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The Nextlander Podcast 116: Needs to Be Played
🕑 Added 2023-09-07 00:49:12 +0000 UTCThis here is a podcast about our further adventures in Starfield, Trine the Fifth, Shadow Gambit, the abrupt closure of Volition, the looming SAG-AFTRA video game industry strike, Charles Martinet's uncertain ambassadorship, and a bunch of other stuff.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:10) Intro
(00:03:31) Need To Do VS Want To Do
(00:08:52) Doom 3 and game genres
(00:14:39) Starfield [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S] on Sep 06, 2023
(00:30:47) First Break
(00:30:51) Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Aug 17, 2023
(00:33:44) Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Aug 31, 2023
(00:38:13) Baldur's Gate 3 [PlayStation 5] on Sep 06, 2023
(00:43:22) Star Wars Jedi: Survivor [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Apr 28, 2023
(00:50:29) Second Break
(00:50:33) The News
(00:50:34) Volition has been shuttered
(01:10:13) SAG-AFTRA strike for video games next?
(01:23:57) To DLC or Not to DLC
(01:27:31) Cyberpunk 2077 devs lay out what is free and what is paid in the coming update
(01:30:18) Charles Martinet also doesn't know what a Mario Ambassador is
(01:38:29) Emails
(01:46:27) Wrapping up and thanks
(01:48:52) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(01:50:11) Nextlander Content Updates
(01:51:18) See ya!
Comments
csl316
FPS is really, really good. Those 4 and a half hours flew by in a couple sittings.
Luke P.
As a guy with 2000 hours in PoE, the lore (not the narrative) is definitely on par with mass effect - multiple cultures over many periods of history, who tells the history and why.... you can search for lore and there are a lot of interesting bits to it, especially considering it's a "New Zealand centered" take on fantasy. It is not lore that lasts for 2000 hours, but they do update it interestingly, regularly. It is not critical to gameplay so most people will skip it and say it's not good, but if you play slow and get into it, it legitimately has a lot of interesting worldbuilding and interpretations on tropes that are different than most media.
Julien masson-ratel
From a guy with 5000+ hours in path of exile I will tell you, the lore is fine but nothing like mass effect. It is also not its selling point though
Shane
Glad to see some coverage for Shadow Gambit! Though sad to hear that it will be the last game from Mimimi Games.
