was quite entertaining. So I'm interested to

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see what other ones they bring out that have

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little quirks like that. In terms of the rest

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of the showcase, I feel like it happened so long

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ago. I did sit here and watch it. Summer Game

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Fest was good. You saw the new James Bond. Yeah,

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James Bond was cool. Rest of it was a bit waft,

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though. Yeah, I'm trying to pull back some information.

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I think that's why we can't think of anything.

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Death Stranding 2 showed some of that. Yeah.

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Let me have a look. Let me do a quick little

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goggly box. Oh, Resident Evil they showed, or

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some of it. It was Requiem. Very cool, very cool.

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Can't really see. There we go. I just want a

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highlight of everything that was there. Nintendo

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Direct is next month. Catch the latest Pokemon

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news on July 22nd at 6am PST. There was that

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weird game that was announced and it was like

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Pokemon, but not Pokemon, but not Power World.

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Digimon. Was it that one? Was it Digimon? I think

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Digimon, yeah. Not interested in it. You're going

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to have to help me out. It's Digimon. It's Pokemon,

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isn't it? But it's Digimon. It's old. It's old.

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I think it came out before Pokemon. Yeah, I think

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it was. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I feel like

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they've missed the boat for, you know, monster

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games, Pokemon games. Unless they can make Pokemon

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what people want. Because people want Pokemon

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to fucking make something powerful instead of

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just the same regurgitated shite. Well, what

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would you want? Well, you want Power World, but

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with Pokemon. You want, like, that level of,

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like, innovation where it's just the same shit.

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It's the same drop into a world, fucking run

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around, beat the gym leaders, and that's it.

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And it's always the same art style, right? So

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it's gone from, like, a top -down 2D art style

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to now it's got this 3D shit but runs at, like,

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12 frames a second. I mean, when are they going

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to make the GTA of Pokemon? When are they going

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to make it the fucking pinnacle? Because as we've

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said millions of times, it's the biggest IP on

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the planet. Would you still want it to hold to

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its turn -based combat? Well, this is up for

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them to innovate, right? But yeah, I mean, they

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can have the turn -based. They've got enough

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money, is what I'm saying, to make the next GTA.

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But in the Pokemon world. Yeah. They just need

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to innovate, man. They're so stuck in their old

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ways. And don't get me wrong. I love Pokemon.

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I love the Pokemon games. Yep. But I'm sick of

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seeing the same shit every fucking year. They

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need to make it, you know, it feels like they

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just go, I'll stick that out. They'll buy that

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Pokemon. That's what I feel like they do. And

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then they, they come up with names like fucking,

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you know, grass carrot. And then it's, I say

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grass. You've got, you've got so many. Look at

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Pokemon cards, for example, and the difference.

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Fuck knows how many sets have come out since

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we were collecting them. The last one I was grabbing

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was Crown Zenith. Roman's massive into his Pokemon

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cards at the moment. So, obviously, I see a lot

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of what he's buying and what's coming out and

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shit like that. But they're just bringing out

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the same stuff over and over again, which is

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with different artwork. It looks very, very cool,

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but obviously it sells. And when you've got that

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paired with how much money you can make from

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buying and selling cards and keeping hold of

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them and blah, blah, blah, then you've got a

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license to print money there. And I feel like

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that is the same with the Pokemon games. I feel

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like the question for them is, do they need,

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do they really need to do anything else? Well,

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no, but I feel like... They don't, but if they

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want to blow the stratosphere off and become

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like a main fucking eSport, I feel like they

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could become the GTA. I thought their anger with

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Power World was foreshadowing of them having

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something in the pipeline that was similar. Well,

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that's what I thought, but then they released

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the fucking, oh, we're just doing this, and it's

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just the same shit again. Yeah. Where is it?

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Where's the next fucking evolution of Pokemon?

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Excuse the pun. You know what I mean? Where's

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the open world proper with things to do in it?

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They could make it so interactive. What was the

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one that was where you could run around? You

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had that Pokemon that was like your motorbike,

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really fucking weird. Was that Arceus? That's

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the one I just played. No, RCS was the olden

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days Pokemon, but it's the same style. It's Scarlet

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and Violet, I believe. Scarlet and Violet, yeah,

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yeah, yeah. Yeah, where you had that Pokemon

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bike thing is fucking weird, but is that not

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akin to what you're talking about? I've never

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played it. No, it's just the same shit, but just

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in 3D, and it runs... quite possibly the worst

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running game I've ever played. It literally runs

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at like 12 frames a second. It's embarrassing.

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This is what I mean. You're putting out this

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shit when you've got fucking indie developers

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making better... What's the word? Optimized games.

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Do you know what I'm saying? That's the big thing.

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They can't make Pokemon optimized enough to make

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it run decently. It's shocking. Shockingly bad.

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The weird thing which sort of... leads me to

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think that maybe you're just not going to get

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what you want from Game Freak is the fact that

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they announced that game they make Beasts of

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Reincarnation. Have you seen that? No, I don't

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think so. Maybe. It looks fucking mental and

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it does not look anything that Game Freak would...

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It looks almost like a Dark Souls. Japanese set

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fucking... I mean, you're not going to like the

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first sentence. Post -apocalyptic Japan. I don't

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mind that. Japan's good. It's just the post -apocalyptic

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bit. Yeah, I don't mind post -apocalyptic if

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I just don't like the merging of all these different

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things. Humanity's last hope may rest with Emma

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and her loyal canine companion, Kuu, explore

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what it means to be human in Beast of Reincarnation,

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an expansive one -person, one -dog action RPG

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built around demanding technical combat. And,

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yeah, it looks like boss battles. It looks...

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like a souls like to me um i went on reddit to

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look at it literally the first comment so why

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not pokemon games cannot look like this because

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it looks very very pretty very good i see i saw

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the trailer thought this game looked sick and

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i had the same reaction that so many other people

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did and then saw loads of videos of people reacting

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to it because the minute that you see the logo

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pop up for the developer and it goes game freak

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and you go what the actual fuck is like this

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is so far removed from anything game freak has

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ever done it crazy um so maybe that's a reason

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as to why they're not but they're so good at

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pokemon they're so good so why would you I'm

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with you, to be fair. It's just a slap in the

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face to people. It doesn't bother me that much

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because I'm not into Pokemon the way I know other

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:09.079
people are, but I feel like they need to do more.

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It's just not good enough. It's the same, sort

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of the same spectrum as how you're so desperate

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for another Battlefront. Oh, yeah, yeah. But

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then, this is what I'm saying, Game Freak, is

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it down to them? Because they're not the owners

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:24.130
of Pokemon. They might make Pokemon games, but

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surely that's just licensed out by the Pokemon

00:24:26.450 --> 00:24:28.630
company. Yeah. So surely they can go, hold on,

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fucking, I don't know, Obsidian, Bethesda, fucking,

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I don't know, I'm thinking of anyone. Can you

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imagine that? Bethesda's making the next Pokemon.

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Yeah, but surely they can go, right, you're licensed

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to make this game. We give you the freedom to

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go make a Pokemon game. I don't know what that

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looks like, but they need to do more. Even if

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what they've already done... is the max they

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need to do, then they need to optimise that because

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it's not good enough in today's day and age to

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have a game that can't even hit 30 FPS. Yeah,

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no, I agree. Especially from Pokemon. What did

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I say something about? Someone said... I swear

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I saw news about Battlefront 3. Oh, they've been

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talking about it for ages. And it's rumoured.

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Yeah, it's because of all the devs coming out

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because of... Battlefront 2 had a massive resurgence.

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We hit another massive player peak. Hit a new

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concurrent player peak, I believe. What was the

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reason for that? I think it was... I can't remember

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what it is, like Star Wars Day or something,

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but not... I don't think it was May the 4th,

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but there was some sort of... I think every year

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they have like a Star Wars day where everyone

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:48.059
gets back into something. Yeah, yeah. And yeah,

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they all got back into it on that and then it

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just blew up. Everyone was playing like, fucking

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hell, this is great. Why are we not playing this?

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And I've said it from day one. They fucked up

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then. They released it with loot boxes. And it

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was not just loot boxes. It was loot boxes that

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you needed to open to unlock shit. It was just

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a terrible, terrible system. They got backlash,

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:10.940
rightly so. They went back. They fixed it. Took

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:12.980
all that shit out. Made it the game it should

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be and went, see you later. It was like, no,

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:18.400
no, no. You can monetize this. Just do it properly.

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Yeah, don't bring loot crates in that are anything

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other than cosmetic. Literally, just make a battle

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pass. Just do a season. I've said this a hundred

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times. It's the perfect game to just do the Call

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:35.539
of Duty Battle Pass system and every three months

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:38.720
have a new hero or villain to be the hundredth

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tier fucking character unlock. Why not? If you

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want to monetize it, do it that way rather than...

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Yeah, it baffles me. You wonder who makes these

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:51.160
decisions. It really does confuse me because

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:55.180
when all these battle boxes, loot crates, whatever

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the fuck they're called... When they came out,

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it wasn't like, oh, I bet people are going to

00:27:00.490 --> 00:27:02.970
take to this. It was already under a microscope.

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Everyone was already like, fuck loot crates.

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Fuck FIFA packs. Fuck all this shit. So why then

00:27:08.509 --> 00:27:11.369
go on? Let's just stick these in. Well, no, like

00:27:11.369 --> 00:27:15.190
you say, you keep them in if you like, but definitely

00:27:15.190 --> 00:27:17.410
don't make it important. Definitely just make

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it like an optional fucking thing. Just make

00:27:20.049 --> 00:27:22.150
it cosmetic. That's all you need. All you need

00:27:22.150 --> 00:27:24.190
to do is go down the same route that Fortnite

00:27:24.190 --> 00:27:28.009
do. And you go, just make the shit. That is a

00:27:28.009 --> 00:27:32.529
prime example of monetizing your game to its

00:27:32.529 --> 00:27:35.069
maximum potential without pissing off the fan

00:27:35.069 --> 00:27:39.869
base. I mean, obviously, it helps when 90 % of

00:27:39.869 --> 00:27:43.190
your fan base are fucking children because they

00:27:43.190 --> 00:27:46.950
don't really have developed minds to worry. I

00:27:46.950 --> 00:27:48.410
mean, all they've done is they've stolen mum

00:27:48.410 --> 00:27:51.309
and dad's credit card to buy some skins. Whereas

00:27:51.309 --> 00:27:53.529
the 10 % of adults that, for whatever reason,

00:27:53.609 --> 00:27:59.430
do play Fortnite, God help you. The cosmetics

00:27:59.430 --> 00:28:01.670
are fucking good. Really fucking good. You could

00:28:01.670 --> 00:28:05.630
have a season that runs, you know, quarterly,

00:28:05.769 --> 00:28:09.190
so every three months of the year. And then,

00:28:09.190 --> 00:28:11.710
say, your 100th tier is Darth Maul. You unlock

00:28:11.710 --> 00:28:14.309
Darth Maul to players. Sick. Loot crates and

00:28:14.309 --> 00:28:16.960
in the store you can have Darth Maul skins. and

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.740
upskins you could have so many Darth Mauls you

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:20.420
could have Spider Darth Maul you could have fucking

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:24.079
Rebels Darth Maul you could have fucking Episode

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:26.519
1 Darth Maul you could have hood up hood down

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:29.019
fucking battle damage whatever you want you could

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:32.160
fill it up with shit like that but no you just

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:35.579
went loot boxes and that's it Just absolutely

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:38.819
mental. And they blew it. Because that game now

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:41.059
still is graphically better than a lot of games

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:42.660
that come out. Yeah, it looks very good. It's

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.839
amazing. Very, very good. And it's a fantastic

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:46.519
game as well. It's like Battlefield 4, Battlefield

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:50.099
5. But there's a lot of games where you've got

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:55.339
Battlefront 2. I have Anthem. That's hands down

00:28:55.339 --> 00:29:01.420
my fucking... I so badly wish that that... got

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:04.559
a resurgence and got someone else to carry on

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:07.799
developing that and updating it and building

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:11.099
on that because to this day, there isn't a flying

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:13.619
mechanic that's been implemented into another

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:17.000
game and been so seamless in its combat transition.

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:20.980
It's such a fucking cool game. I really, really,

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:24.220
really enjoyed it. And you can still play it.

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:30.539
It's just... You can't. It's a live service game

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:32.599
that isn't live service anymore. Battlefront

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:34.779
2 is kind of toast anyway, isn't it? Because

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:37.599
EA, I don't think they have the rights anymore,

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:40.180
so they can't make Battlefront 3. Does that mean

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:42.799
that EA have the rights to Battlefront 3, or

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:44.480
does it mean that Star Wars has the rights to

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.940
Battlefront 3 and they can commission another

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:48.220
company to make it? Fuck knows. No one knows

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:51.720
the intricacies. It's the same as with the Battle

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:56.369
Royale fad, something that we both... were very,

00:29:56.410 --> 00:29:59.609
very deep into. Loved them. Loved them. I fucking

00:29:59.609 --> 00:30:04.309
hate them now. I hate them. And I feel like the

00:30:04.309 --> 00:30:08.650
minute a game implements a battle royale, then

00:30:08.650 --> 00:30:11.789
it's fucking snowballing downhill. Splitgate.

00:30:12.289 --> 00:30:15.289
Splitgate 2. Fucking prime example. The geezer

00:30:15.289 --> 00:30:17.529
stood there and was saying how much you wanted

00:30:17.529 --> 00:30:20.609
Titanfall 3, blah, blah, blah. Fuck COD. And

00:30:20.609 --> 00:30:24.309
then fucking, yeah, fuck COD. We want our games

00:30:24.309 --> 00:30:29.240
to be like Halo. we want Titanfall 3. And then

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:31.259
after that sentence, you then say, so here's

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:34.119
our battle royale. The thing that killed Titanfall

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:37.839
3. Because what happened? Apex Legends, Shadow

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:40.539
dropped. And then any fucking wish of Titanfall

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:43.900
3 coming, gone. Very true, very true. No fucking

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:46.359
chance. Because Apex Legends is one of the most

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:48.519
popular battle royales there is, or was when

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:50.220
it first came out. And it was so fucking good.

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:54.039
We absolutely loved it. Still is... relatively

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:56.019
good I haven't played it for a very long time

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:58.240
I'm sure it is fine but I'm just not in that

00:30:58.240 --> 00:31:01.019
world so to have the cheek to stand there and

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:04.200
go we wanted this game so desperately but here's

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:07.279
our carbon copy of the game mode that killed

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:09.579
this game that we wanted so desperately for fuck's

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:13.140
sake come up with something else there's only

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:15.019
so much innovation that you can throw into a

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:18.380
fucking battle royale Jesus Christ but people

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:20.599
lap it up like I say I'm going to be critical

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:22.539
because I'm not in that world I don't like them

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:24.579
anymore So it's easy for me to sit here and slag

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:28.039
them off. But I just don't... Like I said to

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.559
some of the lads when I was talking about the

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:33.079
Splitgate one, in my head, once you get a win,

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:35.440
it's done, isn't it? You've done what you wanted

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:39.279
to. You're like a dog chasing a car. Well, I've

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:42.339
caught up with the car now. I don't want it.

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:44.859
Let me go home. I've got a win. What the fuck

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:47.079
else do you do after that? You do exactly what

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:48.460
something like Fortnite does. You bring out really

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:50.539
cool cosmetics that resonate with many, many,

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:53.779
many people. Or... You have something like Battlefront

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:57.559
where it's just a fun game. Even the latest iteration

00:31:57.559 --> 00:32:01.140
of Battlefield. I'm not excited for that. Because

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:05.720
they fucking burnt us to a cinder in 2047. Yeah,

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:08.059
you're definitely going to be a sceptical about

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:11.759
it. The next Black Ops is coming out. That looks

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:14.259
shit. What the fuck was that? I thought it was

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:16.759
another Control. I genuinely, I was watching

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:18.339
the trailer. I was like, this looks quite cool.

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:20.160
I was like, I think this is another control.

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:22.019
And I was like, I don't know why it's on the

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:25.460
showcase. And then boom, seeing that it's another

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:28.240
COD, I was like, what the fuck? But it hasn't

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:34.700
even been a year since Black Ops 6. No one wants

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:37.400
futuristic COD. No. No one asked for that. No

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:40.460
one wants it. I'll tell you. They're struggling

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:42.880
as it is. So to do that is just now in the coffin.

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:44.259
I don't know what they're thinking. World War

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:48.700
II. was one of my favourite CODs, I reckon. I

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:52.859
feel like that was an idea that was just left

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:55.299
to rot, that could have been built upon, that

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:58.619
having your own sort of like base camp where

00:32:58.619 --> 00:33:01.099
you could run around and interact with different

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:04.099
people and the Easter eggs and even that, the

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:06.700
loot boxes in that, where they'd come smashing

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:08.900
out the sky and then fucking open up and everyone

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:10.819
could gather around and see what you were getting

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:12.880
from them and shit like that. I really liked

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:15.750
that. That was cool. That was a real decent cod.

00:33:15.789 --> 00:33:18.369
I sunk a shit ton of hours into that. And then

00:33:18.369 --> 00:33:22.809
it just feels like that idea was exited out of

00:33:22.809 --> 00:33:28.210
the mind. Very sad, really. Fuck them. Yeah.

00:33:28.690 --> 00:33:31.609
I'm just not interested in cod. No. Not right

00:33:31.609 --> 00:33:34.849
now. It's not my cup of tea. I'm more interested

00:33:34.849 --> 00:33:39.250
in MMOs. Yeah, I know. You snuck that under the

00:33:39.250 --> 00:33:42.920
radar. Jump back into that one. Very quickly,

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:47.900
before we jump into ESO, Irish Connor actually

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:51.420
downloaded New World again. And I was like, oh,

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:53.819
go on then. Downloaded it. You need a PlayStation

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:55.839
Plus subscription to play it, so that got immediately

00:33:55.839 --> 00:34:00.059
uninstalled. I don't have an active subscription.

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:02.240
I was like, you can go fuck yourself. And then

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:04.680
another issue that I had, which isn't an issue,

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:07.599
but is bought the Division 2 again for six quid

00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:09.780
on the PlayStation Store. Playing it, loving

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:16.159
it. Already got it. Disc version. It's been so

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.820
long since I've played it. I was like, I swear,

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:20.179
I swear I've got this on disc and I do. It was

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:22.599
the first game we played together. It was, yeah.

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:24.760
Because you took me to the Dark Zone and said,

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:27.000
I'm off. See you later. You can't leave me in

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:29.280
here. I don't know what I'm doing. Yeah, so I'm

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:33.219
dabbling in and out of that. But ESO. ESO. Tasty

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:37.150
little number. Oh, is it just. Yeah. Mmm. get

00:34:37.150 --> 00:34:40.690
me in get it in me amongst me around me through

00:34:40.690 --> 00:34:45.010
me whatever way you can put it in me I'm in I'm

00:34:45.010 --> 00:34:47.829
so into that ecosystem I'm in the walls yeah

00:34:47.829 --> 00:34:50.949
what go on talk to me about it it's great I don't

00:34:50.949 --> 00:34:52.510
know what to say that you don't already know

00:34:52.510 --> 00:34:55.670
it's just great I love it what are you playing

00:34:55.670 --> 00:34:58.530
as did you start a new character yep Necromancer

00:34:58.530 --> 00:35:02.050
yep Solex cool I completed the main story yep

00:35:02.050 --> 00:35:06.639
I'm sick of doing that I'm ignoring it I liked

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:09.260
it. The main reason I did it was because the...

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:11.039
You get a lot of skill points and shit from it.

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:13.619
Nah, nah. I'm not playing it for that. I'm not

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:17.239
rushing. I'm chilling. Have you ever played it?

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:21.099
The main story? Yeah. I have, but not to completion.

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:23.480
Right, okay. That explains it. I've done it like

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:26.139
fucking ten times. I hate it. Yeah, see, I haven't.

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:29.320
So, yeah, I've done that. I finally finished

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.900
that. But the only reason I concentrated on the

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:34.659
main story was because the new... expansion season

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:37.579
whatever actually extends that story yeah so

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:39.719
people have been waiting fucking 10 years to

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:41.840
see what happens next I've got to wait 5 minutes

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:45.559
so yeah I assume I've finished what is the story

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:49.860
so you fight Molag Bal yep and then Molag Bal

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:52.239
yeah and then he fucks you off and then Rydia's

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:54.639
like oh you're great anyway off you go and then

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:56.760
that's it so I'm assuming that's the end of that

00:35:57.710 --> 00:36:00.789
And then, yeah, I'm started. Because the update

00:36:00.789 --> 00:36:02.510
come out for, I know you've probably had it fucking

00:36:02.510 --> 00:36:07.610
for a month, you scrub. But the update for the

00:36:07.610 --> 00:36:09.329
new season came out yesterday for PlayStation,

00:36:09.610 --> 00:36:11.610
for consoles. Because it come out like two weeks.

00:36:11.610 --> 00:36:12.849
I'm playing it on this. Yeah, that's what I mean.

00:36:12.929 --> 00:36:14.610
It come out like two weeks earlier on PC. Oh,

00:36:14.610 --> 00:36:17.570
shit, sorry. So I've finally just. I haven't

00:36:17.570 --> 00:36:20.880
got the latest DLC, by the way. no but the subclassing

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:23.780
stuff that's new subclassing is cool man so that's

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:26.300
i'm enjoying that came out yesterday for us have

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:28.079
you done it for have you had a chance to do any

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:30.179
of the subclass yeah yeah yeah i went there i

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:32.179
went there yes well i went there the first day

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:34.719
it came out yeah you can tell that it's like

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:37.599
um like a new thing because everyone's here it's

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:40.760
like 40 000 people standing on this one mpc yeah

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:43.900
um so yeah i went there Got paralysed by choice,

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:46.199
got scared. All the menus coming up saying, oh,

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:47.860
you're going to be locked in. I was like, I don't

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:49.500
know what to do. She gives you a fucking thing

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:52.539
to just respec it. Yeah, so I went away and waited

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:54.780
a day. Give it some thought as to what I actually

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:57.159
wanted to subclass into. So you're a necromancer

00:36:57.159 --> 00:37:00.960
slash... Sorcerer. Sorcerer. Which is, ironically,

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:03.699
the opposite way Solex does it in D &D because

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:05.400
he's a sorcerer trying to become a necromancer.

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:08.360
So is that because you want the familiar and

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:13.880
the... The dragon thingy, the harpy thing? It's

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:16.659
not. It's because that was the only build that

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:18.820
I could find online. Oh, I'm not looking at it.

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:22.820
The way that I'm playing it, because obviously

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:26.599
Steph's always loved it, and I was like, fuck

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:33.539
it, let's jump back into it. And, yeah, I'm not

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:35.659
falling into that trap. I'll do it with WoW.

00:37:36.090 --> 00:37:39.309
But with ESO, the freedom of choice is so vast.

00:37:39.670 --> 00:37:42.670
I know there's metas. I know there is. But I

00:37:42.670 --> 00:37:45.449
also know that I'm never going to be doing the

00:37:45.449 --> 00:37:50.010
end tier content like hardcore within ESO. So

00:37:50.010 --> 00:37:52.250
therefore, I don't give a fuck about the meta.

00:37:52.389 --> 00:37:54.550
I really don't. As long as me and Steph can have

00:37:54.550 --> 00:37:57.949
fun playing it, I don't care. So as far as builds

00:37:57.949 --> 00:38:02.250
have gone, nothing. So what I am, I am an arcanist

00:38:02.250 --> 00:38:05.920
who is also subclassing as a warden. because

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:08.119
I want the fucking bear and I have the bear.

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:10.699
So I've got my little, well, I say little, my

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:13.059
huge bear, which is the ultimate, which just

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:15.699
stays with me permanently. I've got one of the

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:19.900
new companions. I can't remember his name. He's

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:25.260
a Khajiit. I think he's a necromancer, technically.

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:29.980
He's quite cool. And yeah, I fire fucking green

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:33.079
triangles at people and tentacles while my bear

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:38.400
mobs them. It's very fun. Yeah, I'm not following

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:40.960
a meta. I'm just following a build. It's different.

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:44.519
I just want something that's functional where

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:47.679
I can solo stuff and not be like, ah, I'm fucking

00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:50.019
stuck. Sorcerer's very, very good. I was playing

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:53.800
that before my last ESO stint playing as a sorcerer.

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:57.559
They're basically a fucking warlock. Yeah, well,

00:38:57.639 --> 00:39:00.380
I've only got the storm calling skill line at

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:03.179
the moment, so... So you do one skill line at

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:05.880
a time, I don't know. But I turn into lightning

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:09.940
and stuff. Yeah, so you won't get... Because

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:12.500
Daedric Summons is the one where you get the

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:14.260
familiar and then the other one. But that thematically

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:16.639
makes sense with the Necromancer, so maybe I'll

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:20.460
do that skill line after. But yeah, I just want

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:24.679
to be able to go into the good shit and do the

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:27.400
good shit and not be the one letting the team

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:29.039
down. Yeah, yeah. No, I see what you mean. I

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:32.319
see what you mean. But once I've got my... my

00:39:32.319 --> 00:39:34.920
feet wet and I understand how the builds work

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:37.000
because there's a lot of one bar stuff as well.

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:39.619
A lot of people, one bar build and stuff and

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:41.440
I'm like, that's probably better for me. Yeah,

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:42.639
yeah. Because there's less buttons to press.

00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:47.159
I thought, yeah, because the two bar is, it's

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:51.079
easy on PC. Console is a little bit more finicky

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:53.239
to fuck around with two bar. Yeah, because you've

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:54.619
just got to press the D -pad every time you want

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:57.239
to swap to the other. Yeah, whereas on, I've

00:39:57.239 --> 00:40:02.250
got it so that on, On PC, I just keybound it

00:40:02.250 --> 00:40:06.190
to Q. Obviously, Q is your quick slot, and then

00:40:06.190 --> 00:40:09.150
just keybound my quick slot to Shift, so they're

00:40:09.150 --> 00:40:10.869
still next to each other, and then it's a lot

00:40:10.869 --> 00:40:13.269
easier. I remember when I first started playing

00:40:13.269 --> 00:40:19.190
ESO, when I was the sorcerer and I had the fucking

00:40:19.190 --> 00:40:20.869
harpy thing. I can't remember what it's called,

00:40:20.969 --> 00:40:24.690
but it's an ultimate. I couldn't work out for

00:40:24.690 --> 00:40:27.070
ages why when I was swapping bars, I was losing

00:40:27.070 --> 00:40:28.909
those because she wasn't slotted in on an ultimate

00:40:28.909 --> 00:40:30.869
as well on the other bar. So you've got to keep

00:40:30.869 --> 00:40:33.269
them active. So it's the only downside to having

00:40:33.269 --> 00:40:37.210
that is that you have to have two of the same

00:40:37.210 --> 00:40:41.489
ultimates. Do you follow? You're frowning. You

00:40:41.489 --> 00:40:42.829
don't follow? I don't have to have two of the

00:40:42.829 --> 00:40:44.940
same ultimates. No, you don't have to have two

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:47.239
of the same ultimates. I'm saying if your ultimate's

00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:50.019
a summon, so like my Warden, Warden, for example,

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:53.480
my ultimate is to have that bear active. If I

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:55.280
don't have that in the second slot and swap over

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:57.599
to it, I lose that bear. So I have to swap back

00:40:57.599 --> 00:41:00.179
and re -summon it, which in combat does not really

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:05.300
fucking work. I had one fight on ESO. This geezer

00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:09.380
was giving it in the town. So I had to scrap.

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:11.519
This is what I was downloading, the little video

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:14.170
of me fighting him. Yeah. Oh, you had a duel?

00:41:14.369 --> 00:41:18.750
Yeah, yeah. He was like level 233. I'm only level

00:41:18.750 --> 00:41:21.909
38. Yeah, yeah. But he wasn't expecting me to

00:41:21.909 --> 00:41:25.550
pull out the big move. Oh, what was the big move?

00:41:28.650 --> 00:41:30.909
I'm just waiting for my ultimate to tick up there,

00:41:30.969 --> 00:41:35.389
look. Yeah. He's slapping me. Oh, no. I've turned

00:41:35.389 --> 00:41:38.190
into the Necromancer, Lord of Destiny and Death.

00:41:39.529 --> 00:41:41.889
Get fucking... Is that a necro skill, yeah? Get

00:41:41.889 --> 00:41:44.809
melted, bro. Oh, my God. The scaling's fucking

00:41:44.809 --> 00:41:50.969
off. Yeah, bro. And then I had to use a rip thing

00:41:50.969 --> 00:41:54.329
to clear my bounty. Oh, because you killed him.

00:41:54.489 --> 00:41:56.789
Yeah, in town. Look at how sick he looks, though.

00:41:57.190 --> 00:42:01.070
It does look cool. It's a very cool thing. Oh,

00:42:01.110 --> 00:42:02.530
so that's what they mean when you hover over

00:42:02.530 --> 00:42:04.570
necromancers. That's the warning that pops up,

00:42:04.630 --> 00:42:06.630
isn't it? It's like if you use necro skills within

00:42:06.630 --> 00:42:10.079
a town. oh yeah people get pissed off yeah yeah

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:13.039
so we've kind of gone down different paths I

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:16.920
just made D &D Solax and the crazy thing is is

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:19.719
I'm starting to like Solax more than Rain which

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:21.559
I never thought would happen but he just seems

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:25.500
to be I think it's because I never ever played

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:29.219
as a mage or any magician fucking sorcerer shit

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:32.980
so I've played now the first game I did it on

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:35.599
was Dragon's Dogma 2 wasn't it And since then,

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:37.659
I think every RPG I've played, I've started making

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:41.000
mages. Yeah, oddly for me, like with WoW, I'm

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:45.400
purely melee. As much as I love the look of a

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:48.400
ranged class and the fantasy of them, I just

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:50.840
can't get with it. So I'm always, I just, big

00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:53.739
sword bonk is what I want to do. Whereas for

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:57.420
some reason in ESO, get me on the range. I want

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:59.579
to be fucking, I want to be away from everyone

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:03.239
and sending shit in. I feel like... an arcanist

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:05.860
slash necromancer would be a really cool combo

00:43:05.860 --> 00:43:09.780
um the subclass and shit is cool man i mean i'm

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:12.900
enjoying that and and the fact that you can once

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:17.079
you once you level up that subclass to its max

00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:21.340
level it no longer counts towards your pot of

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:24.300
subclasses so you can have equipped a maximum

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:27.500
of two can't you i think um you have to have

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:29.980
one You have to have your main. You have to have

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:31.820
your main and you can have two subs knocking

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:35.159
around. And if you get one to max level, which

00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:40.219
is 50, that no longer counts towards having taken

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:43.480
up one of those slots. So I don't know how that

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:46.179
works theoretically because there's only so many

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:48.920
skill points that you can allocate. But still

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:51.260
very, very interesting. There'll be some fucker

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:52.940
there, if you are allowed to do it, that will

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:56.489
have everything maxed out. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

00:43:56.630 --> 00:43:59.369
But, yeah, we haven't got ESO Plus yet. I think

00:43:59.369 --> 00:44:03.670
that if you've already got a character that's

00:44:03.670 --> 00:44:06.289
maxed out, that's already unlocked, ready to

00:44:06.289 --> 00:44:07.989
go for you. Yeah, I think so. I think that's

00:44:07.989 --> 00:44:09.530
how it works. You don't have to level them up.

00:44:09.670 --> 00:44:11.130
So anyone that's been playing it for 10 years

00:44:11.130 --> 00:44:13.730
probably has all the characters. They just go,

00:44:13.829 --> 00:44:15.130
oh, I'll have this and this and this. It would

00:44:15.130 --> 00:44:17.170
have been nice to sort of get a little bit more

00:44:17.170 --> 00:44:21.210
of a storyline based around that subclassing.

00:44:21.769 --> 00:44:23.530
Because I feel like you went and spoke to the

00:44:23.530 --> 00:44:25.420
woman. She asked you to get a couple of bits,

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:28.159
some fucking berries and shit. And you come back

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:31.840
and she went, ah, sorcerer, you can now fucking

00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:35.099
summon earth from the ground and smash people's

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:37.079
faces in with it. I didn't have to do anything.

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:38.599
I just spoke to her. You just chatted to her.

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:41.039
There you go. You're smart. Look at this book.

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:43.480
Yeah. Flick through this and then pick what you

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:46.840
want to fucking be. It's typical MMO stuff. It's

00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:48.840
cool though. I do enjoy it. I've always been

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:51.780
a massive fan of how everything in ESO is voice

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:55.300
acted and voice acted well. I've been listening

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:57.239
to all the story I've had my headphones on I've

00:44:57.239 --> 00:44:59.059
been paying attention I've always liked that

00:44:59.059 --> 00:45:02.840
aspect of it which I feel like a lot of MMOs

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:07.139
can really learn from I would absolutely love

00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:09.780
it if World of Warcraft was like that that wow

00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:12.219
itch is definitely coming back because there's

00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:18.000
the new raid has been announced and the PTR builds

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:21.369
which is where they're testing everything It

00:45:21.369 --> 00:45:23.289
looks really fucking cool. I'm going to re -roll

00:45:23.289 --> 00:45:28.329
a new character. I had my fun as a Guardian Druid.

00:45:29.349 --> 00:45:32.269
Put that to bed. That was great. The Paladin

00:45:32.269 --> 00:45:34.610
has been put to bed through last season as well.

00:45:34.929 --> 00:45:39.030
I'm now going to go completely outfield. And

00:45:39.030 --> 00:45:41.510
play a Warrior. Which was something that I was

00:45:41.510 --> 00:45:43.809
maining before the Paladin. Because they can

00:45:43.809 --> 00:45:46.630
just hold two massive, massive weapons. And smack

00:45:46.630 --> 00:45:49.090
the shit out of things. And I feel like that's

00:45:49.090 --> 00:45:54.869
fun. So I'm going to do that. Well, I subscribe

00:45:54.869 --> 00:45:59.909
to ESO Plus. Yeah. And I also just bought the

00:45:59.909 --> 00:46:03.469
big edition fucking. Yeah. I went the premium

00:46:03.469 --> 00:46:06.550
double deluxe. So now I own everything. Yeah.

00:46:06.650 --> 00:46:08.769
Not that that was important, but I was getting

00:46:08.769 --> 00:46:12.219
so confused as to what. I was watching videos,

00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:14.360
I was reading things. If you've got this, buy

00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:15.860
this. If you haven't and you're going to get

00:46:15.860 --> 00:46:18.079
an ESO, fuck this. Just let me think so I never

00:46:18.079 --> 00:46:20.380
have to think about it again. And now anything

00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:22.659
that comes out, I just know that that's the only

00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:24.480
one I haven't got every time. Yeah, it just basically

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:26.719
means that you can drop your ESO Plus and you'll

00:46:26.719 --> 00:46:28.860
still have the DLCs. Yeah, I just won't have

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:31.820
the crafting bag. Yeah, that's pretty much it.

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:33.980
Which, I mean, it's a nice touch that you just

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:35.840
buy ESO Plus and you've got access to everything.

00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:38.539
I don't mind. But you can still, you can buy

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:41.579
those with crowns. Yeah, yeah. So eventually

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:44.519
you can just buy all of them. I don't see why

00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:47.239
you would ever fucking, I don't know. I just

00:46:47.239 --> 00:46:49.119
think if you're going to play it and you're just

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:51.059
going to play it for free, I'll just subscribe.

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:53.920
You get access to everything. It's a cool way

00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:57.039
to do it. It's no different to WoW, really. You

00:46:57.039 --> 00:46:59.099
pay a subscription, you buy the latest expansion.

00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:01.800
That's it. You've got access to everything. There's

00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:03.480
no point locking you out. Especially if it's

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:06.360
not current anymore. I'm looking at buying a

00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:10.099
house because the housing system in that is massive

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:12.519
and it's something you just fuck with the houses.

00:47:12.940 --> 00:47:15.780
I've yet to find a place that suits. Are the

00:47:15.780 --> 00:47:18.159
houses locked to the account or the character?

00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:23.440
Because I have quite a fat house on Arasuki.

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:27.800
I would imagine account. Because you've bought

00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:33.550
them. With crowns, I assume it would be account

00:47:33.550 --> 00:47:36.190
-wide. Account -wide. Let's have a fucking look.

00:47:36.449 --> 00:47:39.570
What does AI say? Yes, in the Elder Scrolls Online,

00:47:39.730 --> 00:47:43.110
houses are account -wide, meaning any house purchased

00:47:43.110 --> 00:47:45.829
or acquired by any character on your account

00:47:45.829 --> 00:47:48.349
can be accessed and used by all characters on

00:47:48.349 --> 00:47:50.210
that account. This includes the initial, a friend

00:47:50.210 --> 00:47:52.789
in need, tutorial quest homes, crown store purchases,

00:47:52.849 --> 00:47:57.960
and any homes obtained through other means. Yeah,

00:47:57.960 --> 00:48:01.260
so my mate at work, he's played it for the last,

00:48:01.380 --> 00:48:02.679
God knows how many years, he's got something

00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:05.019
like 8 ,000 hours or something. It is mental.

00:48:05.659 --> 00:48:08.239
But he can't read, so I find it fascinating how

00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:10.179
he can't play any other games. He just plays

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:12.179
an MMO, which is the most confusing kind of game

00:48:12.179 --> 00:48:13.940
to play. Voice acting, motherfucker. Yeah, I

00:48:13.940 --> 00:48:15.880
know, but you've still got to fucking look, oh,

00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:19.019
this is 1 ,700 magicka damage, and this is, that

00:48:19.019 --> 00:48:22.780
ain't voice acted, is it? Yeah, but it just highlights

00:48:22.780 --> 00:48:24.920
shit, doesn't it? It goes, this stuff makes it

00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:27.539
go green. This red stuff means this is worse.

00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:30.659
Yeah, I don't know. Good luck. But yeah, he's

00:48:30.659 --> 00:48:33.019
bought a fucking... He bought a boat. He's been

00:48:33.019 --> 00:48:35.340
saving up crowns. It's a houseboat. It costs

00:48:35.340 --> 00:48:38.539
like 16 ,000 crowns or so, which is just mental

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:41.480
real money. That's a lot of money. But yeah,

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:43.699
because they rotate in and out. So I haven't

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:46.800
really found one that I like thematically. The

00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:49.519
one that I absolutely love and have always wanted

00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:52.239
but never had the crowns for it and also dips

00:48:52.239 --> 00:48:55.320
in and out is during Christmas, the snow globe.

00:48:55.769 --> 00:48:58.869
oh nice it's a fucking huge gaffe in a snow globe

00:48:58.869 --> 00:49:02.090
um and yeah when you're outside of the snow globe

00:49:02.090 --> 00:49:04.929
obviously it is just a tiny snow globe and you

00:49:04.929 --> 00:49:07.329
walk up to it it's like on a table and then fucking

00:49:07.329 --> 00:49:09.530
boom you're in this fat house and you can see

00:49:09.530 --> 00:49:11.590
out of the snow globe and like the outside world

00:49:11.590 --> 00:49:13.619
that's sick i love it It's fucking cool. It's

00:49:13.619 --> 00:49:15.239
really cool. I mean, yeah, they've got a whole

00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:18.639
dedicated fan base that just do the fucking houses.

00:49:18.659 --> 00:49:20.219
Yeah, because there's so much shit you can do.

00:49:20.420 --> 00:49:22.500
Thousands and thousands of items, furnishing,

00:49:22.579 --> 00:49:24.960
put it where you want. So I'm going to make Solax

00:49:24.960 --> 00:49:27.420
a proper little necromancer fucking place. Fair

00:49:27.420 --> 00:49:32.300
play to ESO Online because it is... I feel like

00:49:32.300 --> 00:49:35.559
I'll always sing its praises because whilst I

00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:37.659
definitely don't take it as seriously as WoW,

00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:41.559
there's so many things within that game that...

00:49:42.059 --> 00:49:45.739
make it so incredibly good like i said the voice

00:49:45.739 --> 00:49:48.719
acting is is is one of the top things that makes

00:49:48.719 --> 00:49:52.860
it so good um the freedom to do pretty much whatever

00:49:52.860 --> 00:49:56.719
you want with your character uh and the the fact

00:49:56.719 --> 00:50:02.019
that it's one of the very few mmos where you

00:50:02.019 --> 00:50:04.360
do just feel free to do whatever the fuck you

00:50:04.360 --> 00:50:06.760
want and you can do it me and steph for example

00:50:06.760 --> 00:50:08.780
we're just going through the prologue quests

00:50:08.780 --> 00:50:12.460
that's it No real set game plan. We're just rolling

00:50:12.460 --> 00:50:15.639
through the prologues. Discovering different

00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:19.260
zones. Doing different shit. And that is it.

00:50:19.340 --> 00:50:21.500
Having fun doing it. And the fact that it's a

00:50:21.500 --> 00:50:24.679
mega server as well. I like that because it means

00:50:24.679 --> 00:50:27.059
there's always people. Always people knocking

00:50:27.059 --> 00:50:29.659
around. World of Warcraft has joint servers and

00:50:29.659 --> 00:50:31.440
shit like that. So there's a lot of times when

00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:32.639
you'll be in a zone and you just won't fucking

00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:35.900
see anyone. Whereas having a mega server, which

00:50:35.900 --> 00:50:38.500
like when we were talking about it, is one of

00:50:38.500 --> 00:50:40.840
the hurdles they encountered when it comes to

00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:43.840
cross -play, which you were saying they may have

00:50:43.840 --> 00:50:49.380
figured that one out. One of the cons for that,

00:50:49.420 --> 00:50:51.460
but one of the pros is that you just don't feel

00:50:51.460 --> 00:50:53.619
alone in the game. There's loads of people. I

00:50:53.619 --> 00:50:55.059
love it. Yeah, it's weird because it's not a

00:50:55.059 --> 00:50:57.800
thing that I'm like... I don't ever play a game

00:50:57.800 --> 00:50:59.820
and be like, I wish there was more people around.

00:51:00.260 --> 00:51:02.199
But then when I see someone, if I'm just running

00:51:02.199 --> 00:51:03.619
around, I'm like, oh, there's a geezer there.

00:51:04.179 --> 00:51:05.739
And then we might be running through a delve,

00:51:05.800 --> 00:51:08.000
like, just... on our own just chilling yeah people

00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:09.980
are like oh fucking hell he's just come in and

00:51:09.980 --> 00:51:11.619
smacked this boss up when we've done this quick

00:51:11.619 --> 00:51:13.280
shot you know what I mean I might help him he

00:51:13.280 --> 00:51:15.239
probably didn't need help but you know it's just

00:51:15.239 --> 00:51:18.460
it's a bit of camaraderie but yeah I listened

00:51:18.460 --> 00:51:22.380
they did a podcast special with kind of funny

00:51:22.380 --> 00:51:24.420
games like a four I've literally just got it

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:27.699
up yeah a four part thing I listened to all four

00:51:27.699 --> 00:51:30.900
of them and whilst they didn't specifically announce

00:51:30.900 --> 00:51:33.679
cross play when it was brought up they were like

00:51:33.679 --> 00:51:37.239
look we know we want it We're working on it.

00:51:37.920 --> 00:51:41.099
We've found some ways around. So whilst they

00:51:41.099 --> 00:51:44.099
haven't specifically announced it, they've basically

00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:46.739
said it's going to happen. And I think if that

00:51:46.739 --> 00:51:48.900
happens, that's going to blow it into stratosphere

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:53.119
like Final Fantasy Online. Because having that

00:51:53.119 --> 00:51:56.820
many people on mega servers... on console and

00:51:56.820 --> 00:51:59.500
pc is going to be mental says not confirmed they

00:51:59.500 --> 00:52:01.860
say they're looking into underlying tech changes

00:52:01.860 --> 00:52:03.880
that would make it possible is way more likely

00:52:03.880 --> 00:52:06.559
to happen than before um though since they're

00:52:06.559 --> 00:52:08.900
actually getting support from higher up time

00:52:08.900 --> 00:52:12.760
stamped at 25 minutes on episode four um would

00:52:12.760 --> 00:52:14.880
be a good way to help the console side of things

00:52:14.880 --> 00:52:17.099
i've been told it's way lighter on xbox than

00:52:17.099 --> 00:52:20.280
pc but i don't have a personal experience um

00:52:20.280 --> 00:52:25.340
yeah cross save uh cross save will get me back

00:52:25.340 --> 00:52:27.559
in the day back in the game is the one that i

00:52:27.559 --> 00:52:29.980
hope cross same would cross save would be really

00:52:29.980 --> 00:52:34.079
nice um purely because me and steph first started

00:52:34.079 --> 00:52:38.039
our eso adventure on console and i spent a lot

00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:41.460
of money on my account on console and then didn't

00:52:41.460 --> 00:52:43.539
realize that it wasn't cross save so when i started

00:52:43.539 --> 00:52:45.340
on this i was like what the fuck i was like what

00:52:45.340 --> 00:52:48.619
why so why can you not just fucking let me have

00:52:48.619 --> 00:52:50.639
my account and put it onto here it's the same

00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:54.550
shit um So that would be nice to... I would love

00:52:54.550 --> 00:52:57.829
it because then you know what that means. Steam

00:52:57.829 --> 00:53:00.909
Deck grinding, baby. Yeah. Someone said, I'm

00:53:00.909 --> 00:53:02.889
assuming this is one of the reasons for console

00:53:02.889 --> 00:53:04.730
add -ons. I think it's also good to point out...

00:53:04.730 --> 00:53:07.309
Add -ons are coming out. Yeah, to point out that

00:53:07.309 --> 00:53:09.469
they discussed why they moved to the current

00:53:09.469 --> 00:53:11.570
season format to free up time to pursue these

00:53:11.570 --> 00:53:14.110
updates and fixes to things people have had issues

00:53:14.110 --> 00:53:16.650
with for a long time. They also said they could

00:53:16.650 --> 00:53:19.719
move... back to chapter -like expansions in the

00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:22.840
future, but that it was clear that the game needed

00:53:22.840 --> 00:53:25.880
some time to cook on fixing those long -standing

00:53:25.880 --> 00:53:28.239
issues people have complained about for years.

00:53:28.599 --> 00:53:30.679
Assuming they actually deliver, I really wouldn't

00:53:30.679 --> 00:53:32.800
mind the game getting less bombastic content

00:53:32.800 --> 00:53:36.920
updates if they use the flexibility to do as

00:53:36.920 --> 00:53:40.840
they say. But yeah. I absolutely love it, and

00:53:40.840 --> 00:53:44.480
I'm remiss to say, that's why I'm not going to

00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:46.420
say it, but you know what I want to say? That

00:53:46.420 --> 00:53:49.800
it's my game. But I'm not going to say it, even

00:53:49.800 --> 00:53:51.179
though I kind of have already said it. Yeah.

00:53:51.360 --> 00:53:54.159
But this is all I want. If WoW came to console,

00:53:54.400 --> 00:53:56.440
I'd just be playing that shit all the time. But

00:53:56.440 --> 00:54:00.079
ESO for now is good. I thought WoW was coming

00:54:00.079 --> 00:54:02.219
to console the other day because Game Pass was

00:54:02.219 --> 00:54:04.820
bang, Warcraft, Warcraft. Everyone was mental.

00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:07.960
There was no world of above that title screen.

00:54:08.440 --> 00:54:10.539
But they're getting closer, man. And I think

00:54:10.539 --> 00:54:13.639
with the way ESO's gone, New World, all these

00:54:13.639 --> 00:54:16.789
MMOs, you've got to think... ESO was like the

00:54:16.789 --> 00:54:20.210
first MMO to really come to console bang in obviously

00:54:20.210 --> 00:54:22.510
Final Fantasy Online World of Warcraft's getting

00:54:22.510 --> 00:54:28.809
there because they in in one of the PTRs they're

00:54:28.809 --> 00:54:34.130
testing a one button rotation I've read that

00:54:34.130 --> 00:54:38.909
for accessibility purposes for for new players

00:54:38.909 --> 00:54:42.670
to be able to get to grips with the game. Basically,

00:54:42.690 --> 00:54:45.909
it means that the global cooldown for World of

00:54:45.909 --> 00:54:47.429
Warcraft, if you don't know what global cooldown

00:54:47.429 --> 00:54:49.630
means, it means when you use an ability, the

00:54:49.630 --> 00:54:52.230
time that it takes for you to be able to use

00:54:52.230 --> 00:54:54.909
that ability again. There's abilities that have

00:54:54.909 --> 00:54:58.190
a flat cooldown, like 30 seconds, whatever, but

00:54:58.190 --> 00:55:02.789
your standard moves will have a global cooldown.

00:55:04.139 --> 00:55:06.780
basically with this it will it will be a one

00:55:06.780 --> 00:55:10.420
button on your skill bar that it will just when

00:55:10.420 --> 00:55:13.260
you press it will use the next move in that in

00:55:13.260 --> 00:55:15.139
your rotation of what your character is supposed

00:55:15.139 --> 00:55:16.599
to be doing apparently it's meant to be quite

00:55:16.599 --> 00:55:20.239
intuitive and know what it's supposed to be using

00:55:20.239 --> 00:55:22.800
given the situation and what you're currently

00:55:22.800 --> 00:55:24.960
attacking because if you're just using the same

00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:26.619
rotation over and over again it's not going to

00:55:26.619 --> 00:55:30.550
work But the drawback of it is that they're adding

00:55:30.550 --> 00:55:32.989
on, I think it's like 0 .3 of a second to the

00:55:32.989 --> 00:55:36.369
global cooldown, which sounds negligible. But

00:55:36.369 --> 00:55:40.510
in end game content and in player versus player

00:55:40.510 --> 00:55:43.489
content, it's just not viable because you'll

00:55:43.489 --> 00:55:46.210
lose so much for that time. Looking for raid

00:55:46.210 --> 00:55:48.809
type shit where it's just very AFK, let's just

00:55:48.809 --> 00:55:50.590
smash the boss and not care about mechanics,

00:55:50.690 --> 00:55:55.039
probably perfect. But that kind of shit. If it

00:55:55.039 --> 00:55:56.440
comes to console and that was your only option

00:55:56.440 --> 00:55:58.559
of combat, very boring. It would kill the game

00:55:58.559 --> 00:56:00.840
on console immediately because it's just an AFK

00:56:00.840 --> 00:56:07.059
MMO. Very shit. But it's a step to seeing that.

00:56:07.059 --> 00:56:10.760
But it need not be. I played it on controller.

00:56:11.099 --> 00:56:14.179
Yeah. Just get it on and then work the kinks

00:56:14.179 --> 00:56:17.780
out later because you can get it on and have

00:56:17.780 --> 00:56:21.559
it working on a console with a controller. And

00:56:21.559 --> 00:56:23.940
then if you want, if people then, because this

00:56:23.940 --> 00:56:26.039
isn't, that's not the AFK combat you're talking

00:56:26.039 --> 00:56:28.260
about. I was pressing L2. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And

00:56:28.260 --> 00:56:29.840
it was quick. You know, I know what I'm doing.

00:56:29.900 --> 00:56:31.940
I've got muscle memory after a while. You know,

00:56:31.960 --> 00:56:33.300
don't get me wrong. I'm shit at the game. I'm

00:56:33.300 --> 00:56:35.519
not saying that. But then if you want to get

00:56:35.519 --> 00:56:37.340
to the point of like, oh, I want to get to the

00:56:37.340 --> 00:56:40.500
high end stuff, then you can work them kinks

00:56:40.500 --> 00:56:43.840
out and be like reducing times and working it

00:56:43.840 --> 00:56:46.659
out. But just the casual players will be enough

00:56:46.659 --> 00:56:49.199
to just play you, bro. The thing is, is that

00:56:49.199 --> 00:56:53.730
they're... Blizzard will, something as monumental

00:56:53.730 --> 00:56:57.329
as that, they will want to release it as good

00:56:57.329 --> 00:57:00.789
as they can and then work out the kinks. But

00:57:00.789 --> 00:57:03.650
I couldn't see them releasing something and then

00:57:03.650 --> 00:57:06.769
going, now we'll figure it out. What you have

00:57:06.769 --> 00:57:09.030
is a whole community of people that are doing

00:57:09.030 --> 00:57:12.010
that for you for free. Because they were very,

00:57:12.070 --> 00:57:15.969
very clever by implementing controller support

00:57:15.969 --> 00:57:19.349
natively into the game. Because they put the...

00:57:19.820 --> 00:57:22.219
the building blocks there and then have said

00:57:22.219 --> 00:57:25.480
to a whole community here you go have fun with

00:57:25.480 --> 00:57:28.760
that and they'll be listening to feedback and

00:57:28.760 --> 00:57:30.360
they'll be watching how people are doing shit

00:57:30.360 --> 00:57:33.079
and then of course there's so many people that

00:57:33.079 --> 00:57:36.280
have ported wow to steam deck and they'll be

00:57:36.280 --> 00:57:39.400
looking at that um and it's sort of like why

00:57:39.400 --> 00:57:42.989
why go for all this time and effort to deliver

00:57:42.989 --> 00:57:45.570
this to the public get the negative feedback

00:57:45.570 --> 00:57:48.190
and then have to rush to try and work out because

00:57:48.190 --> 00:57:50.090
we've now put this on a platform that we've never

00:57:50.090 --> 00:57:52.530
put it on before when you could just let your

00:57:52.530 --> 00:57:55.050
current player base figure it out for you for

00:57:55.050 --> 00:57:58.610
free and then just slowly because what they're

00:57:58.610 --> 00:58:03.010
also starting to do is um they announced that

00:58:03.010 --> 00:58:06.269
they would be getting rid of add -ons so you

00:58:06.269 --> 00:58:08.610
won't be able to have add -ons anymore but what

00:58:08.610 --> 00:58:12.110
they're going to do is their own add -ons into

00:58:12.110 --> 00:58:14.690
the game, which they already started doing by

00:58:14.690 --> 00:58:16.690
being able to customise your UI and shit like

00:58:16.690 --> 00:58:18.510
that, which you had to use an add -on for before.

00:58:19.349 --> 00:58:21.349
The add -ons are still way better because they're

00:58:21.349 --> 00:58:25.789
way more fleshed out. But it's a step. It's a

00:58:25.789 --> 00:58:33.510
no -brainer. Who owns Blizzard? Well, it's Microsoft

00:58:33.510 --> 00:58:40.199
now. Yeah, Microsoft. Yeah. Xbox. Who owns Bethesda?

00:58:40.280 --> 00:58:44.539
It's all linking up. They want it all out. Years

00:58:44.539 --> 00:58:50.260
ago, when we had the developer wars where Sony

00:58:50.260 --> 00:58:54.559
and Xbox were just buying everything up, this

00:58:54.559 --> 00:58:58.599
is exactly what was happening. I feel like Microsoft

00:58:58.599 --> 00:59:03.280
always had their game plan of let's fucking get

00:59:03.280 --> 00:59:05.610
everything under one banner. And I feel like

00:59:05.610 --> 00:59:07.550
Sony saw what they were trying to do and were

00:59:07.550 --> 00:59:10.909
going, fuck you, I'm taking my gems. And then

00:59:10.909 --> 00:59:13.050
pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch. But I feel

00:59:13.050 --> 00:59:15.349
like if you're going to put it down to a who's

00:59:15.349 --> 00:59:17.809
won what, Microsoft have won that because they

00:59:17.809 --> 00:59:22.289
hold a monopoly there. Game Pass alone is so

00:59:22.289 --> 00:59:26.849
monumentally crazy that it's just unbeaten. I

00:59:26.849 --> 00:59:28.550
don't have Game Pass, but I've had Game Pass

00:59:28.550 --> 00:59:31.300
and I would have it again. for the day one releases

00:59:31.300 --> 00:59:32.840
and shit like that. If you're then going to tell

00:59:32.840 --> 00:59:35.260
me that you're going to turn pretty much everything

00:59:35.260 --> 00:59:38.019
cloud -based so I can play it on this and then

00:59:38.019 --> 00:59:41.559
fucking on a handheld and then on a console and

00:59:41.559 --> 00:59:44.599
have it all mixed and mashed up for fucking $9

00:59:44.599 --> 00:59:50.280
.99 a month, go on then. Have it. Yeah. Keep

00:59:50.280 --> 00:59:52.340
Horizon. Keep fucking. The only thing that would

00:59:52.340 --> 00:59:55.360
really draw someone back is if they redid Bloodborne.

00:59:56.460 --> 00:59:59.619
Yeah, they thought they'd fucking won by snatching

00:59:59.619 --> 01:00:04.460
up fucking Bungie and having Destiny and then

01:00:04.460 --> 01:00:06.360
Destiny went, oh, look at this gun. Oh, I've

01:00:06.360 --> 01:00:08.980
shot myself right in the dick. Yeah. And they've

01:00:08.980 --> 01:00:12.260
fucked it. They've fucked Anthem, fucking Marathon.

01:00:12.420 --> 01:00:15.860
That's dead. It hasn't even come out. Dead. Completely

01:00:15.860 --> 01:00:18.119
dead. Gone, yeah. Yeah, they've gone right. That's

01:00:18.119 --> 01:00:20.699
delayed indefinitely. So the fuck knows what's

01:00:20.699 --> 01:00:21.920
going to happen there because they're stealing

01:00:21.920 --> 01:00:25.599
art and doing dumb shit. They've stole art. They've

01:00:25.599 --> 01:00:28.519
stolen art, so that game is just fucked. People

01:00:28.519 --> 01:00:30.880
didn't want that. They wanted Destiny 3. And

01:00:30.880 --> 01:00:32.559
they went, no, no, we're going to make an extraction

01:00:32.559 --> 01:00:35.619
shoe with this shitty art style. Marathon, the

01:00:35.619 --> 01:00:38.579
trailers, looked really fucking cool. Marathon

01:00:38.579 --> 01:00:42.519
reminds me of a mobile game trailer where the

01:00:42.519 --> 01:00:44.239
trailer looks nothing like the game. That is

01:00:44.239 --> 01:00:46.460
not a good fucking thing to look like when you're

01:00:46.460 --> 01:00:49.340
trying to go and make a AAA fucking big game.

01:00:49.739 --> 01:00:52.219
The extraction shoe is fantastic. I like the

01:00:52.219 --> 01:00:55.670
idea of extraction shoes. Destiny is your live

01:00:55.670 --> 01:00:58.590
service model. It is sustainable. It's huge.

01:00:58.690 --> 01:01:01.369
It's massive. You've ruined it. Because now,

01:01:01.550 --> 01:01:05.090
there's no Destiny 3. We know this. You've fucking,

01:01:05.210 --> 01:01:07.590
you've alienated yourself. You've lost all the

01:01:07.590 --> 01:01:10.210
goodwill because you've been nicking art off

01:01:10.210 --> 01:01:13.989
people. And now, Marathon is shit because people

01:01:13.989 --> 01:01:15.429
have played it and they're like, yeah, it's alright,

01:01:15.690 --> 01:01:17.809
but, and these are big Destiny streamers, it's

01:01:17.809 --> 01:01:19.889
alright, but I don't really get what's going

01:01:19.889 --> 01:01:22.710
on here. And then, Destiny 2 is just sitting

01:01:22.710 --> 01:01:25.239
there like, well, All the players that are still

01:01:25.239 --> 01:01:27.440
there are like, we love this game. They've released

01:01:27.440 --> 01:01:32.519
more content, more shit, more big updates. Well,

01:01:32.579 --> 01:01:35.139
they're not giving you more vault space. So you're

01:01:35.139 --> 01:01:37.159
still stuck with fucking... I only know this

01:01:37.159 --> 01:01:38.340
because I watched a video last night about it.

01:01:38.940 --> 01:01:42.019
You're still stuck with 600 or 700 fucking spaces

01:01:42.019 --> 01:01:43.679
in your vault, which when you play Destiny is

01:01:43.679 --> 01:01:46.429
fuck all because... You want all the old guns

01:01:46.429 --> 01:01:48.570
that you've had that were really good, all your

01:01:48.570 --> 01:01:51.190
god rolls, which sometimes are relevant, sometimes

01:01:51.190 --> 01:01:52.750
you need to put them out for certain things.

01:01:52.829 --> 01:01:54.489
You'd be like, oh, what should I take in this

01:01:54.489 --> 01:01:55.829
raid? They'd be like, I'll bring Gjallarhorn

01:01:55.829 --> 01:01:58.050
and this, and if you've got this with this roll.

01:01:58.409 --> 01:02:00.269
So you need stuff, and then you're going to add

01:02:00.269 --> 01:02:02.409
all this other shit, which is all current, so

01:02:02.409 --> 01:02:04.269
then people are, well, I'm going to keep this,

01:02:04.289 --> 01:02:06.829
this, this, this. You keep piling shit in. People

01:02:06.829 --> 01:02:08.909
haven't got space to keep it. They're killing

01:02:08.909 --> 01:02:11.130
their own fucking franchise, and that is sad.

01:02:11.369 --> 01:02:14.980
I thought, because what was the... I thought

01:02:14.980 --> 01:02:17.099
they had that, because I haven't played Destiny

01:02:17.099 --> 01:02:19.460
for a long time. I'm not massively interested

01:02:19.460 --> 01:02:23.980
in it. I was, I used to love it. But I thought

01:02:23.980 --> 01:02:29.000
they were done with... The expansions. I, for

01:02:29.000 --> 01:02:31.400
a brief period, thought that Destiny 2 was done.

01:02:31.500 --> 01:02:32.840
What was it when they announced that this would

01:02:32.840 --> 01:02:35.760
be the final shape? Yeah, yeah. They'd done the

01:02:35.760 --> 01:02:38.159
final shape, which is the end of the story. But

01:02:38.159 --> 01:02:39.920
then they were like, but this is the end of the

01:02:39.920 --> 01:02:42.400
light and dark saga. Now we're going to start

01:02:42.400 --> 01:02:44.960
a new saga. But that was like a 10 -year fucking

01:02:44.960 --> 01:02:47.940
story. So then people were like, ooh. So what

01:02:47.940 --> 01:02:49.780
would have been the best thing they could have

01:02:49.780 --> 01:02:52.849
done? Think in your head. You work on Destiny

01:02:52.849 --> 01:02:55.429
2. You're a big Destiny fan. You love Destiny.

01:02:55.570 --> 01:02:58.210
The people that work there love it. This is the

01:02:58.210 --> 01:03:00.570
game. We've built a fucking huge player base.

01:03:00.710 --> 01:03:03.610
It's making mountains of cash, which is known.

01:03:04.389 --> 01:03:07.349
And then let's do the final bit of the story.

01:03:07.530 --> 01:03:10.210
And then at the end, after you've done the final

01:03:10.210 --> 01:03:12.170
boss of the raid, this big bad that's been built

01:03:12.170 --> 01:03:15.650
up for a decade, why don't we go to be continued,

01:03:15.949 --> 01:03:19.900
Destiny 3. Blow the internet up. Blow the world

01:03:19.900 --> 01:03:22.380
up. Don't even have to be working on it at this

01:03:22.380 --> 01:03:23.880
time. Do you know what I mean? Do something.

01:03:24.019 --> 01:03:26.079
You've already done it once. Destiny 2. I was

01:03:26.079 --> 01:03:27.460
saying this to Steph the other day. I don't remember

01:03:27.460 --> 01:03:29.659
Destiny 1. It's really weird. But Destiny 2.

01:03:29.719 --> 01:03:31.699
I remember it. But you've done it. Not like this.

01:03:31.780 --> 01:03:34.679
Destiny 1. Here's Destiny 2. And now you've built...

01:03:34.679 --> 01:03:38.559
Yeah, if you had... Because that is, to me, even

01:03:38.559 --> 01:03:40.840
on the outside, was such a cop -out. And I saw

01:03:40.840 --> 01:03:43.980
the disappointment when it was announced that

01:03:43.980 --> 01:03:46.059
the final shape was the end. And then it was

01:03:46.059 --> 01:03:48.909
kept quiet. And then... the final shape finished

01:03:48.909 --> 01:03:51.829
and then they just pop out and go, there's another

01:03:51.829 --> 01:03:54.429
expansion coming. You go, well, don't hype that

01:03:54.429 --> 01:03:57.469
as the end because that's just, that's just rude.

01:03:57.809 --> 01:04:02.349
That's, that's, it's, it's, it's the equivalent

01:04:02.349 --> 01:04:05.630
of sitting through a two hour movie and at the

01:04:05.630 --> 01:04:08.349
end going, and it was all a dream. You go, so

01:04:08.349 --> 01:04:10.989
it was fucking pointless. You've, you've hyped

01:04:10.989 --> 01:04:12.750
this up as this is the end. This is the, this

01:04:12.750 --> 01:04:16.190
is the magnum opus and you've just gone, only

01:04:16.190 --> 01:04:19.260
kidding. That's the end of that bit. That chapter's

01:04:19.260 --> 01:04:21.179
done. Now we move on to the next bit. The game

01:04:21.179 --> 01:04:24.320
fundamentally needs Destiny 3. The technology's

01:04:24.320 --> 01:04:26.280
advanced too much. The game system has advanced

01:04:26.280 --> 01:04:29.619
too much. Whereas ESO and WoW and stuff like

01:04:29.619 --> 01:04:33.489
that, they... they innovate like the a lot of

01:04:33.489 --> 01:04:35.269
that podcast they were talking about eso like

01:04:35.269 --> 01:04:36.769
for the future so they're talking about we're

01:04:36.769 --> 01:04:37.949
still going to do expansions we're still going

01:04:37.949 --> 01:04:39.949
to do chapters these things are just going to

01:04:39.949 --> 01:04:41.809
be changed because we want to we want to work

01:04:41.809 --> 01:04:44.010
out the kinks what we want to do is modernize

01:04:44.010 --> 01:04:45.889
it more we want to make it more modern we want

01:04:45.889 --> 01:04:48.349
to improve it visually which i've already done

01:04:48.349 --> 01:04:50.829
tenfold like you know pierce five dishes 60 fps

01:04:50.829 --> 01:04:53.949
so i'm going to keep it current like what because

01:04:53.949 --> 01:04:57.349
eso's art style it can go like that for another

01:04:57.349 --> 01:04:59.630
20 years same as ESO same as World of Warcraft

01:04:59.630 --> 01:05:01.710
that game doesn't look too much different from

01:05:01.710 --> 01:05:04.769
you look at the is it retail well the old school

01:05:04.769 --> 01:05:06.889
well it doesn't look too dissimilar from that

01:05:06.889 --> 01:05:08.610
the art style is unique and you're not looking

01:05:08.610 --> 01:05:10.710
going these graphics are shit it's the art style

01:05:10.710 --> 01:05:13.849
same with ESO whereas Destiny is like it needs

01:05:14.409 --> 01:05:16.590
needs improvement the framework needs improvement

01:05:16.590 --> 01:05:19.409
the fundamental like the things it's built on

01:05:19.409 --> 01:05:20.949
you know stuff that we don't know but you can

01:05:20.949 --> 01:05:23.750
see it's like you've cut it and you can see the

01:05:23.750 --> 01:05:26.210
cogs working you're like this needs sorting out

01:05:26.210 --> 01:05:29.050
it's not good enough the systems the way things

01:05:29.050 --> 01:05:32.329
interact it needs rebuilding and they need to

01:05:32.329 --> 01:05:34.050
make Destiny 3 but they've gone hold on let's

01:05:34.050 --> 01:05:35.789
not bother with that let's not bother with our

01:05:35.789 --> 01:05:38.150
most successful franchise since Halo and the

01:05:38.150 --> 01:05:40.190
money cow that Sony bought let's not bother with

01:05:40.190 --> 01:05:44.050
that Look at this rainbow -coloured extraction

01:05:44.050 --> 01:05:46.690
shooter. You in? It just weren't interesting

01:05:46.690 --> 01:05:48.570
at all. No, what about the fucking looter shooter

01:05:48.570 --> 01:05:50.449
that we've got that's made billions? Yeah, yeah.

01:05:50.530 --> 01:05:52.590
I just can't understand it. It just weren't...

01:05:52.590 --> 01:05:54.869
I'd never heard of Mario, and apparently there's

01:05:54.869 --> 01:05:58.349
a whole rich lore behind it. I don't understand

01:05:58.349 --> 01:06:00.289
what it is, nor do I really care to get involved

01:06:00.289 --> 01:06:03.550
with it, but it was another one of those where

01:06:03.550 --> 01:06:06.449
you make the trailers look so cool, so weird

01:06:06.449 --> 01:06:10.630
and unique, and then... The gameplay is nothing

01:06:10.630 --> 01:06:14.489
like the trailers. I always find that shit so

01:06:14.489 --> 01:06:17.809
annoying. It's such clickbait. Imagine World

01:06:17.809 --> 01:06:20.469
of Warcraft going, this is it. You know the Lich

01:06:20.469 --> 01:06:22.889
King? He was nothing on this guy. Building him

01:06:22.889 --> 01:06:26.030
up for ages. Ten years. This is the end. The

01:06:26.030 --> 01:06:29.690
end comes. Did you like that? Here's a medieval

01:06:29.690 --> 01:06:32.929
fishing game we're making. What? I want World

01:06:32.929 --> 01:06:35.309
of Warcraft 2 or the next evolution. A medieval

01:06:35.309 --> 01:06:38.420
fishing game? it's just completely outfield it's

01:06:38.420 --> 01:06:40.619
just stupid World of Warcraft is teetering itself

01:06:40.619 --> 01:06:46.039
on that sort of shit not like making a different

01:06:46.039 --> 01:06:51.219
game but in terms of expansions and it becomes

01:06:51.219 --> 01:06:55.360
very predictable where you go oh look it's almost

01:06:55.360 --> 01:06:57.500
like watching Walking Dead where you go There's

01:06:57.500 --> 01:06:59.780
a big invasion. Suddenly there's a big enemy

01:06:59.780 --> 01:07:02.300
that's trying to kill me. Quick. We go through

01:07:02.300 --> 01:07:04.519
all these fucking hoops and jumps. Now we've

01:07:04.519 --> 01:07:07.159
killed the enemy. Oh, no. They found a new safe

01:07:07.159 --> 01:07:09.880
space and everything was great. Yeah. Oh, no.

01:07:10.219 --> 01:07:12.300
There's another big enemy that we've never heard

01:07:12.300 --> 01:07:15.460
about but have caught whispers in books and shit.

01:07:15.840 --> 01:07:18.219
They're trying to destroy this part. Oh, no.

01:07:18.320 --> 01:07:20.800
We have to move to another zone. Bloody, bloody,

01:07:20.800 --> 01:07:23.619
bloody. And you go, right. World of Warcraft

01:07:23.619 --> 01:07:25.539
got to a point where they were getting so wrapped

01:07:25.539 --> 01:07:27.400
up in doing that sort of shit that they were

01:07:27.400 --> 01:07:32.019
implementing massive bits of lore and then forgetting

01:07:32.019 --> 01:07:37.199
about them. So I feel like they're trying to

01:07:37.199 --> 01:07:39.420
wrap it all up because it was getting too carried

01:07:39.420 --> 01:07:44.639
away. But I read a post earlier today where someone

01:07:44.639 --> 01:07:47.539
on Reddit said, just let us fucking lose for

01:07:47.539 --> 01:07:51.920
once. Yes, 100%. Let us lose. I know that we're

01:07:51.920 --> 01:07:54.400
the heroes and the fucking world can't turn without

01:07:54.400 --> 01:07:59.280
us, right? But let us have that sort of Marvel

01:07:59.280 --> 01:08:01.679
arc. No, you need that. Let's have that end game.

01:08:01.940 --> 01:08:03.920
That hits harder. You lose and then the next

01:08:03.920 --> 01:08:06.219
thing is your redemption arc. Yeah, and that's

01:08:06.219 --> 01:08:08.159
exactly what people are calling for in the next

01:08:08.159 --> 01:08:11.800
expansion is let me fucking lose. Let there be

01:08:11.800 --> 01:08:14.780
no happy ending on this and then let us build

01:08:14.780 --> 01:08:19.140
to that. I want that sort of shit. I don't want

01:08:19.140 --> 01:08:24.699
the... The whimsical fucking... And everyone

01:08:24.699 --> 01:08:27.899
lived happily ever after and everyone was included.

01:08:28.319 --> 01:08:33.739
No. I want it to be dark and horrendous and gut

01:08:33.739 --> 01:08:36.159
-wrenching and then I want you to keep me there.

01:08:36.359 --> 01:08:38.359
And then you kill off someone that everyone loves.

01:08:38.399 --> 01:08:40.359
Kill off someone fucking decent but actually

01:08:40.359 --> 01:08:43.859
kill them off. Don't fucking injure Khadgar and

01:08:43.859 --> 01:08:47.279
then have him as one of the most powerful mages

01:08:47.279 --> 01:08:49.920
in existence now rolling around in a wheelchair.

01:08:51.600 --> 01:08:55.600
in a, in a, in a, in a, in a manor wheelchair.

01:08:56.399 --> 01:08:59.760
What, like, what's going on? Like, fuck me, let's

01:08:59.760 --> 01:09:02.000
kill someone off. You know what I mean? Let's

01:09:02.000 --> 01:09:04.539
do something, let's do something crazy. Let's

01:09:04.539 --> 01:09:07.739
do, let's do a fucking Cade. Let's get rid of

01:09:07.739 --> 01:09:10.199
some people. Oh yeah, let's do a Cade and then,

01:09:10.340 --> 01:09:12.239
and then everyone gets really sad and then they

01:09:12.239 --> 01:09:13.180
bring him back. And then bring the comeback.

01:09:13.539 --> 01:09:15.220
Yeah, they've just lost everything about it.

01:09:15.300 --> 01:09:16.760
Yeah. So everyone's like, I love Cade, I wish

01:09:16.760 --> 01:09:17.920
he'd come back. But I don't actually want him

01:09:17.920 --> 01:09:19.220
back. And then when he comes back, you've just

01:09:19.220 --> 01:09:21.819
lost all the, Shit. Everything, yeah. Same with

01:09:21.819 --> 01:09:24.979
Game of Thrones when they killed off J .S. And

01:09:24.979 --> 01:09:28.460
then he's like, well, you know, I'm back. And

01:09:28.460 --> 01:09:32.760
you're fine. Yeah, yeah. No repercussions of

01:09:32.760 --> 01:09:34.460
that death? Yeah. You're not like a little bit

01:09:34.460 --> 01:09:36.020
weird and that? No, no, you're just alright.

01:09:36.140 --> 01:09:38.079
The only ones that got away with something like

01:09:38.079 --> 01:09:40.319
that was Lord of the Rings when Gandalf fucking

01:09:40.319 --> 01:09:42.640
fell with the Balrog. And you're like, oh my

01:09:42.640 --> 01:09:46.439
god, I think he's dead. And then no. Through

01:09:46.439 --> 01:09:53.069
fire. And water. Brimstone. Brimstone. Yeah,

01:09:53.229 --> 01:10:02.949
that's your fucking mix and match up of gaming

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