Sacred Symbols+, Episode XX: The Best Moments of 2019
Added 2019-12-20 17:00:05 +0000 UTC2019 was a fairly solid year for gaming, particularly when you consider that we're in the calm before the storm. As we roll into 2020 -- a year of brand new consoles, huge titles, and undoubtedly some major announcements -- it only seems right to look back fondly at all the last 365 days or so offered us. The games, the announcements, the stumbles, and the outright calamities. There's a ton to say! So let's keep it simple: Here are our 10 favorite moments of 2019 along with a couple of dozen of your own. The only rule? They have to be PlayStation-related in some way, shape, or form. Except for one of Chris' (and some of your own)...
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56:28 So I am getting to this party a little late but I wanted to mention a bit of gaming trivia you guys might not know. Peter Molyneux is notorious for promising cool stuff in his games and not delivering. Molyneux always talked about such epic things and then they fell through or were completely absence when the games launched. Now Pivot to Sean Murray from Hello Games and a game called No Man's Sky. Whenever I saw a trailer or interview with Murray I thought the same thing. This guy sounds an awful lot like Peter Molyneux. He is not showing any actual gameplay and is talking about things too good to be true. I dug a little further and both Devs are from Guildford, England. Is this a coincidence? I think not. Side Note: I hear No Man's Sky has gotten better since launch but still.
Context Should Matter
2020-01-04 00:27:15 +0000 UTCFirst I've heard of it. LOL.
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-28 21:48:05 +0000 UTCThe Impys is an "awards show" Mm is doing for Dreams creations. The cursor in Dreams is called an "Imp".
Biv
2019-12-28 00:25:37 +0000 UTCIt may be because I don't have a 4K tv but I feel like games now have so much detail in its assets so that it has none(?) Meaning nothing stands out because of all detail rendered. Mixed with realistic lighting and environments (like scanned from real life envrionments) just becomes uncomfortable for me as the uncanny effect settles in.
SteelChevron
2019-12-27 20:34:32 +0000 UTCLOL.
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-27 17:56:00 +0000 UTCGames are definitely harder to make than ever, so I'm not sure I agree with you there. This is pretty for that era, but... a game's aesthetics aren't really the problem at this point.
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-27 17:55:56 +0000 UTCBest moment of 2019 was that old games still exist. Games that still had ideas, creativity and charm. *rant* I have not been impressed by graphics for this entire generation, but booted up Spyro Eternal Night last week and just in the opening section of the game there is a huge statue, rendered in 480p and my first thought was: I don't even wanna know how long it took to model that thing. We are talking about Wii and PS2 here. Where did all this passion and skill go? I am not impressed near as much in new games it just looks bland to me. Here is the thing I'm talking about: https://youtu.be/245B2WvCO8A?t=238
SteelChevron
2019-12-25 15:28:20 +0000 UTCLOL. That was a fun announcement!
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-24 21:28:26 +0000 UTCYeah, 2019 wasn't too bad!
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-24 21:28:17 +0000 UTCThere is an instance that I'm 99.9% sure that Colin (and many of us) enjoyed a live reaction show. May I present Exhibit A - that's one hell of a smile. https://imgur.com/EJ2gb91
Joey Rawlings
2019-12-23 13:50:58 +0000 UTC2019 was a solid year. Personally I really enjoyed RE2, Judgment and Shenmue 3. Death Stranding has been great so far also.
2019-12-23 12:09:52 +0000 UTCBit of a reach, my dude. It's not that serious, I promise.
Nate McKinney
2019-12-22 02:11:39 +0000 UTCSeems a little extreme.
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-22 01:25:28 +0000 UTC<3
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-22 01:24:56 +0000 UTCThanks man! Congratulations to you, and keep up the awesome work.
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-22 01:24:52 +0000 UTCNo.
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-22 01:24:38 +0000 UTCIt looks cool and I may like it, but there are just so many other games I'd rather play, honestly.
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-22 01:24:32 +0000 UTCYes!
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-22 01:24:12 +0000 UTC...this is why you wait!
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-22 01:24:06 +0000 UTCSee...
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-22 01:24:01 +0000 UTCI mean, this show is a vitamin.
Colin Moriarty
2019-12-22 01:23:39 +0000 UTCEhh
Dean Redinbaugh
2019-12-21 15:30:54 +0000 UTCLooking forward to Twin Breaker next year! Love from Toronto :)
JD
2019-12-20 22:59:07 +0000 UTC"roman polanski is a human piece of shit but he made a great movie so we'll make a podcast episode about it. disco elysium's devs are marxists so who cares if the game is great, I ain't giving it time of day. it's also great when games don't fear being fearsomely original, different, and tackle big ideas, but devs better not be marxists or else. oh yeah eastern european games have such a distinctly unique perspective. wait, I don't agree with the devs? well fuck em." I see that that specifically american totally deranged brand of obsession with politics permeates even the supposedly most agnostic of minds. pretty embarrassing.
Michal Dudic
2019-12-20 21:31:21 +0000 UTCHaha no need to apologize! It’s all in good fun and part of the reason that I love the content. Looking forward to more in 2020!
Zach Wishnuff
2019-12-20 20:55:02 +0000 UTCLove you guys, this has been an amazing year for me! Watching Colin do a Let's Play video of Habroxia, holding a physical vita copy of Habroxia in my hands, reading the story intro Colin wrote for Twin Breaker and seeing the trailer that Chris put together for Twin Breaker were my top moments. I hope you do get accepted for a PAX panel in the future. Not just because it would be hilarious, but also because you guys deserve one!
Barry M. Johnson
2019-12-20 20:50:22 +0000 UTCHey Colin is Erin, your girlfriend moving back with you?!
Raymond keys
2019-12-20 20:41:00 +0000 UTCdammit Dustin xD
JD
2019-12-20 20:05:16 +0000 UTCHey colin I know you don’t understand monster hunter world but I think you should maybe consider checking it out. I like you never played a single monster hunter game. All my friends got it and while it is a mp game you can do 100% of the monster by yourself. It’s actually a really good game and does offer so many crazy ways to play it. I do think that for this generation to me it’s defiantly one to consider especially cause it has becomes so much bigger and better. I know you had a bad experience once but like you said to me you should try it at least to just try and break a bias you have
Adamthm
2019-12-20 19:54:13 +0000 UTCThanks for acknowledging that you would not read my comment that spoiled Death Stranding at the top of the show hahaha. I should probably keep the spoiler filled comments exclusively for the spoiler-cast, huh?
2019-12-20 18:28:13 +0000 UTCOh never mind Colin just mentioned it.
MayorGarbageMan
2019-12-20 18:22:52 +0000 UTCAnd most importantly bill and Ted 3!
MayorGarbageMan
2019-12-20 18:21:33 +0000 UTCIs that the Knockback logo?
Nathan Densley
2019-12-20 17:36:08 +0000 UTCEvery time you say a "PlayStation podcast supplement," I imagine it's a vitamin pill that you're talking about. Vitamin C&C.
David Graham
2019-12-20 17:21:46 +0000 UTC
