Sacred Symbols, Episode 244 | Lights Out

Colin, as far as your blurry problem, it sounds like my fear that foveated rendering, eye tracking and glasses have come together to create a huge problem for some people. Assuming you are wearing glasses. If not, perhaps you should try it.

Greg Hommel

I am having such an issue with Chris, a huge fan of Halo, Gears Of War, Doom and Destiny being so appalled about cringy dialogue. This is selective outrage to be sure. A game can have good voice acting or bad, but some games shouldn’t be destroyed over it when others aren’t.

Greg Hommel

I feel that Atomic Heart isn't that bad, I've really enjoyed my time with it. As their first game, I'm excited for what the studio will do next.

FluffyNeko

We’re not now, but if Russia attacks our NATO allies?

Kid-Organic

JRPGs are like porn, you know it when you see it

Gabriel Baker

I know Polish military guys that have been deployed to fight in Iraq during the war on terror, and some of us died for your cause, but somehow US is going to leave its allies hanging if they're going to be invaded? That's not how alliances work, and NATO members have certain obligations - Article 5 “The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area. Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security.”

MISZCZOGRZMOT

I think it makes just about 0 sense to use JRPG as a way of describing a genre of game. Why wouldn’t it simply indicate the origin of development? Chrono Trigger and old FF games are Turn-Based RPGs. As is Pokemon, as is Persona. Else, there is Tactical RPG or Action RPG. From there, I think it makes sense to use an additional term(s) to describe the style, aesthetic, or setting of the game, like “anime fantasy” or “steampunk” or “contemporary”.

PluuusRyan

Makes sense for me.

Colin Moriarty

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Colin Moriarty

We're not fighting in Europe regardless.

Colin Moriarty

Coming weeks.

Colin Moriarty

That makes sense to me.

Colin Moriarty

It does speak to how silly our categorizations are.

Colin Moriarty

Maybe I'll get to it one day.

Colin Moriarty

I'm definitely going to call FF16 a JRPG. If it's a Final Fantasy game I will call it JRPG regardless if it has a western style

B00ch

I was going to make the SAME comment but I’m glad you beat me to the punch. Colin, you’re a smart guy, that’s why I appreciate you despite our differences in political points of view, but do your homework before regurgitating misinformation. Thanks https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/03/02/politics/fact-check-zelensky-americans-fighting-ukraine-video/index.html

Kid-Organic

Chris my dude, if you think a shot to the solar plexus bad, wait until you take your first solid liver shot. If a punch to the solar plexus drops frames in your organs, a liver shot causes a hard crash.

Seany Mac

Zelensky said that IF Russia wins the war, it will then go for the Baltic countries, other Nato states, and only THEN the US will inevitably have to send their sons and daughters to help their Nato allies, and more will die. He simply mentioned that a victorious Russia will not stop over Ukraine, and how it will eventually lead to WW3 and more deaths. I've seen an outrage over him saying that the US HAS to send their troops to die for Ukraine now, when he didn't say that at all. Was there some cut-down manipulated twitter video making the rounds ? Was that a news spin ? I've seen that the real-time translator had trouble keeping up, but even that translation sounded pretty clear to me.

MISZCZOGRZMOT

When is the live event going to be posted?

Andrew Klocek

The frustration isn’t so much the games as a service aspect you have characters who aren’t Spider-Man jumping about like him and using equipment that have nothing to do with their character captain boomerang maybe a clue in his name. It’s like having a Spider-Man game with no swinging lol.

Garry

The fact that games like Fromsoft’s and Dragon’s Dogma are not described as JRPG’s betrays the fact that it’s an analytical descriptive term. Not a qualitative one necessarily. Frankly I think it’s a misunderstanding of English and/or Western gaming culture to interpret it as anything other than neutral.

TheSissyOfFremont

Man, Atomic Heart. Yes, the voice acting sucks but there’s so much more to the game that I enjoy. I thought Chris was going to be won over by the world and gameplay.

Vanzant

I know no one cares but almonds aren't really that bad for the environment. Most nuts need basically as much water, and beef needs twice as much. Colin, you don't have to feel bad about eating almonds, it's just that agricultural products need lots of water

Cornelius

Sports has always been so important in my life and when people like Chris and Dustin say they have no interest it just boggles my mind to maddening levels. Colin’s life long fandom to the Jets is part of who he is. I relate to this so much where you suffer year in year out and constantly being disappointed with a team but we would never quit our fandom. Its that dim hope that one year just maybe your team will win it all. What a feeling that would be…

Napoleon in Rags

What's probably the worst aspect of someone blinding hating a form of entertainment, is when they let everyone know about it at every possible time. Looking directly at you, people who says shit like "sportsball" and "when is the halftime show?!?" completely unironically at a Super Bowl party lol.

Josh Gamez

Dustin, stay away from the kayak game. It was cool for about 2 minutes and instantly became boring as fuck.

Mark Horner

Macadamia nuts are god tier

Aran Benton

“Colin thinks fat people have connections” is one of the funniest topic headlines for no reason. 😅

NeO JD

Colin, you have to play Infernax. It's the best Castlevania 2 ode I've played. Also, there are quite a few great Castlevania 2 remake fan games. One just came out called Castlevania Chronicles II.

Jeremy Seal

I hereby put forth “gear-gated” to replace the term “MetroidVania.”

Zackery Parkerson

I completely agree with Chris about the Suicide Squad game. Menus and RPG elements are ruining gaming. I can't stand that shit, anymore.

Jeremy Seal

The difference between roguelike and roguelite is progression. Spelunky is a roguelike because literally nothing carries over when you start a new run. Hades and Rogue Legacy are roguelite because when your run is over you can buy upgrades to make your next runs easier. That's the difference between them.

Luke Silletta

I completely laughed when he said I think we are dealing with some autism

Ding Dong

Guys my patreon app sucks. I deleted it. What’s the best way to listen to the boys?

Dion DeLesia

i’m in the same boat as you Colin with ps vr2 blurriness. everything is just a liiittlllee fuzzy. i’ve resigned myself to the fact that my eyesight is probably just crap. i have a lazy right eye and when i close my left eye, everything gets INCREDIBLY sharp and detailed. dunno what your eyesight is like but might be worth experimenting with

Jacob

I think now, a lot of people use "rant" as a synonym for monologue, similar to how literally and figuratively are used in American nomenclature. And it infuriates me to no end whenever I read/hear it. Lol

Josh Gamez

I would argue that there was most likely an inclusivity factor in casting the fat people.

Cole Minder

IO Interactive has multiple projects cooking but none of them are Freedom Fighters 😕

Bryant

I was really hoping their encouragement for Matty the runner was going to include a Sacred Symbols rendition of No Easy Way Out from Robert Tepper. One can dream.

Have you used the “Adjust Visibilty” options in the settings? It shows you a picture of your headset overplayed on top of a model of a face. You need to use that to make sure it’s level and your eyes are in the center of each circle. Hit PS button twice while you have your headset on, scroll down to “Adjust Visibility” Also I will say it was crazy blurry for me the first night no matter what I did, but I think my eyes needed to adjust and after a couple nights everything is super sharp. I use any on screen text to make sure everything is in focus. All the text should look super sharp.

Bogey Zero

Trying to save this for my flight tomorrow, we’ll see how strong my will power is after I finish Duke

Anthony Palerino

Friday officially begins!

Tonys_Always_Write

I love how there’s a real photo of Dustin with his VR headset and Colin’s is photoshopped 😂. Great job everyone.

Michael Mashpotato