Ep 457 – 2025 is off to a heck of a start, so it’s time to catch up on what’s coming in the next three months while we keep an eye on evacuation warnings.
0:00 – Intro
3:32 – Bloodworth Catch Up
16:50 – January Game Preview
1:12:04 – Citizen Sleeper 2 Preview
1:18:07 – February Game Preview
1:45:58 – A Word From Our Sponsors
1:48:20 – March Game Preview
2:13:55 – Also This Week
2:30:21 – L&R: The Lost Rap
2:33:45 – L&R: Switch 2 Launch Ports
2:42:16 – L&R Game: What’s That Weapon?
2:49:51 – Or Wars
2:55:10 – Closing
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Games discussed in this episode.
(Thanks to PateOfCourse for the extra time stamps.)
January:
18:36 – Airborne Empire
19:27 – Hyper Light Breaker
23:02 – Aloft
25:51 – Blade Chimera
28:23 – Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
34:26 – Dynasty Warriors: Origins
37:33 – Tales of Graces f Remastered
44:38 – Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
46:22 – Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PC)
51:19 – Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles
53:01 – Darkest Dungeon II DLCs
54:49 – Eternal Strands
57:29 – Tails of Iron II: Whiskers of Winter
1:00:26 – Robots at Midnight
1:04:06 – Hello Kitty Island Adventure
1:05:46 – Jumping Jazz Cats
1:06:07 – Spider-Man 2 (PC)
1:06:11 – Sniper Elite: Resistance
1:07:06 – Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
1:12:03 – Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
February:
1:18:06 – Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
1:19:15 – Civilization VII
1:20:25 – Urban Myth Dissolution Center
1:23:53 – Date Everything!
1:25:34 – The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II
1:26:38 – Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered
1:28:30 – Avowed
1:30:57 – Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
1:34:12 – Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
1:39:55 – Monster Hunter Wilds
1:42:21 – Midnight Murder Club
March:
1:42:21 – Two Point Museum
1:49:07 – FragPunk
1:51:14 – Split Fiction
1:53:00 – Suikoden I & II HD Remaster
1:55:09 – Wanderstop
1:56:02 – Bionic Bay
1:58:09 – Assassin’s Creed Shadows
2:03:22 – Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
2:07:27 – Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land
2:07:47 – Bleach: Rebirth of Souls
2:08:53 – Tales of the Shire
2:10:10 – Atomfall
2:12:38 – The First Berserker: Khazan
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Finland loves you too, Huber. ❤
Love these videos so much. The new Lonely Mountain game was not on my radar at all before this and I loved the first one. (Also, stay safe yall)
I love you all, Allies
Man, I hope you all are safe and Brandon too. So many memories in that garage 😢
2:03:22 – actually, I would not be surprised if Xenoblade Chronicles X ends up being more profitable than AC Shadows
Great show, hope everyone is safe over there.
I'm baffled by them expecting all these current gen games coming to the switch 2. The Switch 2 isn't going to be as powerful as a ps5/XSX. It's going to be on par with a X1X/ps4. There's no way BG3 could run on a switch 2, it barely runs on a ps5. Indiana Jones uses mandatory RT GI. No way.
My Q1 sizzle is Blade Chimera and fizzle is Assassin's Creed Shadows. Ubisoft is probably done as a company if that fails. Besides Rainbow Six, AC is their bread and butter franchise and if AC Shadows bombs their investors are going run for the hills.
aww poor Huber lol
Worst part about these fires is, this isn't the end, this is just the new norm, it'll happen again next year.
The part about climate change people aren't realising is it's gradual, these fires got as bad cause instead of raining like it normally does in Jan it's windy.
Here, which here is just some shithole in the U.K named Sunderland, Summer when we were kids was June, June-August was summer, stupidly hot, September kicked off Autumn/Fall, November was winter.
Now, for the past 5-6 years everyone has noticed it doesn't start getting hot until late July, Mid August.
November, instead of snow, we get tons of rain and wind. Snow starts in Jan now.
The seasons are gradually shifting, to the point of, give it 20 years and we may legit have to redo the seasons, personally feel like we need too now, so sick of people saying when it's freezing cold in June "Summer has begun" no, still Srping, the seasons have shifted.
So all that to say, L.A, prepare for next year cause chances are the lack of rain and the unprecedented winds are your new norm so this will happen again next year too.
If you're in a position to move, do so, cause if you escape it this year, doesn't mean you will next year.
2:15:00 I played the ancient gods, do not play it, watch it on youtube, it is the most boring ass generic slog fest, every fight takes longer than the last, upwards of 30 minutes if memory serves of just doing the loop perfectly until finally you win and if you fail, which our ADHD ass did cause the longer they went on the more bored we got so it caused fail after fail after fail as we just lost all focus.
It, is probably the worst DLC we've ever played and the fact we played it around the time of Erdtree, which is by far the fucking best DLC ever, it made it feel even worse.
If you do play it, do yourself a favour and drop it to easy AF mode cause it isn't actually hard, just a long ass fucking slog and if you drop it to easy at least there's almost 0 chance of failing due to boredom and it'll drop 5 hours off your DLC run time.
Yes, I am also bothered by the Sam is able to do so much with no Serum. Sloppy writing.
I didn't catch either Huber's Sizzle nor Don's Fizzle, anyone else?
King of Fighters is going to tie Final Fantasy with King of Fighters XVI, whenever that happens. Pretty safe bet they will get to XVII before FF, too.
Did they not even play the new dynasty warriors demo? its completely different than the old formula….
Get well soon guys and gals! But also when is Fantasy Game Dev?
2:07:34 i swear I heard "Atelier Goonia", and I was like "damm, this franchise is too selfaware about the state of its fanbase"
Thank you for uploading during this insane week! I’ve been feeling overwhelmed and it helped me calm down. Love you guys! Stay safe 🙏
Good run down but two other March releases I'm looking forward to are Beyond the Ice Palace 2 (same day as Bionic Bay) and AI LIMIT (same day as The First Berserker: Khazan).
1:19:56 what is she on about dude?! 😂
Get well soon huber and gabby! And stay safe from the fires everyone being from australia know all about fires but this 1 is crazy evacuate dont stay behind things can be rebought u cant.
Yeah Nintendo just looks silly now not showing Switch2 at this point. And acting like Mario Cart 12 won’t be a launch game. With old tracks available for purchase in packs. Seriously though there has to be a new Contra or something that people have been wanting like Remake Super Metroid or Castelvainia or original Zelda. Games like FF7 remake/rebirth will be old news and won’t push initial sales. And let’s face it, no one wants to buy a Nintendo to play 3rd party ports.
Really grateful you decided to this at all! I really hope this a comfort for you.
Stay safe, take care of each other, get better Huber.
I guess these guys aren’t aware, but the new Dynasty Warrirors is actually looking to be a deeper take on the franchise. The combat is a lot more in depth and the developer said they took heavy inspiration from the Nioh games, which leads to some spectacular looking 1v1 boss battles.
It’s possible that it’s a game that surprises a lot of people.
I wish Bloodworth would call himself daddy as many times as Isla calls herself mommy.
It's curious hearing an accusation of a game being "fake intellectual" from someone who said that Disco Elysium was incomprehensible to him based upon his personal limitations. On what basis is he judging the games as falsely intellectual, and how does he discern fake from genuine intellectualism? Why would there be an assumption that this new game is falsely intellectual in the same manner as the other two? Maybe I'm not familiar with an established shorthand this particular panelist has with the audience with regard to the intellectualism of writing, in the same vein as the established trust on the matter of which shotgun is the awesomest. I'm happy to see critique and encourage it, and I've never played any iteration of Nier — I just like to understand the guiding principles behind these type of polemics. I'm here for thoughtful commentary from the pros!
Isla saying "ex CROSS illia" reminded me immediately of the old GT bit <3
Feel for Huber going through that sickness, but man does he need to know how to toggle mute when not talking. It's a matter of respecting the audience, I don't understand how no one thought to ask him about it.
1:35:41 – RGG put in more enemies to fight since 5 (one fight is Kiryu’s 1 vs 100/Tojo Clan and Kiwami 2 had another 1 vs 100 mission.) As for Dynasty Warriors Origins, it’s already different from before just by looking at the game. 1:38:24 – Yakuza games are generally yearly, but they’ve increased steadily and they’re working on VF and a new IP now. 1:39:03 – This is a spin-off that takes place after Yakuza 8 and will include returning characters and likely talk about what happened before, because the plot is that he has amnesia and is trying to remember what happened. Also, none of the recent games are really stand-alone (7 builds up from the whole series, 8 has Kiryu reminiscing about the past, Gaiden is a tie-in for 6-8, and this one is after 8.) Lost Judgement and 8 are also connected because of an event in 7 and other stuff.
Thank you for the feature! 💙
Glad all of you are safe