Sacred Symbols, Episode 268 | Baldur's Great
Added 2023-08-18 16:00:14 +0000 UTCIn early September, prominent CRPG Baldur's Gate III migrates from PC to PlayStation 5, and it sounds like it may just be what the doctor ordered. A deep role-playing experience chock-full of choice and consequence -- and layered with a thick patina of polish -- could potentially sell millions of copies on PS5. Will it stem the tide until Spider-Man 2 arrives? And will the critically acclaimed, purportedly amazing experience successfully migrate to console? Other news this week includes new release dates for Assassin's Creed: Mirage and Alan Wake II, the reveal of new TMNT and South Park games, a horrible-looking Walking Dead title arriving this fall, and an inopportune quote from Yoshi-P that unintentionally fed the fanboys. Listener inquiries round things out, per usual. Why do people encumber themselves with a backlog? How do we navigate our personal relationships when it comes to the time necessary to play games? Is Sony's silence starting to become conspicuous? Will Colin strike back on Dustin's bad take-calling?
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:10:44 - SUPER PERILS OF BAKING Physical Edition
0:15:00 - He can’t keep getting away with it!
0:21:00 - Colin’s old guides are still saving gamers
0:26:08 - Shoutout!
0:37:46 - What’s the best form of potato?
0:54:17 - You can play the original Wipeout in your browser for free
1:00:19 - A new PS5 model has leaked
1:05:56 - Assassin’s Creed Mirage is Gold and will release early
1:11:42 - A new South Park game is coming
1:15:54 - The Last Ronin is on the way
1:32:02 - Should there only be one game platform?
1:36:35 - Could Saudi Arabia have saved Embracer?
1:42:52 - Alan Wake 2 has been slightly delayed
1:46:59 - A new The Walking Dead game has been announced
1:52:28 - DC Universe Online is coming to PS5
1:53:47 - NHL 24 has been dated
1:59:50 - What have we been playing?
2:24:23 - What do we think about Destin’s BG3 video?
2:46:23 - How should you educate your kid on video game history?
2:58:03 - Do we have a gut check for PlayStation’s 2023?
3:10:40 - What are some games that deserve recognition of their art style?
3:20:40 - How much of our time is spent on indies?
3:28:49 - Has gaming affected our romantic relationships?
Comments
Nakano Broadway in Tokyo might be worth checking out.
Arian Yee
2023-08-24 08:02:19 +0000 UTCHey Colin, just a small correction at about 2:29:40 where you say the licensing money helped Baldur's Gate 3 become what it is -- but the Director of Publishing at Larian Studios alluded to the idea that Wizards of the Coast (Owners of the DND license) did not fund the game https://twitter.com/Cromwelp/status/1690171362655002624?t=J75neZ26immPyPbybUi-Jw&s=19
Patrick Sowada
2023-08-22 03:12:01 +0000 UTCLSM’s thumbnail game is unmatched in the industry
Katana Silver
2023-08-22 00:15:19 +0000 UTCNice factoid at the end there. Normally woulda missed it, but the episode ended in the middle of doin the dishes at work. I wonder how often they have post credit scenes?! #secretasianman
John Warner
2023-08-21 23:00:40 +0000 UTC2003 TMNT intro song is legendary
Chetsnooze
2023-08-21 19:05:53 +0000 UTC“Micah Moriarty” is a fantastic name
Raymond keys
2023-08-21 16:16:51 +0000 UTCAfter the "community's" reaction to their last Showcase, PlayStation would be better served not saying anything. Why release a tease, trailer, or date for a product just so a bunch of industry nerds can pick it apart after one viewing? Yeah, Foam Stars looks kinda wack, but folks gotta chill. The so called core will always have something negative to say, but the majority of fans are pretty happy and for good reason.
Dennis Johnson
2023-08-21 16:09:14 +0000 UTCAs a legit fan of TWD (All of it) the fact that they refuse to give us an actual quality game is ridiculous.
TL
2023-08-21 13:24:25 +0000 UTCThat thumbnail, lol
Taylor kazemba
2023-08-21 08:13:46 +0000 UTCI'm afraid you're all wrong. Potato Pavè is, in fact, the perfect potato dish. To be fair though, it's really just butter and cream suspended in a potato matrix. It's perfect. The Hasselback potato is also acceptable.
MDoftheNorth
2023-08-20 23:12:05 +0000 UTCNice to hear the Helmet praise 🤘
Avery Abrams
2023-08-20 22:06:05 +0000 UTCThere's Nintendo store in osaka train station but it's not worth it , not much inside, super crowded, so you'll need a ticket to get inside and then you'll experience massive que of foreign adults and Japanese kids.
Daniel Urban
2023-08-20 11:16:52 +0000 UTCColin: Chris are we going to see each other in... ah... Metropolis? Chris: no...no I can't.
tejotl
2023-08-20 08:25:23 +0000 UTCMan Colin was right on the money about the baldurs gate 3 metacritic. The same exact thing happened with elden ring where it got a really high metacritic for reviewers only playing like the first 50 hours not realizing a lot of flaws pop up later and being under the peer pressure of not wanting to go against an already high metacritic Also there is this culture in games today where if a good game gets an extremely high meta critic a lot of people push it as the greatest thing ever just to feel like they are apart of a special moment. It’s why every 5 minutes there’s a game being pushed as the greatest thing ever. Anyone remember deathloop? Lol
Big titty drinker
2023-08-19 15:13:27 +0000 UTCColin just dumping out all those bad takes at once. 😄
NeO JD
2023-08-19 13:15:36 +0000 UTCI wish hadn’t Googled Planet of the Bass so early in the morning… I wasn’t prepared.
Jayce Tamulevich
2023-08-19 11:03:25 +0000 UTCAs Colin is self-described Irish and Italian, Potatoes & Tomatoes flow through his blood, so I'm disappointed he thought they originate from NA. I physically recoiled and uncontrollably yelled stand down when listening, because Potatoes and Tomatoes are both from South America, specifically the Andes. They're so closely related in origin they actually share the same diseases. As an aspiring botanist I thought Colin would appreciate that!
WhatDarrenPlays
2023-08-19 10:30:38 +0000 UTC93’. No love for the the Turtles, although I would occasionally catch scenes when it aired on cable. My older siblings and cousins (> 5 years) do have an affinity for the property. It’s funny that Chris notes that DBZ and Spider-Man is what kept his interest, because that’s literally what I was thinking - DBZ, Spider-Man, Toonami anime, is what I was obsessed with.
Jesse V
2023-08-19 05:43:43 +0000 UTCBorn at the end of 1994 here. My siblings and I rented the live-action TMNT movies several times when we were young, but I never really engaged with the franchise much more than that.
Joseph Gedgaudas
2023-08-19 00:24:08 +0000 UTCBorn in ‘91 and couldn’t give two damns about TMNT.
Zackery Parkerson
2023-08-18 23:37:19 +0000 UTCWasn’t expecting a Dashboard Confessional reference
Messenger
2023-08-18 20:46:22 +0000 UTCSecret Asian Man 🤣 Always appreciate the secret endings, which are increasingly rare.
Jason Bolla
2023-08-18 20:26:14 +0000 UTCMissed the super perils drop 🫠 any plans to sell the ones you put aside? 😅
2023-08-18 17:50:58 +0000 UTCThere is nothing more scenic than the deuce on your way to Harvard on the Hill
Jason Hjartarson
2023-08-18 16:45:50 +0000 UTC
