Frame Trap - Episode 146 "Speed Demon"

[@hododod246]

To be hones I like this kind of reviews more. Like people who play the game come and talk about it rather than classic mainstream media reviews. None of the reviews around made me excided about SMT5 but after listening Ben here, I am definitely buying it. Also I find this more informative.

[@TheDreadedZero]

This isn’t a review.

[@jimjimjim6841]

@@TheDreadedZero This isn't a carrrrrrr.

[@___IG]

Agree the edited reviews are so sterile. I try to watch them but find myself skipping more and more frequently... Bums me out

[@elementInfinitium]

The difference is that Ben has experience with the series and has his expectations reasonably set. Like he said, most other outlets are expecting a Persona-like experience, which SMT5 is definitely NOT

[@alexandredoiron2124]

Options are great aren't they

[@borgs101]

So glad to hear Ben's thoughts on SMT V ... I am so ready!!

[@kingofthesharks]

One of my favorite examples of feeling "lost" was in Silent Hill 2. NOT the apartment-level kind of lost, but rather later on when James is repeatedly jumping into dark holes starting with the Historical Society , to a stairway and a prison and a labyrinth and meat locker. I had no idea where this was going narratively or geographically and the horror element intensified that feeling of madness. The massive empty, dark Gallows room in the prison was an area I won't forget.

[@tuliobednarczukpecinemisko5606]

You guys did good job linking the different topics together. About email 3:Just consider while it's fun to explore in game,you never want to maker a player so lost they have no idea what to with no clue how to progress.

[@ranihalperin8675]

Thank you Ben! Got to me to check Shin V - I’m 15 hours in and love every minute of it ❤️

[@zagazsanology]

Forza is the shit and I’m 100% not a car guy. It constantly is reminding you how cool you are and I’m there for it.

[@Clarkey7163]

It has been such a long time for SMTV Victory laps all round, it is finally here

[@jafar257]

Ben single handedly made the wait for SMTV very painful, since in Canada the game got pushed back to Nov 16th. I'm so happy to see SMT5 was worth all the hype it got. I enjoyed Persona and Dragon Quest games but SMT is THE JRPG for me, I grow up with the series.

[@flyingplantwhale545]

Metroid Dread and SMT V at the same time. Best year of gaming for me

[@afxboc]

Loved everything Ben had to said about SMTV. So excited for the game, been waiting for it for a few years. I can't wait for a challenging experience, intense battles, a banger soundtrack, mysterious story and an eerie setting. Judging by Ben's experience and some other reviews, exploration seems to be really really cool and well thought.

[@sonofsparda1810]

I would love for Ben to grab a couple of other allies and do a spoiler mode for SMTV where he just talks for 90 minutes about the game and other allies just listen to him. I'm not joking, I would absolutely love that.

[@sadsnipermarina]

The lighting is illuminating Ben's ear and it looks like he has an earring. And it looks incredible, go for it Benny-boy!

[@astrobollo]

Oooh! Ben taking a jab at IGN's SMTV review. I like it!

[@philbarton2832]

The two games that sprang to mind regarding getting lost were zelda BOTW and dark souls, two masterpieces that I loved every second of being lost

[@Renk1]

I've played Forza Horizon 5 so much during the weekend, lovely game. Finished the campaign already and bought all the houses. It's fun to follow Bloodworth's times on the leaderboards and his drivatar also appears in my races. I felt good beating him in a couple of events... :)

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

Been playing 20 hours of smt5 over this weekend. It's a really good time. I love the grinding loop of building a team of demons, in preparation for a boss. Like the maps are big enough and there is enough stuff to do in them, either finding the mimans and doing the side quests that the grinding and getting strong enough for the story bosses feels pretty effortless. Maybe ppl who aren't as completionist might not like it as much as the difficulty curve is gonna be crazy if you only do the streamlined bare minimum to get through the story.

[@SteveOnYB]

Ben just nailing it with his SMT analysis.

[@clydu91]

The camera is really blurry, what's going on?

[@gryzieszzupe]

The focus is pretty bad on this one, as it was in couple of previous episodes. Please look into it :)

[@Yae_1995]

SMT V is the greatest gaming experience I've had this year.

[@ChrisWTube]

Thankyou Jones, complete controller remapping should be in every game or official emulator.

[@sagii86]

Solid job by Playground. Quality mode runs smoothly & the difference in comparison to performance is pretty substantial. Plus, while the eliminator was good in 4, it feels much better in forza 5 biomes.

[@azimulhoque1497]

Gravity Rush under Nintendo would be a franchise.

[@FrozenAXL]

Wow, yes. I was thinking it so many times, kinda good to see someone else talking about it.

[@alexandredoiron2124]

Gravity Rush demastered on switch xD

[@jacobynoctis4825]

I dont comment on these video much, and I am not sure if you all read these.. But please @DanielBloodworth take Ben's offer and play Sin and Punishment Star Successor. It is probably the greatest third person rail shooter ever made. Its fast, it is fresh and exciting. And it has aged marvellously because it maintains a fast smooth 60 frames on. I recommend playing on CRT as wii is SD, but please try this game. It is a Gem!!

[@ColorMeDoubleZ]

I hope blood has played it by now.

[@Mokikimoki]

It mind sounds needlessly mean but in all honesty I'd want the Pokemon license to be given to different studios. Like I have no concrete studio I'd give it to but I am sure there are great studios who would do a killer story driven pokemon rpg. And others would nail the open world nature of Pokemon. Heck give the genshin impact guys Pokemon and just somebody slap their hands whenever they want to add micro transactions. They'd definitely make an open world Pokemon game that is great to look at and is beautifully animated.

[@ashesofaranea]

dont think it sounds needlessly mean, i feel like pokemon fans have been waiting for their entire life for pokemon to evolve

[@obba40]

@@ashesofaranea maybe i have low standards but Pokemon never had a amazing atory outside of Gen5. I play the game to catch Pokemon and fights Npcs or online to become the best. If its open world or not doesnt matter.

[@walterroux291]

@@ashesofaranea ironic a game about evolution that just can't evolve itself.

[@NintendoGamer2011]

I agree. Not sure how well it would work, but I'd love to see Monolith Soft take it and turn it into a JRPG.

[@obba40]

@@NintendoGamer2011 the thing that you people always forget that you are not the target audience. A jrpg with deep story, complex mechanics, difficulty is not the thing that they are aiming for. Im sure if they wanted to they could do some of these things but that is not their goal.

[@Dimchek970]

Ben's lowkey underrated shirt

[@kingofthesharks]

Playing FF14 ARR while listening to Ben gush about Shadowbringers. I have a long way to go, but I am still taking everyone's word for it that it gets incredible as it goes on. Knowing how ARR was basically a fix-up job, I prepared for the worst and stomached the pre-credits hours while learning my first MMO and all its oddities. I am currently on the post-credits stuff before Heavensward, and honestly having more fun since I actually know how much of the game works now & the world seems more opened up. I managed to finish the Noctis limited quest, buy the Regalia thru Gold Saucer grinding, finish my BLM job questline, complete all of the Manderville episodes, and am almost done with the Ixali Beast Questline. It's been an interesting experience and I definitely can tell how games like this eat up everyone's time. But as an FF veteran, I know the highest highs of these RPGs are very worth it, so I'll keep taking it easy and acclimate myself to Eorzea as I advance thru the Free Trial with no monetary pressure yet. Still blows my mind how generous this Trial is!

[@trignite]

I just started Shadow Bringers. Got to say Heavensward is really great, if your enjoying the post ARR patches which was the lowest point of the game for me then you're really in for a treat. One thing I will HIGHLY recommend. Is to do the Extreme Primal trials in ARR, and ESPECIALLY Coils of Bahamut. Coils is hard content, so you should unsync it and make a partyfider group to unsync the story. The story revelations are huge, and it makes Heavensward better if you do it first. The extreme trials on the other hand are a good level of being moderately difficult while introducing you to a lot of mechanics.

[@kingofthesharks]

@@trignite Well I just beat Leviathan after meeting Yugiri, so no news on Bahamut yet. Will keep that in mind tho, thx! I generally do trials/dungeons as soon as I come upon them. I keep an eye out for those +Content icons on NPCs. I've finished 30+ dungeons and 16 trials so far. Just beat King Moggle Mog on extreme! For me, post-ARR patches are far better than the first dozen hours of ARR running back and forth with no flight or connections haha but I can see how any point in ARR can be a drag for players

[@trignite]

@@kingofthesharks Quest chain "Primal Awakening". Starts at urianger in waking sands you should be able to unlock.

[@kingofthesharks]

@@trignite Found it and started! Thanks!

[@godribbon]

Jones was joking but I DO think RDJ is wasting his talents on Iron Man instead of having a broader portfolio. I remember at the time he said he did it because he wanted to do a film people actually watched, which is fair, but it must take up such a huge percentage of his filmography at this point

[@alexandredoiron2124]

Was Dr. Dolittle better than iron man movies? He got to shine longer than most because of Iron Man

[@godribbon]

@@alexandredoiron2124 I mean, just because he was in a dud movie doesn't mean all his non-Avengers films are duds

[@jimjimjim6841]

His movies are so bad these days, he's lucky to be in a Nolan movie.

[@Hazz3r]

I very much respect Brandon's opinion on the matter but I can't help but feel like saying Unpacking is 8-10 hours could be a little discouraging to some. Start to finish it's around a 3 to 4 hour game. Everything else is true, and it's certainly very replayable if you enjoy the gameplay, but as someone who was there to dip in and experience the story, Unpacking is easily within the "Games to Play in One Night" category, and you won't miss on all that much by not spending more time than that with it.

[@Not_Liquid]

My wife and I are about to have our first child and Ben is over here convincing me to download FF14.

[@magnainsomnia]

Download it bro, your child will thank you in the future that you played it and told him/her stories about how good it was.

[@stylishpancake5173]

You knooooow Ben, it's not a 'real' bundle but you could actually make a Steam Curator profile for EZA and/or Frame Trap haha

[@xrelaxingpiano]

God the excitement for Friday is immeasurable. So glad Ben is helping hype it up more. SMTV is almost here gang 💙💙

[@dannybski9620]

when are we going to get to the point where games dont have performance vs fidelity mode and just automatically do both at the same time?

[@EasyAllies]

I think that would require enough power for techniques like raytracing to run without making such a significant difference in performance, but now that developers have opened that pandora's box, I think it's probably here to stay. What's crazy to me is that I still have to make that choice even when playing in 1080p. You'd think that if I'm not playing in 4K, there actually would be enough power available to get the best of both worlds. -Bloodworth

[@dannybski9620]

@@EasyAllies thanks blood, I agree. What I would prefer is 1080p / 60 fps / best lighting/shaders/textures etc haha

[@thewhitewolf4968]

Blood i think you shouldnt take Forza too seriously. Just let yourself go and have fun. Your journalistic side comes out more.Just my take.

[@JamesFenczik]

If you are a fan of Megadeth (metal) I HIGHLY recommend you explore the other bands of drummer Dirk Verbeuren. Including Scarve, Sybreed, Soilwork, and many others. (And those bands' respective rabbit holes)

[@waraidako]

I've been getting back into XIV again too, having not played the game since 2013, and I just got to Heavensward the other day after grinding out like 80 main quests post-ARR. Honestly the difference in story quality that happens around the end of ARR is staggering. It's definitely been a gradual process of becoming more and more invested, because the story and especially voice acting in ARR is subpar at best, and downright atrocious at worst. So having seen the leap it has already made, it makes me very excited hearing Ben say that it's only uphill from here.

[@dhruvgupta705]

Hopefully you've seen some storms by now blood :) I had quite the random dust storm just driving around yesterday

[@dibils]

dust storm does happen in free roam

[@lukemoonwalker8444]

I'm so stoked for SMTV and so bummed my copy won't be delivered until the 16th

[@Z50nemesis]

Oh man , Ben should try Etrian Odyssey pre-4 ... Those may be the hardest games atlus ever made

[@franjaff6919]

I can imagine. How does Strange Journey compare to them? I've never played one but it seems like there's similarities between the two.

[@Z50nemesis]

@@franjaff6919 Sadly i only played the 3ds version of strange journey ... and aparently thats easier than the original even on hard

[@Onyxthegreat91]

Correction: You absolutely can race jet ski's in DOAX. Don't ask me how I know this...

[@NintendoGamer2011]

You mentioned Banjo Kazooie in the Sizzle, and the more I think about it, the more a Double Fine Banjo (or even Conker) makes sense. I doubt they'd ever want to do that though, which is a shame... On the topic of other (dormant and non-dormant) IPs we could have Scalebound and Monolith Soft Fallout and Inxile (or Obsidian) Killzone and ID Software

[@loopywatwat]

i have been waiting to get your take on shadowbringers. Great episode all around allies. L&R

[@TheLastDaysOfSorrow]

As someone who felt burned out on Marvel and Star Wars for years now, I can relate to that second email. I know talented creators will shine with these IPs as well. It's just that they're loosely adapting already existing universes instead of creating something new from scratch that could enrich video game culture with new big and/or innovative franchises. There's also the fear that fan favorite "video game" franchises like e.g. Deus Ex will be put on the hold for these big Hollywood movie follow ups. In terms of Marvel being a "safe bet" - Idk, slapping a popular IP on a mediocre GAAS didn't seem to work for Avengers at least.

[@kingofthesharks]

Like FromSoft RPGs too, the cool thing SMT does seems to be matching the difficulty with the mood of the story. I do indeed like quality over quantity in approach to JRPG battles, especially challenging methodical battles. But how does SMTV handle RNG? Does it ever feel like when you die, it was bad luck that you could barely prevent? Or do the stakes of the fights favor visible paths to victory with the right strategy? Having dead protagonist = Game Over in Persona almost always put me in a pissy, undeserving mood for some reason (especially in P3). But I know this is a different subseries so just wondering how the game dishes out this punishment most often...

[@franjaff6919]

If V is like other SMT games bad luck might be a factor in some deaths, although good coverage and cautious play *should* keep you covered even against ambushes.

[@jafar257]

@@franjaff6919 Also V no longer has random encounter to screw you over like it did in Nocturne and Strange Journey. Big advice is fuse as often as you can, having good party composition is the key to victory more than just having higher level than the boss.

[@FrozenAXL]

Hello kind gentlemen, may I inquire as to when SMT 5 review is going to be available to the public?

[@Velrikk]

Shadowbringers Spoiler Mode / Talk before endwalker!

[@ranihalperin8675]

Such a PRO episode

[@HadesWTF]

Thanks Brandon for keeping the Syphon Filter dream alive. Nobody makes stealth games, nobody makes single player tactical shooters.

[@DangerSimmons]

Ben, that is a SICK megadeth hoodie. \m/

[@r.f.switch5847]

'So Far, So Good.... So What?'

[@ThatGamingGuyfromthe70s]

Bloodworth coming in with the apple and walnut salad, I remember back in the day it being called a Waldorf salad, not had one for 30 years but my memory of it was good.

[@Z50nemesis]

I've been waiting for ben's smtv review .... this will do for now

[@elementInfinitium]

The out of focus camera is hurting my head 😅 gonna take some breaks while watching this one

[@RandyVie86]

Thank you Ben

[@kingofthesharks]

Speaking of First Party Properties.... the N64 Switch Library (talked about right after Sizzle) would definitely perform better with a different first party handler!

[@flamuralaj3302]

Jones and Blood become one car for that Sizzle shout-out.

[@fw2345]

is this video really out of focus at least at the beginning and forza discussion or am i crazy

[@Lord_Heisenberg]

That e-mail about village... ouch that hurt a lot.

[@Ayoul]

Yeah, I think it sounded harsher than what was intended, but it's not too far off. Except for the memes, the game is pretty safe and draws inspiration from more impacting game like RE4. It's good enough where you really enjoy your time with it, but doesn't do anything too crazy that really sticks out. I wonder what would've helped on that side. My mind jumps immediately on a better protagonist, but there's probably more that could be done.

[@Lord_Heisenberg]

@@Ayoul you know how huber is obsessed with TEW 1 and 2? Thats me with RE 7 and 8. I can't stop thinking about them. This duology really brought the die-hard fan out of me again that was gone for a decade... i love how each place in village feels different which was lacking in 7 a bit. I like action REs like 3 and 4 but also the horror atmosphere in 1, 2 and 7... and village is a good mash up of both, painted in my personal favorite setting so far. Gothic, folklore horror is so interesting to me and i want more of it. If anything sticks out to me, it is the first time i went through house beneviento... i will never forget that experience and when 'it' crawled out of the corner. Of course it wears off overtime, same as P.T in my opinion. These levels are meant for the first time reaction. The castle is pure RE classic and the village as a hub world i adore too since the lycans are my favorite enemies, next to RE 1 2 and 3 remake zombies. I also do believe it has one of the stronger 3rd acts and finales than most of REs. All in all this game really speaks to me making it my favorite new Game since God of War (2018) and my favorite RE since RE4. But thank you for commenting in a civil way. I got a lot of shit over the years enjoying RE 7 and now 8 and supporting the direction capcom is taking.

[@LuckyLuckySo]

These 3 together have a fantastic vibe with their similarities but also wild contrast in some areas. I just wish Jones would not talk over everyone when he gets going all the time.

[@razamadaz3417]

My favourite racer ever would be ' Split Second ' Forza should take some of the ideas implemented into that game.

[@evenAndre]

Regarding email2: I think it's more the fear that the devs are not able to take chances and risks, and have to appeal too the largest possible audience aka water down difficulty and gameplay mechanics. But nobody is forcing anybody, so we will just have to see how it turns out.

[@saimysilvia]

They just need options. Let people choose how hard or easy/ accessible the game can be.

[@ratak06]

Love the FFXIV love

[@alexandredoiron2124]

SMT 5 is just not as good as Persona 5. It just lacks the appeal and charisma that makes its spin-off series tolerable. The difficulty is simply the cherry on top that forces the player to grind endlessly until the fun is long gone. (I miss Kyle's podcast game of reading bad score reviews of great games xD)

[@noahrules9946]

Hoping for a FFXIV Spoilercast with Damiani, Brad and Ben soon!

[@zhaf]

I predict the next episode to be just Brad talking about Elden Ring……. For the entire episode.

[@timytimeerased]

"Each one feels very valuable when you get a new car", I'm just wondering, Brandon, don't you get a new car every 5 min in Forza Horizon 5 ?

[@seanoceallachain]

Guys something is up with your main camera. The red or some tint, makes you all look like you have sunburn or some rash /disease going on. I noticed it first a few vids back. Deffo noticeable here and with Huber/Brads Elden Ring video. There is now way you guys are getting the quality I assume you paid top dollar for. I honestly getter better video from my phone.

[@OrangeLightning]

I have always thought Gravity Rush would have done far better on Nintendo platforms. There's a surprising amount of hardcore Nintendo fans who are more casual with PlayStation platforms but LOVE Gravity Rush, just makes me wish Sony took Microsoft's lead with the Ori games and put Gravity Rush 1 and 2 on Switch because then the series could have had an actual chance.

[@r.f.switch5847]

Speaking of Holiday Food items. Personally, I'm not super invested in them, but my Step-Father always makes a ton of deviled eggs for the holidays, mostly because Grandma Switch demanded he did (I think she did it to troll him because she hated him). But it's just a big thing in my family to have a ton of deviled eggs as a side for Christmas and Thanksgiving.

[@r.f.switch5847]

After that, lot of weird Mid-Western styled dishes (my mom brings meatballs for some reason), and my aunt's boyfriend occasionally brings some Cuban food made from his family's recipes.

[@IIMIKEYMOII]

In FH4, I had to fight against Xbox Live connectivity (as were the users on the official Microsoft FH4 forums, who went completely ignored by Microsoft) where the game requires Teredo (network tunneling) to be enabled for online multiplayer to work. EASIER SAID THAN DONE! Once I got it working later in the month, I found most free roam races had really empty lobbies. Sounds like Ben is also having connection issues in this new game. IDK what it is about Xbox Live on PC but it acts completely wild sometimes.

[@Kango234]

I don't know if Ben will read this, but definitely take the time to do the Role Quests and Void Quests in FFXIV. If you don't have the necessary jobs for it then don't stress over it since EW is so close, but it's legitimately my favorite storyline in the game. Much like you I wasn't blown away by Shadowbringers as well and thought Heavensward was the best expansion, but the Role and Void Quests is what pushed ShB to the top. The simplest way I can describe them is that it's like uncovering a Final Fantasy game that already happened 100 years ago.

[@Croyles]

He did say he was blown away by it though.

[@TheDreadedZero]

As someone who plays games to relax and hates difficult games because they stress me out and make me angry the way he describes Shin Megami Tensei V makes it sound horrible to me

[@jafar257]

Just like any other media in the world not everything is meant for everyone and SMTV has multiple difficulties but its atmosphere, story, combat system and exploration are designed around its difficulty.

[@alexandredoiron2124]

Skip it. You have the power!

[@sanguinepenguin9576]

aw was kind of expecting elden ring talk tbh, that's okay :(

[@tag0006]

Everything Ben has to say about SMT V unfortunately solidifies to me that this is not a game I will enjoy. I'll just have to wait for Persona 6....for probably 4 more years...

[@phillemon7664]

Good luck on your wait.

[@franjaff6919]

You could always try one of the other SMT games for cheap if you're curious. At least then it's not a big loss if it's not your thing.

[@MCC805]

There are difficulty options bud

[@mi2-c035]

You can play on Easy or Safety and be fine. Don't sleep on SMT, Persona came from this. there are many references even in P5R from older SMT games.

[@robatfreedomhouse]

🙋‍♂️I want to play Yoshi's Story ...

[@sbubbyjubby9743]

I would say Xbox Game Studios could make a better Resistance game Playstation make a better, I dare say, Gears Of War game

[@charoleawood]

Wow, I disagree. Gears 5 is superb, top notch storytelling and characters. The end was bs, but everything up to that point worked very well. The Coalition has earned every right to continue to make Gears of War. I feel like you could take Resistance, Killzone, and Wolfenstein and give them to any of Insomniac, Gorilla, or Machine Games and you'll get the same product out on the other side. Which isn't a bad thing, they're all just so similar to each other.

[@oneidavf]

FFXIV Dont Skip pls

[@ashesofaranea]

even though i love 14 don't skip seens to me to be especifically for games that might need some extra light put on them for people to know they should play it, not mmo juggernauts that people are flocking to

[@DeesertFox416]

Cant wait for Blood's 6/10 Forza Horizon 5 Review to break the internet. Should have had someone else review this game cause everything Blood is saying sounds like he's just burnt out on the Forza Horizon formula and cant seem to find it fresh enough to appreciate.

[@EasyAllies]

LOL, it's not getting a 6/10. Maybe I spent too much time on my criticisms here, but I was just kind of providing my perspective on how I think some of these things could be improved, and we did talk a lot about it's many strengths as well. -Bloodworth

[@DeesertFox416]

@@EasyAllies lol all good Blood. I'm just joking around. Looking forward to your review cause I know it'll be honest. Its why I support you guys. Keep up the great work. 👍

[@deathrowslag78]

It does have a lot of problems to be fair at least for me so far crashes pop in no one been able to win eliminator a few more graphical glitches but I'm still really enjoying the game

[@charoleawood]

Hello! I'm back. I haven't made a comment in months. At 10:56 Forza Horizon "Showcase" events are brought up and I notice that Blood doesn't really like them. For me they are the best thing to do in a Horizon game. For me they are not about racing the train or the hot air balloon, they're about setting a competitive time on the leaderboards. The showcase events in past FH games have been the only place to set a fair competitive time since the vehicles in Showcase are each one a locked standard --- outside of assists like automatic transmission, traction control, stability control, and so on which do introduce unknown variables. (Your time may be bested by somebody with assists "on" that you had "off" and you have no way of telling.) I don't know if FH5 does this, but I'd appreciate Showcase challenges in Rivals mode forcing key assists off so we know that all racers competing used manual transmission etc in addition to the same car and tuning. Now, I love the Forza Horizon series, but it's failed to evolve in the ways I've wanted it to: 1.) The AI still behaves like the same Forza AI we've had for over a decade. I don't like competing against it, it's pointless and I know all of its patterns and how a race is going to turn out on a given difficulty over a distance. The AI is essentially pretending to race, I think designers just set time parameters for the AI with each race and difficulty and it either speeds up or slows down to match that. Unless I'm playing FH1 or 2 offline (which are still my favorite ones) then I'm playing Forza to set lap times, not to win against the AI. Hopefully a fully next gen Forza will finally give us actual competitive AI and that each of the AI cars will obey the same physics as the player vehicle. In short: rubber-banding in Forza really sucks and needs to go away. 2.) I don't know why offroad vehicles in FH behave like they're on ice, they should have the best stability and traction, not the worst. 3.) There aren't races that are start and finish only à la Burnout Paradise or Smugglers Run --- has FH5 changed this? It's a no brainer in an open world racer and is sorely missing in Horizon. 4.) I hate, hate, hate the free-to-play style progression. I hate the bars, the overlays, the interruptions, and the chirpy in-your-ear excited hipster voices. It went from bad to worse as the series grew. I remember how much wheel spins pissed me off in FH2 but that was nothing compared to what it is now. I see in FH5 the exp rundowns are delivered in a descending series of bars each looking to be 90% full and I want to puke. Phil Spencer might as well come out and say "Surely you can do better than this!" because that's the subliminal message being communicated with the exp system. Off topic: How cool would an open world San Francisco Rush 2049 be? Moving on. I listened to the Sizzle first and I want to say that Banjo-Kazooie Nuts and Bolts is a superb game and I wish it had spawned a whole series. It was painful to hear Jones mention how he loves Pilot Wings and I'm tearing my hair out over here because he's describing Nuts and Bolts! That game deserves a lot more love and a lot less hate. And, finally, Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 introduced jet skis to the series way back in 2006.

[@charoleawood]

13:55 This. When FH5 was first revealed I rolled my eyes a little because of all of this. Remember when they were touting wind physics for Gears of War 4? FH really needs robust physics simulation, wind should be taken into account and terrain deformation beyond the visual aspect of those things. The whole industry has moved away from the sort of verisimilitude which was promised in games like Metal Gear Solid 2 and Shenmue and Half Life 2 and chose instead only static, back of the box fidelity. Of course, games like Spintires and Teardown exist, but I actually believed back in 2001 that in the future of games would never be a bottle that couldn't be broken or a bag of flower that wouldn't spill, I believed that all snow and sand would deform, that major games would all continue to be about pushing new levels of verisimilitude in interactivity as much as in "photorealism". I was wrong.

[@luklopskywalk]

Blood has THE BEST VOICE. He easily could/should do a voice over cameo in the next SuperGiant Game!

[@jaylynbrooks3968]

Jones ur saying the punisher game on Ps2 is bad.lol

[@Xristophero]

Could not disagree more. I spent an braising amount of money and time to get "caught up" with XIV lore, and I regret it. I remember nothing about the stories; the structure of MMORPGs is inherently boring; the characters are dry. Glad y'all like it, but I was thoroughly disappointed.

[@ssjduelistDD]

Definitely way to late for me to jump in on ff14. Maybe next ff mmo

[@ThisAlbino]

It's not even remotely too late. If you're interested, just go for it.

[@Croyles]

Never too late.

[@jamesdayton2598]

Bethesda doing Pokemon

[@UziSuicide666]

So far, so good, so Ben.

[@r.f.switch5847]

This is deeply underappreciated, Uzi.

[@UziSuicide666]

@@r.f.switch5847 I agree - "So Far, So Good, So What" is an underrated Megadeth record and Ben wears that hoodie proudly.