Join Lyfeliek, Hardlydan, Xcalybr and Rabid Scotsman and for game talk and fun! This time, the Gamesmen talk a bit about game capture devices and Marvel’s The Avengers, then reach elbow-deep into the mailbag for the remainder of the show! Games/topics covered are Xenoblade Chronicles, FEZ, Torchlight II, Draw Something, the state of replayability in games, the Diablo III Auction House, The Walking Dead and many others!
Featured Music:
Xenoblade Chronicles – “Colony 9″
Avengers: EMH – “Fight As One” by Bad City
Torchlight – “Palace”
Xenoblade Chronicles – “Sartorl Marsh – Night”
The Walking Dead – “Main Theme” by Bear McCreary
Who says a dud game can't have a video game comeback?
Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky have to be up there. We're lucky and cursed, equally, to have games that can be updated now. For folks old enough to remember the Sega/SNES into PS1 and even 2 eras, if a game came out that was half baked (*cough*Angel of Darkness*cough*) that was it, no redemption. At the same time, having the option for updates shouldn't be an excuse for half assing games.
I remember when the Nintendo Seal of Approval meant something.
All those games had to release without bugs.
Xenoblade Chronicles composer Kenji Hiramatsu reflects on his work and feels that it's "time for a fresh start."
There is no together at the top. There is only one top jrpg series. Xenoblade Chronicles series is alone at the top
I like the Xenoblades series but my ‘top’ series would be either the Trails series or Persona series. Just too many good games for me to just pick one series though, so I say play them all lol.
I'm not huge into JRPGs, but my favorite is easily the Persona series. It's all opinion though. Xenoblade is a great series.
Tetsuya Takahashi has revealed his plan to make the next Xenoblade vastly different from previous games.
I liked the Xenoblade X formula. It takes awhile, but opening up Mechs was amazing. Especially once you can fly them, and use them in battle. You have to put some time into the game to do it, but it's worth it!
Also, the graphics were more realistic than the other games. Still looks good today, just a lot more pop-in than is acceptable today, hell even too much for back then. It wasn't game breaking though.
Xenoblade 1-3 and X are so great. That said, I'm ready for them to do a big change up.
Had great fun recording the show. Hope you all enjoy listening to it.
Arrrrrrrrr yeah, some more Gamesmen RPG? Some more quality listening time planned for this week now this show is out. Always a great podcast.
Thanks guys!