Defining Duke, Episode 195 | Xbox Is FINALLY Getting Some JRPG Love...
🕑 Added 2024-09-27 16:00:17 +0000 UTCOn the week of September 22nd, the games industry was blessed with not one, but two showcases! Today, the Dukes dive into both the State Of Play and Xbox's Tokyo Game Show 2024 presentation. With the State Of Play, much was announced for the Xbox platform! As for Tokyo Game Show, Xbox is showing that developers of all sizes are looking to support the "challenger brand." While the presentation was absent of any major reveals, games such as Threads Of Time or the long desired Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster did get us excited! Beyond the minor showcases, we also dive into the latest for Assassin's Creed Shadows where the writing is on the wall here with Ubisoft. It's clearly a do-or-die situation for them and based on their recent statement to investors, this game absolutely must perform. Will the delay help and how deep do Ubisoft's issues run? We get into just that plus a new Yakuza game, Xbox's 25th anniversary, Metaphor Re:Fantazio's demo, and much more!
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:13:22 - State Of Play announcements coming to Xbox
00:42:06 - Assassin's Creed Shadows delay to February
01:04:03 - Palworld developer is getting sued
01:14:01 - Like A Dragon: Pirate in Hawaii announced
01:19:56 - Xbox plans for 2026 are being formulated
01:24:58 - Xbox ambassador program ending after 13 years
01:28:25 - Metaphor: ReFantazio is similar in length to Persona 5
01:30:53 - Saber Interactive interested in Space Marine 3
01:31:46 - What We’re Playing
02:07:37 - Tokyo Game Show 2024
02:32:27 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week
02:45:29 - How will Defining Duke evolve alongside Xbox?
02:59:00 - Outro
Comments
Robbie Agnew
Yeah mostly nixes I have learned that recently also. Makes my point even stronger. Heck, Nintendo remasters every game under the sun, this 10$ upgrade, which is pretty robust, doesn’t hurt anyone imo
The Great Santini
Jin Sakai was cool but not a supremely deep/intriguing character. I’m totally satisfied by the amount of time I spent with him in the base game + DLC.
The Great Santini
I think it was mostly Nixes that worked on it, no? Obviously Guerrilla helped.
The Great Santini
Calling it “disgusting” is a little much. It’s not some affront to the gaming industry/gamers.
The Great Santini
Super agree. Using terminology like “disgusting” for a remaster is a bit dramatic.
Michael Mashpotato
I’m a week behind on LSM content. I want to congratulate Matty on his holy matrimony. Marriage is a beautiful thing. I wish you and your new wife the absolute best. Much love being sent your way. God bless brother.
Wesley Lammey
Congrats Marty!
Gooch Gobbler
I damn near spat out my drink when he said that lol my girl would be furious
Trill Spencer
this is completely baseless lmao
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
I don't see how you come to that conclusion. They talked about how they're putting together the show. They talked about some of the hateful, personal comments They get and why they ignore those. They sound like real people to me.
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
"People gotta learn how to respectfully disagree" -Lord Cognito. Yes. Full stop. ##DDTGS
Devin K
Congrats Matty!
ByWatterson
You were asked how the show is going to evolve, and you responded by attacking the audience - again.
Eric the human
I also don't like that Playstation is wasting time remastering Horizon Zero Dawn, but to call it "disgusting" is a bit of an overreaction. Just don't buy it. That being said, congrats on getting married!!! It's about damn time.
Trill Spencer
Cog, you need to give Andreja ammo
The Devmeister
This is my favourite episode of DD thus far because they mostly discussed PlayStation 😂
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
After I got married, I played a ...different kind of game lol
NeO JD
As far as I understand, the H:ZD remake was to be in line with the Netflix series coming but that got pushed back indefinitely after the scandal. I wasn’t on board with the ZD remake until they actually showed it off. It looks great. FW looked much better than ZD and now they’re both on the same visual level. For a $10 upgrade, I ain’t mad at it. But, I replayed ZD all the way through including the DLC before FW so I have no intention of ever playing it again. Didn’t even think of the AC Black History Month connection. That is something. 😅 Avowed delaying and adding 60 frames at launch would be a nice way to curve a delay. I like Metaphor but I can already tell I don’t love it like the Persona series. The setting, music, and characters don’t vibe with me. #DDTGS
Jeffery Carlson
He hates everything most people like, and likes things most people don’t. He’s become a contrarian. It’s harder and harder to listen to him on these shows. Why I check out one every few weeks then promptly remember why I don’t have defending Duke as a weekly must listen anymore
TGBahr
All the best to Cog. Hope he'll make some progress on the health insurance / doctor front 🙏🏼
Justin Jackson
Congrats Matty
Directional Joy
To Matty talking inFAMOUS, I appreciated the franchise but was only able to play the 1st (lengthy), never played the 2nd (Sony PLEASE, don’t make PS3 streaming forever 🙇♂️) I played Second Son to Platinum, as well as the 1st Sly. I wanna just take a moment to appreciate the approachable Platinum. Both Sly and Second Son were sweet because they required devotion but the mission statement was clear.
Tanner Kading
‘Grats on the marriage good sir! Such a special thing. Just rang in my 3 anniversary with my own darling. Good podcast this week, Dukes!
Bartevious
Congrats on the wedding Matty. Been watching you for like a decade man, cool to see the journey.
Vito Chiaramonte
I'm surprised you all were lukewarm about the TGS, I don't play ff or any of the jrpgs, but I thought that volume of jrpgs and similar coming over was strong. Especially when so many people seem to pine for them adding more Japanese focused content. Wonder if we're getting our expectations spoiled my leaks/similar because you come away not surprised.
Bryan Lozano
Damn Matty really hates the remasters. Dude just let the people who never played the game before buy it and enjoy it with upgraded graphics and performance. If you’re a fan of the game like I was with tlou 2 then just get the 10$ upgrade. And if you don’t want pay the 10$ you’re still allowed to play your original copy with backwards compatibility.
Guns vs Kittens
It's understandable with his main guy being gone
Guns vs Kittens
Absolutely correct opinion on Horizon Remastered, guys. The LSM Facebook group has been delusional about that thing
Special Needs Cannon
So after Getting married Matty immediately plays a game about divorce with his wife.
Robbie Agnew
40 million? My guy, the switch has almost passed the ps2 in sales. It’s hovering in the 140 million plus range. Also, you are disgusted by the horizon remaster? That’s a bit hyperbolic. It’s a 10$ upgrade that probably only a small fraction of Guerrilla worked on.
Adam Razak
Not going to lie: I was a little disappointed by Cog's underwhelming response to Ghost of Yotei during the ILP reaction. Glad he was given a chance to talk about it again after a few days of marinating on it. It looks so dope.
Vito Chiaramonte
Congrats dude
Jacob Lesperance
Xbox launching early to avoid Playstation, to only go up against Nintendo with a handheld is definitely a strategy...