Does Avowed 3.0 Change EVERYTHING? - Gamescast Plays

Summary

Kinda Funny Gamescast: "Does Avowed 3.0 Change EVERYTHING? - Gamescast Plays"

Date: February 18, 2026
Hosts: Greg Miller, SnowBike Mike (Mike), Andy Cortez
Theme: Deep dive into the Avowed Anniversary Update (3.0), hands-on gameplay, and candid discussion about the game's evolution, appeal, and shortcomings. Plus tangents into RPG design, community reactions, and upcoming gaming releases.

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Episode Overview

Main Theme:
This episode focuses on the Avowed 3.0 Anniversary Update, exploring whether the new changes are enough to overhaul the game’s reputation and player experience. The hosts provide live reactions, discuss technical and narrative improvements, and debate whether returning or new players should invest their time in Avowed. The episode also features broad commentary on the state of modern RPGs and upcoming games.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. What is Gamescast Plays?

• Format Explanation:
  • The "Gamescast Plays" format is described as more than a simple playthrough—it's a space for editorial deep dives, showing and discussing games mid-review or after major updates.
  • "You come into something you've been reviewing, you show it to someone, you go, 'Hey, look at this thing I've been playing.'" (Greg, 02:21)
• Why Avowed?
  • Greg revisits Avowed after a year due to the new 3.0 Anniversary Update.
  • He had previously played it extensively (over a day’s worth of play time), but didn't love the original release.

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2. First Impressions of the Anniversary Update (3.0)

• What's New?
  • Three new playable species: Dwarves, Orlans, and Auamaua, each with unique bonuses.
  • Introduction of New Game Plus (NG+), quality-of-life improvements, custom difficulty modifiers, and a brand new Photo Mode.
    • “New Game Plus, which on paper excited me… The mode is designed to reward mastery [and] experimentation in making the all-powerful build… But…I want to reroll the character and do all the stuff.” (Greg, 04:20)
• No New Story Content
  • Hosts are downbeat that there’s no new missions or narrative to accompany the update.
    • “No. Huge bummer…there's no new story or anything. And I was like, oh…that, like…immediately knocks me out.” (Greg, 18:12)

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3. Deep Dive: Character Creation & Roleplay

• Trying the New Races

  • Hands-on with the new Dwarf and Orlan species. Character is humorously named after colleague Nick Scarpino.
  • Discussion of visual customization: hosts joke about the hideous godlike features, with Greg and Andy being repulsed and amused in equal measure.
    • “I can't tell you. Like, it's like nails on a chalkboard looking at these hideous freaks.” (Greg, 08:38)
  • Companions & class background selection revisited, but Greg points out backgrounds are unchanged from earlier versions.

• Roleplaying & Personal Preferences

  • Greg likes to dive deep into character creation but skips it for time, while Andy and Mike prefer randomization.
    • “I am [the character creator], but, you know, we're not gonna…waste life.” (Greg, 08:18)

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4. Positives and Negatives of Avowed (Old and New)

• Strengths:

  • Combat: Praised as “amazing,” “so good and colorful.” (Greg, 03:24, 15:28)
  • Visuals & Art Style: “This game is stunning. The visuals and the movement and the combat…with ray tracing on…looks great.” (Andy, 26:25)
  • Quality of Life: Custom difficulty, NG+, and photo mode appreciated.

• Weaknesses:

  • Narrative & Companion Bonds: Hosts didn’t care for the story nor connect with the companions or their main character.
    • “I didn’t connect with the companions. I didn’t connect with the character I made…didn’t get the whole bite of the apple here.” (Greg, 03:10)
  • Limited NG+ Appeal: Frustrations about not being able to make entirely new builds from scratch in NG+.
    • “I want to reroll the character and do all the stuff...I don't want to be that character anymore.” (Greg, 04:36)
  • Performance: Noted some bugs and rendering problems still exist post-patch. (13:09)
  • No New Content: The lack of new quests or narrative means little incentive for a return visit.

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5. Who is Avowed 3.0 For? The ‘Should You Play It?’ Debate

• Returning Players:
  • New species and NG+ are “not enough” if you already bounced off before.
    • “If you haven’t played Avowed, it’s a game we enjoy. Then you should do it. Thank you. We’ve done our due diligence.” (Greg, 47:36)
    • “It's about. It's just this wasn't a patch that did much, but Avowed is a fun game. I enjoy Avowed…I’m just not gonna play about again, if that makes sense.” (Greg, 74:39)
• New Players (especially on PS5):
  • “So this is gonna be a whole new crop of people jumping in and playing. Conversation will be reignited.” (Mike, 09:31)
• Bottom Line:
  • Hosts agree: Avowed is a “good game” (a "strong 7 out of 10"), but the 3.0 update is not transformative for those seeking wholly new experiences.
    • “Avowed. It's a strong seven.” (Greg, 66:33)
    • “Yeah, it's a good game. A seven is a good game.” (Andy, 66:36)

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6. Broader RPG & Industry Talk

• Obsidian’s Trajectory:

  • Mike: Loved Obsidian’s smaller projects (e.g., Pentiment, Grounded) but fell off big open-world RPGs like Avowed and Outer Worlds.
  • Andy: Found modern Obsidian RPGs more approachable than classics like New Vegas, but still struggles with some of their choices.

• Comparisons to Other RPGs:

  • Frequent references to The Witcher 3 as a gold standard for story and character work.
    • “Would make it harder for you to get back into [Obsidian RPGs]... Witcher 3 is awesome.” (Andy, 23:16)
  • Discussion of weaknesses in Fallout: New Vegas and the personal desire for more visually modern and narratively gripping RPGs.

• Upcoming and Currently Played Games:

  • Excitement for Crimson Desert, Monster Hunter Stories 3, Resident Evil, Pocopia, Darwin’s Paradox, Homura Hime, Peace Walker (“I want to do a marathon stream for a Peace Walker!” - Greg, 51:39).
  • Commentary on how sprawling backlogs and a flood of game releases make it hard to revisit older or updated RPGs.
  • Andy and Greg lament the need to wait for general sentiment before returning to a game.

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7. Fun Tangents & Memorable Bits

• The “Sex Gremlin” Character
  • Running joke about the Orlan species—“sex gremlins”—and who among the crew they’d cast as which fantasy race.
  • "Little sex Gremlins in this game?" (Greg, 07:30)
• Nick Scarpino Dwarf Build:
  • Ongoing visual jokes about trying to make Nick Scarpino as a dwarf, encountering technical and aesthetic hurdles.
  • “Why is he like 4 foot 5?” “He’s a dwarf!” (Andy & Greg, 13:36)
• Wakanda Forever & Would You Rather Bit
  • Would you rather, upon leaving any group, have to say "Wakanda Forever" or mutter “Your face has changed” under your breath?
    • “I just go...‘Until next time. Wakanda Forever.’” (Greg, 34:43)
• Secret Snickers & ADHD Object Permanence
  • Irreverent stories about hidden candy at conventions—a frequent inside joke about Greg’s hidden snacks and forgetfulness.
  • “If it’s not in front of you...you have no object permanence, you know…” (Andy, 20:47)
• Lighthearted Industry Banter:
  • Poking fun at friends (Stassi, Nick, the Giant Bomb crew), and the industry tendency toward “rounded corners” in design.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Anniv. Update’s Real Impact
  • “They gave bits and…three new character classes. Fuck yeah. New Game Plus. Fuck, yeah…But there's no new story or anything...well, then that…immediately knocks me out.” (Greg, 18:16)
• On Character Creation Revulsion
  • "It's like nails on a chalkboard looking at these hideous freaks." (Greg, 08:38)
• On NG+ and Build Frustration
  • “New Game Plus is now available after completing the main story. The mode is designed to reward mastery…But no, I want to reroll the character…all unlocked abilities come over…well, I don’t want to be that character anymore.” (Greg, 04:20)
• On Game Recommends
  • "If you haven’t played Avowed, it’s a game we enjoy…If you have, maybe not worth coming back for." (Greg, 47:36)
• On RPG Fatigue and Industry Flood
  • "It's one of those where I am so filled to the brim with gaming experiences that I'll have to wait on public sentiment." (Andy, 11:48)
• On Lack of Story-Driven Motivation
  • “I paid you to tell me a story.” (Greg, 23:59)
• On The Witcher 3’s Pull
  • “Streaming with Mike and we’re clowning around talking most of the time, but it was a good time. It was still really cool and visually stunning…” (Andy, 24:49)
• On Avowed’s Place in the RPG Pantheon
  • “Avowed is a strong seven.” (Greg, 66:33)
  • “Yeah, it's a good game. A seven is a good game.” (Andy, 66:36)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Intro & Purpose of Gamescast Plays: 02:15–02:31
• Greg's Recap of Old Avowed Experience: 03:10–03:36
• Anniversary Update Breakdown: 03:46–04:36
• Frustrations with NG+: 04:36–04:49
• Character Creation Jokes / “Sex Gremlins” Bit: 07:23–08:38
• Discussion: Who is Avowed For Now?: 09:08–09:39
• Photo Mode & Buggy Rendering: 13:04–13:46
• Companion/Story Shortcomings: 14:22–15:28
• No New Missions Announcement: 18:12–18:48
• Core Verdict—Should You Play It?: 47:36–47:52, 66:33–66:41
• Outro & Reflecting on Time Well Spent: 74:21–74:57

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Conclusion: The Gamescast Avowed 3.0 Verdict

• Veterans: If you bounced off Avowed before, the 3.0 update will likely not rekindle your interest. The lack of new narrative content is the biggest let-down.
• Newcomers (esp. on PS5): Avowed is worth a look if you appreciate strong combat systems and atmospheric worlds, and haven’t been saturated by recent RPGs.
• Accolades: Appreciated for its improved visuals, fun combat, and customization options.
• Major Letdowns: Unchanged narrative flaws, superficial companions, some lingering technical bugs, and minimal replayability enhancements.
• Final Score: “Strong 7/10”—a good, not great, modern RPG that remains in the shadow of narrative giants like Witcher 3.

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The Kinda Funny Style: Candid, irreverent, and always community-focused

• Hosts joke, reminisce, and riff about the games industry, candy stashes, inside crew dynamics, and more. The conversational, unfiltered style brings both critical perspective and humor.

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Wakanda Forever. (Greg, 34:43, episode sign-off)

Transcript

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[Andy]

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[Greg Miller]

and our exclusive shows, go to patreon.com kinda funny. Hi everybody. Welcome to a gamescast plays. I'm one of your hosts, Greg Miller, alongside the master of hype Snow Mike. Mike.

[Mike]

Greg Miller.

[Andy]

What up?

[Mike]

Thanks for having me on today's gamescast plays.

[Greg Miller]

I'm happy to be here. Now this is different. Gamescast plays as we envisioned it.

[Mike]

Yes.

[Greg Miller]

In editorial production, where you come into something you've been reviewing, you show it to someone, you go, hey, look at this thing that I have been doing that I've been playing.

[Mike]

Ask me all the questions.

[Greg Miller]

Exactly.

[Mike]

Let's dive a little bit deeper. Let me give you the details that you want to know about. About this problem.

[Greg Miller]

I didn't play this game yet. We're diving into avowed everybody. Okay. You might say, greg, what do you mean you haven't played this? And I'd say, you know what? You're right. I've played the shit out of him.

[Andy]

Oh, he got it.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, playtime. One day, seven hours, 32 minutes. Wow. But this is from nearly exactly a year ago. All right, look at that. One year ago, February 11, 2025. Are these saves? Of course, the reason we're here is because they've just put out the Avowed anniversary update. Dropped yesterday. A whole bunch of new stuff, Mike. And so it was like, well, I could jump in last night and do some stuff, or we could jump in together and screw around and see what's up. Cause I liked Avowed. I did not love Avowed back in the day when we reviewed this one a year ago. Right?

[Mike]

Give me some really quick. Give me some positives and negatives of what you like to do.

[Greg Miller]

Positives. Combat. Amazing. Such good combat. But the problem is I was boring. I did sword and bored the entire way. I had a cool, powerful sword. I did like people doing wizard stuff and guns. You could have the wand and the gun and you have the other. There's a whole bunch of cool permutations I just didn't do. And I felt like I let myself down there. I think the environments are cool, you know what I mean? Like, lots of stuff going on there. I didn't like my companions. I didn't connect with the companions. I didn't connect with the character I made. And so I was like, damn, didn't get the whole bite of the apple here. Maybe a DLC will come me back one day or whatever. That didn't happen. Instead it was, hey, we're doing this big anniversary update, all right? And I said, I'll wait and I'll come back then. And so what you have with the anniversary update is new playable species, which is cool, right? You got dwarves, Orlands, and Ow Mao. Ow Mao. Wow. I don't know. You know what I mean? Towering, powerfully built and physically imposing. They're people from the game that I barely remember. Oh, you know what I mean?

[Andy]

Nice.

[Greg Miller]

Then of course, they come with their own stuff. You have a new Game plus. New Game plus, which on paper excited me as somebody who's beaten about. But the problem is New Game plus is now available after completing the main story. The mode is designed to reward mastery experimentation in making the all powerful build.

[Mike]

I'm not about right.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. But no, I want to reroll the character and do all the stuff. And so it's like number one, all unlocked abilities come over and it's like, well, I don't want to be that character anymore. You know what I mean? I want to go do a new thing.

[Mike]

You Just want to restart that at that point.

[Greg Miller]

Exactly. And that's what I think I'm going to do. So there's a bunch of quality of life improvements they've put in here. There's custom difficulty modifiers which I know well from Starfield Shout out to Todd Howard, who just did the gamescast. Right. And so I thought rather than even start a new game, plus maybe I jump in and make a new character.

[Andy]

I like that.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Mike]

But we can show off the three new races, so that's awesome. And you know you brought up redoing a vald, right? I gotta give it to the team over at Obsidian. It feels like they've had three moments with a valde to launch, then a vow 2.0, now a 3.0. I think that's when they did like an overhaul of a lot of the combat system.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I feel like they've had an Evap 2.0. So here we are now. Now, is this on PS5?

[Greg Miller]

Today is on PS5, yes. But I left myself open where I was like, if I want. If I do want to make the new game plus character I need to be playing, I am playing on a team.

[Andy]

But our goddess has lately turned her eyes from us and our empire has suffered.

[Greg Miller]

Great art style. You know what I mean? I love this kind of stuff. You, of course, remember that you are an Anhoma. You are a godlike. You have hideous features that people will talk about. You are sent out into the living lands to find out about this island.

[Andy]

I always thought they were cute.

[Mike]

Flowers on my face. No, I never looked at it. Insidious.

[Greg Miller]

I hate them. I turned them off on the first place.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

I was like, I don't want to see these on my character.

[Mike]

Free this place from danger.

[Greg Miller]

The more the lack. Yeah. How far did you get? About.

[Mike]

Not far at all.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Mike]

Yeah. This is one. I have fallen off the Obsidian RPG train. I am very much an Obsidian fan when it comes to pentaments and grounded kind of their small passion projects. And like the survival crafting is right up my alley. You would think that I would love these.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Mike]

As a kid who loves the Open World, Western RPGs, Bethesda Game, Fallout New Vegas, I should love these. I just have not jumped into these at all and given them the full up. I fell off hard on out of worlds 1. Put a little sour taste in my mouth. Didn't love it. And so I haven't gone back.

[Andy]

You grew up.

[Mike]

But I've heard positive about out of World. Very fun little dirty RPG Maybe one day.

[Greg Miller]

I'm going to skip all this. We're in it for the character right now.

[Mike]

Now I want to see this new species.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, right. Look on. There's your elves. Then you got over here. This is what I was talking about. The Ow. Mao. Wow.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

We got the big guys who, you know.

[Andy]

Oh, they're like.

[Mike]

I was calling them the fish people.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, exactly.

[Mike]

Because of the scale.

[Greg Miller]

That's what we all call them.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah.

[Greg Miller]

People are stoked about the dwarves. I know. People are stoked about Orleans. Oh, the gremlins.

[Mike]

Little gremlins like that.

[Greg Miller]

Little sex Gremlins in this game?

[Andy]

Hell, yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Or you. You never played this?

[Mike]

I never saw the sex Gremlin, No.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, you hit up a really horny one of these later on.

[Andy]

Really?

[Greg Miller]

She joins your party. She's cool.

[Mike]

Oh, that's cool.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, but I feel like we have to be a dwarf, and we have to name him Nick Scarpino.

[Mike]

That's a great call.

[Greg Miller]

You know what I mean? Like, if we're in.

[Andy]

Well, hold up, hold up.

[Mike]

You don't think Nick would be a sex gremlin?

[Greg Miller]

Well, he would, but he's. I want him to be small.

[Andy]

Oh, the gremlin.

[Greg Miller]

If we were casting everybody. Well, I mean, I think Nick's the dwarf, obviously, because he's so tiny. Andy would be the sex gremlin. You know what I mean? He's got that hair.

[Mike]

He'd be really happy to hear that.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Got to give Nick that olive complexion. It's too far. I'm gonna say that's pretty olivey for Nick, you know?

[Mike]

Yeah,

[Greg Miller]

he just. He's not that. You know what I mean?

[Andy]

I love.

[Mike]

You are the character creator. I love that you always dive deep into this.

[Greg Miller]

Well, I am, but, you know, we're not gonna. I'm not gonna waste life.

[Mike]

Yeah. I'm a randomized type of Jabot.

[Andy]

Just hit.

[Mike]

Hit the randomize. Just run it back a couple times.

[Greg Miller]

We gotta. Oh, geez. It's just hideous. You know what I mean?

[Andy]

Like, a full one.

[Greg Miller]

I'm with the people. Well, then what was the point of it? I guess we could do that here. Why don't I make them look like a clicker. Nick Scarpino the clicker. Disgusting.

[Andy]

I hate it.

[Greg Miller]

I can't tell you. Like, it literally does something like. It's like nails on a chalkboard looking at these hideous freaks. This is the one I had done on my first place.

[Mike]

Yeah. Big old wood mask.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. But I. I eventually. I eventually hit it. I was Like, Like I can't deal with this at all. But I do, like, you know, to save us time. Yeah. Just give Nick that.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mike]

Go crazy.

[Greg Miller]

And then hold here, we gotta get the hair. Cause he has none.

[Mike]

Does this excite you to go with another playthrough of avowed, you know, like right this moment.

[Greg Miller]

I'll tell you. Right. Great question. I think that's, you know, gamescast plays is our editorial product, obviously where we want to talk about games more than just play them or whatever. It's the idea of like, no, but.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

It's a no, but right now I'm like, I don't feel like I need to go play more about yes, but I'm glad it's updated. And so maybe today is the thing where I play it and I go, you know what? Dang, this has the stuff and I need to go see this. I need to go see this through.

[Mike]

And of course, like you said, day one for PlayStation. So this is gonna be a whole new crop of people jumping in and playing. Conversation will be reignited to have some.

[Greg Miller]

I still follow the subreddit over there. I love that people are out there. They're hanging, they're having fun. I appreciate it.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. I don't like. I have the all seeing eye there in the center of my head. I'd like to.

[Mike]

Oh, they added a stat bonus. So dwarves he will have plus one might and plus one constitution.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

Andy, the avowed man.

[Andy]

Andy, you ready?

[Greg Miller]

Okay, well, Andy's going to jump in. Indy's relieving Mike. Everybody, everybody. We go through here. Doing this now. Again, we are making excarpino. So would he be a scholar? Absolutely not. A court augur when your village crops fail. Your strange insights and unsettling manner earned you neighbors suspicion. You first saw torches and pitchforks noble.

[Andy]

Are all these new?

[Greg Miller]

No, these backgrounds are straight up what they were. Hi, Andy.

[Andy]

Hi.

[Greg Miller]

As I go to say hi, I choke on my own hate trying to figure out what Nick would be here. Okay, man.

[Andy]

Really not giving him much up top.

[Greg Miller]

I do what I could.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

I mean, I, you know, I couldn't do. It's hard to do the thinning hair.

[Andy]

Yeah, because he's just thin.

[Greg Miller]

His hair is gone.

[Andy]

We need more of the receding.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, yeah. Not a lot of pressure on that. Born to humble beginnings and driven to desperation by famine. Your life was destined to end on the executioner's block until the emperor spared you. You're more at ease in the wilderness than in court. But your cleverness and observant nature have made you one of the Emperor's most trusted operatives. Whether tracking prey or spying on enemies, your skills are put to work.

[Andy]

He's a dwarf.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, of course he is.

[Andy]

Of course, of course.

[Greg Miller]

What am I doing here? You know what I mean? This is the first time I've made Nick in a character. Not that chance. So here's where we get in. Andy, what about you, Mike? Never got into this one. You and me were big on a vibe, going through and playing a whole bunch of stuff. Does this anniversary update do anything for you?

[Andy]

Dude, I must have been maybe four to five hours from beating it.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, wow. You never beat it.

[Andy]

Wow. I never beat it. I put like 30, 40 hours. I put a lot of hours in

[Greg Miller]

it.

[Andy]

It's one of those where I am so packed to the brim, filled to the brim with gaming experiences that I'll have to wait on public sentiment.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Andy]

I'll have to wait to see what people are overall saying and whether those people had the same issues I had. And then they go, hey, a lot of the issues that I had with it, it's fixed. I'll be. Oh, cool. Because I was coming from the same place, you know, when it comes to narrative and just characters and. Did you guys make Nick the dwarf the first time you streamed this?

[Greg Miller]

I mean, of course.

[Andy]

Probably. I believe we did, cuz this was one.

[Greg Miller]

Well, no, there wasn't a dwarf before. This is.

[Andy]

Oh, you're right. You're right. This is one that Nick streamed like three times and he really liked it. But we got him started with the magic. The spells were really cool.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, See, I want to do guns.

[Andy]

I think this time this game's cool.

[Greg Miller]

Says, we made you. We made you in the game. Well, you're not on the screen right now.

[Andy]

Yeah, open. That's you. Yeah, that's you. Of course. It's a very flattering rendition of you. It's just like me.

[Greg Miller]

He's probably

[Andy]

tall. Yeah. A lot of hair. Yeah, yeah. No, for sure, for sure. I don't know if we get a full glimpse at you.

[Greg Miller]

I mean, I'll go to. Yeah, when I. When I get in here.

[Andy]

Go into photo mode maybe.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, photo mode. A brand new addition to event as well.

[Andy]

Oh, really?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Nice.

[Greg Miller]

How do you do it?

[Andy]

There it is. How about that? Oh, some hair's not rendering up top. Maybe that's a bug. Oh, is that. Is that a bug? Probably update. It's probably an update. It's probably an issue. Rendering issue.

[Greg Miller]

It looked.

[Andy]

Why is There one like a. Why do you have the. Why does he have the home resin?

[Greg Miller]

The George Costanza. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. It's weird. I didn't see it.

[Andy]

Why is he like 4 foot 5?

[Greg Miller]

He's a dwarf.

[Andy]

He's erased dwarf character. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But he looks a humanoid. It doesn't look like he's that proportion. Quite.

[Greg Miller]

That's weird. I don't know about that. Thank you. We will. We will die on my watch. It'll take more than a ship to kill me, dude.

[Andy]

Just going to be a gunner.

[Mike]

I don't know.

[Greg Miller]

I'll see. Yeah. I mean. You know what I mean? Yeah.

[Garrick (Character)]

At least the journey's not completely lost, but.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. I don't know. It's. I want to get. Get back into it. I remember. It's interesting to see this playing well too. I remember when we were doing stuff early on, some of it was running a little rough.

[Andy]

Were you on PC?

[Greg Miller]

I think I was. At least that's where I did the preview of it originally.

[Garrick (Character)]

The name's Garrick, sir. Quarter gunner.

[Greg Miller]

Would you put Outer Worlds two above this or this? Above Outer Worlds two, Dude.

[Andy]

I did not play enough outer worlds too, but I could tell already tonally that I enjoyed narrative and characters. But big miss opportunity with Garrick. We talked about this last time. I loved Garrick.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Immediately just like a cool, neat guy to get to know. And then he was just like, all right, see you later. I was like, oh, man, you're not joining me. So you're not going to like. No one fires on be a part of the crew unless I'm not going to see you 20 hours and be like Envoy.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Garrick (Character)]

In the meantime, you survive.

[Andy]

Cameron Kennedy 100 months support finally hit 100. Now I can unsell a piece of my knowing.

[Greg Miller]

This isn't for me. You know, I wanted to try something. I tried it. I gave it my all. No big deal.

[Garrick (Character)]

We may not be through with them. Adi's got an embassy in the port of Paradis. Once we make. I hate to say it, I think

[Andy]

if I were to have gotten character quality in a vowed then it'd be totally for me because everything else is hitting. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Again, that's what I was talking to Mike before you got here. Right. Like the combat of about is so good. The world is so good and colorful and nice. But yeah, Nick's just gonna be a, you know, big old meathead here. Right. There's not a black.

[Andy]

He's gonna mite his way through everything.

[Garrick (Character)]

St those boards up there look old, a good hit, and we can be on our way.

[Andy]

I'm just gonna Google real quick what the Au Maua look like.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, Garrison isn't Garrison.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. I want a coffee. What up, Cool G. Cool G, man. You know what I mean? We're partying out here today, Andy. You and me, we get to do gamescast plays enough. You know what I'm saying?

[Andy]

Ah. All right.

[Greg Miller]

Find a weapon.

[Andy]

I need a weapon. I need a weapon.

[Greg Miller]

And you know what?

[Andy]

That green screen has to get from home real long. Almost didn't fit in my car. It's one of them. The. The extra large elgato ones. Yeah. And it's like.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Do you want to explain what happened? You were supposed to be on. And this is the start. Yes. Yeah.

[Andy]

As shout out to Roger, who scheduled a text to say he was like, yeah, I'll schedule a text to remind you to get that screen screen. I was like, no problem, Big dog. Sounds great.

[Greg Miller]

Yep.

[Andy]

Read the text. I was like, hell yeah. Get that green screen, big dog. And then I got a 2 XL sweatshirt for Mike that he's been clamoring for along with the controller. And that's the only thing that I brought. But about halfway down, I'm like, oh, my God, forgot the big ass green screen.

[Greg Miller]

I think they needed a guess.

[Andy]

And then as I got it, I was like, I don't know if this will fit this Honda Civic. Did you hear the. Did you get hailed on last night?

[Greg Miller]

I got.

[Andy]

Yeah, it's crazy.

[Greg Miller]

You got hailed on this morning. Texted Jen. I'm like, I'm at 19th and Irving right now getting hailed on.

[Andy]

No, that's not how you spell it.

[Greg Miller]

I want to give you a shout out, Indigo, as. You know, a lot of people like to refer to me as kind of funny, as Joker. You know what I mean? What am I doing? Is this a bit. Should you be scared? X, Y and Z. But a lot of people don't want to acknowledge how awesome I am and how cool I am and how much industry knowledge.

[Andy]

When does the shout out happen for me? When is the.

[Greg Miller]

We'll get there.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

Don't worry about it. Okay. On the PlayStation, State of the play. I watched the entire way with you and I said, andy, there's something coming. Andy, there's something coming, blah. And everybody was like, ah, Greg's just around. Greg's just around. Then John Wick happened, the thing I was teasing you with. And then at the end, Roger's like, greg didn't even know anything. And you Were like, I think he met John Wick.

[Andy]

No, he definitely met John Wick.

[Greg Miller]

And Roger. Stupid.

[Andy]

Roger was like, ah, no, yeah, definitely. That's the one that I could tell Roger, he sucks. So aside from the new characters, there are new missions.

[Greg Miller]

No. Huge bummer.

[Andy]

Yeah. Damn.

[Greg Miller]

To be clear. For real, they announced this avowed update right during chat. Let me know. It was one of those many showcases that happen that isn't like, you know, a game awards or whatever. It's a showcase. And it was like, they gave bits and he's like, oh, yeah. And then when they finally came out and did it, it was like, three new character classes. Fuck yeah. New game plus. Fuck, yeah. And then you. And then they were like, but there's no new story or anything. And I was like, oh. Like, no, no, no, you can't. And I was like, oh, well, then that, like.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

Immediately knocks me. Knocks me out.

[Andy]

Yeah. So that. I mean, that will. That kind of gives me all I need to know about. Will I be coming back?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, I think. Yeah, I think, you know, I don't know for a title I've been lucky enough just to run as a host on this, but if, you know, a lot of times these are. Is it worth coming back for?

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

My initial reaction is no. That's what Mike said. You know, do you think you're going to take this character and it'll go, you know, you're going to stick with it? I'm like, I sincerely doubt it. But that's a good place for it to be because maybe I do come back. And I'm like, man, I really miss this combat. I really did this and I should.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

But I think what I do is, like, I'm way more into the Outer Worlds 2 world. As somebody who likes sci fi more than fantasy. And I still haven't finished that Stevie Rogers Good guy playthrough. So it's like, I need to go do that at some point. Sorry for the imposter. No.

[Garrick (Character)]

The forts lit their destination.

[Andy]

He apologized. Never mind.

[Greg Miller]

I got more cough drops on my desk. I thought I had more. Oh, I have one in my pocket. Hold on.

[Andy]

Little secret cough drop.

[Greg Miller]

Dude, we're at dice. We're in the room. All right.

[Andy]

Were you already. Cause you didn't quite. You didn't sound like this during the dice.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, no, no, no.

[Andy]

Adrenaline.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, I mean, it's. The thing is, like, it's the classic thing where you always make fun of me, which I understand, but it's like, I'm not sick, but I Have that, like just this lingering thing. Ben had that, then gave it to me or whatever. So I just have occasionally an aura.

[Andy]

Yeah, if you will.

[Greg Miller]

But no, back to what you said. Secret cough drop. It's dice, by the way. It's not worth playing about. It's dice. We're sitting there, we've been reunited because Jen came in early. We're in the hotel room, she's chatting up with me. She looks over at the table and she goes, I love that you just have a Snicker. You have a Twix. And I go, it's a secret Snickers.

[Andy]

Secret Snickers?

[Greg Miller]

What are you talking about? Every time Andy goes to the airport, he buys the Snickers and then forgets back. And so I did it at the airport and totally forgot about it.

[Andy]

I think a lot of. Also what I kind of downplay and need to understand is that secret Snickers also requires you to have ADHD and have an out of sight, out of mind memory where if it's not in front of you, don't you.

[Greg Miller]

You forgot. You put a sticker.

[Andy]

You have no object permanence, you know, and until I get back to the hotel room, open the backpack. Oh, secret Snickers. You know, But a lot of normal people would have remembered that, you know,

[Greg Miller]

it's not so much I forgot about it. It's just like I bought for me a secret Snickers is something I buy. And I'm like, I'm not hungry right now.

[Andy]

Yeah, of course.

[Greg Miller]

But eventually, why wait?

[Andy]

It'll be very helpful to me, you know? Hungry. Why wait?

[Greg Miller]

Are you hungry? Why wait? Snickers. That's what they say. I've heard it once. I've heard a thousand times,

[Andy]

man. Nick just looking like someone hit him in the eyes of the shotgun.

[Greg Miller]

The godlike features. Horrifying.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Just horrible.

[Andy]

I mean, I'd like mine.

[Greg Miller]

You would?

[Andy]

I had just like the little kind of like eyebrows.

[Greg Miller]

They're all so gross.

[Andy]

Mine were kind of sexy. I think mine were sexy. I was.

[Greg Miller]

You play as a lady, you play as me.

[Andy]

Just a dude. I was like, I was a hot dude.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, I knew how to.

[Andy]

Now, tell you what's a good. I'll tell you what's a good game. We're going Back to Witcher 3. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Greg Miller]

I'm loving that you're so into it.

[Andy]

Oh, my God.

[Greg Miller]

Because that's something that really paid off for you. I want to jump in here and see what I got in all this stuff of like You? Yeah, I like the Witcher. Yeah. How many hours did you know?

[Andy]

About 40, probably.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, yeah. So you surpassed me now because I was like 25 or 35. I forget. And so to see you goo it. And like when I was popped in, I was watching you do bloody Baron. I was like, ugh, yeah, restart.

[Andy]

Oh, I restart the game.

[Greg Miller]

Hate that shit.

[Andy]

Unfortunate. And he almost caught out of work, Greg. That's true. I almost called in and said, a meteor hit my home. Can't come to work.

[Mike]

Fair enough.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Really into the Witcher right now. My godlike changed the setting so he looked normal. Oh, you could do that.

[Greg Miller]

But that's the point. And like I said, I did that. I did that one on my last playthrough. I put him on my character and I guess I did. I put the big wood mask on my character and I was like, that'll be good enough. And I hated that because then I got no expression in my eyes. Like, you know, I want to see Nick's dull eyes.

[Andy]

Yeah. And then the. The sort of immersion breaking thing of if you prefer to have it off, then it's like, oh, look at this freak. And it's like, why does it look like a normal. Look at this smoothness.

[Greg Miller]

You know, I was. I made a mistake, everybody. I'm sorry.

[Andy]

I didn't.

[Greg Miller]

I didn't realize what I was doing until I was like, wait, this hurts my eyes.

[Garrick (Character)]

Come on. The fort's up ahead.

[Andy]

Says, I feel like playing through Witcher 3 currently would make it harder for you to get back into position game. And he would be compared so much of the storytelling and character writing that. That is. Witcher 3 is awesome. That is true. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

About.

[Andy]

You supposed to disarm that or. I think you just ran through the trap already.

[Greg Miller]

You know, I'm getting my se.

[Andy]

Yeah, you're right.

[Greg Miller]

You're right. How good that slide felt too.

[Andy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Garrick (Character)]

How many of these.

[Andy]

There's a run in a sliding reanimal.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Did you have fun with that?

[Andy]

That was a cool game.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

A lot of themes.

[Greg Miller]

You guys finish it?

[Andy]

A lot of things. Yeah, we did finish it. One of those, like, endings that, like, it's up to the user's interpretation. It's crazy. It's all out there. A lot of weird things going on.

[Greg Miller]

Cuz I hate that.

[Andy]

Well, I mean, story.

[Greg Miller]

I paid you to tell me a story.

[Andy]

Well, you know, it is one of those very heady, you know, like the comparison I would always make when. When we were doing Ghibli in Review where the. The thematic storytelling was just so deep. It's like, I need to know Hayao Miyazaki on a personal level to know what the hell is happening to understand like, oh, that bird represents loss or whatever the fuck. But it was just. It was just so out there. And there were a lot of different things being thrown at you that I did not fully. And also, it doesn't help that, you know, I'm streaming with Mike and we're, you know, clowning around talking most of the time. But it was a good time. It was still really cool and visually stunning and. What's that on their face?

[Greg Miller]

On my face?

[Andy]

What are you talking. Yeah. Wait, what's on your face?

[Greg Miller]

Oh, I haven't opened my eyes.

[Andy]

Wait a second. Had a glare in my eyes.

[Garrick (Character)]

I remember some of the soldiers praying around the Audrey Pill.

[Andy]

Ah, I can't believe that that was on the name of Obsidian name an Obsidian ip.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Andy]

Kind of feudy. Was really shocked about that.

[Greg Miller]

Gotta have it.

[Andy]

Yeah. Like, for everybody who was like, Andy, you should have taken the final round of game showdown instead of Mike. It's like, no, he had Pillars of Eternity. I had. I was gonna say Penny was on the list.

[Greg Miller]

Panam would have been what I would have did

[Andy]

a lot of up in that game. Soldiers killing themselves. Yeah. That was crazy. Which one?

[Greg Miller]

Pen?

[Andy]

No. Reanimal Prince. The base says, I finally hopped into Indiana Jones DLC and it's been great. I love how well machine games got that Indiana Jones vibe down.

[Greg Miller]

It should have scored better. You know what I mean?

[Andy]

Damn.

[Greg Miller]

This is the industry's chance to make it right.

[Andy]

Maybe you should have scored a better hurt.

[Greg Miller]

Well, this is a dlc. Ah. I scored the game correctly.

[Andy]

Oh.

[Greg Miller]

But then everybody else wanted to act like the game was the best thing ever. And so then it was like, well, okay, now score the DLC the same way. And everybody's like, you know what? On second thought this was.

[Andy]

Is this referencing fantasy? Critic

[Greg Miller]

took it as a bit. I was like, oh, everybody says I'm wrong about Indiana Jones. Clearly the DLC is going to be great. Not a chance life. You know what I mean?

[Andy]

There's some generally gorgeous parts of this game.

[Greg Miller]

100.

[Andy]

Oh, dude. Yeah. 100. Christopher. This game is stunning. And so like the things that kept me going in this game, even though I wasn't vibing with a lot of what was happening narratively were the visuals and the movement and the combat and like having this game with ray tracing on getting all like, this looks great now too. Yeah. This looks awesome.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. No, gorgeous. Gorgeous King.

[Andy]

Now are you gonna do something different here with this first lady? I mean. Yeah, leave her because I definitely helped her out.

[Greg Miller]

Oh yeah, yeah.

[Andy]

God. I had a moment yesterday off stream playing the Witcher 3. There's this random dude who just wants to duel you a whole bunch walks up to you and he's like I'm going to fight you. And you're like get away from me. And he's like no, duel me now. And you destroy him immediately. He's like I yield. I yield. I'll come back for you.

[Mike]

I'll get better.

[Andy]

And he comes back and he comes back again. You find him in different spots and he keeps on giving up. And it's like I'm going to come back. Several hours go by. Well, I came across him last night. I was playing on my Steam deck with that G Force now.

[Greg Miller]

Oh.

[Andy]

And he brought like two dudes and he was like we're going to beat your ass and this and that. And then one of the options was using my force powers. You should leave, you know.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

And the other power was. Or the other option was no, all right, I'll fight you and I'll beat their asses too. And ended up just chopping them all up and killing them. And I felt really bad about it. I was like this guy's just sitting over his head. He doesn't know what he's doing. And so I reloaded, I reloaded the save and I was like, I just, I just gave him the force.

[Greg Miller]

Go away.

[Andy]

Those Jedi powers do not work. On to that glyphs

[Greg Miller]

the powers.

[Andy]

Yeah,

[Greg Miller]

yeah.

[Andy]

I think you had it right. But I forgot what that one was.

[Greg Miller]

Sure.

[Andy]

Ignis the fire 1. No axes the force push. I always did appreciate the what felt to me like a late turn to give you third person. No. Like a sort of later in development thing because it never, it still never fully looked 100% right.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

But like still a really neat thing to give players because I, I, I don't think it was always meant to be there in this game.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, I'm shocked at how good it looks in Outer Worlds 2 again which is always so funny to play the same developers game. You know, game A, Game B. Talk about game A. Love game B. And not even if you've never played about's worth your time. Especially on Xbox.

[Andy]

No, it is for sure, for sure.

[Greg Miller]

Especially with these updates apparently. But like fifth time fighting these lizards over here. Which sucks because I was, I wanted to be like yeah. Vowed back.

[Andy]

Yeah. I really thought we were going to get added story moments. Art is force. Push. Oh, that's right. Yeah. Yeah. It's funny because I couldn't get into Fallout New Vegas, but The modern Obsidian RPGs have really clicked for me. That may be a modern RPG versus old RPG sort of thing.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. I did a real college try on on New Vegas again over Christmas break. And I want to say I did like 20 hours.

[Andy]

Damn.

[Greg Miller]

And I was just like, I'm good. It just doesn't grab me. And I think especially now as old game is old. Like, I want it to look like this.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

But even then it was just like. I don't know. I don't know. It just didn't have the sauce. It didn't grab me. It didn't give me a character to care about. I don't like being the courier. I think that's a weird place to start in a world that's in a world. In a world.

[Andy]

And you see my super chat. No, I didn't. Let me see if I can.

[Greg Miller]

I didn't find the super chat.

[Andy]

Let me see if I could.

[Greg Miller]

Gonna get mad.

[Andy]

Bust it out. Like today. Jico. A little while ago or something. Hoopers. And these are all like hella old. What is this, five months ago? What are we doing?

[Greg Miller]

YouTube.

[Andy]

Show me some recent things. Oh, these are like comments.

[Greg Miller]

Do you want to admit you don't like him?

[Andy]

No, I love Jason.

[Greg Miller]

Seems like you know.

[Stassi Schroeder]

Over here. Help.

[Greg Miller]

God likes. What's the matter with your face? Nick wouldn't stand for this.

[Stassi Schroeder]

Back. I'm not catching whatever's on your head.

[Garrick (Character)]

Easy.

[Andy]

I know it's gross, but he knows he's disgusting.

[Stassi Schroeder]

Never seen one of your kind before.

[Andy]

Well, I'm busting out the folks. Actual chat. I have a Domino's ad first though.

[Greg Miller]

Gotta look at that. Will you shut up or should I make you. A year old?

[Stassi Schroeder]

I should have known you were Adidans too. Funny you survived while all your friends here went belly up. Adiers had their boots on parody since their first soldiers came.

[Garrick (Character)]

Because the place is pure.

[Greg Miller]

Why are you rocking?

[Andy]

There's some weird in his ear.

[Greg Miller]

Well, just in general, this frame rate.

[Andy]

Yeah, it's doing like a weird. It's trying to like do shading. God damn. He just looks tough. He looks rough.

[Greg Miller]

That's. I mean, that's what Nick would look like in this world, man.

[Andy]

Hey, YouTube app. Do you mind showing me everything else that's not just like. Come on, dude.

[Stassi Schroeder]

At least we don't go mad.

[Andy]

Sorry, Jason. He doesn't want to go bald. I'm not talking about their mushrooms. I'm talking about the hair loss.

[Stassi Schroeder]

The day I came, I noticed the guards talking.

[Andy]

Okay, here we go. Andy, could you pause it? Oh, this is a good. Would you rather from Jason.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Andy]

Would you rather. Anytime you're talking to somebody one on one, whenever you leave the conversation, you involuntarily go under your breath, your face has changed and you can't explain it, soldier. But after every one on one conversation, you ended going. As you walk away or when you're in a. I think it's when you're in a group setting. When you leave them. When you leave the group, you say goodbye by going Wakanda forever. And you can't explain any of it.

[Greg Miller]

Wakanda forever.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

I was in person.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

I can start doing that. I don't think people think it's weird.

[Andy]

I just thought like, man, like the fucking asshole thing, I could maybe, maybe people could explain that away. It's like, yeah, he's just a silly guy or whatever.

[Greg Miller]

So you can't tell him.

[Andy]

No. You can't explain why. You know that you are just bound to this power. Oh, any convo. Okay, so same. So any convo.

[Greg Miller]

Dude, I don't give a shit. It can be. You have to give a eulogy every day you say Wakanda forever. I can do it.

[Andy]

Okay, man.

[Greg Miller]

You really? Honestly, I'm just thinking about doing it for a while.

[Andy]

I like that. Okay.

[Greg Miller]

I, I, I think we can all agree it's been my pleasure to serve you. It's played out.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

If I just go. Until next time. Wakanda forever.

[Andy]

We need a new one. Greg. Greg would have had to end his game war speech of Lucana forever. That is true.

[Stassi Schroeder]

Let's not make this harder than it has to be.

[Andy]

What does that mean? 2015.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, I know. Nobody has any reference.

[Andy]

Why is he struggling so bad?

[Greg Miller]

Is the Evada day worth it? It's not worth it. Yeah, it is. Like the texture, slash coloring.

[Andy]

Yeah, I think it's just like, what

[Garrick (Character)]

if she turns on us?

[Stassi Schroeder]

For sake. Be reasonable.

[Andy]

Anytime it cuts to this, it just looks awful.

[Greg Miller]

I'll be taking your ship, but I'm afraid you're staying here.

[Stassi Schroeder]

You're leaving me here to die? Oh, you. I should have known.

[Andy]

This is Nick lashing out at a restaurant.

[Stassi Schroeder]

Anyone but yourself.

[Andy]

You didn't get our food cooking.

[Greg Miller]

Remember that? You've heard the story, but remember you weren't there. Fucking umami burger at IGN downtown when he wanted avocado and they wouldn't give it to him. He left.

[Andy]

He better get him his avocado man a mommy burger.

[Greg Miller]

They're gone.

[Andy]

I think they're gone fully. We were bringing them up when we went to go get food with Chris Anka when he was in town. And I was trying to think of like, what's that one chain that was like fast, casual but not like it was like, it was a level of bug really good. But it was one of those that's like, we're gonna charge you seven more dollars because this place has a cool logo and it's like kind of hip looking. But yeah, I think we read that umami is like fully gone. Oh, talking McMuffin says there's one in LAX.

[Greg Miller]

Oh. Oh, you thought they were going like from the.

[Andy]

Yeah, I thought, I thought they had like just bankrupt, like see you later. I did hear that all of the, all of the pizza places that were trying to be the pizza of Chipotle.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, okay.

[Andy]

Yeah, like mod Pizza and there's a couple of other ones but like all of those are extremely struggling because people just did not, they thought it was like a no brainer. A lot of, you know, a lot of corporations are like, we could be the Chipotle of pizza. And it just did not translate.

[Greg Miller]

I just want a slice. You know what I mean? Just get in, give me a slice. I don't need to sit there and pound it.

[Andy]

I feel you. Andy had the hottest take on the sign off. Did you all have any unused hot takes yesterday?

[Greg Miller]

Yes. Didn't you?

[Andy]

I mean they weren't really like hot. I, I didn't really have anything that wasn't too crazy.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, mine was. It's not crazy. And that's why I didn't, I, I went to the one about us being in trouble as an industry. But it'll be okay in the long run. My not hot take that is gonna bore 98 of the audience was that like I wording I was still loose on. So I didn't, I don't have it fully rocked. But it was going to be like Animal Crossing. New Horizons is a great game, but it's not a great Animal crossing. Like I, I, I, I miss GameCube Animal Crossing as, especially as I'm playing so much Animal Crossing New Horizons right now, which I enjoy. But like in GameCube Animal Crossing you were encouraged to talk to the people, to form relationships, to get them to, to like you, to give you gifts and stuff. And now everyone on my fucking island in New Horizons just Talks about working out. Everybody talks and it's like. And they've done that from the start. And it was like I was reading. I read it over past couple weeks. Greg way people know Kelsey Lewin's Animal Crossing book. I finished that and she called out a lot of the stuff I've always felt about new horizons but just never really talked about. I'm just like in GameCube Man. Like they could be dicks to you. They didn't have to like you. They'd fuck you over. And this one is just like you show up on this island and everybody bows to your will. And it's like that's great for a. I'm planning an island and doing it. It's what gets me excited for Procopia of okay, cool. Like I'm the only sentient being here. So yeah, you're all going to do what I want.

[Andy]

But it's weird for like you brought that up maybe. I heard you mentioned that maybe on Games Daily. Maybe it was. Maybe it was the tomodachi life sort of thing. But you bringing up yeah, your villages used to be like dicks that to you sometimes and now they don't. Everybody's just very friendly and it's very like more of a casual like you can't fail experience. And I would like to see some of that kind of like that Zelda or not Zelda but that Nintendo snark.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. That edge.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

But I feel like that's kind of. And that's what's interesting about Tomodachi and Tocopia is like. And also the conversation we're having yesterday at Mario of like these things become so big that they don't want to have those sharp edges.

[Andy]

Right.

[Greg Miller]

They want to have this rounded thing. So maybe these other two spin offs will be giving me what I want more of it. But. Or not spin offs but you need

[Andy]

to be welcoming to the masses.

[Greg Miller]

Barnell says, I've learned that Animal Crossing fans are very fickle and I don't take that as a personal insult. Although maybe you are. I would disagree. Like I think they're very dedicated in the fact that even though this animal crossing isn't necessarily what people want out of an animal crossing and that's. Maybe that's too broad a rush.

[Andy]

But

[Greg Miller]

I like how we've pivoted this. By the way, about update. We answered not worth it if you have. You know what I mean? Like whatever. Where's the content or ever. We're still doing a gamescast plays where it's more than Just us shitting around.

[Andy]

Sure. With the exception you're not going to hop into a vow to. Well, I was going to say maybe hop in because the game is going to be more, more fluid than it was at launch. But as we just saw moments of Garruk's head getting off framey, it does

[Greg Miller]

feel, I mean, it's hard to say.

[Andy]

Right.

[Greg Miller]

Because I, I, I mean I always had positive. The gameplay is what I thought was so positive about last, about, you know, a year ago.

[Andy]

About. Can you get a shot for once?

[Greg Miller]

Well, no, that, Sorry. The first two I missed because I was talking. The second one I was like, what happens when I run out of stamp? Now watch this. All right, you ready for a fucking.

[Andy]

I'm ready for it.

[Greg Miller]

Got him.

[Andy]

Hit him in the we.

[Greg Miller]

My dog died.

[Andy]

Oh man. The villagers feel so shallow and samey that I do not care that they're there.

[Greg Miller]

And that's my thing where it's like I don't even bother. For the longest time in New Horizons, I just didn't talk to them. Like I was like, this is worthless. You're not doing anything. And so now that I'm back, I kind of feel like I want to talk to him. Cuz I hate the bing bong. Where you been? You know what I mean?

[Andy]

Greg AND Annie disappear. Controller. Does the controller have feedback triggers on the PS5?

[Greg Miller]

What does it use? Haptic feedback.

[Andy]

Oh, if you're playing Avowed, I imagine it does. I would assume so. You want to make that a premium experience. I haven't looked into it though.

[Greg Miller]

You never will.

[Andy]

I can confidently say I will never install vad on my PS5.

[Greg Miller]

What a state. But we like it. You should play it. It's just this is.

[Andy]

I mean, I got my PC.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, but I'm just saying. I'm just making sure we're being good.

[Andy]

I always did like the sound effects for the grids. So like it. You'd get like a little kind of crunchy, almost like, like coins dropping in to a. A satchel at the end of it. Yeah, that sounds good. Dual one is my favorite in this game. It made me feel like Harry Potter on steroids. Yeah. It wasn't until we created a character for Nick and we did a couple streams here, that was the real moment of me regretting not going magic and I'm never the magic dude. But everything in everything about that sort of combat style visually looks so cool. And you would like create that cloud or like a storm of like raining kind of like, you know, super power spells. Coming from the sky, it was just really awesome looking. Imagine just looks sick as hell. Yeah, a bunch of different colors. Barely hit level two, huh? Like that's not any diamond on you. I just felt like you've still a prologue, right? You killed like 12 people. I don't know. I thought it'd be a lot faster. Are they playing a little shortboard? Yes. Greg is playing as a dwarf right now for Nick Scarpino.

[Greg Miller]

That's right. We're being Nick everybody. And hey, while I invest these points, why don't we remind you that we couldn't do this without your support on patreon.com kindafunny can you YouTube.com kindafunnygames Apple and Spotify. That's where you of course can get all of our episodes ad free. That's everything. We do more than 80 episodes a month. You get your daily dose of me, Greg Miller at a series we call Greg Way. And of course you'd get good karma for supporting an 11 person, 11 year old small business. But you're not using your benefits right now. So here's a word from our sponsor.

[Andy]

I hope somebody knows that they're. That we're doing.

[Greg Miller]

Kevin's got headphones on. He must have known.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

Right. I hope he usually would come over the speaker I think and say you're. That's a good point.

[Andy]

Yeah,

[Greg Miller]

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[Andy]

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[Greg Miller]

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[Andy]

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[Stassi Schroeder]

This is your fix. I am your host, Stassi Schroeder. Welcome to Tell Me Lies the official podcast. What's the most unhinged thing of season three? Steven because he's so evil.

[Mike]

I do think he is misunderstood.

[Stassi Schroeder]

You see everyone face concert consequences.

[Greg Miller]

It's intoxicating.

[Stassi Schroeder]

The writers just know how to trick ya. There's always a twist in this show. Tell Me Lies the official podcast January 6th and stream the new season of Tell Me Lies January 13th on Hulu and Hulu on Disney.

[Greg Miller]

And we're back.

[Andy]

And we're baaaaack.

[Greg Miller]

We're back. So plan about the anniversary update. Checking it out. We're a dwarf again. Heavy played aad before. Probably not worth coming back to unless you really love about. If you haven't Played about is a game we enjoy. Then you should do it. Thank you. We've done our due diligence. Andy, I'm playing redacted, and it's all I want to talk to you about. There's a lot of different things going on I want to talk to you about.

[Andy]

Oh, man. Oh, man.

[Greg Miller]

I don't think this is a big one for you. Spoilers. Okay. All right. Okay, I'm playing. I'm playing. It's a switch. Redactive.

[Andy]

Oh.

[Greg Miller]

Which means I'm using a lot of the pro controller, which means Odyssey too. For the first time, I'm actively using back paddles. Enjoying.

[Andy]

Whoa.

[Greg Miller]

I was like, damn, this is clunky to get over there. I was like, wait a second. This switch makes it so easy. Bring up that little Mickey, pop, pop and do the thing. I was like, damn.

[Andy]

So unbelievable.

[Greg Miller]

And I was doing it. I was even doing button mapping stuff for me and Ben playing Ocarina.

[Mike]

Nice.

[Greg Miller]

We're going to. In the Nintendo store tomorrow. I'm going to buy an N64 controller. Since I was using the thing, I was like, this Z targeting shouldn't be there. I was moving things around.

[Andy]

Hell, yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Fucking living out there.

[Andy]

Have you gotten codes for Crimson Desert yet? No. And even if we do, we probably wouldn't be able to say something.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

It's very rare. Whenever a publisher says you could let people know that you're playing, that's a very rare occurrence.

[Greg Miller]

Very rare. And it usually means they're incredibly confident. Yeah. All right. You can put up the start screen. You can put it up on your.

[Andy]

That's usually Sony. I usually feel like PlayStation does that a lot. You could take a picture of the. Of the game on your home menu, but not.

[Greg Miller]

But not. Yeah.

[Andy]

Not the starting screen of the game.

[Greg Miller]

Good for them, though.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

I wish more people did that.

[Andy]

Yeah. I hate. I hate the secretive. Like, people know what we're playing.

[Greg Miller]

Yes. Is it ever hard to figure out what we're playing? You're like, well, this game comes out in two weeks. Next week, whatever. So, like, clearly we're gonna try to have a review.

[Andy]

I also, like, I need them to know that when people ask us if we're playing that game, you know, lying is a sin.

[Greg Miller]

True.

[Andy]

And they. They don't know that we're constantly committing sins for them.

[Greg Miller]

I wish. I wish the audience really did understand.

[Andy]

Yeah. Level of, like, of how far we go. I feel like every time I do the lie, I feel like life force being pulled for me. And I'm like, man, this is really going to come back to hunt me. I'm going to jail. Adam Shenanigans asks Greg, are you planning on playing WWE 2026 2K26?

[Greg Miller]

Honestly, no. But I wouldn't be surprised if I jumped in and then did a bunch of it. It's. We're. It's such a busy time right now. There are so many great games happening right now and things. I want to double back to that. Like, I really do feel like, I

[Andy]

don't know, like, what's on the docket right now besides Redactive?

[Greg Miller]

Well, I mean, I'd rather. Let's just remove Redactive from the conversation, okay. That way you don't have to worry about what I'm playing and I can just talk about it. Even if this is one of them. Or maybe it isn't, Right? But I was enjoying my time with the Monster Hunter Stories 3 demo, right? So I'd like to try that out full blast. When we get obviously, like everyone else in the world excited about Resident Evil,

[Andy]

I want to try them.

[Greg Miller]

As you already know me, Pocopia is right there. I want to fucking get into that. Even though it seems weird, but I like Dragon Quest Builders and I like Pokemon and I love Animal Crossing. So it's like, maybe I'll get over being a weird little ditto. Like, I don't like being ditto. I feel like that's weird. But I'll be fine. I think you'll be fine from there. Like I said, Ben and I are playing through Ocarina of Time, which has me jonesing to go, I'm hungry. I want to go to my Tears of the Kingdom playthrough. I keep talking about, oh, man. And then I know that's old and I know that there's a million other things happening.

[Andy]

What if. What if we did a special stream to raise money for Jen and Ben to go on a two week vacation and we do a marathon stream. No, this is different. And we do a marathon stream with just you playing tears.

[Greg Miller]

I want to do a marathon stream for a peaceful. I put that into the fucking. Dude, I put that in the chat. Nobody said a goddamn thing.

[Andy]

I'm like, well, when did you do this?

[Greg Miller]

When I was gone. When I was.

[Andy]

I was at dice in like slack.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, check the stream, Chip.

[Andy]

I. I've never played Peace Walker.

[Greg Miller]

I heard you talking about this.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

And you were like, well, it was you that was surprised. You can do multiplayer.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Oh, dude, that's the whole fucking game.

[Andy]

That's crazy to me.

[Greg Miller]

It's awesome. So, like, that's where I think it really opens up up some interest avowed gamescast plays, eh? Yeah, that's where it opens up a lot of interesting possibilities for a marathon stream where I would be like, let's do the thing, let's do the sub goals, yada, yada, yada. I'll. I want to be here the whole time and do a bunch of crazy shenanigans. Shit. But it is that idea of, like, you come in and play alongside me for as much as you want to or, you know, you do a thing or you get to a boss where it'd be cool to do something together and. Da, da, da, drop in, drop out. Yeah, we do it at launch, so I'm sure I could go drop in, drop out to other people once I get my snake kitted out. Ready to go.

[Andy]

Yeah, I've never. I've never played it. I. I only. I only, like. I think I checked out the intro through, like, an emulator, but I was, like, planning on doing it one day. I just never did it.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Andy]

But, yeah, that's.

[Mike]

I'm.

[Andy]

I'm super pumped about that.

[Greg Miller]

Z. Johnson says, did Greg and Bill. Did Greg and Bless ever finish Peace walker from the P.S. i love you days? We did. Yeah, we did. A. When Bless started Volume two, Kill me.

[Andy]

I'll swim across the docket for me.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, sorry. Yeah, sidetracked.

[Andy]

The ears are doing the weird thing again.

[Garrick (Character)]

Say you found it.

[Andy]

So heavy into Overwatch. I'm so happy that

[Greg Miller]

the.

[Andy]

There aren't a whole lot of games right now for me that are like, you must play this.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Because I have time to play Overwatch and I've been playing a lot of Deadlock. Back into Deadlock, like, heavy.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

And it's been so much fun. Like, I. It just reminds me of the last time I was really, really into a multiplayer game and I'm just having a freaking blast. But aside from that, the Witcher 3, this shot is so. This shot is so good. Obviously, the Witcher 3 is great. Slowly making my way through Cairn.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, okay. Are you enjoying it? Okay.

[Andy]

Yeah. Really liking it. It's just more of a. I need to make more time for this because my nighttime has just been. All right, stream's over. I'll play a couple rounds of Deadlock or play a couple rounds of Overwatch or whatever, but yeah, Karen. Awesome. And people still say that I'm saying Karen, but Karen. I think it's just the way my tongue works. I don't know, it's like.

[Greg Miller]

Let's just admit Karen is a stupid one.

[Andy]

It really is. You know, it really is.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, it's fair with a C and N. Like, why?

[Andy]

What? Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Are you talking about Karen?

[Andy]

Yeah, Karen.

[Stassi Schroeder]

I'm crafty.

[Andy]

What else?

[Stassi Schroeder]

Craftier than you.

[Andy]

Oh, that. That big Hops documentary.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, yeah.

[Andy]

It's gonna be really pumped up to like, I want to play this game.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

I. Especially after hearing the developer talk about I haven't listened yet.

[Greg Miller]

I need to.

[Andy]

Yeah, it's. It's. It's really cool hearing the developer talk about just all the influences of gameplay and, you know, the. The story of how it was being developed. All really fascinating stuff, but it's. It hearing the developer talk about it made me realize like, oh, this is doing a lot more than I assumed it was doing gameplay wise.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

How deep the movement gets super fun. One syllable mouth close as you say the word Karen.

[Greg Miller]

I. I've never understood syllable side of me.

[Andy]

Yeah. Greater than a 10 syllable.

[Greg Miller]

Tell you right now. This is another one where I. Man, back out. So we go for this.

[Andy]

Yeah. Now you're feeling it. Now you're feeling it.

[Greg Miller]

I'm feeling it.

[Andy]

I'll tell you what. I'll get you one of them. I'll get you one of these gamesir G7 pros could my controller of choice. No. No. I. I buy. I'm hoping that they one day hear about the 12 that I sold.

[Greg Miller]

The life I'm doing.

[Andy]

Can't wait for Cribs of Desert. Hope it's good. Yeah. The. The most recent videos.

[Greg Miller]

All right.

[Andy]

This guy had me really kind of pumped up on it.

[Greg Miller]

I. I hope so, man. I don't know. It's. I. It's. I want it to be great. I want it. I. I feel like it could be great, but I also feel like it could totally be a 6.

[Andy]

5.

[Greg Miller]

That just doesn't do it that it's claiming it's going to do amazing.

[Andy]

It has so. Man, that latest back to it, by

[Greg Miller]

the way, combat's so good in about.

[Andy]

Yeah. Crunchy me.

[Greg Miller]

Give me your gun.

[Andy]

I want your gun.

[Greg Miller]

Me.

[Andy]

I'm kicking you.

[Greg Miller]

Kicking you. Don't you kick me.

[Andy]

Yeah, it's so the most recent developer video showing everything they're trying to do. Like I had made a joke where they did something in the video and it like showed a house and it was kind of like zooming out.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

And I was expecting them to be like, make your house look like this or like this. And I was about to Be like, whoa, they're adding building to this game. No way. But then the next video later showed off, like, interior decorating a house. Like, put your. Rotate the chair this way, you know,

[Greg Miller]

trying to do that.

[Andy]

Put your little, like, sink. Yeah, kind of. They have kind of like a. Like a. A little base or town kind of build out where you could. It's. It's insane the amount of things going on in that game. Will they be able to nail half of them? Who knows? Yeah, but everything. Everything you're seeing so far looks so freaking crazy. And I think it will be one of those games that really pops off because of how, like, deep everything goes when we're talking about, you know, the way. The way Dragon Dogma kind of popped off here and there with like, you're fighting a griffin and now you just climb on it and it's flying you away. It's like. Well, there's a lot of random that can happen. I think it'll. I think it'll do really well in those aspects.

[Greg Miller]

This is one of the few times, and again, I didn't like a bad story. This is one of the few times in a game where, like, I'm doing the role playing thing very lightly. You know what I mean? I'm making my. And I got so fucking annoyed by this voice. By the end, I'm like, literally every. Shut up. Like, whatever you tell me to do, I'm doing the opposite. If I hate you, just tell me what you want. What do you want? Oh, you're coming close. You pushed our gods away. I'm like, you're all dead to me. I'm.

[Garrick (Character)]

You need to fucking stay with me. It sounds strange, but the ear shading fix spoke to you.

[Greg Miller]

Hot fix there.

[Andy]

Yeah, Just uploaded it right now.

[Garrick (Character)]

Put it that way maybe. So I've been around Archer my whole life or anyone I knew, not even godlike. You've got some gift.

[Andy]

This is cool that we're getting to know you, Garrick. I hope you're around forever.

[Garrick (Character)]

Sure seems like it. That woman mentioned Bolt has to be around here somewhere.

[Andy]

If GTA delay, the Crimson Desert will take home game of the year.

[Greg Miller]

And then I liked Kristoff, who said, in no timeline, this one or alternate does Crimson Desert win game of the year.

[Andy]

It. I mean, it could if it hits story wise.

[Greg Miller]

You think so? Have you played it in the distance?

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Okay. That demo I did at sgf where I was just overwhelmed with. With everything I was doing, I was like, I don't.

[Andy]

That's going to be. I Can't wait to see. Like, look, the overall complaints from everybody regarding how complicated the inputs are. That's going to be a big discussion. Like, dude, we don't like, this is the most complicated thing ever. Why are you requiring all these button inputs for what most games would say just LB to pick up that thing.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, exactly.

[Andy]

Like they want everything to have this sort of like tactile. Like.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, I'm using both shoulder buttons to pop this thing and then the stick to.

[Andy]

And it's. It's just a lot and definitely not looking forward to that portion of things.

[Greg Miller]

There you go. Bye, Garrick.

[Garrick (Character)]

I won't soon.

[Greg Miller]

You're cool. You did.

[Andy]

Where you looking? I don't know.

[Greg Miller]

He went blind over here.

[Garrick (Character)]

Hope the folks at the embassy know where to find a good strong drink.

[Andy]

Garrick. I'll miss you forever. Garrick.

[Garrick (Character)]

Same to you.

[Greg Miller]

Maybe you'll get DLC one day. Maybe you'll show up in a vow too.

[Andy]

Yeah. Just wanted him to be cool.

[Stassi Schroeder]

Hey, turn around.

[Andy]

Crimson Desert looks bad. Dragon Ball Trades master. That's. Yeah, that's an awful take. I think. I think if anything it like everybody's worries are.

[Stassi Schroeder]

That probably died.

[Andy]

It's not going to hit.

[Greg Miller]

It looks delicious.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Stassi Schroeder]

Wait, you're the

[Mike]

nice.

[Stassi Schroeder]

Forgive me, envoy. I meant nothing by it. A slip of the tongue. Can we name Scenerich captain of the local militia? We're a scrappy bunch, but we know our way around Paradis. Unlike most Adirans who couldn't find their ass with both.

[Andy]

Let's pause all games for a year.

[Stassi Schroeder]

Company.

[Andy]

Any catch up? Well, it's because I'm just thinking of like I never got back to my Mass Effect 2 playthrough.

[Stassi Schroeder]

You know, your face. It's tough.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Too many good games out there. Oh, get ready to be disappointed.

[Stassi Schroeder]

Forgive me again. We're having.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. This is making me want to go back down to Worlds too.

[Stassi Schroeder]

No doubt come for the Adiran ambassador.

[Andy]

Now, when that person wrote in a super chat yesterday and said Outer Worlds 2 is a 10 out of 10, you were kind of quickly like, no huge disagree there. What was your final score on Outer Worlds 2? Was it like an 8? Ish. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. I think it might have been flat 8 chat. Keep me honest on that one. I think that's right.

[Andy]

And was that largely the overall story? Not quite hitting well, Right.

[Greg Miller]

That was it. Yeah. Because remember, I was like, I finished the one playthrough and I thought it was a 7. It. And then I'm in this other one and I Think it might be an 8 or an 8 5. Was that right? Chat? Was that what I was saying out there? Yeah, it was. The overall story I felt was a letdown in terms of. I think it starts really strong with a revenge mission and then when that wraps up it was. You're thrust into another thing. It's like, oh, this is. Oh, all right. I don't.

[Andy]

Get me back to the other. Cool.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Like that made more sense and was cooler and direct and whatever.

[Andy]

Yeah, I feel you. Z. Johnson says I'm sure it'll be a fine game, but it doesn't look like a game I want to play at all. Well, that's.

[Greg Miller]

We're still going on about.

[Andy]

That's a story about Crimson Desert. That's a different like thing to say.

[Stassi Schroeder]

I think they traveled northwest, I think strangled.

[Greg Miller]

You need to find the reason why.

[Andy]

I clapped back. I was like, that's an awful take. Cuz the consensus take is this game looks too good to be real. This game is doing too many cool things that I want to do in video games.

[Greg Miller]

Flying.

[Andy]

I'm doing this and it's going to buckle somewhere and one of these systems is not going to be full. But like I think to. I think the overall consensus is like, well, this looks too good. There's no way this is. This could be real. So I think like, I don't know if you're looking at the trailer saying that you think it looks bad, then it's definitely like, you know, probably just not look. Oh my God. Yeah. Whoa. The first. That dude's walking in.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Doing hot right now.

[Andy]

Frames per second.

[Greg Miller]

So hot right now.

[Andy]

Console performance gonna be trash in the story as well. Since Black Deserts was terrible. Possibly. Who knows?

[Greg Miller]

Here's the thing.

[Andy]

I mean there's just a lot of like I look at this game and I. This is gonna suck. This is gonna suck.

[Greg Miller]

You say console performance will be bad. Yes, it will. And I bet PC will be a shit show that it strikes me as one of those games that's gonna be a shit show on PC where things aren't going the way people expect them to go.

[Andy]

Yeah, I think they will. I think a handful of machines will work really well and not even the more the most powerful ones just like the ones that were tested on the most.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

And then it turns out that, well, I have a 50 90. Why is mine getting worse performance? I can go run into those issues, I think.

[Greg Miller]

I hope I'm wrong. I hope I get him. I go,

[Andy]

Was it. Weren't there rumors it's not rumors. It's on their Steam page. They minimum tech specs are 1060 or 1010, 1070, and then the recommended specs are at 2080. Nice. Dude.

[Greg Miller]

I was gonna say, I never did guns before. Yeah, I gotta change it.

[Andy]

Oh, I love the charging of it.

[Greg Miller]

And can I hold that for.

[Andy]

It takes a lot. It takes more stamina.

[Greg Miller]

See, I'm telling you. I know. I saw that.

[Andy]

But it was a nice, it was nice to hit those head shots. Giant Bomb with the raid thing.

[Greg Miller]

Giant bomb.

[Andy]

Giant bomb.

[Greg Miller]

Dan Rock sucks. Somebody had to say it.

[Andy]

I'm not, I'm not clapping along into that. We like Dan Reichert. Thank you, Giant Bomb, for the raid.

[Greg Miller]

Appreciate you all play jam.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Grub. Mm. Minati's gonna end up on a list.

[Andy]

What type of list?

[Greg Miller]

Not a one you want to be on.

[Andy]

Oh, man.

[Greg Miller]

I'll tell you that right now, but I called it.

[Andy]

I, I just have a feeling like Minati is, like, really into theft. Like, I, I just picture him, like, getting really into just stealing stuff.

[Greg Miller]

It was that thing where, like, the, the jig was up where we all found out Minati was a big weirdo. You know what I mean? Just going to Disney by himself all the time. And then he started paying this woman to be in his Instagram photos. I'm like, who's this?

[Andy]

You know what I mean?

[Greg Miller]

I'm not falling for this. I'm not falling for this. Trying to make yourself look normal, Mike? I don't believe that.

[Andy]

For a goddamn sake, I hope Manatti's close enough to know you're joking about this stuff. Sometimes people aren't close enough to know,

[Greg Miller]

you know, I like to keep it.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

I feel like it, you know, makes friendships.

[Andy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. For sure.

[Greg Miller]

It's rare that I, I, I make one of our jokes. Like, that person doesn't know.

[Andy]

You just never know. You never know.

[Greg Miller]

You got everything you need to fix up your armor?

[Andy]

M Naughty. I like that. Giant bomb crew. Giant bomb. Chad, how do you think Crimson Desert is going to perform? Obviously, we're playing about the new update, but we decided about, we talked about it.

[Greg Miller]

It's like, oh, are there new story quests? No. Oh, well, that sucks.

[Andy]

Create three. You can start off a three new character, but, like, we like Avowed, and

[Greg Miller]

if you haven't played a vow, you should play it. Avowed. It's a strong seven.

[Andy]

Yeah, it's a good game. It's a good game. A seven is a good game.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. You know, Giant Bomb. Kids get that they know that.

[Andy]

Yeah. A seven is a good game. That's why Neo 3.

[Greg Miller]

You know for most people.

[Andy]

But is a seven out of ten. It's a good game. You must have. I'll look forward. But in the meantime. He's so shiny.

[Greg Miller]

He is.

[Andy]

Oh that almost does sound like.

[Greg Miller]

I don't know how you.

[Andy]

And being a godlike. I don't suppose you're paid.

[Greg Miller]

I thought every. So what's the next big game for you then? That's one of the strangest things I've heard.

[Andy]

And out here. Because that's what Mark.

[Greg Miller]

That's saying something.

[Andy]

Sorry. These are. Yeah. I'd say so. I know that there's like going to be a couple of back to Back to back things that go that I go oh I'm gonna have trouble deciding here.

[Greg Miller]

I forget. I mean we can't. I was building the document.

[Andy]

It changes people.

[Greg Miller]

I feel like it's like too big eventually.

[Andy]

No one seems to know exactly how to fit. Man. I gotta. Gotta really kick it into overdrive. Which was unfortunate.

[Greg Miller]

What accident. Toss a coin to your witches.

[Andy]

I have no idea. There is a really cool looking game that I. That I think is getting a demo for Steam next fest called Homura Hime.

[Greg Miller]

Thanks for talking.

[Andy]

And it's like kind of like an anime looking returnal. Okay. Very bullet hell. Like kind of shooty shoot. Things are coming at you. Dots to the right where the open gap is like. I just love shit like that.

[Greg Miller]

Take all the time you need. Replace getting delayed. Ah.

[Andy]

Did you play the demo?

[Greg Miller]

No. I don't want. I don't. I don't want to touch it.

[Andy]

I'm like.

[Greg Miller]

I mean you're a cool guy.

[Andy]

Crimson Desert's a 19 mouse PI for higher than 19.

[Greg Miller]

Another one that I look at and go. Could go either way. Could be really great. Could be fine.

[Andy]

Might get really into this. Yeah man.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Damn. Panolana 2 is March 5th. I really gotta be part one.

[Greg Miller]

We were trying to do that review that one time after you're too far apart.

[Andy]

Darwin's paradox April 2nd. That's a little octopus.

[Greg Miller]

Sure. Is that the stupid Konami one?

[Andy]

They really got us, huh? One more Metal Game. One more Metal Gear game.

[Greg Miller]

I appreciate. Did you watch my little reaction clip that when I. I watch all your reaction clips. You watch my reaction clip?

[Andy]

No. On where kind of funny.

[Greg Miller]

Instagram, YouTube. It doesn't matter. A lot of the comments are calling out that I keep saying Andy and like so few. And this is like on launch day or whatever the. When the Clip went up. So few people got that. I was watching you guys react. Good for finding your way. Like, I'm like, shut up, Andy. And it's like. Like it's cuz I'm watching you react.

[Andy]

Oh, yeah. Is Andy in the room with us right now? God, just such good feedback. Audio feedback. You hit them headshots.

[Greg Miller]

I call them heads.

[Andy]

I don't believe you do. I don't believe you do. I think you just said that right.

[Greg Miller]

Another thing too. I was playing a video game recently, names redacted. And I was telling you what I was sniping.

[Andy]

Really?

[Greg Miller]

I see why Andy likes this. I see why Andy likes this.

[Andy]

Andy's always into weird niche things like sniper rifles. He likes sniping and getting headshots. Kind of funny games. In the chat. Soundbike Mike says, like the Darwin demo. Pretty cute and fun. How about that? Well, there you have it. My local theaters weren't. Wait, what are you telling me?

[Greg Miller]

Oh, probably talking about the movie.

[Andy]

Most likely. I appreciate this. Game is pretty fancy, heavy. And then you just have a gun. It's a.

[Greg Miller]

But it's like a swashbuck.

[Andy]

Yeah. A little musket pistol or whatever. But once you get them rifles, it's really cool.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Yeah. But probably still not cool than magic. We're narrowing down. Redacted slowly. Wait until he talks about driving the ass in Martin and redacted.

[Greg Miller]

God, when is. Is that March too? No, I don't think Spawn was she. Me. It's an M Monster.

[Andy]

Yeah. The Dual Pistols. I rocked Dual Pistols quite a bit in. In this game. And I would charge them both.

[Greg Miller]

It was just like, can I shoot through the shield?

[Andy]

Yeah, I mean, mouse and keyboard. I just shoot over. I barely heard the controller start vibrating. It sounded like nothing I'd ever heard before. Did Greg give Sons of Sparta a try?

[Greg Miller]

I haven't yet, no. I've been working on a review. I was off at Dice etc. So no, I have not done it. And then I've heard 20 hours for it. I'm like, I got that done.

[Andy]

Yeah. That's a long game. That's. That's pretty.

[Greg Miller]

You look at that. I was like, oh, it's gonna be a nice seven hour.

[Andy]

But it does make sense at Metroidvania.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Oh, there's another top. Another one of these sort of scene. Next fest, top down, Roguelites. Okay. Called something of Mistralia. Mages of Mistralia.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, that sounds really.

[Andy]

The cool. The cool thing about this one. I want to put Mistralia game demo 2026 Echoes of Mystralia, the demo available right now. I guess it was fully released on my birthday a couple days ago.

[Greg Miller]

Sure.

[Andy]

But the. The sort of magic spells you're doing, you can, like, craft your spell and how you want it to. So, like, if you're maybe doing like an ice thing, you could say, like, I want my ice to go out in the. In this, like, pattern on the ground.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Andy]

Or I could have it go out, like in a spiral pattern. Or I could have it go out, like, in, you know, four directions. You know, like, it seems really, really neat. I love that sort of. That kind of being the hook. Differentiating it from other games. Bosses look cool. Has a. Has a neat style. Currently, 92% positive reviews give me a target out of 28. Hello, Snowbike Mike. Did you like your controller? Thank you.

[Greg Miller]

You gave him control.

[Andy]

I have a bunch of those. I. I had end up having a bunch of game sir D7 Pro controllers.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, the ones they send you to give out to me?

[Andy]

No, just the ones that I bought. I bought four, but I gave Mike one of my extra ones.

[Greg Miller]

Got it.

[Andy]

Because they had, like, gray analog sticks, it'd get dirty really quick. So I ended up using the black stick replacements, put it on those old ones. And then I also gave Mike the 2 XL sweater that he desired. God damn. Jesus inside, it can't see

[Greg Miller]

well. All right.

[Andy]

This has been avowed.

[Greg Miller]

You did a lot of work here on Avowed, everybody. It's still avowed. The anniversary update is out. Now you got three playable new species. The Dwarves, the Orians, the Oumoua.

[Andy]

Why did you look them in a direction?

[Greg Miller]

Cause I'm back, baby. Newgate plus is there too. It's again, it's about. It's just this wasn't a. This wasn't a patch that did much, but about is a fun game. I enjoy About.

[Andy]

It's a super fun game.

[Greg Miller]

I don't regret playing Avowed. I'm just not gonna play about again, if that makes sense.

[Andy]

I regret playing About.

[Greg Miller]

Do you?

[Andy]

It cut into my kingdom come Deliverance two time. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

That's what kept you away from it?

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy]

About 35 hours into a vow. Like, it could have been playing KCD2. Yeah. Yeah. And I could have been calling it KCD2.

[Greg Miller]

You know what I mean?

[Andy]

I could have been that guy.

[Greg Miller]

Could have started. Ladies, gentlemen and beasts, thanks for hanging out with us. Of course. This is another Gamescast plays our editorial product where we run through what we're playing and talk about why we're playing it. We got a good one next week for you Wink. But for now I'll remind you of course we couldn't do this without your support. Head over to patreon.com kindafunny YouTube.com kindafunnygames Apple Spotify, pick up a membership, get all of our content ad free. Get your daily dose of me Greg Miller in a series we call Greg Way. And of course get good karma for supporting an 11 person 11 year old business. Until next time, Wakanda Forever.