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Love and Respect for Feb 2nd Podcast

🕑 Added 2024-01-29 21:38:12 +0000 UTC

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St0mpz

The Wrong Question: To get people excited for the next Nintendo console, what sport should Mario and friends play next?

Jerry Young

Hi Allies: I was curious if you ever go back and watch early gameplay trailers well after a game releases for comparison or things you may not have noticed initially. I recently jumped back into ghost of Tsushima a bit and found myself then watching the original e3 demo. Although there is no hud, it showed off duels, standoffs, and combat stances before we knew anything about them. Ever have an experience like this? Thanks!

thief

The Wrong Question: Is 2024 the best year for games of all time?

SuperSushiii

Greetings Allies, I've finally gotten around to playing the Dead Space Remake and I'm completely in love with the the Plasma Cutter again. For me it completely overshadowes every other weapon in the game. My question for you is: What's a starting weapon you prefer over every other weapon a game throws at you? Love and Respect SuperSushiii

Sekiro505

Hello Allies A question for Huber but anyone who has played Lies of P I am loving Lies of P. I love that there are always specters to help you if you want it and even then sometimes they just die before you can kill a boss. The mini bosses are very fun to because that's just you killing them without no help from a specter and it's also very satisfying since they are difficult too. My question is what would you like from this game that Fromsoftware should take notes in their next soulsborne game. For me something they do right is managing the way you can keep using fable arts or your legion arm. To many times I didn't want to you use my arm in sekiro because of how limited the consumables were and I think this game let's you have fun with all that without limiting you as well.

Andy Schreiner

The Wrong Question: What new powerups would you like to see come out of the Question Blocks in the next Resident Evil game? (Note for Blood, please do a "Wahoo!" in your best Mario voice after reading this)

Harrison Holt

Hey Allies, This week, Avowed game director Carrie Patel told Eurogamer that the game would not feature romance options, citing that in order to do romance options well, it required a lot of effort, and additionally, it is difficult to balance the work going into romance options with that outside it. It is a significant challenge to write a campaign, featuring narratively woven companions, which is equally fulfilling regardless of the relationship choices of the player. Personally, I welcome variety in the RPG space, and it's great to hear a development studio give themselves a hard scope for their game, but it is also difficult to argue with the reception of these mechanics. I struggle to think of highly successful western RPGs in the last decade or so that didn't feature some sort of romance mechanic. Many would attribute Baldur's Gate 3's recent and vast commercial success in part to its commitment to weird and wonderful romance that the player can engage with, especially among more casual players who don't usually play RPGs. I'm curious to hear the panels thoughts on Romance options in RPGs. Is it important enough to pursue? What are some examples of romance done well, done badly, and how might you like to see Romance mechanics evolve and innovate over the coming years? Love and Respect, Harrison

Brandon K Gann

Hello everyone! I'm writing this before this week's State of Play, so I'm presumptive in thinking there will be a Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Trailer, and demo availability imminent, if not already out. With being a month away, I've already decided I'm taking an entire week off work at the start of March just to play it because the hype can NOT be contained. So this has me wanting to ask: What has been the longest segment of time you ever dedicated to a first playthrough? I know this is a little skewed since you get code for games pre-release via work purposes all throughout any given year, but was there ever a time where you took days if not a full week away from responsibilities and even family just to fully lose yourself in a game? Thanks for taking this submission if you do and stay Easy fellow Allies!

Rikimaru

Hey Allies! One of the underrated additions to The Last of Us Part II Remastered is the ability to switch to a mirror mode for all areas of the game. The mode also mirrors the characters to be either right or left-handed, adding to the immersion for those that want to see the way they interact with the world reflected in-game. I first played The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess on Gamecube with the guide for the Wii version, where everything is flipped for Link to be right-handed. I remember it being a fun brain exercise of translating everything I was seeing in the guide to be mirrored. In hindsight, I find it a bit strange that even though both right and left-handed versions of Link and Hyrule exist, you can't choose between the two. This seems like something that should be an accessibility feature that could also add to future playthroughs of modern games. What is a game each of you would enjoy playing or revisiting with a mirror mode?

Myst Walker

Hello Allies, I love lost media, whether it be an old TV show that got lost to time, and video game that never saw the light of day, or demos of popular songs that are stuck on some old cassettes. One of the most recent discovers was an americanized version of Gundam called Revolution, that got me thinking about what could have been. My question is this, what are some lost media that you all either have a fasination with that you also wonder what could have been, or media that you remember that has now become lost? Love and Respect