Sacred Symbols, Episode 128: An Old Friend
Added 2020-12-11 17:05:06 +0000 UTCGeoff Keighley's Game Awards went off without a hitch, and -- as usual -- the show came along with a boatload of announcements, release date reveals, and other such newsworthy items. But buried within the event is an interesting truth: Sony only showed up with one game, from the second party, which we already knew about. In doing so, it lined-up PlayStation 5's next exclusive of consequence, giving it a date. Housemarque's Returnal will be expected to carry the load until the likes of Ratchet & Clank, Horizon, Gran Turismo, and God of War are ready. Can Sony rely on its old partner to come through yet again? We discuss. Plus: Neil Druckmann gets promoted, Telltale touches base, the Metal Gear Solid movie stirs to life, and more. Then: Is it time for Bluepoint to make their own AAA game? Why use a console for streaming when smart TVs do the same thing? Are hidden Trophies more frustrating than they should be? What will Colin order from Wawa?
Timestamps:
0:00:17 - Intro.
0:04:45 - Chris' geographic challenges.
0:07:30 - A few smaller news items.
0:09:57 - Revisiting Kratos in Fortnite.
0:13:08 - How do we feel about thin crust pizza?
0:17:10 - A fact about cats.
0:18:14 - What have we been playing?
0:34:37 - Colin thought the stamina bar was the "enemy aggression bar" in Shadow of the Colossus.
0:37:30 - Everything that was announced/revealed/dated at The Game Awards.
1:20:01 - Neil Druckmann is now co-president of Naughty Dog.
1:27:09 - Cyberpunk 2077 sold eight million copies before it came out.
1:27:54 - Persona 5 Strikers is coming to the west.
1:28:45 - November's best-selling games on PSN have been revealed.
1:29:52 - Telltale Games touches base.
1:33:28 - The Metal Gear Solid live action film springs to life.
1:36:26 - Minor game announcements and release date information.
1:38:10 - This week's new intriguing releases.
1:41:47 - Colin orders Wawa from Uber Eats.
1:43:27 - Could Bluepoint take on Demon's Souls 2 or Bloodborne 2?
1:46:30 - What's the point of hidden Trophies?
1:48:52 - What does PS5's game time tracking tell us?
1:51:50 - Why use a console to stream shows when your TV does the same thing?
1:54:01 - How should devs go about announcing DLC?
1:58:05 - Everyone please be nicer to each other!
Comments
Doesn't seem like a coincidence to me, either.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-27 16:59:01 +0000 UTCI doubt the Death Stranding cameo with that director is a coincidence at all. John Voight Robers is a huge MGS fan. He was campaigning for the directing job hard. He even put MGS easter eggs in Kong Skull Island, icluding naming one of the boats in a scene "Grey Fox." It's all definitely intentional. Oscar Issac is a big fan as well. Back in 2017 in an interview with IGN, when asked what game character he'd want to play he said Snake without hesitation.
Nate McKinney
2020-12-16 02:18:12 +0000 UTCOh?
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:18:36 +0000 UTCThat would be cool!
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:18:27 +0000 UTCAmen.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:18:22 +0000 UTCIt's great, but I've already moved on. I need a map. =)
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:18:16 +0000 UTCYeah man, Geoff did great. Honestly, I don't care who won. We want you to care about our GotY. =D
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:18:01 +0000 UTCCool, good advice.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:17:39 +0000 UTCWe'll do an Xbox episode in January (of +).
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:17:31 +0000 UTCCongratulations. =)
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:17:18 +0000 UTCThank you so much. =)
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:17:11 +0000 UTCYes indeed.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:17:00 +0000 UTCFair enough, but I also wonder how much of a symbolic role that is?
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:16:53 +0000 UTC"That's because you have no taste."
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:16:26 +0000 UTCIt seemed obvious... at first.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:16:13 +0000 UTCRight, that's it.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:16:04 +0000 UTCMaybe that's what it was. =)
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:15:58 +0000 UTCPlease don't.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:15:33 +0000 UTCYes, but wasn't that through what would become the reformed Telltale?
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:15:27 +0000 UTCI just like the controller. =)
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:15:11 +0000 UTCSome of you are very easy to please.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:14:59 +0000 UTCI agree.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:11:45 +0000 UTCYes.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:11:36 +0000 UTCYou're almost to the 10,000 master mark.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:11:12 +0000 UTCThank you for being here! <3
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:10:53 +0000 UTCI think you should all give-up on the PSAS revival, LOL.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:10:45 +0000 UTCWhy would we mention that?
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:10:29 +0000 UTCInteresting.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:10:23 +0000 UTC<3
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:10:08 +0000 UTCCalisto looks great. =)
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:10:02 +0000 UTCEfficient.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:09:48 +0000 UTC<3
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:09:44 +0000 UTCWHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:09:39 +0000 UTCYes.
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-15 22:09:33 +0000 UTCHow to cast the game to tv? Is the game full screen or there's blackbar?
Anis
2020-12-15 03:13:50 +0000 UTCFor what it’s worth when PlayStation uploaded the Returnal trailer to YouTube they removed that Hallway door 👀
Tony Mack
2020-12-14 18:22:48 +0000 UTCNaughty Dog making a Final Fantasy-style game, maybe with the whimsy of FF9, would be insane.
Dylan Neves
2020-12-14 11:06:58 +0000 UTCIn my old age I’ve come to not fret about rushing into a game right away. I don’t have enough time in the day to deal with a BS in video games. I’m excited to play cyberpunk in a year.
Andrew
2020-12-13 20:14:45 +0000 UTCPathless is one of the game I can't wait to play, but I wanted to finish some of my backlog first. I also have Spider-Man Remastered and Miles Morales before, but I am definitely playing this. So to answer your interrogation Colin, maybe a lot of people are on the same boat.
RD_21
2020-12-13 20:03:22 +0000 UTCVery impressed how Geoff pulled this off despite the pandemic we're suffering. Also would've loved to have gone through the awards given out and hear your guy's thoughts but I guess for times sake was best to skip over. Maybe when you guys do your own.
Marcus Brown
2020-12-13 17:52:44 +0000 UTCIf anyone wants to try The Pathless before buying, its on Apple Arcade. I’ve been using my PS4 controller and casting my phone to my tv screen. I recommend
Napoleon in Rags
2020-12-13 03:55:29 +0000 UTCI know this is a playstation podcast but I would've loved to hear your guys' thoughts on Perfect Dark, and is a Sicilian just a deep dish?
The Chicken Chaser
2020-12-13 03:50:30 +0000 UTCWell boys I've spent 1,767 hrs and 47 minutes on Destiny 2. Its been since the Warmind expansion and I've been loving, hating frustrated, took breaks with it since (kinda like being married) I can't wait to finally obtain a ps5 and experience the upgrade.
Frank G.
2020-12-12 23:54:36 +0000 UTCYou two have a phenomenal flow to the show. It’s great seeing you guys improve each and every week. Blessings gentlemen.
Joe West
2020-12-12 23:25:14 +0000 UTCDude, I called it saying Cyberpunk would get review-bombed, and low & behold, the game runs like shit. Hope CDPR learns from this or goes away for a long time.
Brandon Soto
2020-12-12 22:29:03 +0000 UTCI agree that Neil Druckmann won't direct Naughty Dogs next game, but I wanted to point out that's it's not unheard of for a company president to direct a game. Hidetaka Miyazaki is the company president of Fromsoft and he directs most of their games.
Miles Williams
2020-12-12 21:24:56 +0000 UTCThe CDPR defenders are almost as bad as the last of us haters
Dom posa
2020-12-12 20:40:19 +0000 UTCIt has a vision mode that highlights places of interest in red even if they're very far away so it's pretty easy to figure out where to go. Great game!
Jake Z
2020-12-12 17:34:50 +0000 UTCOriginally, I liked the look of The Pathless but when I saw the gameplay I checked out. I thought in the preshow Syd mentioned that the applause came from the crew there off stage. Didn’t pay attention to it really. The biggest takeaways from the Mass Effect trailer are that it seems to be in the old trilogy area and that Liara is in it. Crimson Desert looked awesome, frame rate jitters and all.
NeO JD
2020-12-12 17:27:34 +0000 UTCAlso, I thought the mass effect teaser was finally a starfield announcement at first
Jordan Knepp
2020-12-12 16:01:50 +0000 UTCYou guys talked about disco one time before that I remember and it was talking about the devs and their love for Stalin I believe. Colin was saying they had a shrine to him or a picture of him in their office and he didn’t want to support them. That’s what I remember you guys talking about. I think it was about supporting devs with horrible views/practices
Jordan Knepp
2020-12-12 15:57:44 +0000 UTCAgreed. Naughty Dog is one of the few studios that entirely hand-paint all their textures. They are realistic (and scale up so well) because everything is approached like an oil painting. And like oil paintings, there are many different movements in style and approach. Even then something like Dutch Hyperrealism isn't defined on looking real so much as it is the subject matter, lighting, and color choice. As we move forward I think everyone will need to start collectively taking a more nuanced approach when figuring on what makes games distinct from one another.
Henry Maxwell
2020-12-12 15:49:16 +0000 UTCDisco Elysium for PS4 was supposed to come out this year but they never gave us a date. Now the final cut edition will come out for PS4 and PS5 in 2021 :)
Conor Wilson
2020-12-12 13:10:59 +0000 UTCNot to be rude, but in what way is it a step forward? I feel like it's just another open world game in the long list of open world games that littered this gen. Not to be rude, but I have failed to see anything new or exciting about it yet.
2020-12-12 10:32:59 +0000 UTCI disagree. As an adult I have lots of allergies.
There’s No I in LLC
2020-12-12 06:11:31 +0000 UTCDude Colin talks about his asshole and farting every other episode its not that deep or mature.
There’s No I in LLC
2020-12-12 06:09:34 +0000 UTCI would argue that the look of The Last of Us games can’t be boiled down to just “photo realistic”. There’s an art and design style there that stands out a bit more than Chris gives them credit for in my opinion.
Cole Minder
2020-12-12 05:07:41 +0000 UTCCan we start a poll to have colin and Chris do a playthrough of it takes two?
Xavier
2020-12-12 04:58:41 +0000 UTCI would like to say unless I misunderstood, Colin said TellTale was able to finish out The Walking Dead The Final Season when it was actually Skybound Entertainment! Great episode guys, keep it up. :)
coolguyniko
2020-12-12 02:28:57 +0000 UTCYou use the console to play streaming services because sometimes smart tvs the older they get will no longer be compatible with certain apps. example one of my smart tvs it's 4 years old doesn't have hulu on it anymore
Wayde
2020-12-12 02:09:25 +0000 UTCLet’s make “order Colin’s dinner” a recurring segment please
GameSimp
2020-12-12 00:01:15 +0000 UTCDid I miss it? Did you mention Perfect Dark? I didn't hear you guys talk about it. Because you've been mentioning The Initiative a lot. So I thought this would be the focus of some conversation.
Nathan Densley
2020-12-11 22:08:35 +0000 UTCCyberpunk is a little gta meets mass effect/deus ex
Wayde
2020-12-11 21:57:23 +0000 UTCI understand Chris’ concern with Sicilian pies needing to be specified, but at least he didn’t have to deal with deep dish Chicago pizza. Easily the least desirable pizza
Stephen Forgione
2020-12-11 21:26:18 +0000 UTCSacred Symbols will continue
Richard Duflo
2020-12-11 20:57:33 +0000 UTCConfirmed, Chris has irrational hatred for Naughty Dog with this week's stupid, angry YouTuber rant. Please, Chris, don't play the next great, realistic Naughty Dog game. We don't need to hear your fatuous takes on it. Naughty Dog does realism better than anyone in the business, except Rockstar with RDR2, so no, they shouldn't stop making grounded, realistic games; everyone else should. And Colin, why don't you push back more vehemently on Chris's dumb rants? "I have to be more careful what I wish for"? What kind of lame, timid response is that? Chris is the one who wants them to return to Jack & Daxter. You obviously disagree strongly, as you've said in the past, so vocalize your disagreement more forcefully! Otherwise, it feels like Chris is running the show as another tedious, angry gamer YouTube channel. And I don't watch those for a reason. I come here for mature discussion.
Jake Z
2020-12-11 20:57:13 +0000 UTCDamn I've put 6210 hours into Rainbow Six Siege lol.
Dylan Sterben
2020-12-11 20:01:27 +0000 UTCShocked to hear "The Pathless" doesn't provide a map nor give you an arrow pointing in the right direction. ☺
Douglas Morreale
2020-12-11 19:53:31 +0000 UTCAwesome episode! I may be new to the Patreon and the show but I’ve been loving every single episode so far. I got super excited to see the announcement for Perfect Dark, one of my favorite shooters from the N64 era when I played it. Looking forward to seeing more! Keep up the great work!
Tony Zook
2020-12-11 19:44:37 +0000 UTCGreat episode boys. Cause i'll never shut up about it, if Bluepoint were to take their skills from working on various different PS IP into a proper fighting game thatd be sweet. After all the original PSAS ran on the Bluepoint engine
Real Radec
2020-12-11 19:36:19 +0000 UTCNo mention of Xbox’s company the Initiative making Perfect Dark game ?
LE
2020-12-11 19:35:16 +0000 UTCPSA for my fellow gamers here: check you local Wally Worlds for consoles. Just walked into mine to pick up a surge protector and there was a Series X just chillin. Was told there were 30 or so but no PS5s. P.S. the game awards were boring AF. Orchestra Mario music and the persona performance were the only thing actually fun. Be well.
2020-12-11 19:32:02 +0000 UTCThank God Bugsnax wasn't allegorical. Allegories are for children.
Jake Z
2020-12-11 18:52:08 +0000 UTCHey guys, haven't been submitting as many questions lately due to work, family, and so many awesome games coming out, but don't worry. I love your content! Keep on trucking cool dudes!
Anthony J Sanchez
2020-12-11 18:49:49 +0000 UTCThat Dead Space looking game, The Calisto Protocol is what I took from the Game Awards the most. That and the laughable Mass Effect will return trailer.
Piston Pants
2020-12-11 18:24:49 +0000 UTCShout out to the pathless for also being 5 gb of storage
Adamthm
2020-12-11 17:49:28 +0000 UTCThanks for spreading the message that we all need to be a little kinder in this world :)
Thomas Connolly
2020-12-11 17:47:41 +0000 UTCReal talk who the hell is Nicholas?
Kenneth Oms
2020-12-11 17:42:21 +0000 UTCI get it Colin. Sometimes it's just too late.
Carlos Fregoso
2020-12-11 17:14:53 +0000 UTCSorry for being a hair late. Have a good weekend!
Colin Moriarty
2020-12-11 17:05:36 +0000 UTC
