Game Scoop! 695: A Game of the Year Conundrum

[@stevenkaye1625]

I could listen to John talk about old PlayStation stuff forever!

[@cyrfung]

On Richman 11: yes it’s the 11th game. It’s a popular Monopoly-style PC game from Taiwan started in the 90’s.

[@christiangranum7387]

Scoop! Greetings from Tokyo, Japan! Best gaming podcast on the planet. Thanks guys!

[@muckymucks]

It's easy to be the best gaming podcast when you're the ONLY gaming podcast.

[@grayfox00700]

Nintendo seal of quantity! Flipping through an old gaming mag with John! 20 questions! Killer outro music! This episode had it all! Also, I hope Tina will be the special guest for GameSPOOK!

[@JoshMarzolf]

The segment with John Davison going through older magazines he worked on should be fleshed out into its own show. It always feels like he has more to say on each topic but gets cutoff for either conversational purposes or time constraints.

[@travistorline812]

Love going through the old magazines! It really is too bad that we don’t still have gaming magazines today, but at least we can relive the joy a little through these segments.

[@jonathanirwin9566]

Scoop! Audio on this one seems a little rough

[@nyrisj]

For Justin @50:30 , while trying to find the right tone for the gameplay, RE4 turned into three different games during its development. Those games were the RE4 that we know and love, Hunting Grounds, and Devil May Cry.

[@jephrenman]

Regarding "Rare Coin-It Inc." - it was the American arm of Rare that was a partnership between the Stampers of the UK studio and Joel Hochberg, an arcade owner/operator in Miami (fun fact: Rare Miami is mentioned in the Perfect Dark credits). Several Rare games pre-Donkey Kong Country had "Rare Coin-It" in the boot screens, as that was the corporation working with the pre-Nintendo publishers like Tradewest and Acclaim on distribution before Nintendo became the primary publisher (though Rare continued to self-publish up through Conker's Bad Fur Day). I believe the partnership ended with the sale to Microsoft.

[@IGNGames]

Scoop!

[@mickael486]

Like so many great things that end once Microsoft takes over.

[@USMCbrantley]

@@mickael486 preach

[@bradcuster]

A new scoop can only mean it’s Friday! Everyone is back in their pandemic boxes. 😉 Time to enjoy the best part of the weekend… a beer and an hour with 4 friends talking games. Nicely job!

[@RoyalEraGaming]

I bought so many of the PS underground magazines for those demo discs. Demo disc era was the best

[@godribbon]

God, I was so certain the 20 questions was Sonic Adventure 2 until the Sonic question came up

[@DeskieFam]

"I am the Ambassador. I'll kick your assidor." That is from "Euro-Barge" by The Vandals and that is THE BEST song in that game!

[@Hazmatt36000]

That werewolf game music lol. Now that’s a deep cut. My memory was like…..I know that.

[@a2c2008]

Love hearing all of this history and behind the scenes stories from John. Great episode, everyone! :)

[@karmenh8844]

I haven't played a COD game since the 360/PS3 generation. I only played them on PlayStation, and it was perfectly fine, even with average Internet. Sam Raimi was also known for Hercules The Legendary Journeys and Xena Warrior Princess, two of my favorite shows from my childhood. I still watch them once in a while. I miss shows like that. Fun facts, they were filmed in New Zealand and a lot of people who worked on those 2 shows went on to work on the Power Rangers seasons that were filmed there during the Disney Era.

[@XanderHDD]

What's the name of the outro song?

[@thefearmakerlive]

When you guys were talking about Resident Evil 4 being originally scrapped and started over, that earlier game wasn't thrown away, Shinji Mikami gave those assets to Resident Evil 2's director, Hideki Kamiya (co - founder of platinum, director of Okami, Viewtiful Joe, Bayonetta, as well) and the game was turned into Devil May Cry.

[@user-lv8hn8nd5o]

The unbalanced audio and choppy video is pretty unacceptable for as long as this show has been done from home. I understand that sometimes ISPs just suck and someone's audio or video might get messy for a reason that's completely beyond their control. But IGN should get their podcasters some new mics and cameras at least if this is really how it's gonna be forever. The personalities are great as they've always been so I hope you don't take my criticism like it's coming from a wholly negative place. But I feel like us listeners do deserve better. Just my two cents as someone that used to never miss an episode but now only listens every few months.

[@ParadoxalDream]

52:40 As a director maybe but he was also known for the Xena TV series he created.

[@PeterAtkinson]

Love having John on anytime we go through a copy of Playstation Magazine. Another banger of an episode. 👍👍

[@stefanhatcher6486]

Uncharted 4 was the real GOTY 2016 have no idea how Overwatch won :/

[@mick9707]

The gameplay in Overwatch is leaps and bounds ahead of anything in Uncharted 4.

[@Garoth4582]

Gotta be the witness or doom for me.

[@lazercrotch9839]

Persona 5, Dark Souls III, Inside, lots of games better than Overwatch that year

[@mick9707]

@@lazercrotch9839 debatable. Most people consider Persona 5 a 2017 game due to when it came out in the U.S. and many other regions. It wasn’t eligible for most outlets and people’s lists. It’s a very different game anyway that’s much better in some ways and much worse in others. Inside I wouldn’t call better than Overwatch. Really refined and polished game, but fairly simplistic gameplay/puzzle wise. I’m also not a fan of the story and ending at all, but that’s very subjective I know. Dark Souls 3, sure maybe. Just another souls game though. Overwatch was at least something new/newish for many people. I’d hazard a guess that more people would enjoy Overwatch than Dark Souls 3 too. Dark Souls is playable after the online shuts down though for whatever that’s worth to you.

[@mick9707]

@@anaruenoha9920 massive rash generalisation. Not really a fair take on the game at all.

[@mekman4]

Great Stuff, as always! Scoop!

[@o377691]

Great show 😂👏🏻

[@ParadoxalDream]

35:45 Does Half-Life 2: Episode Two qualifies as an entry?

[@DougyFreshGames]

Scoop! Always nice to see Parasite Eve mentioned, put all three on the classic catalogs on PS5 . PE2 is more action oriented but still good regardless.

[@primemetroid4427]

I heard that Sony is actually trying to block COD from going to game pass should the deal go through. So it’s not just about having COD on PlayStation anymore.

[@arun279]

lol that microsoft court response should be a diss track

[@Dorff_Meister]

LOL my wife and I enjoyed Seaman on the Dreamcast. Crazy game.

[@SizeNZ]

Anyone know why Daemon isn't in the IGN studios? Didn't he go back a few months ago? And when are the whole IGN team going to be all back in the office together again?

[@carpetfresh9278]

I actually prefer the podcasts from their homes I think from the comfort of their own home they interact in a more free way which i love.

[@vinced7618]

@@carpetfresh9278 Agreed. I appreciate the informality for this type of content.

[@R17759]

I don’t think they all live in the same city anymore.

[@mickael486]

They will mention about "next time I'm visiting the area".. implying that IGN has adopted the work from home concept like many other companies have since Covid. it's a good thing.

[@KamasamaK]

Justin, the PSone had an official car power adapter.

[@IGN]

scoop!

[@jermelpurse3018]

There’s nothing wrong with a company admitting where they are in terms of market share Microsoft is #3 in console Manufacturing. That does not mean they’re in the same breath they can’t also admit that they are pushing to be number one in innovation and new technologies that they give the best value to gamers. You can say that in the same breath. What makes a company shine is when they can admit they have some room to grow. Don’t always come out saying we’re going to be the best there’s nothing wrong with saying we have work to do we have improvements that need to be made. That means you’ve examined yourself and the competition and you see where you are falling short.

[@gameinfinite9]

OW2 is a whole new category of sequel. I can’t think of a time when a sequel was like a mush of one and new content to this extent. Its easier on development…but on the other end was a clever way to let players keep all their cosmetics.

[@dandon1968]

wow! timecode???

[@elpiquetegames787]

Omega cops should bring that ps2 issue next episode it sounds super interesting 🤔

[@TysonGiffordME]

Don't Rich Men always end up going to chapter 11?

[@Erlaxis]

In contrast, my personal 2016 GotY can still be played, and it is really awesome.

[@78aray]

More Seal Of Quantity is always a good thing!

[@NathanNeilsen]

@John: The CMA blocking the deal ISN'T in the interest of competition. It's in favour of Sony, not consumers.

[@jeveritt8398]

Read the actual report it does offer interesting insight

[@lazercrotch9839]

Neural jacks?

[@Pawsum1tiger]

I'm ashamed to say that I was the one taking those disc from the mags😔

[@MrUserface]

You know he wanted to say traction @31:36

[@richardruiz4463]

I watched, I listened and you forgot Gears of War 4 cause it's the only one from 2016 which I replayed multiple times yo

[@allanjensen8324]

It’s so crazy that CMA is in Sonys pocket

[@matthewreynolds4382]

Anyone here accidentally, thinking it was the newest episode??

[@elpiquetegames787]

Scoop!!!🔥

[@daveygstar123]

Been waiting all day 🔥 I'm from the UK

[@Wizard_Level_1]

Richman 11 is a board game. It's a legit good board game that has never actually hit outside of Japan.

[@grayfox00700]

The way it was described made it sound a lot like Fortune Street

[@gdkjones]

Can’t believe Sam isn’t more familiar with Big Race USA pinball. To this day it’s one of the best “real” feeling digital pinball games ever made. The physics are soooo good and the table doesn’t have any “virtual” features, only things that could actually happen in a real world pinball table. The features and table rules are great. There’s a genuine sense of achievement when you complete shots and features in the order they are supposed to be played. Please check this out Sam. TAXI!!!! 😉

[@bjpaje]

Speaking of undumped unreleased games, I have one for the Super Famicom: Mouko Densetsu 95 - Hanshin Tigers. I have about 10 more SFC prototypes which are still undumped because they are not readable by my Retro Freak. Hopefully I can get my hands on a Super NT by year's end so I can dump and share these ROMs to the world.

[@deapthinker2066]

Big Buck Hunter deserves better.

[@juiceboxkingxd3005]

Video game 20 questions was really fun especially the ending !

[@Shipfaced]

Love the punk music talk. Sam likes good music I can tell.

[@joshrogers6669]

I realize that not everyone is fortunate enough to have the choice but I would NEVER play call of duty on playstation anyway. I love my ps5 but I don't like playing shooters on it at all.

[@mick9707]

I love playing shooters, including COD, on consoles. I have always preferred it. Xbox or PlayStation doesn’t matter really which to me.

[@joshrogers6669]

@@mick9707 I wouldn't say I hate playing them on consoles but compared to a mouse and keyboard along with much higher frame rates the PC will always trump console when it comes to shooters for me given I have a choice.

[@mick9707]

@@joshrogers6669 yeah I just prefer the more tactile feel of a controller. Joysticks and triggers. Keyboard and Mouse is more precise, but it just feels so clinical.

[@joshrogers6669]

@@mick9707 Yeah you do lose out on a few things like rumble and all that so definitely not perfect.

[@mick9707]

@@anaruenoha9920 doesn’t phase me personally. I mainly play on Xbox lately just because it’s where I have all my games from last gen and gamepass.

[@jermelpurse3018]

I would argue that Nintendo does no lots of games are being released on there e-shop The thing is that’s what they want to happen. They can’t have an online shop where they don’t have games being released for weeks at a time. Just think how bad it would be if you found out Nintendo online only had two new games a month. So they had a choice to make do you allow everything to come here regardless of what it is or do we become more selective and only allow traditional games to come here. They chose the first because they said we can’t have our shop look like it’s not doing anything.

[@philyarn703]

Dat mustache is the real FN deal

[@tymothyl]

Richman is actually better version of Monopoly

[@BiggTonyStyle]

Scoop!

[@killagilla24]

Sony was aggressively paying for exclusivity deals last gen. Kind of a taste of their own medicine only at a larger scale.

[@monsterface71]

I miss Tina 🙁

[@lazercrotch9839]

Couldn't believe IGN gave goty 2016 to Overwatch

[@Lalinjaman]

@@anaruenoha9920 Uncharted 4 or Titanfall 2.

[@keithfan2945]

Rich man probably isn't a great series. But certainly not something to laugh about. The fact that these guys at IGN find it funny is just.... backwards. This reminds me of how all Japanese games were laughed about in the west 20 years ago. Some things never change.

[@richardruiz4463]

Hi Uncle Sam yo

[@Imhotep397]

OW 2016 shouldn’t have really even been in consideration because it was a beta, so it was normal for character’s to be completely reworked in an unfinished game.

[@godribbon]

It wasn't a beta, not officially, it had a paid release in 2016

[@Imhotep397]

@@godribbon I’m pretty sure that the time it was nominated it was beta, because that was a topic of many debates.

[@Imhotep397]

@@anaruenoha9920 Don’t know, but it should have been one that was finished.

[@Kulj_No1]

SCOOP!

[@jonathansnyder9848]

I would love to see cyberpunk 2077 get game of the year this year

[@ValentinaMoretti]

Scoop! That music outro 💗

[@RevivedSaiyan]

Indefinite call of duty on playstation? Are you serious so with that logic whens spiderman, wolverine, or predator coming to Xbox? Otherwise why the f*** would Xbox pay 70 billion to give Sony comprises when there haven't been any by Sony.

[@RevivedSaiyan]

Battlefield one should have won game of the year 2016

[@EdwardViaTomato]

Microsoft should acquire Sega. Nintendo should acquire Platinum (and change it's leadership). Unless Sony returns PlayStation leadership to Japan, it should not touch any Japanese studios, outside of marketing agreements; and even those are obnoxiously half assed, short of Final Fantasy, maybe. I've been on PS for 20+ years now, but Sony's been a clown show this generation.

[@jeveritt8398]

Over consolidation of the industry is bad especially when it comes to acquiring publishers

[@frankdux5785]

“We’re tiny and we suck” - microsoft 2022

[@sean5337]

John could u possibly stop picking at your face and say something. Why is this guy on here? I've never once been annoyed watching game scoop except for this episode. Just looking around bored and confused lol. Would love to see a person with a smidgen of personality... BRIAN ALTANO!!!

[@lazercrotch9839]

John said enough and what he said was well put. His history in the gaming industry is obviously something you're not taking into account.

[@SkyeDaMan]

First

[@Rylo151]

The only video game podcast should probably have a little bit better mic quality. Very hard to listen to

[@LoudCobra1]

Game Pass and the new PS Plus Tiers are going to kill our game industry. Making MP games "free" isn't what it was supposed to be. The Devs don't like it but do they have a choice?