Sacred Symbols+, Episode 111: Call-In With Colin III (Video)

Colin you make a good point saying it's been a while since Sony has made a shooter and differentiate that from games with shooting. My question is what about Returnal? I think of it as a shooter but can see why someone would put it under the "game where you shoot" category.

Andrew Gambill

Thank you. <3

Colin Moriarty

Maybe we'll do quarterly deeper dives or something on +.

Colin Moriarty

What we are playing -- is honestly my favorite part of the podcast. I enjoy hearing about your opinions of whatever games you guys are playing.

Matt Soucy

These call-in episodes are brilliant having the interaction with the fan base in this way is something truly special.

Wayne Moss

That would be awesome. =)

Colin Moriarty

I hope it does, too.

Colin Moriarty

Definitely. They are vital, modern tools!

Colin Moriarty

Thank you. <3

Colin Moriarty

Nintendo is certainly it's own thing.

Colin Moriarty

Thank you for your kind words.

Colin Moriarty

I wouldn't be shocked when PlayStation does their next big show we see a Resistance remaster trilogy to test the waters or a brand new game

Zack Fair

Like a dragon is another really long game with a high completion rate. I was surprised 26% of players finished that game.

Sean P

I agree with Colin about learning in Video games, from a young age when I played the original Pokemon games it taught me to read and you really do learn new words from gaming I hope in the future the stigma changes.

Mustafa El Kurrati

On the education question. I first learned about Julius Caesar from playing Empire Earth. I’ve learned more about history as a child from historically based RTS games than from Elementary school history lessons. Games have a real potential to engage people that otherwise would roll their eyes at a topic in a textbook.

Matthew Kohlman

Gotta say, I love the call-in episodes. Thanks for really taking the time to have a great conversation about my education question; I was very glad to hear Dustin’s take at the end.

Jeremiah

So i definitely think Nentendo is its own genre. Good show this is my favorite form of entertainment outside of games

I just want to thank you This is my favorite form of entertainment that isn't a game

This is true. Thanks for listening!

Colin Moriarty

I'm not sure if we are moving into a new era for JRPGS that will kill off turn-based, I look at it as a new era where you can expect a good mix of turn based and action based rather than either or. You guys touched on Persona 5/Royal and Dragon Quest, but I think we should also note the success and popularity of Yakuza Like A Dragon, which moved over to their take on being turn-based JRPG, Fantasian over on the Apple Arcade and the fact that we have a new mainline SMT coming out this year as well. I think we are moving towards a healthy mix, even if games like FF have shed turn-based. Just food for thought. Thanks for the show as always guys.

Julian Zhu