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YoVG # 462 Games That Were Good On Paper (But Didn't Deliver) Oct 30, 2024

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Ever see a trailer or read a quick blurb on a game and think "This sounds incredible!" but then when you got the game it just... wasn't? It has everything you want in a game, it checks all the boxes but somehow it came together in a way that left you wanting. Or maybe it promised the world and then didn't even try to deliver those things.

This episode is about those games.

YoVG # 461 Glory in Gaming - 1994 Oct 23, 2024

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Today you have just a few options and so it is hard to go wrong. Whether you choose Sony, Nintendo, PC/Xbox - you'll have good gaming experiences. While we love to argue who is best or if it even matters anymore: there was a time where that decision could actually ruin you, if you chose wrong. The year is 1994, there are 7-ish consoles out, all competing for your dollars with their own exclusives and peripherals. Who do you choose?

YoVG # 460 Our Favorite Villains Oct 16, 2024

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Might be better to say "our favorite type of villains" because we talk more about villain make up than naming actual favorite villains (though we do name our favorite).

What makes a juicy villain? Tragic, love to hate or just fun to watch? Jump in with us as we discuss!

YoVG # 459 Unreal 5 vs Everyone Oct 09, 2024

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We've speculated in the past that maybe everyone should standardize to the same engine. That maybe that'd be good for the industry. At the time we looked at the hype around Unreal 5 and thought - this could be it. Everyone will go to this. And a lot of people have.

However, as the industry has changed so much in the last couple years - let's reexamine the idea. Should everyone be switching to Unreal 5? And does U5 live up to its hype?

YoVG # 458 Tokyo Game Show 2024 Oct 02, 2024

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Tokyo Game Show doesn't usually have HUGE reveals, but there is always something interesting there. For me that something interesting was Nightmare Operator, an action/horror indie title coming to PC. The biggest piece of news out this past week is probably that Ubisoft is in dire straits because Star Wars Outlaws didn't do very well.

YoVG # 457 Sony Finally Gives Matt What He Wants! Sep 25, 2024

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State of Play 2024 was a mixed bag for me. Matt rates it as overall pretty good - a win - even before he got what he wanted: Ghost of Yotei. I rate it as so-so, even though there were a couple things that did genuinely excite me. Let's dive in and talk the state of play 2024/25

YoVG # 456 PS5 Pro Cope, Switch 2 Leaks & The Death of Final Fantasy!? Sep 19, 2024

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Square Enix released its earnings and we saw in plain numbers that Final Fantasy 16 and Rebirth did not hit target earnings. In fact the company missed its target by billions of yen. So, is this the death of Final Fantasy!? Okay, probably not, but this could be a wake up call to publishers that it's time to build new franchises.

Plus we address some of the PS5 Pro cope floating around, as well as Switch 2 rumors and leaks... Oh and Matt explains Yaoi to me. So... Come for the earnings and stay for the hot man on man action I guess.

YoVG # 455 Sony Fumbles Astrobots Big Score! Sep 11, 2024

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Starting on a positive note: Astrobot has really landed with us. Granted, Matt thinks there's places to improve, but even then - it's a 9 or 9.5 at least. Sony is going to take the wrong lessons from this win I'm sure, but for now let's bask in a great exclusive for the PS5...

Annnnnnd it's gone. The PS5 Pro was announced and as far as we can tell it is an 800 dollar nominal upgrade. (800 because it's an extra 80 bucks for a disk drive). Frankly this generation has been a mess and has proven only one thing: Nintendo - who is still in LAST gen - might be the only company that even sort of understands the market.

YoVG # 454 Concord Sets A Record! Sep 04, 2024

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Not the record it wanted... But a record nonetheless.

In a shock move, just 10 days after it released, Sony announced that Concord is being pulled offline, and the dozens who bought it will get refunds. Does this mean that it is dead forever? There's some debate. It could come back as F2P - but then it may also just get totally shelved.

This is probably very bad news for Sony's next big Live Services game, Marathon.

Will Sony, and the industry at large learn a lesson from this? Yes.

Will it be the right lesson? No.

YoVG # 453 Nintendo's Double Direct! Aug 30, 2024

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In a twist, Nintendo dropped a double-direct earlier this week. Combining a Partner Direct with an always fun Indie Direct for a show that had some stunners in it. A few people seem to have run away with it, though. Imagining that this direct double feature portends a Switch 2 announcement soon.

We don't think that's happening. At least not in the remainder of this year.

In this episode we talk about the direct, what we think Nintendo plans for the next six months, and how they continue to win when it comes to game presentations in general.

Oh we also talk about the great Robert Muldoon. And we rank Indiana Jones movies on a tangent.

Man, it's too bad Bob Peck died so tragically soon after Muldoon was born because I would have loved a Muldoon game warden movie in Kenya.

Anyway...

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