Press B 13: Game of the Year 2019

We've played a load of games this past year both modern and
retro. Whether it's a fresh release or just new to us; we break
down our 2019 games of the year.





Episode Transcription:
The below is a machine based transcription of this episode. Sorta
like Skynet if it was 2 years old, and wanted a cookie. Take it
with a grain of salt.


Jake 0:00
Welcome everybody to press be to cancel. Today's a special
episode for us.


Palsh 0:06
Wait, what? Really?


Jake 0:07
Well yeah, I know we do have some special moments. tender loving,
caring moments. Don't we Palsh?


Palsh 0:14
okay man.


Palsh 0:16
I love you.


Jake 0:17
Not on the podcast too soon to say


Wulff 0:21
it again.


Jake 0:42
We have a special episode today it's very special for us. We've
been doing this for a couple of months now. And as is tradition
for a lot of podcasts they have a game of the year episode and
that's what we're going to do we're gonna start a tradition off
right. I've had a few drinks says got back from work Christmas
party. So this will be interesting. This is breastfeeding
cancels, gave me the year edition. Now what's different for us?
is we are we're not just a retro gaming podcast, but it's
definitely a large component. So when I say this is our game of
the year, we've selected two games, and they could be retro or
modern. were easy.


Wulff 1:17
Okay? More so new to us.


Jake 1:20
Exactly new to us. So I am I am sick Jake. I'm this week's host.
I'm not alone. Of course. I'm as always I'm joined by our usual
crew. werewolf. How you doing?


Wulff 1:30
I'm okay. How you doing?


Jake 1:36
Was that? I'm sorry. Did


Wulff 1:38
you did you want me to go on longer? No,


Jake 1:40
we still Burt? Burt. You're yelling. And of course, we're also
joined by the Miss Piggy the Kermit guy prime in the retro
therapy. How you doing?


GP 1:50
I'm doing good. I've actually got two games picked out for every
year since 1984. So I may have misunderstood the assignment.
You're going to be late.


Jake 2:00
Yeah, but knowing you half those games are ones I think are bad.
So it's okay.


GP 2:05
Yeah, 991 for 2003 hot garbage,


Jake 2:10
yet just completed the era of hot garbage. Mega Man one,
honestly. And pulse. We're joined by Paul's one and nine. How are
you sir? I'm kind of shy now because he said stuff I shouldn't
have at the beginning of the. I'm good. Let's just keep going. I
know we've buried our hearts to each other today on this podcast.
And we'll flip it over to bearing our hearts for a couple games.
So I guess we've all picked our personal you know, Game of the
Year. new to us. That's great. But let me We'll start with our
our secondaries are on honorable mentions, and kind of go around
the table and get everybody's take on that game. So let's spin
the wheel. Of course


Palsh 2:50
you can add to that at a later since you


Jake 2:53
GP you want to start what's your honorable mention for Game of
the Year 2019.


GP 2:56
I hope this is allowable because it's it's Still in test phase
like pre release kind of mode, but I have to mention savage the
shard of gozen by our friend tober prime.


Jake 3:08
No


GP 3:10
Bionic Commando.


Jake 3:16
No Go for man savages. I mean toller prime is a fantastic dude,
man and I love I only played five minutes of his game, but I've
watched a lot of people play it. I've been saving it for myself
personally, because it's early access. But if you love it, please
tell us it's awesome.


GP 3:29
It is awesome. And knowing tober is cool. And having watched him
the game be created is a big connection that I have to admit even
without all of that just completely, objectively or subject
whichever it is where it's just looking at it for what it is. It
is truly a fun experience. A very well composed and thought out
game. If I if I'm not playing it, I've thought about playing it
pretty much every day since I've had access to it. I have a
schedule of things I try to keep but I played a lot of my
downtime


Wulff 3:58
outside of the stream is what I'm saying. So I want to jump in on
this one since GP mentioned it. I also put a few hours into
savage and this is a game I cannot wait to be finished, like yes,
I really, really look forward to playing this in its final form.
I kind of haven't gone back to it for that very reason like I
bought it earlier I want I wanted to be a supporter of the game,
it ended up being badass. I love what was there, but I didn't
complete what was there because I want to save the game for when
it's done. Like I'd like to go back and I'm sure it'll be quite
different by that point. But it'll still be like different not
mechanically but drop rates and maybe a couple of stats will
affect the play differently. But other than that, I mean it'll be
the same game that's it's the bones are there already


Jake 4:45
piles of both for those who haven't played it? What about this
game? makes it so standout?


GP 4:50
I guess it's retro inspired. So it's definitely like a platform
type. There's a lot of greats, kind of like quest and there's an
overworld map and things like that. That's kind of me Innocent of
dare I say like Final Fantasy six when it comes to the overworld
The gameplay is fun the I don't say the RPG aspect because I
that's that's a big thing to say. But you know you do go down to
town you talk to a lot of the townspeople and there's multiple
threads to pull on. from the get go like you've got the general
idea the opening scenes are very well done. But then once you
start, you have different paths that you can do so in that way,
it's very choose your own adventure, and that's kind of the RPG
aspect of it. But then just with with as werewolf mentioned, the
stats, the different ways of lining up your inventory the way
that you want to customize your playability. It just fires across
a lot of different cylinders. And on top of that, it's a
beautiful looking game. But yeah, so for me, that's what it is.
It's great. It's kind of the old school retro style platformer
with some RPG elements that just it delivers. And for as much as
I've played it, I still feel like I've only scratched the
surface. I think there's going to be a lot of replay value in The
game whether or not you want to play lightly or really go deep,
and try to try to get everything done.


Wulff 6:05
It's like Zelda two with I don't know, pick your favorite EGA
vanja Yeah, and since those two smash together and you're good
Symphony of the Night Aria sorrow or do you play any of them
like, pick your favorite one and it'll probably it's like scratch
that itch. But it's it's like that smash together with Zelda two
and that but


GP 6:25
still completely original. Like that's the other part of it is
for as much as it kind of harkens to some of these things.
Because retro is a category you know that we think of it as it's
hard not to reference things that it reminds us of, but it still
is a very unique experience as well. Pulse Did you finish it? I
think you finished the current build.


Palsh 6:46
Now I wish I'm doing the same thing as werewolf and kind of just
I love it so much. And I actually I've gotten like the hunger to
play it over and over again, but I'm holding back as much as I
can because I want to but I just want to wait about it. Just
mainly to support tober and I'll be frank with that it was like I
don't like early access, but this game was so satisfying that I
just wanted to keep going with it. But I'm forcing myself not to
because I want to I want to do when it's complete. So I'm just
I'm basically itching to beat the whole game I want to go and I
don't want to have to be like, I need more.


Unknown Speaker 7:22
abstinence is fun.


Jake 7:25
I will say as well the the commercial tober made for for that
game is is fantastic.


GP 7:31
Yeah, the guy gets it like he's, he understands kind of that that
old school feeling of what is rad like you know the kind of heart
of that that you know, talking about the commercial, but he gets
a really good idea of what makes something fun or humorous or
just truly like down to the balls awesome. If that makes sense.


Palsh 7:51
anything anybody who's listening to this, if you want to check
out the website, or for buying it on Steam, we will link it here
on our on our own website. If Listen, presby the canceled com


Jake 8:02
hashtag sponsored, sponsored.


Jake 8:07
All right, good. Um,


Wulff 8:09
quick question, are these honorable mentions outside of our two
games?


Jake 8:13
No, I figured it'd be okay. week you're near number one and
number two,


Jake 8:18
how many games you guys have? We have a lot of contingencies. I
just, oh,


Jake 8:23
okay, Wolf, do you want to go next then?


Wulff 8:26
Okay, so, I guess my honorable mention, would really be Death
Stranding, like The Walking concept because, yes, you know what a
lot of people pick on this game. And like part of me really was
like, kind of letting go of the idea of picking a 2019 game
because I played like five of them. And the two big ones were
this one man of Medan and I'm probably only 15 hours into Death
Stranding at this point. But what I have played of that stranding
it. It starts slow and That's no way to sell a game day. Anybody
I will admit, for me a game has to have me within two hours for
me to keep playing it and Death Stranding did that. Not
necessarily with the gameplay, but the story, I found the
gameplay. Interesting, but the story really pulled me in right
away. So as I started playing further and further, like I wanted
to see what this world was and as I got further into the game,
digging into the story, the gameplay picked up to and honestly
today, I guess a form of fast travel has opened up to me now and
I'm like building freeways and shit. It's it's really bizarre.
But I dig on it like it's it's, it's definitely a walking
simulator or a driving simulator. Whatever your your your it's
traveling. That's what this game is is traveling, picking your
basically traveling, picking up garbage along the way and taking
it to whoever dropped it. You


Palsh 9:56
basically sounded like you're making, you're talking about a
futuristic world. Of The Rings and I'm kind of interested


Wulff 10:02
it I guess that's a good way to put it it


Palsh 10:05
just make them part of the walking simulator but


Jake 10:08
explaining with the the the when you walk away you have to do to
keep keep balance. Please explain. Oh,


Wulff 10:12
yes, yes. Okay, so it's possible for your character, especially
the more weight he's carrying to slip trip and fall. And so if he
starts leaning, if his The, the the weight on his back or that
what he's carrying starts leaning too far right, you have to hold
the L to to get him to lean to the left and shift the weight back
and vice versa. And if he does end up slipping, you've got about
a second and a half to push the buttons. l&r both at the same
time to keep him from wiping out because if he wipes out his
cargo falls off, it takes


Palsh 10:48
damage, whatever, it's so bad.


Wulff 10:50
It's silly. I do agree. It's kind of silly, but it's it's
something I don't think it's there for the purposes of like, look
at this cool Gameplay loop. I think it's there to keep you
engaged with the walking. Because if you were literally just
running along from point to point, it would get boring. This is
something that keeps you actively doing something in the game.
But it's not high action high octane. It's like it's just keeping
you it's keeping your attention without assaulting your senses.
And I think that's kind of what the purpose was.


Jake 11:24
Like the Gameplay wise. I can't I can't stand it. But the story
of the characters from the baby strapped in a jar in your on your
chest to the guy you're talking to with a straight face. He's
wearing a metal skull on his face, del Toro's in it Conan
O'Brien's fucking in it. I mean, you have a canteen that collects
rainwater and turns it not into drinkable water, but into Monster
Energy into Monster


Wulff 11:52
Energy. I do think that's ridiculous. The your canteen converts
rain or river water into my Monster Energy Drink,


Jake 12:01
what the hell you have to urinate and when you urinate there's a
mushroom appears. And if other people see their mushroom in their
instance, they can pee on it and it gets bigger.


Wulff 12:10
Yeah, and it spawns crypto by votes that lets you regain.


Jake 12:15
Like, this is the most amazing, fantastic game of the year that I
will never ever want to play. I love I love watching it. It is so
batshit and Shane, you can't help but love this game.


Wulff 12:26
I can completely understand people not wanting to jump into this
game, I get it. But for me, I like weird shit. I'm a weird dude.
I'm target audience. I think that


GP 12:38
there is some science to support if I remember the documentary
correctly, the energy drink thing because you can use that as a
tool to water your plants because from what I understand it has
electrolytes in the energy drink. And that's what plants crave.


Wulff 12:58
Damn it.


Jake 12:58
So this comes out for the PC when this comes for the PC people
going to mod it and I'm telling you the first person that
replaces Monster Energy Drink with Canada's own bebas I will I
will give them at least five bucks


GP 13:13
I think I need to email beaver buzz where they're going to try to
get sponsored or we owe them money one of the two


Jake 13:19
they haven't tweeted tweeted like three years it's okay we're
good.


GP 13:22
Okay, so maybe should we change it to jolt?


Palsh 13:27
No, it doesn't have that that lower behind it anymore.


Wulff 13:31
But yeah, this this game, it's it's definitely the more you do,
the faster the gameplay loop gets. And I know that sounds kind of
weird, but honestly, I played for a couple hours off stream today
just because I wanted to like get some of the mundane stuff done.
But not major story because I'm trying to save that for an
audience you know


Palsh 13:51
what can be mundane in this game.


GP 13:55
If you can't even walk


Jake 13:56
right the the poop grenades explain the poop grenades. Please,


Wulff 14:00
oh my gosh, yes, there's so many weird things in this game. So
you're the main character. The main character has some qualities
to his blood and just his genetics in general. That make it to
where his waist is even a viable weapon against what they call
BTS or beach things that the ghosties of the game Yeah, mine too.
You can you can basically hurl little grenades made out of either
your pee, your poop or even your shower water. And I'm guessing
they have varying degrees of effectiveness a go. I imagine none
of them are as good as your blood grenades.


Jake 14:44
There are plus three to damage.


Wulff 14:47
And I realized that everything I'm saying about this game was
probably just making people scratch their head like what the hell
is this about?


Palsh 14:55
Now? I know he's still trying to figure that out. That's why


Wulff 14:58
I really am but i'm i'm just So into the story I'm so into the
upgrade system like I've I've managed to actually upgrade my
weapons today after stream get access to better upgrades for like
carrying capacity and things like that by just running errands
for people but it'll definitely speed up the pace of gameplay for
later so


Palsh 15:21
if the last of us you get the spare parts at this word you get
fiber


GP 15:27
for dinner grenades plus to


Wulff 15:32
sit down even like all all I've seen him eat those little bugs,
the crypto buyouts that just look like what are they called?
Water bears? Oh, tardigrades, tardigrades, yeah, they just look
like giant float and I say giant because tardigrades are so damn
small. They're like the size of a caterpillar. But they're just
tardigrade looking flying grubs that you can pull out of water
apparently land coral Beat. So, Jamie here, this game is weird.
I'm really good at it. And I'm looking forward to seeing where it
goes. So


GP 16:09
well, I will say this, my my son, I have a four year old son who
who's somewhat coordinated but not at high speeds. So now
whenever he starts tripping over himself, I'm just going to start
yelling, L to L to


GP 16:25
have a second. I'm intrigued. I've watched you play some of this.
And I remember scratching my head because of the words your
bodily fluids pose no harm to him. And I remember thinking What
is this? And now I know a little bit more. But I don't know
anymore but I have more information


Wulff 16:42
and I'm very intrigued. This This game is very much like a David
Lynch. experience on crack. It's just out there.


Jake 16:52
Yeah, Paul's any thoughts on destroying?


Palsh 16:54
I'm kind of with werewolf there. It's so out there that I just
Want to pay attention more? Because it's like, I shake my head at
everything that I've seen happen in this game, but at the same
time, I don't want to look away I want to see what he's going to
do next. It's like the Howard Stern effect kind of thing. You
know, when he first came along, and everybody's like, you know
the shock Jackie that's what is like, it's like a shock. shock,
Jackie kind of thing, but for a video game. Is he really doing
this because he wants to or is it just to keep people guessing?
Because I'm constantly just questioning


Wulff 17:31
No, I think this is legit Hideo Kojima without being saddled by
lore from Metal Gear. Yeah, right. He got to create a brand new
existence a brand new universe and run with it.


Palsh 17:45
Yeah. And I mean Metal Gear as great as they are like they have
so many like historical tie ins and stuff like that, especially
with you know, history and, you know, war and stuff like that.
But yeah, even then they've had some so many WTF And since those
games and it's making those look realistic, like hyper realistic,
I just Yeah, I just, I'll never play it but I am enjoying
watching it. And I'll never play it just because I don't have a
ps4. So


GP 18:14
is anybody checking in on Cosima to make sure that he's okay, I'm
feeling like maybe there might be some red flags in the game
about his. I just hope he's okay. Today Oh, if you're listening,
we care. And thank you for your


Wulff 18:28
outright. I think he did outright respond to the negative reviews
he was getting from the western press and said that Westerners
don't get it or Americans don't get it or something like that.
That's like, that's a little bit pretentious to say. It's like
it's it's clearly not a game for everybody. Yeah, and that's
fine. Not every game has to There you go. I love that. Thank you
for saying that. But, but this is a game for me. I see it


Jake 18:53
and it's it's definitely good choice. Like there's comments the
commentary in that game with the likes system and the roving
mules and Former package delivery guys like there's things in
that game that are weird but I can see where he's coming from as
a commentary on on the way the world is today but to the extreme


Wulff 19:09
and where it's headed Yeah, all that kind of stuff so I mean it
if you if you start like really thinking about the world that's
built around what's like the weird circumstances in the world you
start to kind of get an idea of where he's coming from on the
social commentary side of things right but it's still got that
weird like Silent Hill story going on out of left field that's
constantly like what is happening?


Palsh 19:33
Yeah, it's it's definitely one of a kind will put it that way.


Wulff 19:38
Yes, I was. I was gonna say the last thing and it's something I
said in GP stream earlier is that a lot of games active skills
are reflexes, and memory. This game is active skills are patience
and planning, and pool


Jake 19:56
which is planning and patient. I'm gonna


GP 19:59
eat this It's not for now, but for later.


Jake 20:04
I love it. Okay, Polish. How about you? What's your honorable
mention for Game of the Year?


Palsh 20:09
It was tricky because I don't like playing favorites. Someone
ever asked me what my favorite game is, I can give you a
different answer depending on my mode or depending on what
category so picking one was really tricky. So I'm going to go
with one I'm still playing now and I've only been playing for
last week, but that's how addicted I am for a runner up. That's
what we're doing right runners up. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah. So I'm
going with Resident Evil to remake. I can easily say it's Game of
the Year for me, but I've got I've got a reason behind that. I'll
explain later. But this one is, it's hitting the nostalgia
buttons on enough at the perfect intervals. Like it's just it's
got me like, Resident Evil two is kind of where I've started
falling in love with horror games and movies. I used to be
terrified. Sleep with my parents. Every night because I was
scared that zombies are going to kill us if I don't you know if I
don't sleep with somebody and you know until I was like, you know
32 years old it's crazy can't sleep but uh so like resin evil two
is always been my favorite. It's it's kind of the chrysalis that
the catalyst sorry for me falling in love with an entire genre of
games and it was part of my childhood so I knew this game better
than most other games I've ever played. So I only get to play
this recently like I only got about a week ago, I went in
completely blind, all my friends were streaming it and as much as
I wanted to support them, I couldn't watch I couldn't even leave
a workout because I just wanted to watch it. I just I'm in love
with it. It's the perfect amount of nods to the original and the
perfect amount of updating. to not have it so dated. So they try
to cover a lot of things that you know, the original You can't be
because, you know this and that, like, why is the police station
so convoluted in the stuff in this one, like they mentioned,
it's, you know, built out of an old Art Museum of stuff. So they
kind of take the, the original one and yeah, they, they kind of
just try to put it in reality a little bit more and not just say,
you know, hey, we're going to do this and this is how it is just
because like, you know, we're going to make this fun. But it's
not really realistic, you know, but the puzzles and stuff like
that, they kind of fit in more and the gameplay is just great.
It's satisfying. The graphics are beautiful. Every now and then,
like, you're thrown for a loop because you you expected it to be
like carbon copy with better graphics and new new engine. But
like they change things up, but at the same time, they kept it so
much the same that it feels like you're playing that game and it
just blows my mind. I can't get enough of it. I can talk about it
for hours and like I just want to talk about it with others. fans
that are huge fans of it, because there's so many little nods,
and I'm on my second play through it. And I'm catching on to
stuff that I never caught the first time, I was nervous going
through it, I didn't want to get scared, I didn't want to run out
of ammo, I didn't want to die, you know. And after that, you
start getting confidence and next thing you know, you get cocky.
And the more thing you know, your first play through was like
seven or eight hours the next time for and the next time after
this two and a half like you get comfortable with it. And it's
not that it gets boring. It's just you understand the system
adapted itself the same way as me playing the original. So I
think it's just so many levels of nostalgia for me that I can't
get enough of it.


Jake 23:40
Did they change the 10 controls in this one? Do they get rid of
that or


Wulff 23:43
doesn't it control more like Resident Evil for now?


Palsh 23:46
It's more like four Yeah, it's kind of somewhere in between seven
and four for controls because you're doing third person over the
shoulder but I mean, third person over the shoulder is like a
much better tank control anyways, because Is this the same
control scheme, but your view is different? Right? So the tank
controls are necessary in the original ones because otherwise,
every time the camera angle changed, you know, you'd go veer off
course. So it's kind of integral to it. And that became part of
the series. People complain about it and complain about it. And
then when they took it out in resin evil six, all of a sudden,
people were like, sucks, you know, and that's part of I think,
the tank controls were part of the the immersion for me, you
don't you can't jump around like you're Mario and, you know, pop
off of different things and stuff. So the control kind of limits
you and it kind of adds to the suspense because you can't have
these amazing reflexes, you know, so you have to play any
movements more.


Jake 24:42
Yeah, Resident Evil is as much about the controls in a style than
anything else. I think that's why when they did move three
recently coming out, people were kind of harping on it
complaining about it because it's kind of dated in gameplay. But
it's a Shenmue game, right or Shenmue. However you want to say
it, and it feels like the game from what 13 years ago so they
knew the style they're going for and the people who liked that
series like it for that particular style I think resin evil the
same way


Palsh 25:07
yeah and when they when they listened to enough people and
changed it in resin evil six that's you know that's the worst
game the franchise and and like it was like Final Fantasy 13 for
me I never gave it a second try and I want to say


Wulff 25:21
to is a game I've yet to really do much with I have I haven't
even done much looking into it because that's another one I've
wanted to keep pretty much blind for myself just because too was
my favorite of the Resident Evil series.


Palsh 25:34
Yeah, and that that's exactly why I stayed away from it. So if
you were a fan of the original that I think you will thoroughly
enjoy this one


Jake 25:42
cool yeah for me it was the third one Nemesis is when I played
when I was younger and never really got chance to play to my
uncle was huge into it though I it's one where I want to go back
and play it now or at least play the remaining because
everybody's been raving about it. Like this game is incredibly
popular for cash. Come they've been killing it this past year. So
I'm looking for to planet.


Palsh 26:04
I also felt a little guilty for my game of the year being from
this actual year so


GP 26:10
backwards saying that is when we get to that point where we're
like, I want to do gimme you the year but I don't know about
doing it for this year. Yeah. Yeah, what a great year. That year
was 1989 now and I'm with you guys Resident Evil two for me was
my introduction to the series but it was it still has maintained
as my favorite. I've seen some of the remake and it looks dope as
hell, but kind of like polish. I eventually want to get to it but
I haven't really sat down watched it yet. You know, cuz I want to
play through it. But yeah, if it's as great as everybody says it
is, which I believe it will be. I'm excited for it. I just don't
know if I will get exiled for playing a 2019 game on a retro
themed channel.


Jake 26:58
So I rebranded the Modern therapy. Yeah,


GP 27:01
I yeah,


Wulff 27:02
just make a second channel the modern pair.


GP 27:05
Maybe? Maybe


Wulff 27:09
the I just want to play it anyway there. Yeah,


Palsh 27:12
I'll just give you my stream key focus.


GP 27:17
Hi, everybody, this is possible. No nine. I have a cold. That's
all I'm gonna say. I love Canada.


Wulff 27:26
Just give him just give him your little talking face and you're
good to go.


Unknown Speaker 27:31
Alright, I guess let's meet now. So my honorable mention for me,
Jake. Jake, what's your about mentioned it?


Jake 27:41
Well, I thank you for asking. I wasn't sure if he was going to
say so for me, it's tough because I'm terrible with starting
games and never finishing them. Like I'm really bad at it. And I
always complain about companies that release games that are I
won't say too long. Maybe it's more accurate to say that they
don't respect the players time, right? I mean, I'm older. I I
kids I work, I don't have a lot of time to play games. If I play
one, it's got to be really good for you to finish it. And I don't
want to spend 80 hours anymore on these things. I love JRPGs but
they're too much of a time sink for me. So it's been very tough
this past year to find a game that I can finish in and enjoy in a
short timeframe. The longest game I played this year was probably
fallen empires, not fallen empires, Fire Emblem. I've had a few.
I'll say it again. But there is one game that was just the other
week came out and it's Star Wars Jedi fallen order. And I was so
done on Star Wars after less Jedi, and solo especially like I had
zero interest the new movies coming out in a couple of weeks. My
wife wanted to go see it. And I'm like, Do we have to? Can I just
can we just like you know, watch on Netflix a year from now. And
I was done. Between Mandalorian and Jedi fallen order the game.
It's put me in such a mood. Like we went and got the fanciest
frickin tickets. I spent $30 on movie tickets. I never do that. I
am down for Star Wars now Disney is hooked me again the son of a
bitches. So following order is it is honorable mention because
there's nothing groundbreaking about it. They're taking the best
elements or, or elements from various different games like the
climbing reminds me Breath of the Wild a little bit or Uncharted.
There's a checkpoint system that is very dark souls inspired.
Combat reminds me when you swing the lightsaber around like
you're Gerald from Witcher three, they took a lot of elements
from various different games and smash it all together. You say
took out with a really great soundtrack and a really good it's a
good


Palsh 29:37
story adorable.


Jake 29:38
We also said sons of bitches. Some of the bitches Look, I get a
little bit emotional when I've had a few different drink and I'm
talking about my passion. Okay. Yeah, baby Yoda. It's amazing.
What's wrong.


GP 29:50
I haven't watched it. I haven't watched it. I haven't watched it.
All.


Jake 29:54
Spoilers. Okay. Wow. All right. Stop the pop.


Wulff 30:00
I'm not on the Star Wars hype train by any means, but I'm
probably more into Star Wars now than I ever was growing up. So
take that take that as you will. Getting back on track fallen
order looks pretty cool. It does look good.


GP 30:13
And that's got that accurate right and the guys punchable
punchable face


Wulff 30:18
Yeah, the not Joker Joker from Gotham. Yeah,


Jake 30:22
yeah or the kids are but his face wants me want to hit him and
he's


GP 30:25
an amazing actor and I feel bad I can't think of his name because
he I think it's Cameron Monaghan that sounds right.


Wulff 30:32
That sounds sounds about it.


Jake 30:35
challa him Monahan Let me


GP 30:36
check my Instagram because I


Wulff 30:38
actually following Oh, we're sorry if you ever actually hear this
episodes here. I really liked


Jake 30:48
your fantastic Kim


GP 30:50
Monahan


Jake 30:51
Yeah, and what they did was really neat in this game with the
graphics, the graphics are quite a bit, very high quality and
they even run in my opinion Computer upstairs I'm really
impressed. But what I like about the character models themselves,
is they digitized very accurately the faces of the voice actors.
So there's a comedian Deborah Wilson and an actress. She used to
be on that TV. Very funny person. She's one of the characters in
this play a very serious role and it's she nails it and it looks
just like her. They did an amazing job. Wow. So like the
characters in this game are very relatable. They're very well
done. The overall story. It's Star Wars, right? Like it's, it's
cheesy, little bit hokey, but it's Star Wars. And there's a lot
of parallels to like Rogue One as the standalone movie. Because
of the standalone. They had to solve their stories in that that
one movie and it felt really tight. This game is the same thing.
It's the Star Wars universe, but it's its own contained story is
relevant to the whole lore I guess if you want to say that but it
stands on its own so well. And I think it's just really great and
then like mechanics, you can play like a dark souls. You can
check the difficulty up if you like the soul style game. You can
do that. Me personally, I don't have the patience for it. I
tried. I died to this one frog three times and I threw the
controller. And I said too easy. And then I played the story and
the story was fantastic. You


Wulff 32:10
know what I can appreciate the single serving stories like that,
though not every single experience out there needs to be like a
12 part saga. Sometimes you run a one and done kind of story,
experience it have the good times, give it an ending. Don't leave
it. Don't leave the audience hanging with every single entry.


GP 32:29
Every word you just said we're will sounds like a one night
stand. Get out there and have your fun, give it an ending. Don't
leave people hanging and be done with it. Don't take it to
breakfast. Was that how


Palsh 32:40
that works? I've been doing a rock.


GP 32:42
That's because you're polite calls.


Jake 32:44
Right? You don't need her dad pregnant and going to the dark and
just not


GP 32:48
get any but the actress that you were saying was from med TV.
Your answer to this is going to depend it's going to determine
whether or not I play this game. Is it the actress who played
Stewart's mom? No It's Deborah Wilson.


Jake 33:02
I'm struggling to go character she played on that TV.


Wulff 33:06
Oh, she did the with Sullivan. I can't remember her first name
the blonde woman. They did the


GP 33:12
know Nicole Sullivan. I remember because she was on.


Wulff 33:14
Yes. Okay. So Deborah Wilson, I believe, did a few skit sketches
with Nicole Sullivan. As hairdressers.


GP 33:25
Oh, no, I sorry. I just Yeah, she's wonderful. Okay, I'll
probably go Yeah, yeah, she was just gonna say if it's Stewart's
Mom, I'm not gonna be able to play the game.


Jake 33:35
No, it's not okay. Yeah, but it's a really solid title. Like I
said gameplay not revolutionary. No, but they took the best
elements of various series and mash it together. It's great. It's
also got one of the greatest intros, I think of a game in recent
memory. It opens up with Mongolian folk throat singing, and I
know that sounds fun. Just trust me. It's a great game for sure.
All right. Moving along, I guess let's get to our now number ones
our official game of the year. Games circle back around a GP.
Thank you. I forgot who we started with.


GP 34:10
This is um,


Wulff 34:12
I'm helping hands.


GP 34:15
This is my game of the year. Okay, there's my official one. Then
there's one I have to make mention of not the Honorable Mention
but something I want to address, because it's important, but my
game of the year is River City Ransom underground. And you guys
know exactly why I'm going to say that because before the podcast
existed before we were pressed me to cancel, we were four buddies
playing that game together River City Ransom underground. And
when we beat the game, not only was it fun, not only was it you
know, a great call back to the river city, ransom the planet with
you guys and all the updates and all the things that they did
were so well executed, but by the time it was done, I was let
down that it was done. I wanted there to be more and more and
more And more. So much fun. And I remember the conversation after
we beat it. The four of us was like, well, do we play it again?
Or do we play something else? And then of course, the podcast
idea came up. And of course, it was a great idea and it's been


Wulff 35:14
a lot of fun. But I the podcast idea came up like the second or
third time we played. Oh, yeah, we just kind of were like, yeah,
okay, but I mean, like pulling,


GP 35:24
pulling the trigger on it and say, No, let's do this. Because
even though we can't say any of the stuff, we played, well,
playing the game, we had enough chemistry or whatever to do this.
So that was my favorite new gaming experience of the year. And a
big part of it is because of you guys, but I mean, the game
itself was tremendous, and it was so light hearted and fun, but
absurd, like the absurd level of that game. Not quite as bizarre
as the Cocina entry from earlier. But really, like just such a
great continuation of what it was back then. And as And a bunch
of new flair. And you can tell it was made by people who loved
and cared about the original and I like that it came through and
it was to me like I said, the best gaming experience I've had for
a newer game. Nobody can get y'all are crying. And then the other
thing I have to say real quick, and I'm just very briefly we
don't have to have a discussion about it. I want to apologize to
anybody who's ever encouraged me to play Super ghouls and ghosts,
the retro therapy we've been doing a year of blind playthroughs
and so my like fringe Game of the Year is super ghouls and ghosts
played it in May for the first hour April as a blind run. never
wanted to play it didn't look interesting. fucking love that
game. I was way wrong. Game of the Year in my heart super goals
and ghosts but for New Game of the Year, River City Ransom
underground


Jake 36:49
for River City there's one just came at River City girls came out
by bus different with studio and it's not the same and I was when
I heard that title. Oh, another River City game. I was so hype
for it and it's not a bad game there You seem okay on it but it
doesn't play anything like the four player Co Op like just shit
show River City underground is and I was like sad like actually
sad that I couldn't play with you guys and it wasn't the same
spark right so I think that's very telling what the original was
really great fun and just absurd characters like isn't a
principal a Bobo isn't it?


Wulff 37:25
Yeah a Bobo is principal a Bobo teach bad student lesson


GP 37:33
It was great humor


Palsh 37:35
was like cool like Kool Aid man just like a double dragon.


GP 37:39
It was It was great. It was a wonderful experience. I hope that
you guys I sounds like 68 it but I hope you guys all enjoyed it
as much.


Wulff 37:46
Oh, yeah, that game it. It hits so many notes it. It had random
nods to just so many things like so many various beloved
franchises of yesteryear and


GP 37:59
some deep Slight Oh, your headset? Yes, great.


Wulff 38:02
There was so many things, there was so many references that like
one of us would catch that the others didn't. And it would be
like, Oh, yeah, and I even I played through this game probably
two full times. So once with you guys once with another friend of
mine and probably another to halfway through, like once we just
pause before we did the all four of us thing and then once just
by myself that's how much I like this game is just satisfying
because they


Palsh 38:33
they fixed. They like they took what was great about it and then
just improved on it because it was just a labor of love kind of
deal. And the music music is great. Just everything else. tons,
tons of characters, tons


GP 38:45
of characters. Everybody had their own unique attacks,


Wulff 38:48
doesn't playable characters after you unlock everybody.


GP 38:51
Wow. Yeah.


Jake 38:53
One guy does a hadoo Glenn.


GP 38:55
Yeah. And then there's these, you know, well, there's you know,
the Chad's You're like all just completely jacked and doing push
ups with their chins to hit Yeah. And it's just, it's the right
level of crazy and the the operating not the operating system but
the, the way in which you have to accomplish stuff, or level up
is is fantastic. You can go to saunas, you can go and eat beef
jerky, I can't really describe it very well and do it justice,
but you guys know, and if you've played it, then you get it. But
if you haven't played it, get with it, act like you want it,
download it, play it, find some friends, and make some
connections because it's


Wulff 39:34
fun, like added to your wish list or something and keep an eye
out for a deal on this game if you're hesitant, but I mean, it
hits a deep sale a number of times a year. So this is highly
recommended one to get your hands on.


Jake 39:47
And like the original river city ransom. I tried playing that
after we play the new one, right? I don't like the original at
all. But Underground's awesome I fantastic. I want to play it
again like the original, just something but it didn't click, like
this new one does. It's weird.


Palsh 40:05
It's kind of like Borderlands two. I can't go back to Borderlands
the same because yeah, they just made the second one so much
better. Yeah, and I hate it because I love that game.


Jake 40:17
All right. Well, how about you? What's your game of the year of
2019?


Wulff 40:20
Um, you know what the game that I first like that. Then another
new game to me this year. And I mean, I'm keeping it relatively
recent right now. Not on purpose. It just happened to be like,
I've played a lot of older games, and I was playing a lot of
games that were completely new to me this year catching up on
stuff on my ps4. So, Dad of war. Yeah, God of War for the ps4,
that that's the one that got me It did. But I mean, it's this
story about credos and his son and the relationship they don't
have. That becomes one by the end of the game. And just the
overall game itself, the game players a lot of fun, the
conference That was interesting and kept refreshing itself
throughout the game because you got access to new new stuff, but
it didn't feel like you were burdened by the combat or anything.
You know. I don't know that the story between the father and son
it got me right in the fields. And I mean, maybe that's because I
have a five year old son of my own. I don't know, but I was like,
man, and there were points where I was, I was, boy, there were
points where I was mad at credos for being such as to his son, a
trace and then there were points where I was mad at trace for
being such a dick the dad so you know. It's almost like real
life. I actually cared about all the characters in this game like
there were there was the blacksmith's. They were interesting and
fun. One of them is just this crass, dirty old uncle type of
bastard and the other one is a total germaphobe neat freak can a
guy they're both very interesting stories like the lore behind
hind the world. It's, I mean, they make pretty deep cuts into the
Norse mythology. And it's all super cool. It's pretty spot on as
far as what they pulled and built off of a I This was my first
god of war. I haven't played any of them prior to this.


Palsh 42:17
It might be a step down from here on in just fair warning.


Wulff 42:20
What do you mean? You started that? Uh, whoa, yes, yes. Yeah. But
I had, I had no connection with the characters prior to this. So
it's not like, you know, I knew a lot of people who played the
old god of war games and they were like, oh, man, credos is so
cool. And then I never got into it wasn't it wasn't the type of
game I was looking for at the time. And this year, it it hit all
the right notes for me, and I was so pleased to play through it.


Jake 42:46
The voice actor of creatives crisper judge, he's by to con
Stargate and she is so good and that the voice acting overall and
the game is really good, but you're right when he says boy, oh my
god, it just hits all those notes. Indeed. And it's just like
such a spectacle of a game. With the fights and whatnot, it just,
uh, it is it's, it almost got me to buy a ps4. I made a
commitment to the PC gaming this generation I told myself, I
would not get another Xbox or ps4. And it's been so hard because
Sony has been knocking them out those exclusives that are really
fantastic. And God of War almost had me. I'm dying to play it.


Wulff 43:25
Yeah, I think I'm the only one here who's played that one. So we
don't have to dwell on it too long. Basically, if you haven't
played it, and you can do so please.


Jake 43:34
So Paul, shovel you What's your game of the year for 2019?


Palsh 43:38
My game of the year I was thinking hard and long about this and
that in that order? No, not really. I couldn't decide for a while
but I wanted to give this something. I couldn't decide between
Resident Evil two which I've only been playing for last week and
something else but I'm going with hollow night and the reason I
gave this The edge over Resident Evil two was not because I
enjoyed it better, because they're both I can't I can't compare
him to two different games. They're both just so good. But uh, I
like the fact that Hollywood I first half it's an indie game that
hit it big, and for damn good reason because it's just an amazing
game. It hits so many like, buttons again, I just like you know,
if you liked Castlevania Symphony of the Night, which I loved, of
course, and the economy is, this one is like a completely
different storyline is the best Metroidvania I've played. That's
not, you know, a Castlevania basically. And I just really thought
that after I reading up on it, and discussing with people what
they did when they developed this game and how they've worked
with it. I didn't know this was a Kickstarter game until I was
halfway through. And I'm really wary of Kickstarter games for the
most part, but I mean, that's all because I tried to buy
Something on Kickstarter wants and I got burned. So I just said
Oh, it's all garbage. Garbage is bliss hot garbage. Yeah. But no,
I really liked the fact that they destroyed their Kickstarter
cool. And as a result, they added extra content they have free
DLC, which is the only way to do DLC. Personally, I can't stand
the concept of DLC. For me, it's just like, oh, why are you
selling an incomplete game that's, you know, stretching it out
and trying to make money in the meantime and try to keep the buzz
going. Like I'm just very negative when it comes to DLC. And I
like how they did it because first off, it was free second half.
It was great. It wasn't just like a cheap extension of the game.
There's just so many great ways that they did it and apparently
that they're working on a spin off or sequel I don't know what to
call it. But the people that that contributed to the original
Kickstarter campaign for hollow night apparently get the new game
for free.


Jake 45:57
Oh wow.


Palsh 45:58
That's so little Things like yeah, and so like these indie devs
are I think they're doing everything right and that's I think
Capcom made resin evil to remake and it is amazing and they know
what they're doing. They've made many mistakes along the way but
they're also one of the biggest names in the world. These guys
are you know, I've never heard of them before. This is the game
that they are famous war and that's pretty much the only game
they got and they're killing it. And I just really wanted to
serve my support to them because I think it's amazing. So I'm
looking forward to anything else that they put it in the future
and just want to do spread that spread that enthusiasm to anybody
who hasn't played it. To definitely check it out because retro
inspired first off and it is like I said one of a kind for a
metro Metroidvania which is not an easy thing to do your your
cartoon bugs and the story is really deep, considering how
cartoony and how innocent it is. It can be an At the same time
really Gothic and really morose but still makes you feel good
makes you happy to play it.


Jake 47:08
It's definitely going to style man I like the whole role of the
bugs and the grubs and the color palette is very very specific


Wulff 47:15
it to me it screams of like Tim Burton with bugs. Yes,


Palsh 47:21
yes, I like that that's that's that's a great analogy there.


Jake 47:25
It's one where I don't think I gave it a fair shake when it first
came out and I have to go back and play it because I did try it
but I found it a little bit of a difficult side or at least
initially and I think I fell off it but I have to go back and try


Wulff 47:37
I can see how that happened. What platform Are you playing on? It
was PC Okay, so you've got a nice big chunky controller is gonna
say if you're playing on switch, those two icons are not going to
do you any favors. It was like this you need to have a big
controller where it's easy to get from button a button and
maneuver the joypad your hands is not going to to easily cramp up
this was the game that I probably first streamed. When I started
really getting into streaming. I had a lot of fun with this game.
But for me my biggest issue with the game is just how samey the
color palettes are sometimes I legit could not see enemies on
certain screen it can get tricky like that. And that's probably
more in me issue than an issue with the game itself. So I don't
it's not something I hold against the game that was just my issue
with the game but the boss fights and a lot of the level design
and everything the world building it was all so much cool. So
much fun, so cool at the boss fights and it specifically I just,
they were so much fun to learn and figure out and master save for
like maybe one of them that just pissed me off to no end until I
beat it after it doesn't attempt.


Palsh 48:54
The boss fights. Some of them were brutal and it came harking
back to the days of NAS hard, where you stick through it, and you
get Spidey and you want to beat it. And when you finally do, it's
just such a satisfaction that you're just proud of yourself and
you keep going. And I think the more bosses that you fight, and
the more that you struggle with it, I think the makes it just,
the more you want to play it.


Wulff 49:17
I also liked that this game sort of encouraged the player to be a
little bit more mindful of where they traveled. It ate up one of
your active charms slots, or maybe two or three of your active
charm slots to First off, be able to see the map when you're
running around. Or maybe see which room you're in or see your
specific location, things like that. Yeah, otherwise, you didn't
get that you just got to see the map. And I that might have been
a charm tonight. I think about it. But I'm not sure


Palsh 49:48
you have you can look at the map anytime you want to but to see
where you were in relation to everything, you had to use one of
the terms so yeah, yeah. So that was always on for me.


Wulff 49:58
Me too. I was so Last the few times I elected to go without that
thing I was I don't know what room I'm in. I have no idea. So I
just started keeping it, it became a staple.


Palsh 50:07
You very much have to have that as far as I'm concerned it The
world is God I want to say it is three times bigger than I
expected. I'm not excited and like, you know, I was about a
quarter of the way through the game and I thought I was half
done. I thought I was like three quarters the way down. And my
friend saw my map and he said, Oh, yeah, you're doing good. You
You were about 30% and I'm like what? Wow. Yeah. And so it's it's
it's a big game and it's challenging. It'll take you a while. But
it is worth every penny. I think it's just great.


Wulff 50:46
And then there's the the challenge areas where like, the
platforming oh my gosh, you I don't know if you did many of those
are any of them but I did. I remember doing the one where
everything is white and It's like a lot of clouds and stuff. And
each you gotta jump on buzz saws and everything. It's a lot of
platforming, a lot of perfectly timed attacks to things that'll
hurt you to bounce up off of them and keep platforming. I had a
lot of fun with it. It was very difficult but also it I felt very
accomplished after completing it.


Palsh 51:19
Yeah, the controls for that. They're so tight in the best way. So
if you die, you're like, that was my phone. Yeah, that was my
fault. You never going to throw that throw the controller and you
know, like the Castlevania mode. Like when you're playing the
original Castlevania games and you get thrown off because
something hits you made jump and stuff. Now it's nothing like
that. It's just it's challenging and a whole different level.


Jake 51:42
Like Dark Souls combat was always difficult. But I always felt if
I died, I felt a lot of time I died because of the slowdown of
the animations. It wasn't it was fluid, but there wasn't as much
control over your movements. Yeah. Whereas with hollow night, I
mean, it's dead of it. There's obvious Dark Souls inspiration
here. The combat is fast and like you said, controls very tight.
And you are precise with your movements right you have full
control your character and if you're right if you die, and I
never did I say it's because the game has bad controls or
gameplay. It's just it's just too hard for me. That was my fault.
Yeah, exactly.


Palsh 52:19
So it's definitely it's just one of those games where I don't
really have a complaint about it except for the fact that it's
just, there's so much that I want to do. Yeah, it's there's so
much to it and getting like 100% on everything it is. It is a big
pill to swallow if you want to do that. So


Jake 52:37
Alright, awesome. I guess that leaves us Jake.


Wulff 52:40
Bring it home. Jake. Jake, what do you


Jake 52:42
know? Yeah, sorry. I just got back to GP laughing I my games my
game when I mentioned what it was. So for me, my game of the
year. It's not new to me. But I played it a whole lot this year.
And I gotta start by saying, I don't like beat him ups. Everybody
raves Mostly to rage, and final fight and all those games. I
don't like them, I never really got into them. The only one that
I really cared for and it came from when I was a kid, my friend
had a Master System. And I had a lot of fun memories going to his
place to play it. And the one game we played quite a bit was
Double Dragon. My game of the year is double dragon for the
Master System.


Palsh 53:21
See, I thought you were just building up how you're going to
start talking about something more recent. So for the fact that I
knew what you're going to say,


Wulff 53:30
Now, like, I've not played this game. I never really played much
Double Dragon in general. What I did play was when I was younger,
and I sucked at it, and it was on the ns like that's the one I
played. Yeah, and I even cheesed my way through that game. I want
to say last year, late last year with safe states because I
finally got fed up with trying to do a full single setting of
that game. I just couldn't do it. I'm hoping the Master System
version is better. Otherwise, I'm calling shenanigans on your
turn.


Jake 54:02
From once people are disagreeing with me, that never happens. So
okay, you're right so the I've been trying to get into the Double
Dragon because I know that's the most common one people have been
playing. The problem I have with that part of the game is and we
mentioned before in the podcast, Nintendo when they brought
certain franchises over to the me as they kind of insisted that
be something more unique or additions made to the game to
separate it from the other versions. Because Double Dragon as an
IP, or the first one is important to literally everything. If you
want to a hot garbage time. It's the Skyrim Double Dragon for mid
80s. Yeah, we'll play the Atari 2600 version. It exists. It uses
one button and a joystick. And if you play Double Dragon the NES
you know that you've you really should have three buttons for
that game. Right in order to jump you need to push a and b at the
same time. It's terrible. The Atari only has one button.


Palsh 54:57
You have an automatic jump kick soon as you do Anything with it
jumping So,


Jake 55:01
right but you have to unlock it in the NDS version. What's the
message to them to get off don't not to get too far off track.
They are different games. The ns has technical limitations with
it. Right? The reason I like the Master System on I know never
heard of that before a bit systems being crappy blunt. Like the
Master System version was Co Op, you could play with a friend. In
fact, it was meant to be played with a friend. Wow. It's on
screen Co Op, as well. Yes version. I had a restriction of I want
to say two enemies at once on screen. And they were almost I
think they had to be the same sprite when they did it. So if you
to Bobo's


Wulff 55:35
Miss,


Wulff 55:37
right?


Jake 55:39
Yeah. So the sprites looked a little bit better on the vs vs
Master System, but you only had two enemies on the screen at one
time. So I mean that and for whatever reason, Nintendo I guess,
for that port had shoehorned in some platforming elements, which
were terrible, right and it jumping in a game is bad and it's bad
in the Master System as well. But nobody In the Master System
version is there moving platforms or things you have to navigate
the only jump that's really a pain in the butt is the division
three you're in the jungle area or forest area and there's a
bridge broken into jump across it that's the only real tricky
jump jumping is optional. Yeah, but the NAS had so many other
jumps that were just terrible. Yes, right. So my system has Co Op
First off, I want to say three enemies max on screen if not for
and you can have different enemies on screen at once. The first
level the end boss is a red a Bobo and there's another guy on the
screen or two Why don't you guys the screen and same time I
believe, but it's great for that. I played a lot of double dragon
in the arcades. When I was a kid. It was Double Dragon and it was
a lot of rampage the original rampage nice and this is very true
to the arcade. It does not look as nice. The sprites are designed
quite different. But the stage layout and the music is almost
spot on. Release. Nostalgia tells me it was very similar to the
arcade game it's also easier as well more forgiving the enhanced
version I say that there's no continuous I think in that one no
wrong


Wulff 57:11
there are not


Jake 57:12
right and that's ass.


Palsh 57:15
Stupid okay.


Wulff 57:16
For no reason not agree more.


Jake 57:19
Right so Master System you have unlimited continues. For this
first three missions is only four missions, you have a limit
continues for the first three it's only at the fourth mission
that whatever you had, you have to finish the fourth message
force force. wow I've had a few. The fourth mission, you have to
use your remaining lives and that's all you get. So if you finish
mission three with one life you only have one life and no
continuous permission for that's a bit annoying, but it let it
prepares you the first three missions to kind of make your way
through the game is definitely challenging some of the fights,
but you have that cushion if you need it. The difficulty ramp up
is pretty smooth first mission the enemies you face. And then
once you the mission three it ramps up quite a bit and then for
it gets a lot harder but it just a great professional way
through. But I love it and Co Op because you just battling with a
friend right and I get it now for beat him ups for people who
play beat him ups. I could never get through the first few stages
I just never understood. How can you get there with one life far
How do you guys survive that but when you realize when you're
playing these games, you got to find the certain moves and when
them use them use them. It's very much a placement of your
sprites. When you're playing Double Dragon the Master System, you
want to bob and weave a bit to avoid getting jump kicked. But the
enemies for example, you want to know that the way the AI moves,
you can kind of predict the way that moves if you watch carefully
enough and you can understand how the game works. Picking that
game apart this past year to try and get my time down because I
was trying to stream it for retro block party. And originally I
played it took me an hour and 10 minutes to beat it just too
long. So I want to get it down and I just played it over and over
again and I just got such a groove learning the ins and outs of
that game and I can do it now and 30 minutes no problem. Wow.
It's got to a point where I love playing that game so much and I
can just sit down and relax planet I've started speed running it
in my off time I hate


Jake 59:07
I'm not a speed runner


Palsh 59:09
ever Who are you?


Jake 59:11
I know who am I it's like I'm not a Jake but it's actually one
speed from this game like it's just there's no glitches while
there's a couple but it's not like you're you know you're you're
zips and weird screen tricks like some speed running games.
Double Dragon is just a straight you got to play it and you got
to play it well you need to know what moves to use and how to
position yourself with the AI. It's just as true game as you can
get. I love it. The End sequence is also especially noteworthy if
you're playing Co Op. Well, I guess the spoilers, but Nintendo
version, you know, a 30 year old game, the end of the Nintendo
game, you beat the big ugly with the machine gun. You then face
Your brother is his baby. I guess his name is he's the boss and
he's super cheap. And the mass system version if you play Co Op
after be the guy the machine gun you must beat your brother to
death your co op becomes one on one and that's who wins the game.


Unknown Speaker 1:00:06
First time that happened,


Jake 1:00:07
my friend and I were dying laughing when one of us won the one
died. It was just hilarious that you're playing Co Op for for
missions. And you get to the end and you gotta beat on your
partner it just hilarious is great. Like I don't think any other
medium of game has done quite that. I thought that was pretty


Wulff 1:00:24
that's quite a twist ending for an any or you know for an eight
bit game. Not Yeah, Master System. But still. That's, that's
pretty cool.


Palsh 1:00:32
I want to play it now. Because when you take a platforming, like
that sounds more appealing.


Wulff 1:00:37
I might go back visit this one.


Jake 1:00:41
Yeah. And you have all your moves from the beginning. You can do
the elbows and drop kicks, all right from the gecko, and it's
fine like Nintendo one is not a bad game. It's fine. I do like it
but the Master System one for me just really has that nostalgia
belt. It just rings it really clear. It reminds me the arcade
game. The music is there. The gameplay is there. It's a fun Co Op
game and I've played it so much this year that I've actually
started speed running it. And I've never ever said that word with
my name in a sense. So for me, it's declared Game of the Year for
me just and how much I've enjoyed that retro title.


Palsh 1:01:13
I think the only thing I dislike about what I've seen of that
game, that version is that the coffee mug fists aren't quite as
prominent. That's it.


Jake 1:01:24
That's a big, pretty key criterion or a big games.


Palsh 1:01:28
It is for me that was the third video game I've ever played. It's
high in my record.


Jake 1:01:35
Alright, well I think that will do it. That is of course the game
of the year for us not just retro, modern two or anything between
the new to us all of your titles for presby 2019. I think this is
something we're going to get tradition. Maybe not has made drinks
and Jake before he does it.


Jake 1:01:53
That's fantastic. Well, thank you, everybody who's here. Pulse
where Can everybody find you?


Palsh 1:01:58
You can find me here. Every now and then I do stream on Twitch at
twitch TV slash pulse. 109 says pa l as h 109.


Jake 1:02:08
And we're all working folks find you.


Wulff 1:02:10
They can find me and Twitch and twitter at werewolf w ar EWULF.
f.


Jake 1:02:18
and GPS so stunned about my selection for my personal Game of the
Year. He is speechless. You can find him at the retro therapy on
Twitch TV, or search the retro therapy over on YouTube's. I think
he's on Instagram and Twitter too. You'll see him around. He
streams a lot. He's a good guy by Nick coughing, but we love and
I'm sick Jake, you find me on Twitch mostly, mostly Twitter, just
like everybody says just right here, here on presby to cancel.
It's been a hell of a year. Here's to another year going forward.
Thank you everybody.


Wulff 1:02:53
Thank you all for listening


Palsh 1:02:55
to speeds


Wulff 1:02:57
to an 818


Jake 1:03:03
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