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Summon Sign, Episode 53 | Our 2024 Games of the Year
🕑 Added 2024-12-31 17:00:05 +0000 UTCOn this very special episode of Summon Sign, Brad and the crew discuss their favorite games of the year and their most anticipated games of 2025. Strap in.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Brad, Colin and Dustin
01:44:43 - Matty and Cog
03:02:49 - Chris and Gene
04:46:44 - Lock, Ben and Micah
Comments
Not a Sexbot..
Shit take..
Robbie Agnew
The lack of Ghosts 2 and Death Stranding 2 in Chris’s list is baffling.
Robbie Agnew
Great episode but Micah is Insufferable. Sorry Colin
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
These Sacred Boys + Brad have a weak, weak anticipated games lists. No Doom or Fable in their top 5s. Those are some weak lists boys.
Robbie Agnew
Ya boi
Teddy
Take a shot for “ostensibly” and enjoy the sweet embrace of liver failure after a paragraph.
Robbie Agnew
Agreed
Stevie Q
Was hoping Jaffe was gonna be part of this at some point. He plays so much I’ve never even heard of.
Gr8S
Colin giving Kunitsu-Game #2, that's my dog!
Joey B
The only thing you spoil for me Gene is with your awesome presence and I enjoy every podcast you've been on here!
Teddy
Fantastic episode, well done Brad!
Ben Fairbanks
I am shellshocked to hear a Sigur Ros reference from Gene.
Ahlickaloo
Take a shot every time Chris says “feels like” and “vibes”
Del Griffith
I hear ya! I tried Persona 5 for a good 20 hours and it was just god awful. I’m so confused what people love about them. Oh well. Not all games need to be for me 🤷
Wayde
The mispronouncing of Oregon trail hurt my ears I must be one of the few that doesn't care about GTA. I have 0 interest and will zone out when anyone talks about it.
Brian
I appreciate it for what it is, but also think it's incredibly overhyped
Cormac
This made me want to create my own 2024 list, featuring games I played, not released. 10. TLoZ, Echoes of Wisdom 9. Celeste 8. Vampire Survivors 7. Control 6. Lies of P 5. Alan Wake II 4. Resident Evil 4 Remake 3. Elden Ring 2. Astro Bot 1. Final Fantasy Rebirth Some i’ve left out are Red Dead Redemption, Demon’s Souls Remake, Doom, Rondo of Blood, The Old Hunters (DLC), Crisis Core, INTERmission (DLC), Hitman 1, FF XVI DLC, Ace Attorney 5. Really connected with Bioshock infinite during my platinum playthrough too but had played it before so didn’t include it! Beat Death Stranding for the first time also and didn’t connect with it at all bar the first 10-15 hours.
Cameron
Ninja Blade mentioned. When will Evergrace and Forever Kingdom be mentioned?
Del Griffith
Am I the only one who did not like Mouthwashing?
Nick La Creta
Made it through the ep—great work all around/Brad!!!
ajwhite
Balatro is a top 10 all time game for me. I have about 400hrs in it and no signs of stopping. God bless Dustin for recommending it back in February or March
Carter Ellis
As a fellow enthusiast of my stinky switch, I understand the desire for a reliable “plug and play” experience. I moved from gaming on Xbox 360 to PC, and it can be frustrating at times. However, Steam and the Steam Deck are surprisingly user-friendly. I hope you enjoy trying the Portal. Thank you for all the great podcasts and for the reply. You guys are my game grumps 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻.
Mama Micah
Well firstly thank you for the compliment! And I hear you (and Dustin, and Ben, and Brad...) and for Steam Deck specifically I think it boils down to: I simply don't like fiddling with PCs anymore. Here's an example: tonight I looked up a guide to hack my Wii U (long story) and all the comments on the forums said "it's so easy!" but I lost enthusiasm just reading through the instructions. I gotta be honest, ever since I left tech support as a job I have no motivation to do anything that feels like tech support at home. Granted, I do have the fix the printer whenever it breaks but when it comes to my hobbies: I want the plug and play ease of a console because PC isn't a relaxing space for me. Some people enjoy the fiddly aspect of toggling settings and tuning everything in just-so but I find it to be an obstacle. The PS Portal holds more promise for me and we already have one so Colin can help me get it all setup to try it out and see if I like it. I hope you have a great weekend! :) -Micah (aka stinkyswitch4lyfe)
Daddy T
I hope so man, was a big fan at first but he just attracts trouble
Steve
Colin underestimates the power of a gooner.
Deemac
Gotta be honest, I find these sort of comments really gatekeep-y, it's the same whenever Colin talks about it. I too never played the OG game but had an awesome time with Rebirth. Am I missing some references and context for some moments? Of course, but I don't feel lost in the story, and I still was able to follow it in large tbh (outside of typical JRPG fuckery as mentioned in a previous comment). I feel like hardcore OG fans can never see this side of things - because obviously, they played the original and know the story inside out - so they just shut down new fans and tell them that they didn't understand anything that was going on. But trust me when I say I still enjoyed Rebirth as a new fan and was happy with the story as presented to me. Maybe it's a case where it's a game that appeals to long time fans with all the changes to the OG, nostalgia etc - but can also be enjoyed by newcomers like me. I think that just speaks to what a special game this is. Looking forward to Part 3
Deemac
Same lol, hadn't thought of Sigur Ros in ages but Hoppipolla started playing in my head as soon as Gene mentioned them! Also Low Roar are Icelandic also so they added those vibes to DS I guess
Lemonworld
My ears perked up at the mention of Sigur Ros. You’re totally right Gene! Pretty sure the landscape is based of Iceland too
Tyler Stafford
Wrong, TLOU2 is 100 a 10 out of 10.
Cormac
I would say Micah is arguably the best when it comes to playing the games she likes? She knows what she likes and sticks to it!
Carter Ellis
I wish Micah would just put a little bit more effort into playing the games she likes. Not trying to be a hater it’s just frustrating for someone who’s talented and intelligent to keep saying they’re “too dumb” or perhaps scared of using a new device like the steam deck.
Antony
I just cannot get my head around the metaphor love. My tastes must be off cos I just don’t get it, but I felt the same about the Persona games as well. Atlus games just don’t hit for me. Great pod though gang.
Zac
Oh man this episode is GIRTHY I'm so hype
Nick
Love this
Ryan Zimm
Some people are masochists
Vito Chiaramonte
About 2/3 thru, great job Brad.
Vitaly
Why so short?
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
Oh god no. It is not a 10 out of 10 game. The graphics are indeed superb, however. The Game? Not a 10/10 game. Story is a step back from the first one in both direction and content. The controls feel slightly wonky when compared to other shooters. Menu system is god awful to manage and on harder difficulties this can (and did in my playthrough) get you killed. Abby is a better campaign to play even though you may not want to. Ellies is so repetitive it becomes not fun later on. The overall length of the game is ridiculously too long. #endrant
Michael Cook
This was great. Finally bit the bullet and bought Baletro based on this podcast - well worth it!
easelgames
Holy length batman
brody_low
Longest podcast in lsm history? Incredible
Josef Barker
Loved this podcast. I'm sure people would like to hear Jaffe's and Hoeg's top games and most anticipated games to.
drew
No loss
The Rose Experience
I’m going to be honest, no you didn’t, not if you didn’t play the original. It’s not really about confusion, It’s about tone, the reliance on nostalgia, what changed and why it’s relevant along with much more. You can still enjoy it, but without all the context of the original you aren’t really going to get the remakes as intended
RFK Jr. streaming with an anime girl VTuber avatar and his voice pitched up but still wobbly
I’m sure we’ll get another episode or two of it. Jaffe, Hoeg, maybe Jason Polanski as well, he’s a cool dude.
Dante B
Amen, got the platinum early this year after not playing it since it first came out on PS2. Loved it.
Umkart
Hopefully Jaffe can tell us his list at some point.
Vanzant
Jaffe’s been put on ice
Zack Fair
Almost 7 fuvking hours of the LSM boys and lady, let's go!!!
Joseph Gedgaudas
Jokes on you Dustin! I did replay Ico in 2023, and it still was great.
Eric Golley
Skipping over Psychonauts 2 when talking about no great platformers recently is criminal.
Otacon_Ocelot
Where Bungie was Sony’s worst acquisition, Brad was LSM’s best get imo love everyone else but Brad’s the man!
Nathan Yahoo wins prostate lottery
Colin’s been real quiet since Brad dropped this.
Jason H
Brad for LSM MVP
Muskrat Mike
Fair enough, gooch gobbler. It’s probably the fastest paced episodes of anything I’ve listened to on LSM in general
Yalingo
Awesome episode team. Loved it
Paul Waltz
Holy shit! Almost 7 hour mega episode. Happy new year, LSM.
Aran Benton
Can’t believe you just spoiled sonic 3 for me. Definitely unsubbing now
Chaise
Brad is a beast
Dexter Wallingsford
Brad just put Colin on notice.
Umberto
I'd go as far as saying that the distinctive quality between a Miyazaki souls game and any other souls-like is the ICO inspired level design
Remington Wilson
Holy shit
Cai
Oh no I know, don’t worry. You’ve convinced me to buy at least 3 games this year from your reviews and podcasts. People want to hear you talk about games, so ignore the idiots if you can haha.
Eemi
Just resubbed just to watch this crazy thing.
Gene Park
It’s too much but Miyazaki was inspired to create games due to Ico. Also Ico created the third-person adventure game format that Uncharted and Prince of Persia copied. These guys don’t have to like the game but the disrespect is getting out of hand
Gene Park
Sorry haha i don’t mean to yell at you specifically. I’m just sick of the “gene spoils things” meme when i rarely do.
Asique Alam
I've never come just by looking at the length of a podcast, but I have come and cometh, I have and cometh I shall.
Cai
Damn sorry about that. I’m not even at your section yet - just thought it was a funny observation. I didn’t realise people were being so crazy about it. Look forward to hearing what you have to say!
The Rose Experience
The entire schtick of ‘anyone can play these and you don’t need the original’ is a lie. Nothing lands emotionally or narratively as intended without the context of the original. It relies on you knowing the OG FF7 and specifically, you won’t understand what’s changed and why that matters. You can play and enjoy whatever you want, but these games are for people who played the original game and you should play it anyhow, it’s still amazing.
Umberto
I would call it an hyperbole
Gene Park
people actually whined because i talked about how jim carrey is a main character in sonic 3. these people are fucking stupid.
Gooch Gobbler
I didn't think it was THAT confusing, standard JRPG fuckery but I got 99% of it as a new Final Fantasy fan
Monty Pearson
I don't get why people listen to podcast's discussing games if they care so much about light spoilers. Either don't listen or skip over the game you don't want spoiling. At some point, everything is a spoiler and there wouldn't be anything left to say about a game. Gene is one of the biggest voices in games media, and I wanna hear what he has to say about games. Not hear him have to keep holding back his thoughts because of people bitching about small spoilers.
Gene Park
the spoiler tag is being removed i didn’t spoil shit
Gene Park
i addressed this recently but im getting pretty sick of being accused of spoiling shit i dont even fucking talk about. that’s been happening a lot
Gene Park
i have no idea why that has a spoiler tag. there are zero spoilers.
Ethan Barcelos
Holy fuck
Napoleon in Rags
I just beat FF7 Rebirth and it didn’t quite land for me…if you don’t have a deep knowledge of the original game, this game is just confusing. It’s 100% fan service for those that played the original
Sean Waters
Almost 7 hours! Ya’ll must have known I would have caught up on all my other podcasts and running out of things to listen to!
Trevor Myers
I agree with Colin, Naughty Bear > Ico
Dante B
Totally agree. I don’t get it at all. Matty has like 3 comparison points for any game and one of them just happens to be Dishonored.
Bartevious
Gene and spoiler tag is like peanut butter and jelly 🤣 His name in a podcast description should alone be a spoiler tag for basically anything he plans on talking about
Tanner Kading
Only 7 hours?!
Cai
A 7 hour episode and only Gene needed a spoiler tag. You love to see it.
Gooch Gobbler
Dude I’m listening to the whole thing but I’ve had to go back and rewind 30 seconds to see what game they are referring to multiple times and I’m only on hour 2. Sorry I’m not watching this with a singular focus intently like Nosferatu
Eric the human
Brad you are the GOAT! This is gonna come in clutch at work tomorrow.
RFK Jr. streaming with an anime girl VTuber avatar and his voice pitched up but still wobbly
There are, for sure. Not saying she’s not attractive. More like, despite the fact that Eve is modeled towards realism, something about I dunno, her legs being so damn long makes me have an association with a cartoon character or something. Dunno lol.
Ryan Taylor
6 hour LSM podcast on New Year’s Day? Hell yes.
The Rose Experience
She definitely doesn’t, there are real women out there that look like Eve. Pixar mom has Octomom hips
The Rose Experience
Dishonoured plays immensely better and offers so much variety/options comparatively. I can see a possible inspiration, but the games really don’t share much in common outside of the perspective in gameplay
Muskrat Mike
Or just… listen to the podcast?
Andy Miller
Brad the absolute madman! Appreciate the epic episode!
Mike Held
I really don't understand the Indiana Jones/Dishonored comparisons. The moment to moment gameplay feels nothing alike. Sure, they're both first person stealth games with large, open levels and you can throw bottles at enemies in both games, but that's where the comparisons end. They feel completely different in character movement and gameplay. I think Matty and Dustin need to go back and play Dishonored, because it's nothing like Indiana Jones.
Frank
Best addition this year was Summon Sign. Great way to end the year. Thanks!
Robbie Agnew
Wow 6 hours plus!
Morgan
I'm about to walk 15 miles in a row while listening to this long ass epic! Thanks LSM!!
Cameron
Epic episode.
RFK Jr. streaming with an anime girl VTuber avatar and his voice pitched up but still wobbly
Once someone pointed out that she has Pixar mom proportions, it definitely explained why it wasn’t super appealing to me lol.
Daniel E
Colin’s perpetual denial that Eve can’t be viewed as sexy because there’s too much else going on in-game or it’s too “unreal” will never not be funny. Anyway, great episode and content this year, Brad. Glad LSM brought you on - you’re the best addition to the team in years.
Tom Gentry
Brad!!! You fucking mad man you’ve done it!! Show those Sacred boys how to do a proper pod you son of a bitch. Let’s fucking gooo
Samurai Costanza
Bruh
Jacob R.
Hooooooo mama
Breno Bezerra Bluhm
ALMOST 7 HOURS? What a way to end the year, Brad you are the real MVP 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Cormac
I’m going to start this in 2024, and finish it in 2025.
Zackery Parkerson
Bizarrely, Square Enix actually does still own Gex. They didn’t give him up.
RFK Jr. streaming with an anime girl VTuber avatar and his voice pitched up but still wobbly
By like an hour lol
Birds Aren't Real
Is this satire?
RFK Jr. streaming with an anime girl VTuber avatar and his voice pitched up but still wobbly
YOOOOOO
Chris banging ladies wearing the Green Goblin Mask
Thicc episode. I'll probably be listening up until Sacred on Friday
Strav 23
Haven't listened to it yet but seeing a spoiler warning after Genes name gave me a chuckle. 🤣
OCEL0T
I used to pray for times like these
Gooch Gobbler
Not to be greedy because this is a mammoth size banger, but man we could have used some graphics here or even a list in the description
Shadi Haddad
Brad has ascended to Super Saiyan 3. This needs to be a yearly tradition, even better if it can be on New Years Eve each year. Maybe my favorite podcast in LSM history, felt like a chance to hang out with everyone on the team at the same time
Tanner Brant
Wow I love this! Great episode for the new year!
Lizurd
My work day is gonna be a breeze, thank you!
NeO JD
I just gave Brad my podcast of the year for Summon Sign and then he drops this. 😩
Umberto
Honestly if you don't like ICO you're a fake from soft fan
Bogey
Holy shit Brad managed to sneak in the annual EZA 8 hr GOTY talks into LSM lmao
Matt
Great to have all these recordings for so much down time (for your audience) over Xmas. Also, Colin, off-topic but I’m replaying TLOU P2 on PS5 Pro and it is absolutely incredible. You’re right, it’s a 10/10 game. Go install it and check out the graphics, I’m blown away by the detail, even more so than Horizon FW.
Nathan Yahoo wins prostate lottery
This is why Brad is the Goat!!
Frank G.
Sith hours!
NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE
God bless you Brad
Your Boi Nicky V
Holy fucking shit. This is dedication Brad, much appreciated.
Nathan Yahoo wins prostate lottery
Better start now holy shit
Phil Walker
Don't know if I can edge for 7 hours
Deemac
One of my new favorite recurring LSM bits is Colin holding a bunch of MegaMan pixels up to the camera and asking "Brad who is this?"
Mike Held
Seize the gap!! You fat cow!
WellyPWNS
Brad bringing the length and girth at the end of 2024
Mike Held
7 hours!?! I'll be Colining my Moriarty to this one!
joefray_
Chonk
Haru Discourse
Woah… awesome
Chris Evans
7 hours… you guys are fucking animals
Fat Gotenks
Peak
KrazyBean14
7 hours holy! I am working on New Years so, this is great lmao.
Tristan Kimball
I woke up feeling down today. After seeing this posted I’m ready to seize the day
NukeDukem
If you start this episode at 5:16:01 it’ll finally be over when the ball drops.
Mattveego
Yes Brad thank you! I’ve always thought we needed better GOTY content at LSM. Very excited to listen
Cole Wallace
Longest LSM video of all time?
Conor Wilson
Fantastic idea!!
Diddy’s Dong Quest
LETS GOOO. Longest episode ever on LSM?
RoughSlpr
7 Hours? LFG
