Sacred Symbols, Episode 207: A Crisis Reborn
Added 2022-06-17 16:00:21 +0000 UTCThis is a week tailor-made for Final Fantasy fans, particularly on the back of Final Fantasy XVI's re-reveal. That's because... well... wait! There's more! During a brief live stream celebrating Final Fantasy VII's 25th anniversary, publisher-slash-developer Square Enix made two big announcements: The 2007 PSP Final Fantasy VII prequel Crisis Core is coming to PS4 and PS5, and the second part of the now-confirmed-three part Final Fantasy VII Remake launches the following winter, only on PlayStation 5. Thus, we have much to digest in the land of role-playing. This jam-packed episode has much more to work over, too, including the leak of an in-production, high-end Elite-style controller for PS5, the long-in-coming confirmation of Dragon's Dogma 2, reliable information concerning God of War: Ragnarok's release month, the arrival of Persona 3 and 4 on PS4, and so on and so forth. Then: Listener inquiries. What game dev jobs would Chris and Dustin want to undertake? Is the audience being too hard on The Last of Us: Part I? Could the incoming economic recession have a negative effect on the games industry? Will Dustin bend the knee and finally kiss Jim Ryan's ring?
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:09:17 - How is Treble?
0:12:29 - Correction: Call of Duty
0:14:02 - Slitterhead breaks sales records.
0:16:19 - Space: The Final Frontier
0:21:31 - Did Dustin do his job?
0:23:45 - Chris hates chess?
0:25:44 - Embracer Group says they won’t change with Saudi investment
0:33:48 - PlayStation classic are 60hz NTSC in North America
0:41:58 - Strauss Zelnick speaks out against subscriptions
0:44:58 - The Kojima mystery deepens
0:55:19 - Sonic Frontiers’ lead dev punches back
1:03:04 - The mystery of Lollipop Chainsaw
1:06:47 - Castlevania will continue on Netflix
1:10:25 - Demonschool looks promising
1:13:54 - Exoprimal has shown off some gameplay
1:19:44 - What have we been playing?
1:50:42 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is coming next winter
1:57:31 - Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion is coming this winter
2:01:37 - Dragon’s Dogma 2 has been announced
2:08:21 - Information about a new DualSense controller is circulating
2:32:38 - God of War: Ragnarok looks to be launching this year
2:57:26 - Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty will come to PlayStation
3:10:21 - Persona 3 and 4 will come to modern PlayStation consoles
3:19:02 - Overwatch 2 has a release date
3:28:33 - Minecraft Legends will launch on PlayStation
3:37:53 - The Gran Turismo film is moving ahead
3:43:26 - Some Resident Evil games are coming to PS5
3:49:09 - Diablo IV will launch in 2023
3:54:03 - A leak on the PS store points to Tactics Ogre: Reborn
3:56:01 - NPD Group has revealed numbers for May
3:58:18 - What would Dustin and Chris do at a game studio?
4:02:53 - Would Returnal do well on PC?
4:09:26 - Do the character models look different in The Last of Us: Part One?
4:22:42 - How will inflation affect the gaming industry?
4:26:36 - Should Sony allow first party studios to have smaller teams like Microsoft?
4:32:38 - Are expectations in check for Starfield?
Comments
Another chapter in the saga of Chris. He’s never watched any amazing underdog stories because he doesn’t like sports. Remember The Titans, Million Dollar Baby, Trouble With The Curve, The Fighter, Concussion, etc. Some true stories, all masterworks. Lost on some for the most contrary of reasons. An important piece of someone is missing until they witness this specific type of perseverance.
Greg Hommel
2022-07-01 22:51:35 +0000 UTCMan returnal on PC would be amazing, so intrigued by that game but not currently a PS5 owner.
Leo Chan
2022-06-29 03:12:11 +0000 UTCShut up, Chris.
Colin Moriarty
2022-06-23 16:31:57 +0000 UTCDustin, the word is surely. Not shorely.(2:56:26)(2:57:11) Good show otherwise. Long live the jagwire!
Chris Adams
2022-06-22 19:30:25 +0000 UTCI have a lot of nostalgia for Crisis Core, too.
Colin Moriarty
2022-06-21 18:29:42 +0000 UTCYes, as noted above!
Colin Moriarty
2022-06-21 18:29:24 +0000 UTCNintendo gets a pass on many things.
Colin Moriarty
2022-06-21 18:29:10 +0000 UTCYeah, I imagine they've reworked it entirely. I'm excited.
Colin Moriarty
2022-06-21 18:28:56 +0000 UTCPerhaps so. Ultimately, the market will dictate whether the price is appropriate or not.
Colin Moriarty
2022-06-21 18:28:42 +0000 UTCI need to watch the rest.
Colin Moriarty
2022-06-21 18:28:25 +0000 UTCInteresting.
Colin Moriarty
2022-06-21 18:28:20 +0000 UTCYeah 3D world is one of the few. I'm fine if they're not gonna put effort into most of them but they're always at least $50 and they never go on sale. It's frustrating.
Brannon H
2022-06-21 16:40:29 +0000 UTCExactly! Prime example being Skyward Sword HD. I'd never played Skyward Sword and l was looking forward to it but once I saw that price I noped out. Funny thing is Nintendo did it right with Super Mario 3D World(ok yeah not really an apples to apples comparison) on the Switch by bundling it with Bowser's Fury.
Sam Lee
2022-06-21 16:39:09 +0000 UTCCrisis Core was my first FF game and one of the games I got with my PSP, the other being Secret Agent Clank. Watching that trailer brought back so many memories, my favourite cutscene was the Angeal vs Sepiroth vs Genesis fight, loved it so much I made a save file right before that cutscene so that I could rewatch it. And that ending, oh that ending, broke my 14 year old heart to play through that entire sequence. Won't spoil it for those who haven't experienced it. Btw that Patreon question suggesting that first parties make smaller games for PS Plus Premium is a great idea in addition to what they're currently doing with offerings like Stray. Gives more value and makes the service stand out more. They could even develop smaller remakes for Premium like a MediEvil 2 or Ape Escape remake.
Sam Lee
2022-06-21 16:31:32 +0000 UTCI think Dustin and Chris are understating a couple points about TLOU Part 1. The combat will be overhauled as well to play and feel more like the TLOU2, and a lot of the comparison shots were using pre-rendered footage in the original versus in-game footage in the remake. The in-game comparisons are much more noticeable in my opinion. For someone as gameplay focused as Chris, I’m surprised he didn’t mention anything about the first point at least!
Henry Morgan
2022-06-21 16:17:25 +0000 UTCDustin makes a great point about the $70 Sony price tag. Another thing that bothers me when people complain about Sony is what Nintendo does. Nintendo will port over an old game and almost never add or improve anything but will charge full price. When they've done remasters, like pokemon diamond and pearl, they end up making it worse in many aspects and still charge $50 for it. Seems like Sony gets a lot more hate for doing this compared to Nintendo.
Brannon H
2022-06-21 15:53:35 +0000 UTCIn regards to what Dustin said about The Last of Us Part 1 remake seemingly being the same package we got before but just with better graphics. Pretty sure Neil said the game will have reworked AI and combat etc so it will play a lot more like Part 2, and of course will feature 3D audio and Dualsense support. I know these aren't huge changes but it's definitely more than just an increase in graphics.
Jack
2022-06-21 14:43:59 +0000 UTCShadow of the colossus is the only game I can think of that was remastered and then remade in two consequent generations. And it also lost value in the ps4 generation because it didn't include ico, but the ps4 remake cost $40, not $60, so I think the last of us part 1 is overpriced
Cornelius
2022-06-21 07:15:36 +0000 UTCThere's 4 seasons of Castlevania. Awesome show!
Carlos Moreno
2022-06-20 19:42:34 +0000 UTCDustin, the leaker’s “im high on life right now” tweet is actually another leak to the game “High on Life” - the talking guns that sounded like Rick and Morty.
Xtian
2022-06-20 18:54:01 +0000 UTC
