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We try our best. Struggle our way through. Episode
141, 141. Nearly 150. It's a big boy. And yeah.
Any news? I don't know. Have you kept up with
anything? I haven't really seen anything. The
only thing that I saw that was a little bit interesting,
only because we've spoken about it not too long
ago, was they're getting rid of PlayStation Stars.
Oh, yeah. They gave me a trophy or something
the other day saying, thanks. So I was like,
oh, it's coming to an end, is it? Cash them points
in. Yeah. Got myself a little fiver. Yeah, that's
what I said to Mark on the way home. I said to
him, I said, I'm pretty sure they're getting
rid of him now. And he was like, what, all the
vouchers and stuff? I was like, yeah, I think
so. He was like, fuck, I better cash them all
in. Yeah. Cheeky little cunts. Yeah, I've done
that. I saw Donkey Kong got raving reviews. Nintendo
got 10 out of 10. It's like the best action platformer
-y thing for all time. You see Cyberpunk had
an update. Yeah, I watched the live stream of
that, actually. Yeah. How long was the live stream?
They live streamed it? About an hour or so, yeah.
Yeah? Decent? Yeah. Did you see all the stuff
they're doing? I saw the announcement trailer
for it and then it come up with a fat list at
the end of it. I saw new quests and new vehicles
and stuff like that. Yeah, so they added... New
missions. I don't know if you were playing it
when they originally added the... I can't remember
what they called it now. So you can change the
colour of the cars. yeah crystal coat i think
it's called yeah so you can like see a car and
then scan it and then like your car will then
change the color of your car on the fly that's
cool but they only did that for a certain amount
of cars because they said anything they do in
the updates has to be law accurate so there has
to be a reason for this stuff happening it can't
just be a random update where you add stuff yeah
it has to be a reason so they were like oh it's
like a new technology that came in on like the
high -end cars but then obviously they wanted
to add it to pretty much all the vehicles they're
like doesn't make sense to have an old banger
it's got crystal coat in it so they've made it
law accurate by saying that you're using like
a hacked version of it on a vehicle so when you
use it in an old banger like the the the screen's
all like jittery and this is unauthorized oh
that's cool yeah it's very cool um but yeah i
think a lot of people are very upset about the
update because whilst obviously you know people
are just ungrateful um And they said... Because
I think the announcement kept getting delayed.
So people were like, oh, new expansion or something.
Like, bringing it up in their own heads more
than need be. Yeah. And then it just turned out
to be a few vehicles and some colours and Mac.
You can play it on the Mac now or something.
Yeah, yeah, I saw that. And loads of PC stuff.
So, like, better graphics and all this other
shit. Because they're saying that they want it
to be, like, also a tech prototype thing. So
people can... use it as like a showcase game
yeah because i saw um i saw in the thing that
they added a lot of um things for amd uh yeah
added support for amd fidelity super resolution
um and then yeah a lot of basically just a lot
of support to make the game look and feel better
um frame generation available and compatible
hardware blah blah blah I won't bore everyone
with the details for it but it's all foreign
to me I don't understand PC stuff but I don't
massively understand it I know parts of it but
by the reading of it they've just made it so
that it will be able to run even beefier which
is quite cool because it was already a very very
pretty game but people getting annoyed about
it like lack of stuff they were expecting more
but obviously that's their own but I mean at
the same time sort of this was they had a final
update like five updates they're doing No Man's
Sky they keep announcing more updates when they're
like oh there's going to be no more so like just
be happy that they're still supporting a single
player game they're making no more game money
from yeah because the game is done not as in
like finished but the game is the story is done
and then obviously you had the DLC So it's sort
of like, well, what? How much more do you want?
People keep crying about... I turn the comments
off because it annoys me, the live chat, because
normally it's desynced, so they start saying
stuff and it's all out of whack. But everyone
just kept spamming New Game Plus. I think people
just desperately want that for some reason, but
whatever. I thought it already had a New Game
Plus. Not by the comments, it doesn't, but...
What? I swear. What, really? I don't think so,
unless they were just being trolly. Let me have
a look. Oh, yeah, the first thing. New game plus
when? Still hasn't. I'm wrong then. It's been
a while since I've finished Cyberpunk, so maybe
it doesn't. Why would you want a new game plus?
I suppose, I guess, because you then get to keep
all of your upgrades and all of that, kind of.
Yeah. You get that? That's part of the game,
though, isn't it? Leveling up, journey through
becoming like a little street thug to like a...
Big time, Charlie. Added four new vehicles, including
several side jobs tied to acquiring them. Then...
We've added auto drive. Auto drive. This cutting
-edge autonomous driving feature will take you
to your chosen destination. If you have no set
destination, it will take you on a leisurely
ride through the streets of Night City. Simply
hop in. Any of your vehicles, make sure you're
on a road and hold H, which is for PC, or left
stick on the consoles to activate. That's cool.
That is quite cool. You've got taxis as well.
You can use Delamain as a taxi service. Self
-driving Delamain cabs are now available on demand.
Yeah, crystal coat. They're trying to make the
game, they were saying in the live stream, they're
trying to make the game like the world more.
You know what I mean? People love Night City,
so they're trying to make Night City. So what
they've done before they've done the railway
system is you can catch a train now. But you
could in the first trailer. People were like,
oh, there's trains. People love trains for some
reason. I think there's definitely something
there for being able to play a game like that
and in that world, but then make it sort of normal.
Yeah, yeah. Like I can have a robotic arm that
will slice someone in half. but I want to be
able to get on a bus. There's something about
that. I think that's probably why, natively,
something like survival games have that popularity
because it scratches that. Or like, say, RuneScape,
for example. We've all fucking played RuneScape,
whether we was five or 72. We've all played it.
There's something about just standing there and
cutting a tree. I'm not even doing anything,
but I'm just cutting a tree. Numbers go up. Yeah,
and it's just so satisfying. So there's definitely
something there for being able to do normal shit.
Everyone that's ever played GTA at some point
has driven slowly and stopped to realize. Every
person's done that. Why do we all do that? I
don't know, because it's normal. Exactly. Because
you think, oh, fucking hell, I'll do this in
real life. That's probably why things like simulators,
like farming simulator, are so popular. Because
it's like, I get to... I see a lot of like Euro
truck simulator with like full rigged setups
and shit like that. And then it's like, you find
out these people are actually HGV drivers outside.
Like what the fuck? So you're a trucker to go
home and then do more trucking, which is sort
of like, I get that. Like I do get that. Streaming
simulator. Get me on it. I'll jump on it. Like
it's, yeah, it's definitely got that. flavour
about it. In terms of Cyberpunk, though, would
you want to see it do a No Man's Sky? Or would
you get to a point where you just want another
Cyberpunk? Yeah, well, they're already working
on the next one, aren't they? They've already
said they're working on the next one. Obviously,
it'll be out way after The Witcher and stuff,
but they're already working on it. But yeah,
just little and often updates on little updates
like that every now and again are nice. It keeps
people invested, keeps people coming back. But
it can't be too resource heavy. These things
take a lot of time and they're trying to be law
accurate and stuff. They don't want to just add
things in for the sake of it. So I think what
they've done is very good. But if that's your
sole game, that's the only game you play, and
you start getting a bit upset thinking they were
doing something bigger, then unfortunately that's
something you've built up yourself, isn't it?
Yeah, because if you get lean into what the community
is saying, lean into hype. You go, oh my God,
there's a DLC coming and there isn't. Yeah, I'd
imagine that you would get pissed off by that.
But like you say, it's more for you for speculating
so much on that. Temper your expectations, man.
Expect to be disappointed and you can never be
disappointed. We definitely can. Can, have been
and will be. Probably. Space theme still going
well? Yep. Yep. Yep. Death Stranding's done.
You've done it, have you? Done it, baby. Good.
Yeah, I'm glad it's done. No, I loved it. Glad
it's done, though. Is there something where we're
able to talk about it, or are you going to be
too worried about spoiling it for other people?
I can talk about it. Obviously, I won't say what
happens. Yeah. It's just different, isn't it?
Yeah. I'd say that the story towards the end
started getting a bit more confusing again. I
was like, because a lot happens in a short space
of time, and I'm just like, whoa, whoa, wait,
what, huh? And then it's on to the next, whoa,
whoa, what? It's just constant. And then as soon
as I finished it, I went straight on YouTube
and was like, right. What does this mean? Ending
explained. The whole story explains, you know.
Yeah, once again, I did quite a few sub -orders
early on, which are like extra orders where you
can get the SS rating and then you can unlock
new stuff. But then after a while, I was just
like, fuck it. I'm just going to do the main
stuff. I'm just going to finish it, you know.
It's on Brutal as well. There's like... I finished
it on the hardest difficulty. I don't know if
there's a new one that unlocks, maybe. But yeah,
fucking hell, man. The whole game was fine, but
there was a few bits towards the end. I was like,
you are fucking taking the piss here. How is
this even possible? But it's one of them games
where you have to find your own way of doing
it. You can't just stand there shooting. You've
got to think outside the box. Yeah, the game
is great. The ending's great. Good. Interesting
about the third one. I won't say no more now.
I'll tell you off. Oh, what does it? Oh, yeah,
definitely. A little interlude into it. Yeah,
it leans into the next one, which is interesting.
I didn't know they were doing another one. Well,
you don't know, but you assume from the ending
that there will be. That there will be. I mean,
we assumed that with fucking Days Gone. And look
what happened. Yeah, I know. This is Kojima,
though, isn't it? He can do what he wants. This
is true. He can do what he wants. But you've
got... I mean, they ended it from the very beginning,
to be honest with you. It's... The whole theme's
about the plate gates. So the plate gates open
once Chiral Network's been expanded. So a lot
of plate gates are opening, or a plate gate opened,
which is then how you get to Australia. which
is basically connecting one part of the world
to the other part of the world and they think
by expanding Australia it's going to open more
plate gates to more parts of the world so then
you can unite more parts of the world and eventually
the whole world is united so in your head you're
thinking alright the next one's going to be in
another country but there's nothing that tells
you this and there's nothing I'm not spoiling
anything this is just me and knowing Kojima I
reckon eventually maybe not the next one but
maybe space it's going to end up in space of
course it'll end up in space it's going to end
up in space at some point but wouldn't you need
Because isn't the whole premise is that it is
the world as it is. I know it's not the world
as this world is, but the countries and everything
were already in place with governments and settlements
and people and blah, blah, blah, blah. So surely
if you were then going to take it into space,
you would need and civilisation in space. Because
you won't make that work. You'll just make something
up, won't you? Oh, now you went for this door,
now you're in space. Work it out. Yeah, figure
it out. It's obvious, you idiots. Yeah, there's
aliens. You've always known there's aliens. Yeah,
yeah. Been hinting at them for the last two games.
But no, interestingly, like, this is why he's
such a genius, because there's, I forgot to mention
this last time, actually. There's a door in it,
and it's part of the main quest. You just go,
you get to this place, like you always do, just
deliver a package. You get to this place, and
it's like... You have to enter a code to get
in through the door, and you go up to it, and
then you press the button until you're just expected
to do it for you, but it comes up with a number
thing. You're just like, I don't know. I don't
know what the code is. But me knowing Kojima
since I was a boy, I bet it's my date of birth.
Fucking is. My date of birth was the code to
the door. Your date of birth? Was the code to
the door. What do you mean, your date of birth?
Well, when you start the game, it asks you for
your date of birth. Oh, it asks you, right. But
that is like 30 hours before that. Do you know
what I mean? But yeah, just me just thinking,
Kojima's weird. He can't do what he did on Metal
Gear Solid 1 because it isn't a box. I bought
it digitally. Yeah, yeah. It's either on a package
that I'm carrying, which is too obvious for Kojima.
And it's a four -digit number, so I'm thinking,
hmm. But then also, it does it fucking... The
American way. So I put it in originally and I
was like, ah. Wrong way around, yeah, yeah. Try
the other way, of course. But yeah, that's the
kind of genius he is, man. I can't remember what
I was saying before that. What was behind the
door? Can you remember? Yeah, it was just like
a main character's laboratory. Yeah, yeah. But
you have to put the code in. But yeah, he's just,
he's a genius, mate. He's a genius. Oh yeah,
that's what I was saying. So like the end, the
last chapter of Death Stranding 1 is called something
and then but that matters and it all makes sense
in the second one, like towards the end and stuff.
And you're just like, did you plan this? Or have
you just, you know, then planned this around
that? I don't know, man. I often think that when
you make, so let's just use Death Stranding for
an example. Like when you make the first one
and then when you start making the second one.
did you make the first one in mind knowing that
you were going to make a second one so therefore
built the foundations of that lore knowing that
you could have a sequel to it or did you make
the first one and then go oh shit yeah no yeah
we can make a second one and then go oh fucking
hell like what we're going to have oh wait no
because remember this happened in the first one
so maybe we can twist that and turn it into that
and we can do this i'm always intrigued to see
how they How that works. It's a bit of both,
but people are going to say they foreshadowed
it. Yeah. Or you're at such a level where you
go, well, no, what I did is I come up with one
concept, but it was too big to squeeze into one
game. So we just split it, knowing that we were
going to make a second one. You can always trust
Kojima to come up with some crazy stuff, man.
Because Cyberpunk, not Cyberpunk, sorry, because
Death Stranding isn't a... It's not a law thing,
is it? As in, like, there isn't... It's not a
game where there's already predetermined law
before the game has actually been made. No, although
there is a movie, so... Coming. Coming, yeah,
yeah, yeah. Is Norman Reedus going to be in that?
I imagine so. He has to be. For some part, at
least. Fucking surely, Jesus Christ. But just
look at... Well, I'm obviously not going to say
it, but the final boss fight of Death Stranding
2, you're just like... Kojima, man, what's going
on in your head? It's so weird. Like, there's
real serious moments in that game where you're
like, I don't know, you're feeling, like, emotional.
You're getting a bit like, oh, man. Like a person's,
like, just about to die on a table or something.
And then they'll just lay there and then they'll
just stick their thumb up and you'll get that
like noise. And you're just like, what are you
doing? Like, ba -bow. One like received. It's
like, what's going on, man? So strange. But yeah,
he's just a quirky guy, man. Here we go, six
months ago. Hideo Kojima, genius, crazy or a
mad genius? Just started playing Death Stranding
and Madden. Either I'm dumb as hell or Hideo
Kojima is straight up insane. Honestly, I think
he's walking that fine line between madness and
genius. They say every genius is a little crazy,
right? The story in this game is one of the weirdest,
most nonsensical things I've ever come across,
and yet it's a freaking masterpiece. I don't
know how he does it, but it's like watching art
come to life. Anyone else feel the same, or am
I just losing it? Someone said, did you play
the first Metal Gear Solid, a game that can read
your memory card and know what you played? From
that moment on, he was playing above the others.
Yeah, he was. It was weird, man. Imagine playing
a game when you're... I was a kid, man. I don't
know how old I was. 10, 11? Playing a game and
you'd be like, I hear you like football. And
you're just like, yeah. Do you like Ape Escape?
Yeah. It's like all the saved games on your...
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Full out. So what, did the
voice actor have to read out every single possible
game on a catalogue to work that one out? I imagine
the PS1 had a much smaller catalogue and it probably
went for the big hitters. So if it hit the big
hitters that were out... But yeah, it wasn't
just games. It was like if you save a lot or
if you don't save a lot or you die a lot and
all this sort of stuff. And then, like I say,
then it's, I'll put your controller on the floor
and then I'll move it with my mind and you put
your controller on the floor and then he just
vibrates the controller and it just goes across
the floor and you're like, ah, mental. It's crazy.
And like I say, you can only read your mind because
you can't read your mind when you put your controller
in controller port two. Who thinks of that shit?
How was I supposed to know that as a kid? How
do you work that one out? I don't know. I wasn't
supposed to be playing the game anyway. I was
obviously too young to be playing it, so I suppose
that's partly the reason. But, yeah, the screen
goes black. I remember he does something, Psycho
Mantis, and then the screen goes completely black
and it just says Hideo at the top, which obviously
I didn't know meant Hideo Kojima at the time.
And then that is when you're supposed to take
your controller out and put it in controller
port two. Otherwise, you just can't even hurt
the fucker. You just fire bullets at him. He's
like, I can read your mind. And he's just moving
around like a maniac. You can't do nothing to
him. So as soon as you put the controller in
two, he's like, I can't feel you anymore. Genius.
Genius. Oh, weird. But he breaks that wall, doesn't
he? The fourth wall is it. He breaks it. Because
you're just like, you're in my head, man. How
are you doing this? You're making it real. Okay.
I've been a fan of his and played nearly everything
he's made. It's always been a weird ride of gameplay
unlike anything else out there. Plus a certain
touch of abject weirdness. Kojima. I made a game
that's a literal walking simulator. You deliver
vital goods over rugged terrain and you have
to take care of a baby. Also Kojima. And you
make grenades out of pee and poo to help you
fight ghosts. Lol. Exactly. Exactly. Oh yeah,
because you do have grenades that are... You're
shit, aren't you? Yep. It's so weird. I don't
know if you have it in the second one, to be
fair. It's so weird. There's so much cool shit
in the fucking second one, man. Oh, he has a
book. The Creative Gene. He is a genius. He's
even done a doggy move, man. He's put famous
quotes from Mel B's Solid in there. I think it's
Higgs. the bad guy from the first one i think
he's where he's in the second one i think that's
well known but he comes out and he says kept
you waiting huh that's what solid snake says
that's his most famous line a snake says that
bro but kojima made it for konami so Who really
has the right to that? I don't know, bro. A bit
weird, isn't it? But yeah, there's a character
in there that is just Solid Snake. He looks like
him. He wears a bandana like him. He smokes like
him. He's literally, if you just saw that cutscene,
you would think that was Snake. I haven't looked
into it, but I assume everyone else is like,
yeah, that's Snake. So obviously him, but obviously
with a different name and stuff. In Death Stranding,
a character named Neil. Yeah, Neil Vanner. bears
a strong resemblance to Solid Snake, leading
to fan speculation. While not actually Solid
Snake, the character's design, including a bandana,
intentionally references the Metal Gear Solid
protagonist. Kojima Productions' Hideo Kojima
even acknowledged the resemblance with Marinelli
initially believing he was playing Snake. Oh,
really? Yeah, apparently. Hideo Kojima is a madman
for putting Snake in Death Stranded. Can't believe
that fucking conspiracy theory YouTube channel
called Death Stranded in a secret Metal Gear
Solid was right. Yeah, Deadass is going to be
called Bone Marrow Snake. I love this. That's
mental. But what... I just can't... I can't fathom
a mind that's like that. especially when it comes
to creating games because that must be a fucking
absolute blast to be able to have that sort of
funding that sort of popularity that notoriety
and then have so many crazy ideas and just look
at a team of people and go make it happen Wales
make it happen this is what we want to do we
want to freak people out and do some weird shit
we've got the money let's just fucking make it
he's just a master of his craft isn't he he's
a pioneer and that's what happens when you make
stuff of value stuff that people care about you
get put up on a pedestal same as like Larry and
now and Sven like the main geezer from him everyone's
like he's a pioneer he's for indie games and
You know, stick it to the industry and people
that are just cash -grabbing and stuff. He's
a man of the people. You get that from creating
stuff that resonates with people, stuff that
you clearly have put your heart into, and Kojima
done that from many, many years ago. So he deserves
it, man. And then the first one was a bit...
I'm still not sure. Obviously, the director's
cut, I think, was a big upstep for people. I
think people really liked that compared to the
first. But it's one of them, man. You let him
marinate. And you're like, I get it now. I do
get it. When I first played it, I was like, you're
weird, man. What is this? You're trying to be
too quirky. But no, no, I get it now. I get it.
I see where he's going with it and deserves all
the applause he's getting, to be honest. Fair
play. Well done, Hideo. Round of applause. I
doffed my hat. So that's done then? That's done.
That's Death Stranding ticked off the list. Yes,
Death Stranding is ticked off the list. I made
it to... diamond rank in rematch oh yeah cool
cool yeah did that last night funnily enough
yeah promoted to one division from Masters which
is top the top division I've never reached anything
of this height in any game in my life so yeah
I'm pretty proud of myself just saying there's
nothing more to say than that that's it you're
just killing the rank scene yep what else have
I done I downloaded Dark Tide Sweaty. Oh, yeah.
Yep, got that. Have you played any of it? I've
played a little bit of it, not much. What do
you think so far? Yeah, it's good. I've no idea
what I'm doing. Just killing shit. Yeah, I'm
not really a horde shooting guy, so I haven't
really played like the Left 4 Dead and stuff,
so it's all new to me. Just fucking kill stuff.
Anything comes at you, you just kill it and then
you kill it again. Yeah, but I wasn't sure if
it was friendly fire and stuff and I don't know
if I was hitting my own teammates at times. Obviously,
there's an armory and this and that and this
and that. It's just a lot to take in. So, yeah,
I'm slowly working my way through that. And obviously,
a lot of people already know what they're doing.
So, if you drop in a mission and people know,
they're just like, vroom. The first time I died,
they all jumped off this thing onto something
else. I was obviously lagging behind because
I'm slow. And, yeah, I didn't jump far enough
and I just fell to my death. It's embarrassing.
and then that makes you get captured and then
they have to rescue you, which is even more embarrassing.
Even more, yeah. You go, oh, fuck it. I'm the
useless person now. They're going to take time
out of their thing to save me. Yeah, yeah. No,
it's a good game, though. I like it. That's why
I worry about jumping back into Helldivers 2
because of how much more progressed everyone
else is and you think, oh, fuck it. I've got
to grind it back out. In reality, it doesn't
matter, does it? Because I was playing a rematch
last night. And I was having a stonking game.
I mean, stinky, stinky. Nothing was going right
for me, man. My controller was broken, to be
fair. I was getting a new controller. So I'm
using an old controller that was already broken,
but it's less broken than my newer one. I don't
know why it keeps happening. Maybe I need to
just take it apart. What's wrong with it? It
just fucking keeps going right. It's really annoying.
It's got stick drift. Yeah, no, but like, as
if it's constant. Stick drift sometimes. sometimes
happens but this is just constant I don't know
maybe I need to take it apart and clean it but
nevertheless I'm using a slightly less broken
controller and yeah that's not the excuse though
because I was just shit having a stinky game
nothing was going right I couldn't put a pass
together and I thought to myself if someone comes
on the mic in a minute and goes like you're shit
I'm going to unmute myself and say yeah I'm having
a really bad game man sorry what can you say
to that? I've literally just owned up. I'm having
a stinky, stinky game. Where most people are
like, yeah, fuck you, man. You're fucking shit
too. But yeah, I was just going to be like, no,
I've had a shit game. Sorry. And see what it
sounds like. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Cool. No worries.
Do you reckon that's the response you would have
gotten? No, no, no, I doubt it. Everyone would
have kicked off. I just wanted to see what someone
would say, but I was expecting... If you're playing
a ranked game and you go, mate, you're playing
fucking terribly. Can you sort it out? And they
go, oh, sorry, mate. I'm just having a bad game.
Get out the fuck... Leave then. Leave. It's even
worse. What, put a five -man team down to a four
-man team? Leave. I'd rather you leave. Let me
deal with it. You're fucking it up. Yeah. This
time I'm just having a bad game, man. But I was,
though. I'm normally the one that ends with the
most points, man. Can't help it. I sent you a
picture the other day how much I carried that
team. Yeah, yeah, yeah. More than double anyone
else's score on both teams. Just... I'm just
that guy, bro. I'm not selfish. Fair enough.
So we're still firmly in the space scene, which
is good. I'm playing Rogue Trader as well, which
is the Warhammer Baldur's Gate version, basically.
Yeah. I put 20 hours into it originally, and
then obviously I have no idea where I was. You
keep mentioning Rogue Trader. I don't actually
know what the fuck it is. Let's just think of
Baldur's Gate, but Warhammer. Warhammer 40 ,000,
Rogue Trader. Oh, yeah. Yeah, so I had 20 hours
in it originally, and then... Made by Alcat Games.
Yep, the goats. And then I didn't know where
I was or what I was doing, obviously, so I was
like, fuck it. So I started it again. Oh, it
came out in 2023? Yeah. I thought this was an
old game. No, they made Wrath of the Righteous,
King of Pathfinder, or, yeah, Pathfinder, which
is another Baldur's Gate kind of game, but now
they make fantasy games. Very positive reviews.
Yeah, people love it. Says, I don't usually write
long reviews for games, but this one 100 % deserves
it. How long is that review? Can fuck right off.
This game quickly became one of my favourite
RPGs after Pathfinder. Being new to Warhammer
40 ,000 Universe, I found the game to be a great
experience. Tactical asymmetric combat took a
bit to get used to, but once I did, I really
enjoyed it. I'm having a great time with that.
I started watching some Star Wars series that
came out that I hadn't watched. Which ones? Because
it wasn't a sci -fi thing. Andor. Oh, Daryl's
watched Andor. Yeah, I watched the first series
before, but I haven't seen the second. Yeah,
when he was watching it, he kept asking, he was
like, have any of you seen Andor? None of us
watch it, man. I'm sorry, but I could tell that
he was just itching to fucking talk about it,
but he's got no one to talk to it. Yeah, I'm
watching the second season at the moment, so
I'm enjoying that. I finished Alien. oh yeah
that saga's done now is it done the alien saga
but yeah but then lo and behold this is just
so how fortunate am I go on just scrolling through
YouTube the other day up pops fucking alien the
TV series coming out yes what timing is that
fucking fantastic two episodes dropping on the
same day I think it's called alien At Earth or
on Earth? I can't remember what the fuck it is.
Alien Earth. Alien Earth, yeah. Alien Earth,
when a mysterious space vessel crash lands on
Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers
make a fateful discovery that puts them face
to face with the planet's greatest threat. 12th
of August is when the first episode comes out,
but that's in the USA. Comes out on the 13th
in the UK. It's always a day after. It's so fucking
annoying. Who's the cast on that then? Anyone?
I'm terrible with people, to be fair, so this
is going to be a bit of a pointless... I won't
bother looking at that. So, yeah, I'm very lucky.
I'm feeling very blessed right now. Playing a
couple of little mobile games, Warhammer Tacticus
again. I was looking at... I downloaded Diablo
Immortal, again, on my phone, just to fuck around
with, because I see something come up with the
Druid. I swear The Druid was in it from the get
-go anyway. Don't ask me. I played about 15 seconds
of that game. Yeah, I swear The Druid, but let's
assume that it wasn't because this trailer was
about a new class being The Druid. And yeah,
you can turn into a werewolf and a deer and all
this other shit and bounce around and it was
quite cool. So I'll give that a download. But
I was actually looking through the Play Store
catalogue trying to find... Decent games because
I have quite a lot of points. I've got like 15
quid sat on Play Store, which for mobile game
prices, that's quite a lot of dough that you
can spend to get some fucking... How have you
got 15 quid? Because I pay for... Picture this.
It's like a quid a week, something like that.
So just over the... However long I've had it.
Do you want to tap my play points? I'll tap your
play points. I've only ever got... Seven. Why
have you got... Why was yours gold? Five. Because
I'm gold. Yeah? Why are you gold? Let me do mine.
And yeah, I couldn't actually find anything,
Prince, if I'm honest. One thing that was meant
to be, which I was because... Fucking hell. If
you want a game that is going to... You're going
to play at infinitum. Yeah. Then I recommend
Slay the Spire. Yeah, I see a lot of Slay the
Spire. I have Slay the Spire. Yeah. Let's have
a look. Because Once Human is obviously on there,
and that seemed quite fun, but also seemed too
finicky for me to be able to play it on mobile.
I've played this for 80 hours on my phone. My
playtime is 79 hours. On your phone? What is
it? It's a card game, but it's a... So, it's
a roguelite. You pick your character, you go
in, and then you start. There's a weird whale
thing. Yeah, and then this is your path to the
boss. Yeah. It's just first floor. You click
what path you want. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then
this is your deck. So, for example, they're going
to do eight damage. He's going to do eight damage.
I can strike one. So, I need to defend. I need
to defend. But then, obviously, you might get
bricked on your drawers and stuff. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. But then you can get... You can get...
It's not free, is it, Slay the Spy? You can get
relics, you can upgrade your cards and stuff,
but it's all like... It's a roguelite, so, you
know, once your run's done, it's done. But you're
unlocking stuff. Yes, it's not free, no. Would
you like to press my silver points? Oh, why's
your silver? I don't know. You've got about the
same as me, mate. Oh, four points. Fucking hell,
pointless. Slay the Spy, yeah? See what you did
there? Pointless. Ah, did you understand that?
I wonder what... I wonder what... I want all
the reviews are saying on Slay the Spire. Slay
the Spire is one of the goat games, man. 20 quid,
yeah? On Steam? Yeah. Fuck, you know, I've done
it again. I'm sorry. I have a league of friends
that adore the base game of Slay the Spire and
I will give plenty of credit where credit is
due. The bones of this game are what earns that
overwhelmingly positive rating. It's the... Rogue
like deck builders practically it practically
started the genre and to make that kind of ripple
in the ocean You need something unique and addicting
Yeah. It's great because you can have a run.
If you do a run to completion, you're probably
looking at least an hour. But you can stop at
any time and carry on. You can just save and
continue where you was. Love this game. Spent
hundreds of hours on my Switch and will spend
many more here, especially when Slay the Spire
2 comes out. Highly recommend. Can't wait for
that. That's just on my phone as well. I've also
got it on PlayStation. Which is where I originally
had it. Oh, where you got Slay the Spire on your
PlayStation. I originally had it on PlayStation.
And then I didn't realise it was on the phone.
And then when I found out it was on the phone,
I was like, abso -fucking -lutely, Bob. Yeah.
I remember where I bought it as well. I was at
the hospital waiting for a scan of one of my
children. before they were born. And I bought
it while we were waiting. And you thought, slow
the spire. I think it was only a fiver or so
and it weren't a lot. It's just fucking, I'm
sorry, even if it was fucking 30 quid, 40 quid,
I put fucking 80 hours into it on my mobile device.
I don't know any games I've put that amount of
time in in the history of the man. How much do
they want on the old store? They want eight pound,
no, yeah, eight pounds and 99 pence. It runs
perfectly. It's got all the different... I still
haven't unlocked everything in there. I'm trying
to get the Hunter to level 20 Ascension before
Slay the Spy 2 comes out. That's my dream. That's
my goal. So every time you win a run with a character,
you can then do an Ascension. So it starts at
zero, nothing. You win a run, you can then put
them to Ascension 1, which adds a modifier to
make it harder. So the bosses drop less gold
or... I'm at the point where I'm at Ascension
13, 14, so I always start with a curse in my
deck, and I don't get that much gold from this,
and the fucking enemies have more elf, and it's
just hard. What's the point of it then? What
do you mean? The Ascension thing. Just to make
it harder. Just to make it harder. If you reach
Ascension 20 with a character and you do it,
then you've basically completed it with that
character. Yeah. That's the goal. And the hunter's
my favourite character, so I'm trying to do it,
or the huntress, should I say. Trying to do it
with, yeah, get to Ascension 20 before Star Spy
2 comes out. That's a lot of time to throw in
a mobile game. 80 hours. That's what I mean.
And how often do I talk about it? Never. Yeah,
you've never spoken about it. It's just a game
I just bang out and play. Yeah, you just jump
on it and away we go. 80 hours. Yeah, because
I've seen it pop up quite a lot, and whenever
I've looked at it, it's typical me. I've seen
the graphics and thought, this isn't for me.
Yeah, it's fair enough. It's not for everyone.
But I also believe that's just me being a bit
of a whore. What it reminds me of is... Do you
ever remember Adventure Quest? You might not,
to be fair. You aren't from that era of mini
-clip and stuff, were you? A little bit, right
at the end. I've done it again! If you're wondering
what I mean, everyone, you won't be able to hear
it, but when I go on Steam, when the trailers
play on a game... it plays through fucking full
blast into our into our ears does it not do it
for them no no they won't they won't hear any
of that oh so they just hear shouting yeah yeah
yeah it doesn't record for them they just fucking
i think we're having a nightmare oh maybe i'll
have maybe i'll have a look at them because I'll
watch some videos, yeah, definitely first. Yeah,
because it's one of those ones where I've got
the money set. Because I bought Bellatro through
the Play Store on my phone and it cost me nothing.
Yeah, you liked Bellatro, didn't you? Bellatro
was fun, man. I really liked it. Yeah, I think
you liked So Spiding, so I wasn't sure. But yeah,
you liked Bellatro. It's the same as that, but
with weapons and characters. Yeah, because my
problem with... Well, it wasn't even really a
problem with that, to be fair. It was I didn't
unlock all of the decks, but... To the point
where I'd got with Bellagio was I did a run where
it wasn't infinite, but it was heading towards
an infinite run. So for me, it was kind of like
where I've spoken to you about it before. It's
like a battle royale. Once you get the win, I'm
not fucking interested. I've done my bit as far
as I'm concerned. So it kind of felt like that
where I was constantly chasing and chasing and
chasing to build this really cool deck and have
this cool shit. And then I did that. And I was
like, oh, that's great. How fun is this? And
then all the fun went away because I was like,
I've done it. Everything's gone. Yeah. I was
like, what is it? Cause obviously everyone got
real sweaty with that and then deck building
and shit like that. And people are like, you
want this and to do this and like, basically
this is your outlay for the best deck that you
can possibly get. And I feel like once you start
following shit like that, it's like, what's the
fucking point? It's the thing is, Similar to
Blatch, I suppose. You're at the mercy of the
RNG gods, isn't you? Yeah, yeah. What shows up
in the shop? What do you get out of your treasure
chests? What relics are you getting? What card
choices are you taking? What synergises? This
card that I've just... I've got a choice of three
cards. One, every time I deal weak to a damage,
it lets me draw a card. A card draws great in
any game, obviously. This relic lets me put weak
on enemies as soon as I join a fight. They synergise.
That's great. I'll pick that card. You know,
it's just... Getting your little monkey brain.
Yeah, yeah. It's great. As I say, I'd definitely
watch videos first, but if you like Bellatro,
I don't see a world in which you can't like Slay
the Spire, because Slay the Spire birthed this
genre in its entirety, and it's still the best.
I love Bellatro, but when I'm playing it, I'm
thinking, I could be playing Slay the Spire,
though. Yeah, yeah, I'll have it, because there's
been multiple times in the last couple of weeks
where I've sat there and thought, if only I had
something on my phone just to fuck around with.
Rather than just doom scrolling Instagram. I
don't do that anymore. That's the best thing
about it is that I can play it on my lunch break.
I can play it for an hour. I won't finish a run
or might do. Might get to the end. I don't know.
I'll probably just die. But if I am and I've
got to do something, I'll just save it and leave.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I'll carry on. Problem
is you carry on later but I can't remember what
cards I have. I have to look through my deck
and be like, oh yeah, I was doing that and that
and that. But yeah, there's no blueprint to the
game. You just play it and you pick the cards
that you like and if they synergise with these
relics and it's just... great fantastic game
not for everyone I have downloaded two other
games they're still on my phone screen so I'll
let you see them oh what what what do you mean
them too yeah what Star Wars Outlaws yeah Oh,
sorry. I got really confused for a minute because
I thought you meant you downloaded them onto
your phone. Oh, no. And I was like, how the fuck
have you got Outlaws on your phone? So what...
What's the... Warhammer 40 ,000... Bolt gun.
Bolt gun. What's that? It's like... It was on
PlayStation Plus. I actually had it on my wish
list for a long time. I'm trying to load up a
picture of it. It's just like a... It's like
a first -person shooter but in like a cartoony
kind of thing. But with gruesome gore. Outlaws.
Yeah, Outlaws. I haven't downloaded the game.
That's actually the demo. I played the demo.
Did you? Yeah. Yeah, I played all the demo. What
does it do? Drop you in a section or at the beginning?
It doesn't drop you at the beginning, I don't
think. It sort of puts you in... What does it
put you in? No, I don't think it does put you
in the beginning. I know, no, I think it does.
I hope so, because I like games where you can
do that and then buy the game and then you just
carry on from where you were. And as far as I
remember, it's a case of you get two hours. I
think you get the set missions that you can do
and then you get two hours. So obviously you
can't just keep continuing, but you get a certain
amount, two hours worth of time, and you carry
on playing. It wasn't my cup of tea. Star Wars,
though, innit? I won't lie to you. Yeah, it wasn't
my cup of tea. I feel like just those types of
games, I say those types. You know those action
-adventure types of games? For some reason, it
just wasn't interesting me at all. I don't know
whether that's because I knew it was a demo,
I wasn't financially invested into it. That does
make a difference, you know? It does to me as
well. Yeah. if i'm if i haven't if i'm playing
a demo i care a lot less about the game i'm playing
yeah for some reason yeah weird and i i sort
of i wasn't that's the washing machine but it
is um yeah yeah i liked it I didn't want to spend
full price on it, if I'm honest. Yeah, but the
thing I've got over you is that I'm a Star Wars
nerd, so any little bit, I'll be like, oh, that's
the inside of a Star Destroyer. Is that because
you're in your space world at the moment? Oh,
yeah, yeah. Because obviously you don't like
the idea of playing something like Outlaws. Well,
most fucking Star Wars fans didn't like the idea
of playing Star Wars Outlaws. Yeah, I mean...
It's a demo, right? So I haven't got any financial
investment. No, yeah, yeah. So I'll try it. And
if it's something that I want, I want to like
it. Can I ask, did you struggle to find the demo?
Yeah, because I wasn't looking for it. I was
just looking at the game. And I went for standard
edition, like 60 quid. Yeah. Gold edition was
like 110 pound. Ultimate edition was about 30,
which is the best version. How can you have a
sale on the best pipe? The biggest package for
the lowest price. And then it was like, oh, demo.
I was like, I'll have that one then. They used
to have the demo section in the PlayStation Store.
They did, didn't they? They got rid of it. Did
they? Yeah. So now trying to find a demo is fucking
unbearable. Absolutely unbearable. I suppose
it depends if you want to. I suppose you could
probably just put it in the search bar, demo.
I imagine that will come up. No, it doesn't.
It doesn't because I tried. I'm not having that.
It doesn't. The only thing where it still works,
which is going to be where this disproves it,
is in the PlayStation app on your phone. I'll
put that away then. If you go onto the PlayStation
store, when you go home, type it in, demo. it
doesn't come up or anything because i remember
when there was a specific category for it and
i was like every now and then i'd flick through
it and that was how because because i sat there
and i thought to myself i was like i haven't
played a demo because i wanted a new game and
i was like i haven't played a demo in so long
i was like what happened to the days when you
could do that to to experience a game before
you fucking paid out 70 quid for it so i was
like let me find a demo and then yeah after searching
for ages i googled it and and yeah they they
just removed it for for whatever reason, PSN
store removes... It's a good example of what
we were talking about last week, though, with
the PlayStation Plus, because I wanted that Warhammer
bolt gun. It was like 15, 20 quid or something,
a while, like, fucking ages ago, when I was last
into my Warhammer. And I wanted it, but I didn't
want to pay for it that much. So I wish -listed
it, waiting for a sale, then I went back on my
fancy ting. But then I went to look at it again,
Warhammer Boltgun. And it just said download.
I was like, oh, it must have been a PlayStation
Plus game that I'd added to the library and just
forgot about. So that's a prime example of when
it works in your favor. So I've got it for free
now. It says, while Sony hasn't removed the demo
section from the PlayStation store entirely,
some users are reporting that it's harder to
find and may not be as prominently displayed
as before. Demos are still available in the store,
but they may be accessed through the individual
games page or by searching directly for the demo.
which for me defeats the whole fucking point
of a demo because I thought the whole point of
having a demo section was so that you could flick
through and go oh I've never heard of that game
let me play the demo for it not there's a game
that I want let me search for the demo for that
to see if I want it or not because it's like
how do you know to me that just seems like a
really odd tweak it is odd I tend to just look
through the store what's come out most recently.
Yeah. And then I look at the game and look at
all the additions and if there's a demo there,
then I'll download it. But I don't... Yeah. There
was a demo section because I remember looking.
And that's when I got the Final Fantasy one.
Well, hopefully... I mean, hopefully you play
it and you do enjoy it. Like I say, I wasn't
a massive... I probably won't. I'm not expecting
to from what I've heard about it, but... I've
done it again. It's got mixed reviews. Yeah,
I think they did sort a lot of the stuff out.
There's a lot of forced stealth sections that
they changed so they're not forced anymore. You
can get caught and not lose instantly. I know
they sorted a lot of stuff out, but to the extent,
I'm unsure. I will give it a lot more leeway
than most people because of how much I like Star
Wars, so they get that in their favour already.
By the looks of it on Steam, there's pointless
me looking at reviews because most of them seem
to be hardware issues. As opposed to the actual...
When it came out and got... It's loads of negative
reviews. I decided to ignore it, but bought it
for 50 % off in this year's summer sale. After
seven hours of gameplay, I'm surprised how fun
this is, especially with the DualSense controller
features being ported to PC version as well.
As I see, the reviews now are mostly around crashes
and bugs. In my seven hours, I haven't encountered
any of those. I would recommend this game to
anyone who likes a good open world game. Exploration
feels pretty rewarding. Gunplay is great, just
like riding around the speeder. I really like
the graphics as well, though turning off RTX
Direct Lighting is a must. More than half the
frame of that won't be an issue. I've got an
article from Polygon. Star Wars Outlaws had a
bumpy takeoff when it launched last summer, and
this was two months ago. And it's meh reception.
They've stuck with it since. Because of that
reception, forums like subreddit are constantly
flooded with prospective scoundrels asking, is
the game worth it? Let me tell you, if you've
ever wanted to channel your inner Han Solo and
explore the underbelly of Star Wars, it most
certainly is worth it. One of the main criticisms
of Star Wars Outlaws at launch, where it's automatic
fail stealth sections, which I know more after
a November 2024 update. Now, if a buckethead
finds KVS sneaking around an Imperial base, in
almost all cases, is you can channel your inner
Danny DeVito and just start blasting when K's
in trouble. The gunplay's very fun and during
my time with Outlaws, I enjoyed both the challenge
of giving sneaky stealth an honest try as well
as pew -pewing a stormtrooper in the face. With
the frustrating auto -foul out the way, there's
a lot to love in Outlaws. It's a planet -hopping
adventure showcasing recognisable Star Wars planets.
I don't want to read what ones they are because
I'd like to find out myself. Old heads and new
fans alike will surely marvel at massive recreation
of Tatooine, home to Spaceport's most... the
famous cantina has a scorch march from where
hands shot first oh that's sick that's cool man
you know what he's talking about yeah he shoots
greedo oh yeah cool see stuff like that let's
put a smile on my face and you can even visit
jabba's palace and discover some fun easter eggs
inside cool of course i want to star wars outlaws
is perfect it's stuffed with ideas and mechanics
and it features a typical collectifon annoyance
you'd expect from a ubisoft game However, if
you don't want to engage with any of its many,
many gameplay features, don't. I didn't entertain
a single speed of race and I only played out
space battles when the main story required it.
Instead, Star Wars Outlaws offers plenty of Uncharted
-esque platforming and solid third -person shooting
to keep you away from the mechanics that don't
tickle your fancy. It also has Sabacc. Ah, it's
got Sabark in it. I love that. It's a card game,
which really should be spun into its own game
like The Witcher 3 Gwent. Sabark is one of the
best minigames you'll find in an RPG. It's simple
and exciting. Mechanics would fit right in at
a Vegas casino. I don't typically purchase DLC
for games. There's just too much to play, you
know. But Outlaw's wildcard mission, which saw
Kate infiltrate a high -stakes Sabark game before
shit hits the fans, too good to pass up with
its exhilarating Sabark centrepiece. Outlaws'
second story DLC, A Pirate's Fortune, was released
on Thursday, May 15, potentially putting a bow
on new content. content for Souls Outlaws. Still,
the game isn't done yet. It hits Nintendo Switch
2 in September, meaning you'll be able to gamble,
fly through space and pew -pew on the go in between
races of Mario Kart. If you picked up Outlaws
at launch but quickly bounced or if you're simply
in the mood for an engrossing open world adventure,
check it out. Outlaws is worth it for Sabacc
alone. So I might say, yeah, you might be absolutely
fine then. Yeah, Sabacc, they had Sabacc in Knights
of the Old Republic, which is, um, like, when
Obsidian were at the, or Bioware were at their
forefront. So they made Mass Effect and stuff.
It's the game that everyone talks about remaking,
right? You've seen it before, the Knights of
the Old Republic trailer that everyone went mad
for the remake and then it's just gone into fucking
development turmoil, of course. Because nothing
ever good happens for Star Wars games. So yeah,
I don't know if that'll ever come. But yeah,
I had it in there. It was quite a little fun
game, but I imagine it'll be better. on a modern
game with modern systems. I look forward to hearing
about that then. It might take a while because
I've promised myself and I actually stuck to
it for the first time ever that I'm not going
to just keep fucking jumping from game to game.
So I started Death Stranding 2 so I finished
Death Stranding 2 because I wanted to do nothing
more than play Darktide but I didn't buy it.
But whilst I was on what I thought was the end
of Death Stranding 2 I thought, right, well,
I'll get Darktide downloaded now. So I bought
that, downloaded it while I was still playing
Death Stranding 2. But he'd done that classic
thing where it was 10 o 'clock at night and I
was thinking, I'm right near the end here. I
was still up at 2 o 'clock trying to finish it.
Because I was like, you know when you're right
at the end, but you're like, I don't want to
put it down and just play it for 10 minutes to
get to the end tomorrow. Detroit Become Human.
Yeah, I just need to finish it. But it just wouldn't
fucking end. It wouldn't stop. It's like, yeah,
this is the end now. This is the end end. And
you're just like, fuck off. It almost ruins it,
doesn't it? It pisses me off. And then you've
got like an epilogue. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You go,
oh, fucking hell. Yeah, like Expedition. You
go, just let me finish. Yeah, Expedition, prime
example. Just fucking end, man. I'm done. I'm
done. Just end. I've had a great time. Let me
fucking go. And it's always late at night as
well. Yeah, exactly. Like I say, Detroit Become
Human was one of the fucking worst. I remember
Steph was with me because we sort of played that
through together and yeah it was like we're I
think the last of us part two as well was the
same we're like we're almost done like this is
it this is the end and then two hours later and
you go fuck and then you sort of like hit a tipping
point where like you go I'll give it another
20 minutes And then you give it another 20 minutes
and then it looks like it's about to end. So
you go, all right, well, I'll carry on then.
And you almost hit that point where you go, all
right, well, I've gone too far now because I
might as well, I'll need to continue. I definitely
can't stop it now. You sit there and you think
I've just wasted or I haven't wasted, but I was
like, I don't want to get up tomorrow and just
do 10 minutes when really there was four hours
of gameplay that I could have carried on with
feeling fresh and happy about it. Exactly. But
I'm proud that I did that. So now I've done the
terrible thing and started Rogue Trader, which
is a huge game. And I didn't just do that. I
also bought, because since I last played it,
they've had like all season one DLC, which had
like 15 hours a piece. So I've added 30 hours
into the game. So that game is going to take
me a long time. I'm going to finish it before,
because if I stop playing it again, I'll have
to start a new play, save file again, and I know
that I will never do that again because I don't
want to do the start for the third time. So,
yeah, I'm invested in finishing it now, so I'll
play that. I normally do one or two games at
the same time. You know this. I like to do a
little multiplayer game, so I've got rematch
or a little shooty game or something maybe. But,
yeah, I'm sticking with Rogue Trader now, so
that'll be me for a while. You heard it here
first, ladies and gentlemen. Tune in next week
and see how we're getting on with it. See you
later, everyone.