Episode #896 – Why Western Games are Failing
Intro: Zoltan has pipes
Strapping it on / Assassins Creed talk
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- Gunnar Glasses – w/ Fortnite skin !
- Split Fiction
10 sec. spotlight:
Michelle
- Rainbow 6 Siege X – 6v6 Open Beta
- Bigger maps / no respawns / more options
- Titan Quest II – play test look meh, still enjoyable – 1 2 watch
- Recommending Diablo IV for Zoltan
- 33 Immortals – only on Epic now / co-op rogue-like
- simple weapons / co-op moves / feels like Helltides
- No communication / K-pop Pete knows what he’s doing
- More Monster Hunter Wilds
- Drinking: Tazo Passion Tea w/ Tru Lemon
John
- No Indy for 2 weeks / The Show is playable on 3/14
- The Show 25 (PS5) – only $100
- Road to Show starts in High School / pick a position
- Switch 1st person-3d person / Diamond Quest
- Mo money Mo packs
- Drinking: Sun Cruiser
Guest Host: Zoltan
- Spider-Man 2 (PC) poorly optimized, but shiny
- the repetitive element / well done stories
- All the rafters and Mary Jane stealth sessions
- Thinking about SW Outlaws / Avatar on Ubisoft
- The Ubisoft history and legacy
- Back to SW Outlaws / falling in love
- Sakuari says” don’t appeal to westerners”
- Design by dictatorship / Running Naughty dog
- Games made for dollars, not fun.
- Embracing crunch
- Back to the Avatar game / 25 min of cutscenes
- Drinking: Waterloo Lemon Lime
News:
- Jim Cryin upset with Phil buying Activision
- Sony hires Treyarch CEO for new studio Dark Outlaw
- Bringing back the old Sony Standards / SOCOM/Killzone
- More Windows Handheld talk
- “It’s not even a fukkin Xbox!” – John
- pushing “Play Anywhere” games
- “Why isn;t there a Steam-Pass?” Zoltan
- What’s the point of project Keenan?
- Switch 2 experience / patent talk
- Nazi talk / chains activation matrix
- Bloomberg predicts biggest Switch launch evar!
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