Destiny. Destiny. Best game ever. Should we talk
about that one? Sure. It wasn't that long ago
when we did a podcast, I don't know if it was
the normal episode or if it was the patron, about
how Destiny had fallen off a fucking cliff and
just wasn't that good anymore. And then, lo and
behold, Destiny is saved by a mobile game, Destiny
Rising. I don't think... That Destiny has anything
to do with it, though, unfortunately. No. So,
it's not like... It's all net ease, mate. Yeah,
it's not going to be all very successful and
be like, oh, let's make Destiny free because
we've made loads of money. So, yeah, it's all
for naught, really. So, Destiny Rising, as far
as I'm aware... Does it fucking... Yeah, because
it is net ease. Yeah. Which are... hideously
notorious for microtransactions obviously this
is a free to play game so you have to sit there
and think right well how are we going to make
any money you've got your standards season pass
boss essentially loot crates because you can
enter like a draw thing where it will give you
a crate and you have a chance of there's like
a roster of things that you can get from it So
gambling, much like crown crates and ESO and
fucking any other type of loot crate. And then
you've got the bundles. And then there's something
else. I can't remember what it's called, but
it gives you like a 90 day reward thing for every
day that you log in. It's just your standard
cosmetic shop. Now I've flicked through it. As
far as I'm aware, you can. So it is. It's different
to Destiny in that the characters that you create,
you create one character and it's class, it's
called Wolf. And rather than having subclasses
and everything like that that you can swap around.
So Destiny had, what is it, Warlock. Correct.
Hunter. One more. And it's not Paladin. Nope.
It begins with a T. Correct. So those classes
aren't a thing in Destiny Rising. It's more there's
preset characters that have different abilities.
So he can get Ikora. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which
is not mythic, which is mental, but anyway. But
you... I've actually got her, to be fair. Have
you? Yeah, yeah. And as far as I'm aware, they
have their own preset guns as well. So Wolf uses...
What is it? It's an assault rifle and a grenade
launcher. So that's the only weapons that he
can use. And then he's got a fucking massive
sword. And then you've got the one that I'm using,
a Tala. The dogs. The hounds. Hello. You've got
a Tala that she uses a hand cannon and a fusion
rifle. So that. I don't know if I like that,
if I prefer that or not, because it kind of locks
you to the specific class. But you haven't played
much of it, have you? No, this is why I'm on
it now. You're playing it now. I can't even get
to a store or nothing. Yeah, so when you open
up the menu, most of it's locked away, so you
have to filter through the campaign. I think
I've still got two or three things that are locked,
because my problem is, and you might have the
same problem, is that... I load it into this
game. There's a shitload on the menu and all
this different stuff. So naturally, I'm going
to click through it and try and work it all out
immediately. And then what happens is you sit
there and you go, I don't understand any of this
stuff. But if you just play through the main
campaign, it explains it all to you. I really
like the fact that you get, for 14 days signing,
you get one of the classic guns, the old Huckleberry.
That's a classic exotic. Well, they gave us a
reward because there was over 10 million people.
I see that as mad. Signed up for it. 10 million
people. 10 million. Pre -registered for it. It's
mad. And I managed to get the name SpongeBob.
Did you jump off the edge? I didn't jump off
the edge. You get achievement if you do. So far,
I think it's good. I'll give you my honest, honest
prediction. It'll be dead in two weeks. You reckon?
I don't think so. I reckon... Mate, I've... I
will disagree solely because I've never seen
a mobile game get this much traction online before.
And it feels so good. On the... And Destiny are,
like... They'll give World of Warcraft fans a
run for their money in how toxic they are. Yeah.
Destiny fans are going mad for this. Like, this
is... This is so good. Because it's PC only,
sorry, mobile only, but they do actually recommend
that you emulate it on PC because it's also got
full controller support as well. Yeah, I think
I'll just connect a controller to my phone and
just bang it out because the phone's big enough
to... I've seen a lot of people say they just
mirror it to their telly and then just use their
phone. But I don't know how invested... I'd have
to be really invested to do shit like that. But
we'll have to wait and see. I haven't even touched
the surface yet. I don't... The shooting's a
bit... It's a bit uncomfortable, man. I have
it on auto at the moment. What, full auto? Yeah,
so it just shoots itself, but occasionally when
I have to hit something in a specific area, because
they're all the same enemies from fucking Destiny,
like the servitors and that, I'll ADS to it and
I'm in the centre and stuff. So with the... Because
my one is... I use the manual shooting, but the...
What's it fucking... What's it called when it
helps you... lock onto a target aim assist aim
assist is fucking is tuned up to fuck in this
game so like you're never missing anything and
mine like auto ADS's when I attack someone so
if I press the fire button it auto goes in anyway
what does the auto fire do so you run up to an
enemy and what happens you just automatically
start shooting it Yeah, if you're just running
and you move your cursor to where an enemy is,
you'll just shoot. All right, okay. And then
when you're not aiming, it will stop shooting.
Does that not take the fun out of it? Yes, but
also no, because I find it all a bit fiddly.
I'm not very good with my... Dexterity and the
thumbs. Yeah, with a controller I'm fine, but
on stuff like that, because there's no buttons.
Yeah, because I had to change, because obviously
you get a fire button on the left -hand side
as well. I got rid of that. I fucked that right
off because it was doing my editing. And then
I made the right hand fire button smaller because
I kept finding when I was jumping, I kept fucking
shooting as well. The jumping is fucking annoying.
It is a bit difficult, isn't it? The movement
of it. The amount of times I just jumped once
when I was trying to jump twice and just fell
in a hole. Yeah, yeah. A controller would definitely
make it a lot better. Backbone, maybe. PVP's
coming for this. You imagine fucking playing
people. Well, PVP's kind of already in it. I
don't know. I haven't got far, but I read earlier
that PvP is going. And playing against people
with a controller, against people using their
phone, you are going to wipe the floor with them.
I can't remember what the mode was called, but
Roman was playing a lot of it. His ADHD is in
full fucking swing. He did it with Diablo Immortal,
where he's just straight into it. So everything
is done. He maxed his characters out last night.
And then they did a server reset and increased
the level. And he was kicking off last night
because there was nothing I could do. I fucking
maxed out. And then server reset and by 1 o 'clock
this afternoon, he's maxed out again. But he
was playing a game mode where it was, I don't
know if it's in normal Destiny, but you're, it's
kind of like a PvPVE. And then you're like collecting
data. And when you kill someone, you can take
all of their data? Gambit, is it? Is that Gambit?
Well, that sounds like Gambit. Yeah, he was playing,
we'll call it Gambit then if it is Gambit, he
was playing Gambit and playing against real people,
absolutely fucking wiping the floor with them.
Killed their whole team twice, I believe, in
a row. Yeah, nice. It's a bit fucking mad. yeah
it's so far it is decent i'm just not holding
too much weight on it because in my head i feel
like where i can just see that store turning
into diablo more i can see people hitting a wall
that they aren't aware exists yet because because
content is locked behind resets and then hitting
a wall and then boom Suddenly on the store, here's
this thing that you can get that gives you fucking
engrams or whatever. Are they in charge of that
other gacha game? Which one? The Zelda one. What?
Genshin Impact? Yeah. Who is that? Genshin Impact.
That is... Oh, MiHoYo. Yeah, MiHoYo, Shanghai,
MiHa Touring Film Technology, Company Limited.
The connection between NetEase and Genshin Impact
mainly arises from NetEase's involvement in plagiarism
scandals. Great. Great. What games have they
done then? Because they've definitely done gacha
games. Marvel Rivals. They're the Marvel Rivals.
What, NetEase? That's the big one. It says, yes,
Destiny Rising is considered pay to win due to
its gacha system, which allows players to spend
real money to pull characters and upgrade them
through a loot box style mechanics. Players who
spend more money can acquire stronger versions
of characters faster, giving them a significant
advantage, especially in competitive modes like
player versus player. They made Diablo Mortal
as well. Yeah, because it's one of those ones
where I... I feel like I speak for both of us
where you go, if you were to play Diablo more
on your phone now, it's going to be enjoyable.
Same way as if I play it on my phone now, I'm
going to enjoy it. But how long does that enjoyment
last and how invested do you get into a game
when you know that there are going to be people
that you'll run into where they just have a deeper
wallet or they're more willing to spend money
on a mobile game and wipe the floor with you?
Roman was telling me about some geezer that's
already dropped 150 quid on it. He was a YouTuber
because he was trying to get one of the goth
characters. I can't remember what she's called.
But she looks really cool. And yeah, dropped
150 quid to get her. And I believe the loot box
system is the only way that you can acquire her.
Things like that is where I could see them. here's
this new character that's really fucking sick.
Oh, 10 quid. Because it's done by... Sounds a
bit cheap. Well, it's done by a chance. Because
when you play through the campaign, it will get
you to do a draw and it will explain it to you.
But it gives you in the right -hand corner the
probability of you getting the character from
the box. And it's fucking very clever, but not
clever at the same time because it'll be like...
It'll be like... 1 % and then put a slash through
it and then it'll go 50 % for two days. That
kind of shit. It goes, all right, I'll just spend
some money in the next two days and oh, surprise,
surprise, the currency you need is also on a
deal. Isn't that a shocker? Yeah. Oh, but I can't
get it with the 799 pack. I need the 799 and
the 399. I'll just spend the 1599 and get the
bigger one. Because the 1599 gives me, Plus 200
more silver. Exactly. We're wise to your tricks.
I'm telling you. That's the shit that happens.
And they're very... Look, I'm not ripping it.
If it's free, you've got to get your money somehow.
I understand it. But we've all been caught far
too much. And this is exactly how these games
work. They're absolutely fantastic for the first
couple of weeks. Incredible. Gain a shitload
of traction. And then, boom. They start hitting
you with the clever... fucking micro transactions
and a lot of people will fall for it and a lot
of people like with myself and Steph and even
you to a point where with Diablo Immortal everyone
went nah I'm not paying any more money to get
better I ain't doing this see you later I'll
move on to something else Destiny has got an
advantage being huge anyway as I say all Destiny
players They spend loads of money on Destiny.
I've spent loads of money on Destiny. Yeah. All
the expansions, obviously, which I think is fair
anyway. But then, you know, oh, fuck it. I'll
get some Quicksilver and buy some shit from the
store. I mean, you just do, man. Oh, I want that
skin for my gun and stuff. Well, I mean, it's
also not canon. Oh, that's shit. It says Destiny
Rising is not canon to the main story. main Destiny
universe. It is set in an alternate universe
and developed by a separate company, NetEase,
licensed by Bungie for the mobile game. While
it draws from Destiny lore, it takes many liberties
featuring elements that contradict established
canon such as the existence of tamed Ahamkara
Ahamkara A -H -A Ahamkara and other unique lore
elements. I don't know. Hamkara! What the fuck
is that? I don't know. I'm not sure I like that.
It all seems a bit pointless. What, because it's
not canon? Yeah, it's all just make -believe,
isn't it? Let's have a look. Oh, the Hamkara.
Oh, yeah, I've seen that. It's like a weird fucking
evil lizard thing, Venus flytrap thing. I don't
know what it is. It's huge. Yeah, I'm with you,
to be fair. I don't like that. If it's not canon.
It seems a bit pointless. It's very fucking similar
to Destiny. I just thought it was a prequel,
because the way they were talking, it sounded
very prequel -y. Well, it's... Because it said...
Go back. No, that's the fucking... It says...
Yeah, while it draws from Destiny lore, it takes...
It's set in an alternate universe and developed
by a separate company. I mean... It's not an
alternate universe if your core is in there.
It's all pretty... Well, the core is in there.
The traveller's also there. That's what I mean.
It can't be. I don't know. Heck it. We'll see,
won't we? It'll probably have some staying power.
But like you say, if it tries to do anything
disgusting, it will be out there and people will
be like, nope. I already looked at the season
pass and went, nope, not interesting. I'm not
touching that. A lot of people already bought
that. Yeah, of course they fucking have. That's
what happens, man. Like I say, I'm not against
it at all. I'm just saying, at the end of the
day, if you're downloading a free -to -play game,
expect that sort of shit because where else are
they going to get their money? But yeah, if you
were getting that kind of stuff in a pay... paid
for game then by all means kick off but I'm just
telling everyone that's going to listen be aware
they're very smart at getting money out of your
wallet yes so just don't fucking Diablo Immortal
nearly got me fucking many many times it did
get me a little bit but not not as bad as something
like ESO did it's the number one app on the app
store and had more viewers on Twitch than the
core game did yesterday well okay okay fuck knows
man it's that um it taps into the uh being able
to take one of your favorite games mobile being
able to take that with you being able to pull
your phone out and go i'm just going to play
some destiny it's just it's just weird it's like
san andreas on your phone um even with emulators
to a point just that Being able to use it on,
play a game that you're so familiar with on a
device that you're incredibly familiar with because
most people use their phones every single day,
all day. It's just a nice niche. That's where
mobile gaming is just getting bigger and bigger,
man. Because the game itself doesn't actually
look half bad either. No, it's alright. And it
plays decent. I haven't had any lag. Mine runs
at 60 frames per second the entire time. which
is quite cool. Yeah, we'll see, man. What am
I? Fuck it. Shit game. Not interested anyway.
I've been playing a different game. Would you
believe it? Do you want to know what it is? Go
on. Helldivers. You've been playing Helldivers,
yeah? Yeah, they're doing... There's a Halo.
Yeah, I bought that. You have to pay for it.
Well, yes. Well, you don't. You can unlock it,
can't you? You can... You know, they've got them
little passy things, haven't you? I don't know.
I haven't played Helldivers since it first came
out. Yeah, well, you know, when you first play
it, you get that little war bond thing and you
work your way through the battle passy thing.
Oh, yeah. But they never go away. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. The stuff's in there. But you can unlock
enough credits to then buy it. Yeah. But I just
fucking... I think they're quite generous. It's
like seven quid. Whatever. Get fucking... For
seven quid in Call of Duty, you might get a fucking...
a calling card. Do you know what I mean? In this
you get new weapons, fucking equipment, gear,
clothes, fucking all sorts of shit. But yeah,
I never, I played, I played All Dives a bit but
I never really give it much of a fair shake and
I don't know why because I've always just thought
it was a bit samey, you know, and I feel like
it was well hectic so I drop in three other people
and they just know what they were doing and I
just follow them and I wouldn't know what was
going on. But I've done it. I've just been playing
solo. I have played a couple of multiplayer games,
but I've been dropping solo and actually doing
stuff myself so I actually understand, oh, this
is why. Or you put the missiles in here, then
you go here, then you have to go over there and
do the relay and move it. So when I actually
go in with other people, I actually know what's
going on. But it's fucking insane, mate. Last
time I played it, it was just bugs. And now there's
fucking... The Illuminat. What's that in? Illuminate?
Illuminate. Yeah, yeah. They're fucking crazy.
And they're like on fucking Earth and shit. And
then you get these massive ships come over and
just bomb you, like carpet bomb you as they go
past. Fucking spaceships and all sorts of shit.
And then you got the fucking Necrons or whatever
they're called. Autobots. I don't know what their
name are. Yeah, the robot fuckers. It's madness.
And there's an expansion because it's just launched
on Xbox, isn't it? Mm -hmm. A couple of days
ago. So the player count's gone crazy. But they've
got a new expansion or a new big update thing
coming. Like the third or something. But then
you're going into the enemy's base. You're going
underground like the old miners, you know what
I mean? It looks really cool. So I thought, fuck
it, I'll give it a go. And I've been playing
that and having a lot of fun. And I enjoy playing
it on my own. Does that mean we can't play it
together? No, no. You're not a stranger, are
you? You know just as much as I fucking do. Yeah,
yeah. You'll be struggling together. But when
you play with three other people, it's fucking
impossible. And I'm so worried about shooting
them by accident. I don't want to do anything.
I don't want to throw any grenades or nothing.
It was like when I played with Connor and he
just knew exactly what was going on. And I was
like, but I don't know what's happening. He was
like, well, just follow me. And then you shot
him in the head. Yeah, but he fucking killed
me and all. Deserved it. It was great, Vance.
I was playing it with someone the other day,
just a random. And he said something. And I just,
I thought, fuck it. I just unmuted. I went, for
the emperor. And he went, the emperor protects.
Fucking nerds. Yeah. And then I just said, the
emperor's a heretic. I said, blood for the blood
god. Skull for the skull throne. And he giggled.
So are you, Are you the Halo skin? Not the Master
Chief. It's the ODST in it. It's not actually
the Halo. The ODST are like the little troopers.
But yeah, I'm using that kind of skin, but the
gun's really cool. It's got the Halo AR. Did
you play Halo? No. Oh, it's got the Halo AR.
You would know what it is. It's got the bullet
counter on the top. It's a good gun and helps
me with my brain. I'd be like if I'd never played
Fortnite before and then started playing it now.
I'm pretty sure I've just got the default skins.
Yeah, yeah. I haven't got fuck all on there either.
I've got nothing. Just the basic shit. Because
there's so many. There's stratagems to unlock.
There's shit modules. How you get cars and big
mechs you can get. Someone dropped something
down the other day and then they were pinging
it and I'm guessing they wanted me to pick it
up. So I got in it. Big fucking walking tank
thing. And then he died and I was trying to fucking
reinforce him or whatever it's called. And I
took so long because I didn't know what button
it was to get out of the fucking thing. He quit.
Left me on my own. But it's funny, because I
joined his mission. I joined his mission, he
dropped that, and then he fucked off. Yeah, made
him leave his own mission. Yeah, that's rad.
Decent. I just carried on. I'll re -download
it, man, because I do like Held On. It's a fucking
good game. Very, very good game. I like having
the number of bullets on the gun, because...
I've got a terrible habit of whenever I fire,
to instantly reload. Yeah, yeah. And you lose
all your ammo, don't you? Yeah. Because you fire
one bullet, you reload, that's a whole magazine.
That's one thing that I have, it was a big learning
curve. I was like, why am I running out of ammo
so quick? I was like, because I'm fucking reloading
all the time. Yeah, so I like that, because I
just fire that until it's zero. Because haven't
they got like swords and stuff in it as well
now? I haven't seen any swords. I picked up a
fucking trench shovel the other day and was hitting
things with that, but... I haven't actually seen
any swords. The jump pack is a fucking game changer.
I unlocked that. So now you can actually jet
pack up on top of buildings and shit. I hated
not being able to jump. I hate it. But now I
can jump. There's another one as well called
the hover pack where you can hover in the air.
It's fucking sick, man. I think Helldivers 2,
because it's always been really popular. I know
it had that little dip where... They were nerfing
shit and stuff like that. Yeah. Yeah, they were
fucking around with stuff. Yeah, but I think
the community pissed off a lot of people left,
but it's still a really fucking big community.
But this is obviously like... Now the Xbox are
in it as well. It's fucking massive again. But
I think it's going to be one of them games like
Fortnite. I think it's just going to continue
to adapt and change. Yeah. Because you started
off, it was just landing on planets and shooting
shit. Now there's like... Different planets,
like fucking Earth and different missions, different
types. Fucking tanks to roll around in, cars,
fucking mechs. All the different stratagems and
stuff, all the different weapons you can get,
and now they've changed the whole game again.
You're going to be going into underground places
and going to attack the enemy. I feel like they're
just constantly going to keep building on it
until the game either gets too big and they can't
do no more, or Helldivers 3 comes out. Well,
at the moment, they've had, in the last 24 hours,
just under 128 ,000 people playing on Steam.
Yeah. And then... just under 400 000 on xbox
and then i don't know about playstation so it's
safe to say probably a million people which is
a hell of a lot of people to be playing a fucking
game especially in in in the in how considering
how many other games there are um playing something
like like held it's just i really enjoyed it
um i think i just sort of stopped stopped playing
it because there was other Yeah, have a shit,
man. Have a shit to do. I didn't stop playing
it because it was bad. I just stopped playing
it because there was other stuff that was going
on and that took my fancy. Yeah, same. It's definitely,
it's got that game itch that it scratches where
you can take it as seriously or as fucking fun
as you want. Because it's not free to play, is
it? No, no. I think it was like 20, 30 quid.
30 quid, I think. Yeah, you can just drop in
and just fuck about and shoot, or you can take
it seriously. I watched, when I went to bed last
night, I was watching someone on YouTube do it
on, like, there's loads of people that do this,
but they do it on the hardest difficulty setting.
Drop solo. And they, like, run around, like,
stealthing, man. They throw fucking smoke bombs.
They get smoke fucking airstrikes dropping in
on them. They're killing everything stealthy.
It's madness. And they're so fucking good. And
it's the hardest difficulty. It blows my fucking
mind. I drop into a medium game mode on my own
and it's like, I don't know, it's like a meme.
It's just, you know that meme with Tom Cruise
running from explosions? Yeah, yeah. That's what
I'm like. I'm just fucking running. I'm dying,
getting battered all over the place. I haven't
got enough bullets to shoot the fucking bugs.
What am I supposed to do? I don't know how to
deal with it. That's why I always take the jetpack.
I can only apologise the ice cream man set my
dogs off. He sure did. Now we've all got double
flakes. Yeah, I'll give it a download. If I can
see what the crack is. Very good, very fun. Very,
very good. Very, very fun. I've also played another
game. Go on. I only played it for about... half
an hour last night after I finished playing Helldivers
and Rogue Trailer and Rematch. Anything else
I normally play. No Man's Sky. Yep. That was
the thing I wanted to talk about. I jumped on
that. I hadn't looked at anything to work out
how to do this, what, where. And I just kind
of stumbled across it. And I built a ship and
then I turned it off. But before I turned it
off, I flew it out into space, opened the ramp.
jumped out jumped out then my ship but i'd set
the ship to autopilot and it was just off and
i was just floating like oh shit i didn't realize
this would happen so i had to like try and get
back to my ship and then land on it and then
i just landed on the top and i was just looking
around space well weird isn't it it's sick fucking
weird so fucking cool um and yeah and then i
put a flying alien in my in my ship because you
can put all the stuff that you collect, like
the stuff that you build, you can just put them
in your shit. Like, like you can, you know, when
you're building your freight and you can put
stuff wherever you want. Yeah. It's like that.
So I just put one of my ornaments down. It was
right in the way. And then I spent 10 minutes
trying to work out how to delete it. Done that
and turn it off. Yeah. But yeah, that is fucking.
Yeah. The only thing, the only thing that I miss
from it, um, and I, and I, I don't suppose it'll
ever get. It'll never get put in because it's
just a sandbox survival light. But it's a fully
fleshed out campaign. I'd love it. With actual
quests and stuff like that. But I think that
takes away from some of the magic of what No
Man's Sky is. In that you just use your own imagination
and the tools you've got around you to do whatever
the fuck you want. But I just miss that story
-driven aspect of it to make me have more of
a purpose playing it. Yeah, I know what you mean.
If I could add one thing, it'd just be proper
combat. I want actual fucking humans to fight
and shit. I don't want to just fight robots all
the time. Yeah, I want to be able to raid someone
else's ship. Why? When I blew you up, you cried.
Yeah, I know. But I didn't know what was going
on. You want to make someone else cry? Yeah,
whereas now, you know what I mean? If you've
got it so that you now can create your own ships
and you can jump out of them and stuff like that.
Let me board, let me be a pirate. Let me board
someone else's ship. Obviously, they've got to
have their PVP turned on. But let me get involved.
You can be a pirate to some extent because there's
all that pirate space stations and stuff so you
can run stuff that's illegal and then when you
jump in the systems you can get fucking flagged
up and all sorts of different stuff. Yeah, I
used to do that quite a lot. I accidentally shot
the pirate space station yesterday because I
thought X was go forward but it wasn't. I bet
they were fuming. Yeah, they sent the Sentinel
ships after me. That was annoying. But I'm too
long in the tooth, mate. I dealt with them quick,
sharp and carried on my business. You know what
I mean? Yeah. My problem is if I jump back into
it, I won't have a fucking clue what's going
on. Which I did, to be fair, not long ago. And
I just... I sorted out all the expeditions on
my freighter, sent them all out on expeditions
again and turned it off. That's exactly what
I done last time I turned it off. Took a shitload
of money. I don't know if it is a shitload of
credits or if it isn't. I have no idea. But either
way, I'm talking like billions of credits is
what I managed to accumulate. Well, I had 180
million and that's all I've got. Yeah, I've got
so much money. It's unbelievable. And then I've
got so many things in my storage that's just
worth. Like 750 million credits and stuff. I
don't know. I don't know if that's good. I have
no idea. I saw some crazy, crazy ship builds
already. I saw someone built a Star Destroyer
from Star Wars. That's fucking sick. Right outside
the Anomaly until it looks like the Death Star.
How does it work? Do you find an engine or something
or is it... It is... It's basically like Starfield
is. I found it in the space station. There's
like little teleporters. You jump on them, it
takes you to like a massive fucking massive area.
And then there's a computer in it and you can
just buy the parts that you want and then put
them on. But I assume there's other ways to get
parts because they're not going to put everything
in just one section. Do you put it on like a
current ship that you own? No, you start from
scratch. Start from scratch. So you build the
ship. And can that ship engage in combat? Yeah,
yeah. I've got guns on it and stuff. To have
it actually be usable, you have to have landing
gear, cockpit, living quarters, ramp. So what
happens with your normal ships? And gun and thrusters.
You still keep them, didn't you? Do you use them
anymore? I don't know. Can you land it in your
freighter? Of course you can. I assume. I don't
know. I'd assume so it wouldn't make no sense
yeah but then it is a ship that you can't live
in anyway yeah I don't really know so Sam does
it make your freighter well it wouldn't make
your freighter redundant because your freighter
is able to because I'm pretty sure it allows
for teleportation between the two yeah like what
you can do now in your freighter in your HQs
and stuff like that and your camps well they
basically said that to do this The reason games
don't do this in any sci -fi is to be able to
get out of the shit mid -space and all that shit.
They've had to, like, rebuild the fucking game
from the ground up. And this is not, like, the
end point of where they're going to. This is
the start point of new shit. So, like, the framework
for going forward in No Man's Sky. So it's going
to probably open up a lot more opportunities
for more cool shit. So hopefully, yeah, there'll
be even more sick stuff. But it was busy on there.
There's so many people in that space anomaly,
man. So many people. That's when you used to
sit in a space anomaly for a little bit and people
would just give you shit. Yeah, it's never happened
to me. That's what I used to do. Never happened
to me. Fucking loved it. That's why you're so
fucking rich. Mysterious eggs and weird parts,
washing machines, fucking all sorts of shit.
Random shit. Yeah, it's cool though. I enjoyed
it. I wish I could sit here and tell you that
I'm going to jump on it. I just know that I'm
not going to because I just don't have the time
nor the... It is just... I'm just not in that
survival mood. Yeah, you have to be in the mood
for that sort of stuff. I'm not in it. I want
to kill things. Violently. Helldivers it is.
Helldivers it is, brother. Sounds like liberty.
Do you want to maybe have a little... back and
forth about project ethos what the fuck is that
no exactly that's question number one and i'll
answer it for you i spoke i mentioned it to you
the other day did you rock stars medieval gang
oh that yeah that's apparently leaked rumors
and and other stuff from 2019 up until now apparently
do you want me to read the well did you read
the article i sent you I skimmed it and looked
at the screenshots, and I was like, I don't need
to know anymore. Rockstar, Medieval, and a couple
of AI images, yes, please. Red Dead Redemption
2, but Medieval, yes. Yeah, apparently it was
rumoured that shortly after Red Dead 2, they
began working on a Medieval setting, and I'm
trying to remember it off the top of my head
rather than just Googling it. Apparently, it
was rumoured to be called Project Ethos or Project
Medieval, something like that. And there was
obviously rumours that were spreading on Reddit
and things like that, 2019, and then I believe
it was 2013, that apparently they're all coming
from a creditable source of... leaking information
about games I can't remember the person but they
correctly predicted things like Red Dead 2 and
GTA 6 and certain aspects that sort of wouldn't
be common knowledge so kind of like saying the
person that's leaking this stuff has successfully
leaked stuff in the past so let's give it some
validity and I think it was in 2023, there was
a composer or someone who works for Rockstar
did an interview and let it slip that they were
doing a lot of work based around the orchestral
medieval setting. And I think people were sort
of like, well, why is that happening then? Well,
medieval music, what's that for? And then...
I believe it was another company that is a sister
company to Rockstar. They didn't trademark it.
They did something to do with project ethos,
which sort of lines up with... So that's why.
It was just a little article that I saw. I, for
one, would love a medieval GTA. Possibly made
by Rockstar India. Or at least maybe involved.
There's a lot of information about something
that isn't real or has no official confirmation,
which means it probably is real. Or at least
something was real then scrapped. Who knows?
Hopefully it's real. Crazy that they would have
Red Dead, GTA, and whatever this medieval game
is. Fits well in the timelines, though. Yeah,
and they'd probably be the biggest games ever
made. And then, obviously, they got Bully. Yeah,
they're probably going to connect all them universes
together. That game would... A medieval GTA would
be astronomical. Well, GTA make a space game
or a fantasy game or... Like it would... Anything
that they do, you just know it's going to be
the best shit in that genre. You'll just be like,
what setting do you want? That was going to be
the best of that. But then would it be like...
Would you then have the... The eventual downfall
where it's like, oh my God, they just kept coming
out with banger after banger after banger until
they didn't. Kind of like West Ham and their
performances at the moment or Man United. You
know what I mean? Once upon a time champions
sitting at the top and then more recently utter
shit. You know what I mean? Putting it kindly.
We won't talk about West Ham today. I actually
put out a tweet on my West Ham account for the
first time in about four years. That's how bad
it's been. Can I quickly have an interlude to
find out what that tweet was? It wasn't bad at
all. I just don't tweet West Ham stuff anymore
because I don't use it for that. For that purpose
anymore. Sorry for the people that aren't used
to this. It's just a little byproduct. It's nothing
bad. I just said, this is probably my first tweet
in literally like three or four years about West
Ham. Because I just poke the, what's the word?
That's not the word. I just bring up the podcast
on it. That's the only thing I talk about. Genuinely
starting to believe West Ham are cursed. Two
steps forward, ten steps back. European champions
to whipping boys. Always love you West Ham, but
Christ almighty. Irons. Lions. Lions. Lions.
Yeah. Yeah, if Rockstar has a downfall like that.
If they made a football game. It's only because
of how you never fly too close to the sun. Icarus.
And obviously we are the sun. So, at some point,
what goes up must come down. Eventually. And
I just feel like that would be a sad day and
it will probably happen when we're like... you
might even be dead. But when I'm fucking 50 or
whatever, and you go, remember how good Rockstar
used to be? Oh, Rockstar. Now look at them. They're
fucking, I don't know, they make tyres. No longer
a gaming industry. I just thought it was quite
interesting to see, especially with GTA 6 being
not round the corner, but round the corner. Rumours
that's been delayed again until September now.
You reckon? That's what it said the other day.
Let me have a little rumour of another pushback.
GTA 6 delay. This is from the 12th of August.
Yeah, delayed. As one research firm predicted,
the video game industry was relying on GTA 6
in 2025 to help turn things around. That's great.
There is no official confirmation. The game is
still scheduled. for its current release date
of May 26th, 2026, as announced by Rockstar Games.
While some unofficial reports and leaks suggest
a possible internal discussion for a future delay,
Take -Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has
publicly stated his very, very high conviction
that the date will not change again. Yeah, so
26th of May, 2026. Oh, God. Just after my birthday.
It's just so, even this month, next month is
quite a heavy one. Because what do we have? We've
got FIFA, EAFC, 26. Or is it October? It's October.
You've got Ghost of Yotai on the 2nd, Battlefield
6 on the 10th, and then Outer Worlds 2 on the
29th. And then I believe you have Dying Light
The Beast is... I loved that last game, man.
Loved it. Dying Like the Beast looks fucking
sick, you know. Dying Like 2, that one we played.
19th of September. How good was that? Did you
finish it? You did, didn't you? Yeah, of course
I did. It was so good. Of course I did, bruv.
Well, Dying Like the Beast features Crane again.
Yeah, the main dude. Well, obviously he's fucking,
he can turn into a... But I've also seen that
you can now execute the... Volatiles. Volatiles,
which is quite cool. Giza, the clip I saw, I
say a Giza, it was Crane, turned round and there
was a volatile there. And obviously the thing,
he must have injured it to a certain point because
he just grabbed hold of it, battered it, and
then grabbed hold of the back of his head, fucking
kneed him in the face. He went down to the floor
and then he just ran over and just started crushing
his head in. And I was like, you don't do that
to volatiles. That's never happened before. But
obviously, Mr. Crane, isn't just Mr. Crane anymore.
He's Mr. Crane slash Beastie Boy. Mr. Crane.
Mr. Crane. What a good game. Great game. Very
good. But I am only interested in EAFC and Battlefield
and Dying Light. You're interested in EAFC? Fuck
yeah. Oh, that sounds good this year. Why? What's
different about it compared to every other fucking
version of it? We had that, didn't we? We did.
I'll tell you if you feel the gap because I saw
something about it. I'm not sure if I liked it,
which is going to be a fucking pain in the arse
and I can never find how to... EAFC, I feel like,
is just such a weird... But it does work, doesn't
it? FIFA. FIFA worked as a name. I wish it was
still called FIFA. But EAFC. I hate the fact
it's called EAFC. EAFC. Because it'll always
just be fucking FIFA. Do you know what I mean?
Yeah. It'll just be FIFA. It's almost like everyone
watching Grand Tour and going, well, this is
just Top Gear. You just put a different suit
on it. Exactly. I mean, Grand Tour is pretty
fucking good. What is it that you're trying to
find? I don't know if it's like a published thing
or if it's just something. Oh, here we go. Here
we go, baby. Here we go. Get it up, me chavvy.
Right. This is exactly what I've always wanted
from fucking FIFA, career mode. Because this
is the sort of stuff that makes it unique. Right,
unexpected events are coming to EAFC 26 career
mode, adding drama and unpredictability to every
save. Here's a list of every event. Abrupt retirement.
Okay, I'll elaborate for you. Was that the end
of the list? No. The event sees an experienced
player forced to end their career after a serious
injury setback. Young, abrupt retirement is even
harsher as a promising youngster suffers career
-ending blow before even reaching their potential.
Is that in career mode? Yeah. So does that mean
that you could just inflict pain on someone and
get them to retire? Basically, yeah. So you could
end... Ashley Prince, career -ender. yeah that's
me well no I'm not playing I'm the manager but
the but yeah it's annoying because it happened
to us with West Ham we had Dean Ashton one of
our best ever strikers we've ever had like could
have gone on to be one of the best strikers in
the Premier League and he got called up for the
England squad Sean Mike Phillips injured him
on international duty and he had to retire at
like 23 he was one of our best players we've
ever had happens and it's annoying when you say
you spent 30 million on a player It's cheap these
days, I suppose. He gets injured in his first
game. What happens if that's the case? What then
happens for the rest of your... I've just signed
a five -year deal with you. Rhys Langdon's coming
to West Ham to save him. I'm a... Oh, fuck it.
I'm a striker. Why not? Of course you are. Of
course I am. He's up there somewhere. Get me
up the front. Big lad up top. I've signed a five
-year deal. I'm on... Let's say it's 120 million.
It's a big signing. For a big geezer. First game,
I've snapped my ACL and torn my Achilles. I'm
done. Who's done? Me. Why? Why not? You can come
back from that. Can I come back from that? Yeah,
but if you choose to retire, there's a difference.
Okay, I've snapped my Achilles. I've ruptured
my... Sorry, I've snapped my ACL. MCL's gone.
I've ruptured my Achilles and someone's snapped
my femur in half. Mikel Antonio is 35 years old,
broke both his legs in a car crash and now he's
trying to play football. ACL, MCL, Achilles,
femurs snapped in half, I've lost all my teeth
from a boot to the jaw and I've got no eyelids.
So you can never sleep again. I can't sleep and
I can't play. What then happens? Nothing. Are
you choosing to retire? Well, I can't play anymore.
Well, you can. We'll keep chucking you out there,
mate. Your fault, you've got no sleep. Have a
Red Bull. If you choose to retire, well, first
of all, footballers are insured. Yeah. So if
anything happens, they're covered. So if they're...
Well, you mean the club's covered or the footballers...
I'm not sure exactly how that works, but I know
every footballer has insurance. But if you were
to retire, I assume either your insurance would
pay or... you can come to a mutual agreement
with a club and be like, look, I'm on a five
-year contract for fucking, I'm going to earn
10 million. If you give me 4 million now, I'll
leave. So you're saving six, but obviously you
get like a payout. Do you know what I mean? I
imagine, I'm guessing that's how it works. Sometimes
it'll be good to sign a contract and then just
fucking break it back. Well, that's why a contract's
always good because you're guaranteed that. Jared
Bowen signed a nine -year deal or six -year deal
or something with us. So it's a thing because
you're like, oh, well, My money's not going to
go up, probably. But I've guaranteed this wage
for six years, whatever happens. Oh, no, my couple
of million isn't going to fucking go up. Yeah,
I know, but you know you always want more if
someone's earning more. Right, anyway, that was
the first one, so we'll move on. Leave of absence.
Player absences cover different situations where
squad members are unavailable. A player may simply
be absent for a few days, take personal leave,
go on vacation or face an... indefinite absence
with no clear return date family leave is another
case where personal matters take priority over
football bank and budget problems bank dilemmas
limits what you can spend within your financial
institution restricts activity leaving you unable
to compete complete transfers or cover wages
budget malfunction is an administrative mistake
that unexpected unexpectedly cuts into your available
funds Board interference. Board overruling represents
moments when the board steps in to block or force
a transfer against your wishes. Like with what
West Ham does at the moment and their current
owners. Yes, mate. Thanks. Chairman interference
goes further with the club's hierarchy meddling
in tactics. Like what West Ham does at the moment
with their owner. That's it, mate. Or pushing
certain players into the spotlight to raise their
transfer value. Like what West Ham does with
their current owner. Contract showdown. This
event forces you into negotiations when a player
demands a new deal and refusing can spark unrest.
Pay or sell is even tougher as a player insists
on either a renewed contract or immediate transfer.
Loss of confidence. This particular event reflects
a situation where a player's debut or form dips
so badly that their morale takes a sharp hit.
Overwhelmed player highlights when an individual
admits they cannot handle the pressure of top
-level football, leaving you to manage their
fragile state. Matchday disruptions. Dodgy food
affects your squad before a key fixture with
food poisoning forcing you to make changes to
your line -up. Hotel mayhem happens when rival
fans disrupt your team's hotel with fireworks
or noise, leaving the squad tired. Travel slip
-up adds another huge hurdle as transport delays
leave your squad fatigued and underprepared.
There's 10 more of these. 11 more. Are you done?
No, go on. Keep rolling through them. We can
get through it. I can just give you the names
rather than read out what they do. Give me the
names. I'm sure I can work them out. All right.
Media and leaks. tactical breach wages leak exit
interview fans to the rescue hometown boost money
injection sponsor surge financial returns new
ownership outbreak international injury crisis
international team injuries homesick player training
injury clash inside access under the spotlight
carefree improvements use it or lose it sell
to buy spending push results ultimatum and last
chance use it or lose it does that mean like
you've got Couple of hundred million left in
your budget. You need to spend it. Otherwise,
you ain't getting it. Let's have a look, shall
we? How very interesting. That's a lot of stuff.
Documentary coverage. Inside access follows your
club across the full season. Exposure and revenue
are testing how players handle constant attention.
Under the spotlight, rings the cameras to your
national team during a major tournament offering
visibility but adding pressure on the squad.
Badget carryover, yeah. Carefree improvement
allows you to carry 100 % of your unused transfer
budget into next season. Use it or lose it is
the opposite of removing any unspent funds at
the end of the campaign. There's so much stuff.
But this is what I've always wanted in career
mode. Stuff like that because it matters. Because
I make things up in my own head. I'm not playing
him because he's been a knob. But it comes from
like, I don't know. Being shit in a game or something,
I'd be like, oh, he was a knob. So will that
all be completely random throughout a season?
Yeah. So all that sort of stuff might happen,
might not happen. That is quite interesting.
And it's annoying, isn't it? Because you get
your best player and you're trying to get promoted
into Prem or something and he's like, oh, fucking
Real Madrid want me, fuck off, I'm leaving. And
then you're like... And it's really annoying,
but in a good way because it gives you a story
to them. And I love a story. You know I love
a story. And we know that no one's turning down
Real Madrid. No, exactly. No, I mean, that's
just not happening. Fuck football, man. Football's
dead. Yeah. So that's coming. When does that
come out? To you or to me? What do you mean?
Oh, because you're pre -ordering it. No, you
know I'm buying a big boy. That's what I do.
What's the big boy? I don't know. The ultimate
edition, whatever. I probably won't, to be honest.
Whatever option allows me to play it early, I'll
buy, but I won't buy it. Because the ultimate
edition is mainly for fucking ultimate team.
I don't really fuck with that team much these
days. E -A -F -C. E -A -F -C. 26. 26. It's in
the game. 26 early access. It's like a week early,
I think you get it for. Release date and early
access. Pre -order the Ultimate Edition. A new
season is nearly here. EA Sports FC 26 releases
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5, 4, Xbox Series X, S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch,
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There's an England flag on your ceiling. England
26 Ultimate Edition by God Save the King by 26
August to get incredible content for your football
ultimate. Just tell me when the fuck it comes.
Could have just looked on the store man and got
this up for you. Ultimate Edition on the 19th
of September. Oh yeah. So not long. EA Play Pro
Ultimate Edition Access on the PC 19th. So it's
three weeks. Early access, 10 -hour trial on
19th of September 2025. And the standard edition
is on the 26th of September 2025. That's annoying.
You get 10 hours, so it's like an hour a night.
Yeah, decent, isn't it? Do we not have a price?
It's about a one. It's about a one, are you?
Something like that. But then you used the old
trick, didn't you? You used your old fucking
trick -ty trickster. Go on. If anyone's going
to buy it, you sign up to EA Play for a month
for like £1 .99 or whatever it is, and then you
get your fucking 10 % discount, and then you
go, oh, bosh, and then you cancel the EA Play,
and you've got it cheaper. Oh, bosh. Well, apparently
you can get the ultimate edition for Xbox One
and Xbox Series X and S for 26 quid. I'll be
up for that. I don't know why that's there, but
I don't think that's right. Yeah, £99. Yeah.
Or £89 .99 if you have EA Play. Worryingly, my
wife listens to these, so it's not that much.
What, she listens to the podcast? Yeah. How many
has she listened to? Lately, all of them. Why?
When did she start doing that? A couple of months
ago. Oh, no. Fuck her. Will she listen to this
one? Yeah, she listens to all of them. So will
she know about the Baldur's Gate collector's
edition and how much that costs? Yeah, she's
fucking bought it up. That's how I found out.
Was it with Baldur's Gate or something? She was
like, thought about spending £500 on something,
did you? Yeah. And then she just pressed play
and I was like... Oh, she had it ready. She had
the receipts, baby. Oh, dear. Mm -hmm. Okay,
well, we best end it there, then. Go and do the
Patreon, because she doesn't pay for that. No,
she doesn't. See you later, everyone. Ooroo.
Ooroo.