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Arc Raiders with a smidge of Battlefield - Episode #9
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9th installment
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Transcript
Introduction to Cosmic Kimono Podcast
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Cameron Resner
Welcome to the Cosmic Kimono podcast. I'm Cameron. This is your host, Cameron Reznor.
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Callum Jackson
Your host, Cameron Reznor. but you who Your host, your host for tonight, Cameron Reznor and Callum Jackson.
Humor in Soundbites and Screaming Videos
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Cameron Resner
Can you see, see? No re!
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Callum Jackson
um
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Callum Jackson
CCCJ.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah,
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Callum Jackson
But um I was wondering what you were going to play at the start.
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Cameron Resner
ah yeah I didn't have anything set up. I was... I was going to play my screaming when I jumped down the ladder behind you on Ark Raiders, but I couldn't get that sorted in time.
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Callum Jackson
Did you like that video?
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
The scream was cracking me up. But, yeah, I was trying to get one continuous scream, but it was so hard.
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Cameron Resner
They need to be molded together.
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Callum Jackson
um Yeah, but
Gaming on Battlefield: Fun and Frustrations
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Cameron Resner
How have you been?
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Callum Jackson
good times.
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Callum Jackson
Very well. I mean, we've been smashing Battlefield, haven't we?
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Cameron Resner
Yeah, so much Battlefield.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, we love it.
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Cameron Resner
I think I've got five hours.
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Callum Jackson
It's all ready on it. Yeah. I think you've got four.
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Cameron Resner
Did you check?
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Callum Jackson
did.
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Cameron Resner
Oh, the five hours was a guess. That wasn't too bad.
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Callum Jackson
Oh, God. Yeah, no, I did check because... Sorry to disappoint anyone, this is actually going to be the Ark Raiders podcast, not the battlefield.
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Cameron Resner
Got you!
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Callum Jackson
There's not quite a theme for There is, but there's many. It's kind of like the finals with loads of different music playing about.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah. Mm-hmm. Made by Battlefield developers.
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Callum Jackson
But... Yes, and ah finals fame.
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Cameron Resner
So.
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Cameron Resner
Yes.
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Callum Jackson
My other favourite shooter at the moment.
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Cameron Resner
Mm.
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Callum Jackson
But we'll get into it with Battlefield and Ark. That
Battlefield vs. Ark: Map Comparisons
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Callum Jackson
is what we're talking to today.
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Cameron Resner
Yes, that is.
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Callum Jackson
Talking to? Talking about. But
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Cameron Resner
Why do you want to start with Battlefield, given this?
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Callum Jackson
I'm going to quickly relate something back to Ark.
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Cameron Resner
Or do you need to bus? Yeah. Okay.
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Callum Jackson
but so It was in my head because we had this conversation before. We were talking about things that were not quite there with this latest battlefield. But then we related it to other games where we went, maybe map design is a big part of it, like why shooters aren't as fun.
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Cameron Resner
Yes.
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Callum Jackson
And now playing Ark, I can confirm that map design is very good in that game.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
Like all the maps are great.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
And I know it's a different game, so I'm not comparing them there, but I'm saying like for an online shooter sort of experience and they're still on maps. like ARK's ones are just designed so well. They're so fun to go around and play in like over and over again.
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Cameron Resner
I definitely agree, yeah i think
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Callum Jackson
Which is what I didn't get with Battlefield.
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Cameron Resner
yeah. I think there's still so much of the maps that we haven't explored as well.
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Callum Jackson
Yes.
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Cameron Resner
so
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Callum Jackson
It feels like...
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Cameron Resner
I went on the Buried City yesterday by myself, and I was like went just, like, that's a small map, and I went to this part of the map, was like, I've just never been here before.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah.
Ark Raiders: Fresh Experiences and Value
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, no, I'm still getting it.
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Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
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Callum Jackson
I think we've both played similar hours now. I mean, most of it's been together, but we've got like 20 hours. i've already I'm at my Battlefield playtime. And that's been out, what, what a month?
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Cameron Resner
Has
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Callum Jackson
Over a month now? About a month, hasn't it? Yeah, yeah, it is. Like October 10th it came out, so it's about a month almost.
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Cameron Resner
this been a week?
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Callum Jackson
And ARK has been, a week yesterday, first last Thursday think it was.
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Cameron Resner
Jesus Christ.
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Callum Jackson
So we've already caught up on ours. Now, I don't think Battlefield is a bad game.
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Cameron Resner
Goddamn.
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Callum Jackson
I will say that.
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Cameron Resner
No?
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Callum Jackson
But I don't know. Ark just feels like this new thing that I've never played and it's gripped us.
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Cameron Resner
Hmm.
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Callum Jackson
Like, I haven't done extraction shooters.
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Cameron Resner
Okay.
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Callum Jackson
And I did enjoy DMZ on COD, but they kind of killed that off. And I bet they're fucking regretting that now. ah
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Cameron Resner
Yes.
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Callum Jackson
But yeah, this is just how it's done. Like, you can tell this company cares. And that's coming from someone who plays the finals as well.
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Cameron Resner
Agreed.
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Callum Jackson
they They've got a good team. behind them and I think even though this game was meant to be free to play I think you're getting more than your money's worth for £32 I mean I bought the Deluxe and so did you but even then i still think I've got my money's worth already yeah
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Cameron Resner
No, they're really, yeah, we'll get into the detail, but I think overall they're solid studio and it's quite interesting because I think we've seen a couple of games this year. I think the other one was Claire Obscure where it's come out from a team that's left big publisher to do something because they feel like the publisher's not taking risks or doing anything new anymore.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah. No, it was like that.
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Cameron Resner
So, and I mean, Arc Raiders, everyone loves it and Clear Obscure is great. So hopefully we see more of these.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah. I haven't heard anything negative on
Appreciation for Ark Raiders' Unique Gameplay
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Callum Jackson
ARK yet. I mean, I get people, it might not be their thing.
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Cameron Resner
No. Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
That's for sure. Like one of our friends, that he he doesn't like these kinds of games, so that's fair. But even for me, like I wasn't really, I didn't feel, like when i when I heard this game went from the PVE to an extraction shooter, I did roll my eyes and i was like, fuck, they've killed it.
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Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
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Callum Jackson
And it's come out and I'm like, I would not have it any other way.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
That has like really made this game.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
like what it is.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah. It's
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Callum Jackson
Yeah. It makes it, it really does. And even though, you know, you lose loot and shit, if you die, I still think I'm not like pissed off. Like I'm, I'm annoyed that I'm like, Oh God, I just lost a lot of good stuff, but it just makes me want to go back in and get it.
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Cameron Resner
and
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Cameron Resner
Yeah, I feel like it makes it easy.
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Callum Jackson
It's
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Cameron Resner
It's not it' not difficult to kind of get your stuff back, but it's like you you kind of want to go in and pick up stuff.
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Callum Jackson
no,
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Cameron Resner
Like there's a few, as I said, there's a few times where I've just gone in by myself just with the aim of just I'm just going to get some metal and then leave basically.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah.
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Cameron Resner
And you can do it all very quickly. Like it's so smooth.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah. And it does, it does feel like that too, where it's like you, you, because you don't have to spend so much time on it. And another good thing that I realized is, you know, if one of us was like, Oh, I'm going for dinner now, or I'm leaving, you can, you can just go to the extraction by yourself.
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Callum Jackson
So there's no like, oh, i need to I need to dedicate so much time to this.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
You can literally just hop on even
Battlefield's Nostalgia and Shortcomings
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Callum Jackson
a 10-minute match, if you know five minutes. like You could honestly fit in a good session in 10 minutes, running around, getting the bits that you were trying to find and leave, especially on Buried City, which is the smallest map.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah. I think it threads... Yeah, I think it threads the needle quite well between single player and a multiplayer game. Like, I can't remember the last multiplayer game that i would want to sit there by myself.
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Callum Jackson
It does.
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Cameron Resner
Maybe COD 2019 when, like, shipment.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah.
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Cameron Resner
But that was...
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Callum Jackson
Yeah.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah, I mean, that was...
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Callum Jackson
I mean, I i said that Soph. I was like, when when was the last time that you knew that I sat there and wanted to get back onto an online game, but even if it was by myself?
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Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
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Callum Jackson
And it definitely is a weird case that this game has done that because it feels like you're going in single player. But another thing is I don't talk to people online. Like I've never really put a mic on.
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Callum Jackson
When you guys aren't online and I go on it, I have my mic on and I talk in proxy chat, which I never do.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
But that there's something about this community that I'm like, oh, I'll give them a try and I'll speak to them. And it's turned out quite well sometimes. And it's been quite fun to know. And it it adds that tense moment of like, are you friendly or are you not?
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Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
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Callum Jackson
But I think like at the end of the day, it's like you can't trust anyone. But I normally do. I'm just like, yeah, whatever. We're cool. But... turning into a cold-blooded killer by you guys
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Cameron Resner
Yes. ah Shall we chat a bit about Battlefield, maybe briefly, and then we maybe go into the detail.
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Callum Jackson
yeah well no we can now i think yeah we can like sort of just talk about both i reckon i think that's fine to sort of go in about but i mean we can kind of relate them as well
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Cameron Resner
Okay. so So what are you liking about Battlefield?
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Callum Jackson
What am I like about Battlefield? I think, because we haven't even played it like for a week now, but again, Raiders has taken over. But um the I think what I like about Battlefield is, unlike 2042 where I felt lied to with this one, I do still feel like it's a return to form and it does play great.
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Callum Jackson
It sounds great. It it looks great. like It is fun to play. Um, and I think like, it was just, I thought it would bring us all more together, but it hasn't. And Ark has done that.
00:08:37
Callum Jackson
Like it's bit upsetting, but like, I thought like for years, like we wanted a new shooter, but kind of playing it like I didn't,
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:08:47
Callum Jackson
It's not a bad game. It's just I don't feel the the scratch to like, oh, I need to dive in. I need to like unlock those guns. I need to do some challenges.
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Cameron Resner
yeah
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Callum Jackson
like I haven't got that at all in this game. And on all the Battlefields, I think only... No, no, it's been going on for a while now, like at least since Battlefield V. I can't really remember anything before that. But I just don't think EA knows how to sell skins.
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Callum Jackson
I've never enjoyed any of their skins. And I saw this game's skins on the store. And I just, not that they're awful or whatever, but even if they were great, I just, I've never, never wanted to dive in and buy it.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Cameron Resner
I know. I agree with that.
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Callum Jackson
Like even COD, I've bought some Battle Passes in the, yeah.
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Cameron Resner
was going to say, even like, and like as much as you yeah can hate on COD, they know how to sell people's stuff. and make I mean, I probably spent like 200 quid on COD over the past five years.
00:09:32
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
But I think like the finals now, like obviously I play a lot.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
I think I've spent £200 on that. and that they But the customisation is so good on that.
00:09:42
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
But it also suits the sort of game show that they're going for. So I don't mind crazy skins. it just you know We've already spoke about this. like I like skins suiting what I'm in.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
And again, i just don't think EA or whoever's doing it can't get them right.
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Cameron Resner
I don't know.
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Cameron Resner
yeah And I don't know why they just don't add an option for you just not to see them. Like people, aren like, yeah, i was going to say when I'm wearing the skin, I'm not thinking, i don't know, people, other people might think this, but I'm not thinking I can't wait for people to see me like this.
00:10:03
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Because really, who's that hurting?
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Cameron Resner
I'm just like, I'm just in a cool, ah I'm just wearing this skin.
00:10:17
Callum Jackson
Yeah, that's exactly how I feel.
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Cameron Resner
Right.
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Callum Jackson
Like, it's not really for other people. And if anything, it's for us
Battlefield's Genre Focus: Battle Royale
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Callum Jackson
a lot, right? Like, we're like, oh, look at us.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah, exactly. That's what mean, yeah.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah.
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Cameron Resner
So it should be like, you should be able to like squad on everyone else off or yeah, something like that.
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Callum Jackson
so
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Cameron Resner
And I feel like that would just solve, like, because then people would find COD more bearable, with the ones that it would like work for everyone.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah.
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Cameron Resner
I feel like that.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, no, I agree. I think...
00:10:41
Cameron Resner
Strange.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, because I would probably... I mean, I don't even know anymore, to be honest. Like, I think maybe... those type of shooters aren't really what i want to spend all my time on.
00:10:53
Callum Jackson
ah Maybe that time's passed. Like maybe it's a me thing as well. But again, it's not like I'm not having fun on it. Um, when I do play, but I think, yeah, I do have to say like a negative about it though.
00:11:00
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
Like all those skins and that aside, I think my main negative is the maps at the moment. I don't actually particularly like them that much.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:11:14
Callum Jackson
Um,
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Cameron Resner
i
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Callum Jackson
they like New York feels really small and like every breakthrough map feels like a funnel and it just, that's not fun.
00:11:21
Cameron Resner
Yeah, there's something not quite right about them. I saw a video the other day.
00:11:23
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:11:24
Cameron Resner
It was like, finally, we got a big map. And it was just like in Portal, they'd basically taken the Battle Royale map and carved it up.
00:11:33
Callum Jackson
Yeah. And that map looks great, doesn't it? And I'm, I'm wondering why is that not just being,
00:11:35
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:11:37
Cameron Resner
It's clearly where they put... Yeah.
00:11:39
Callum Jackson
yeah But, yeah because people didn't ask or want that.
00:11:41
Cameron Resner
Which is annoying.
00:11:44
Callum Jackson
It's another weird case where they've gone, ah we've got like we've made the the foundation so good of this game.
00:11:46
Cameron Resner
No...
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
Let's chase trends again.
00:11:53
Cameron Resner
but How many times have they tried a Battle Royale now? Like three?
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Callum Jackson
Like, Firestorm, yeah, I think, but I think this is what's funny.
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Cameron Resner
Four?
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Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
Firestorm came out around the time that, like, Fortnite, PUBG, that was all popping off, I believe, like, 2018, I think that was it.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah. Because I mean even cod like COD started with Black Ops 3 or 4 in that black cell or something.
00:12:10
Callum Jackson
Yeah, with Blackout.
00:12:13
Cameron Resner
Yeah, Blackout. Yeah.
00:12:14
Callum Jackson
Yeah, Blackout. But then the fact that they tried Firestorm, no one played, it was dead on arrival.
00:12:20
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
Then 2042 came. Also, they didn't make it free. I want to point that out. like You had to buy the game to play this Battle Royale. Meanwhile, every other Battle Royale that was popping off was free.
00:12:30
Cameron Resner
What's for you?
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Callum Jackson
um And then in 2042, they made an extraction shooter game mode.
00:12:36
Cameron Resner
Oh, yeah, I forgot about
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Callum Jackson
it wasn't even about, it wasn't even a battle royale. So then they failed in that aspect as well.
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Cameron Resner
that.
00:12:43
Callum Jackson
And, and then all in the meantime of that, cause clearly that game, um came out and now that I found out around the development time of arc radars.
00:12:52
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:12:52
Callum Jackson
And it's like now arcs out and then they've gone back to battle royale, but battle royale is kind of falling off. Like I don't hear people really craving or going on about battle royales anymore.
00:12:59
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:13:04
Callum Jackson
Um,
00:13:04
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:13:05
Callum Jackson
And then then and now they've done that. And all I hear online, because I haven't even bothered to try it, but all I hear online is it feels like, or it's similar to Call of Duties, but like the first Water Zone in 2019 20, whenever that one came out.
00:13:20
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:13:20
Callum Jackson
And I'm like, okay, so I don't need to play that.
00:13:23
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I've played that.
00:13:24
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I just... It doesn't do anything. I mean, I've never really been a big fan of Battle Royale, but it's annoying to see that the efforts have gone into that when it's like, you've got a great thing called Portal, which other games don't do, which would take off if you put more...
00:13:39
Cameron Resner
Yeah, they definitely shouldn't. They at least shouldn't have done it like in the first year.
00:13:42
Callum Jackson
I just...
00:13:44
Cameron Resner
They should have just focused on giving a good initial game, which is, I think, what they always have failed at multiple times now.
00:13:44
Callum Jackson
No. Yeah. Yes.
00:13:53
Callum Jackson
Yes.
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Cameron Resner
It's just like giving a good experience out of the out of the box. It's always like, oh, yeah, 2042 gets good after a year, or Battlefield was good after a year.
00:14:04
Callum Jackson
It was literally a year.
00:14:06
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:14:06
Callum Jackson
yeah Yeah, again, a year. Like when the Pacific Theater came and stuff.
00:14:08
Cameron Resner
Battlefield 1 was good when it came out. but I don't know.
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Callum Jackson
That's the only one. Because even Battlefield 4, I heard, had problems.
00:14:14
Cameron Resner
ah for four it is yeah
00:14:16
Callum Jackson
But I was playing on PS3 at that time, and then...
00:14:19
Cameron Resner
I don't think that was... That wasn't like with the game, was it? That was like...
00:14:22
Callum Jackson
No, that was it actually had problems.
00:14:22
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:14:24
Callum Jackson
But I think... To be fair, if you think about it, like you just said, I think Battlefield 1 was the last one that had a solid launch.
00:14:31
Cameron Resner
who
00:14:32
Callum Jackson
And what was that, 2016-17 maybe?
00:14:34
Cameron Resner
Not Battlefield Hardline.
00:14:35
Callum Jackson
No, I mean, Battlefield 1 no one cared about. but i like But I think that was before, yeah, that was 2015. So that must have been before Battlefield 1 as well. But I think, yeah, like Battlefield 1 is the last solid one where it launched good and it stayed good.
00:14:52
Cameron Resner
Yeah. I wonder if it's like, if it's the most different to like everything out there.
00:14:53
Callum Jackson
But, yeah.
00:14:58
Callum Jackson
What, Battlefield 1?
00:14:58
Cameron Resner
Because I feel like, because it was like weapons, horses, that kind of shit.
00:14:59
Callum Jackson
Yeah, that's true.
00:15:04
Callum Jackson
But it was also...
00:15:05
Cameron Resner
And when you move into World, like when you move into World War II and modern again, it's like, then you're just comparing it to everything else.
00:15:10
Callum Jackson
Yeah, other games that are better.
00:15:11
Cameron Resner
I feel like,
00:15:12
Callum Jackson
So I think, like, in retrospect, like, I think, like, Battlefield 1 is just great and it it had, like, a grittiness to it and even the graphics still hold up. But that it introduced, like, the bayonet charge and then the horseback.
00:15:21
Cameron Resner
Oh, yeah.
00:15:24
Callum Jackson
It had that... fucking hell this is brutal in like a really fun way but I remember but everything was fun in that game the planes everything was good in that game and I think was yeah I remember the maps as well they were good I can't say names because I'm not very good with map names but I do remember them that game was good and even the DLCs were good but I would even say retrospect battlefield 5 was it like in my head now I'm like that was a good game
00:15:27
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:15:33
Cameron Resner
And I remember maps from that game. Last game I remember. No. Yeah.
00:15:39
Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm. no
00:15:54
Callum Jackson
And I understand what they were going for because we've seen World War II so much. And it's like, it's always, there's a Normandy beach map like D-Day. There's always that. And this game, Battlefield went, no, well we'll put you in the the fields in Switzerland or something.
00:16:10
Callum Jackson
and And when I looked it, when I first got it, like back then, I was like, oh God, I was like, how could you launch a World War II game without D-Day? But now I'm like, oh, I get what where you were going for.
00:16:20
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:16:22
Callum Jackson
Even the guns, like, the Thompson was like the last unlock or something. And you had ah just various weapons and some of them were still world war one. And that so I get it, but
00:16:31
Cameron Resner
Yeah. No, I think yeah it was it was good, but... and like
00:16:37
Cameron Resner
I think that, yes, yeah.
00:16:38
Callum Jackson
it launched shit. But yeah, now Lao looking at it, it was pretty good. But I think i think that about 2042, that launched, but I think, in I honestly think with 2042, that is just a terrible game and still is, but it would just launch so shit that by the end it was p playable.
00:16:57
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah.
00:16:59
Callum Jackson
that's it. I don't, I'm not giving it any more credit. It's a bad game. The maps are bad. The guns were bad. The gameplay was bad.
00:17:06
Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
00:17:06
Callum Jackson
And it just, it got more, you could actually play it by the
Weapon Leveling Mechanics in FPS Games
00:17:10
Callum Jackson
end. I think that was it.
00:17:11
Cameron Resner
Oh,
00:17:11
Callum Jackson
there There were some things I liked, like the, the big, uh, helicopter type things where everyone was in the back. But that's, that's a very small thing to like. So no, I don't particularly like that game too much, but, uh,
00:17:25
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I thought this Battlefield would have been it though. And at the moment, that's why I'm not like too annoyed with it. Because I do think it it can grow into like really a great game.
00:17:37
Callum Jackson
But they need to while they need to wake up now and be like, just stop with the fucking Battle Royale.
00:17:37
Cameron Resner
oh yeah.
00:17:43
Callum Jackson
Focus on what people are buying Battlefield for. Yeah. So, I mean, at the moment, again, like, I mean, what about you? what was What's the things that you like about don't like in your short play time?
00:17:59
Cameron Resner
yeah I mean I did I liked um like the feeling of it generally like moving around shooting killing people I feel like it feels good in that regard and I feel like
00:18:08
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:18:11
Cameron Resner
ah ah feel like all the weapons I've used have been really good. I feel like I do like the maps, but they're not...
00:18:18
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:18:19
Cameron Resner
I like them for... then I don't like them because they're Battlefield maps. I think I just... I do think they're in quite unique locations, like the New York one and stuff.
00:18:31
Cameron Resner
And the LA one that's just released.
00:18:32
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:18:33
Cameron Resner
I'm quite keen to try that out, just to...
00:18:35
Callum Jackson
Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:18:36
Cameron Resner
um But yeah, they're definitely not the size scope of a normal battlefield map, which is disappointing.
00:18:43
Callum Jackson
No.
00:18:45
Cameron Resner
um And then, yeah, i mean, I haven't really played enough to know fully, but i think I think it's something that I would, like, once Arc Raiders is kind of put away for a while, that I would go back to quite happily.
00:18:59
Callum Jackson
Yeah. No, yeah, me too. I'm not ready to give up. I just...
00:19:03
Cameron Resner
I think ah like the last I remember the the day that we went on to Ark Raiders, we were just having an absolute shitter of a time on Battlefield.
00:19:05
Callum Jackson
Yeah, on.
00:19:11
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:19:11
Cameron Resner
So I think like but it was literally during that game when I bought it because I was like, I'm not enjoying this Battlefield.
00:19:12
Callum Jackson
Oh, yeah.
00:19:19
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:19:20
Cameron Resner
But sometimes it happens.
00:19:20
Callum Jackson
No, because i I didn't think you were getting it.
00:19:21
Cameron Resner
sometimes you're just not Sometimes you just don't enjoy things during certain periods and then you go back to it and you're like, this is great.
00:19:27
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Yeah.
00:19:30
Callum Jackson
Yeah, no, I just feel like I thought, um, obviously like we've been quite busy as well, but I did think, I think it's just poor timing on not necessarily the game, but us a lot as well. Cause you know, we haven't really had time to actually sit down and play it to be fair.
00:19:44
Callum Jackson
And I mean, it's been like, um, like as we said, a amount month now and I thought like, oh yeah, the boys are getting back on, but, and then, but then art came about and it did just grab our attention.
00:19:44
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:19:56
Callum Jackson
And, uh, And again, I didn't even think you were getting ARK. I knew I was getting ARK anyway, like regardless. Like i I played the play test and that like just sold me completely. And I was like, I'm in. um But then, yeah, I didn't know you were getting it.
00:20:10
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I mean, I wasn't even until that moment, really.
00:20:13
Callum Jackson
Well, that that was the trigger.
00:20:14
Cameron Resner
i had I had looked at it a lot, and I did like i did that like the look of it, but was also like, there's something I want to ask, actually, in and in a moment about kind of just that genre of games, but it's just not a game that I thought I would enjoy.
00:20:17
Callum Jackson
Yeah, yeah, that's fair enough.
00:20:28
Callum Jackson
Yeah, um there me too. I think um what you were saying about the Battlefield maps, I actually do agree. I don't think the maps are bad. I just feel like there needs to be more balance. That's what I mean.
00:20:38
Callum Jackson
So in the future, i can see this being a great game where I'm like, oh shit, yeah, now we've got like big open desert map, which just gives me a little bit of difference. But right now, all the maps feel and play the same.
00:20:49
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:20:51
Callum Jackson
I love the locations. Like they look cool. Like they're the Battlefield that I wanted. yeah, You know, don't get me wrong now. I think it looks great and the the maps and locations I want.
00:21:02
Callum Jackson
But there just needs to be more diversity on the sizes, I think.
00:21:04
Cameron Resner
Yeah, because it's funny. Yeah. It's funny because the maps I remember and like the maps I remember playing most were like Metro and that one on the mountain.
00:21:08
Callum Jackson
And I think...
00:21:14
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:21:15
Cameron Resner
So the end is a peak or something.
00:21:16
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:21:17
Cameron Resner
But they're they're not huge maps. that They're all confined, mostly indoors.
00:21:22
Callum Jackson
Yeah, just...
00:21:22
Cameron Resner
So you just you just need like the a mix of them. You need to be able to go.
00:21:26
Callum Jackson
Yeah, you do. Because those maps are great when you can mix around and you go, oh, i want to play that again.
00:21:27
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:32
Callum Jackson
But I think it's just too much close quarters, too much like funneling. um And i the one thing that an actual annoyance of mine besides the maps is like something I don't enjoy. I don't know updates have done that.
00:21:47
Callum Jackson
But... It feels like I can be killed from anywhere. It doesn't feel like I'm pushing forward. It does feel like we're all funneling, but I'm like, there's a guy behind me for some reason or to the side of me.
00:21:58
Callum Jackson
And it never feels like I'm fighting forward for something, which is a problem.
00:22:02
Cameron Resner
No. Mm-hmm.
00:22:04
Callum Jackson
Like it does at the start and then about two minutes into it, everyone's everywhere and you can't really go forward. So yeah. And so one more negative on on this we before I forget.
00:22:17
Callum Jackson
I personally hate this whole thing of season one, season two, season... And you know when you're playing on PlayStation and you see the the icon for it change into season one?
00:22:27
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:22:27
Callum Jackson
And then this whole fucking event goes on and you can't get rid of And it feels like the whole game's an advert for season one.
00:22:32
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah.
00:22:33
Callum Jackson
And I'm like, I just want to play the game. Just get me into the game. I don't need to see battle pass tokens and unlocking shit I'm not going to buy. like I get well who it's there for, but I'm not one of them. And it's just...
00:22:44
Callum Jackson
When I was playing Battlefield for the first month, I really liked how it looked.
00:22:44
Cameron Resner
yeah
00:22:48
Callum Jackson
And now it's already started with like, season one get it now.
00:22:48
Cameron Resner
yeah
00:22:50
Callum Jackson
And I'm like, oh, please.
00:22:51
Cameron Resner
and I know, yeah. And I feel like what I have heard is like what is unlocking stuff takes a long time as well, which is also annoying.
00:22:59
Callum Jackson
Yeah, too long. But I think there is an update already for that.
00:23:02
Cameron Resner
Okay.
00:23:02
Callum Jackson
I saw like they changed the challenges.
00:23:03
Cameron Resner
I did think they would. Right.
00:23:06
Callum Jackson
So, yeah.
00:23:06
Cameron Resner
Yeah, because i mean I was like looking online. It was like, I've been playing with this gun for like 15 hours and I've unlocked five attachments. And i was like, great.
00:23:14
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I felt it too because I was like... I had the MP7 and i always go for a ah Medal of Honor a look with the the scope and the silencer.
00:23:17
Cameron Resner
Because I...
00:23:24
Cameron Resner
yeah
00:23:24
Callum Jackson
and Like there's a mission in the 2010 Medal of Honor with it. And I always had that look. And the the silencer's level 27 with that gun. And it's just, I'm like level eight with it.
00:23:35
Cameron Resner
lovely
00:23:37
Callum Jackson
And I'm like, what the fuck?
00:23:38
Cameron Resner
Have you just used that guard as well?
00:23:38
Callum Jackson
war I haven't just used it.
00:23:39
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:23:41
Callum Jackson
Like I've gone for, but my max gun at 20 hours, my max gun's level 12.
00:23:46
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:23:47
Callum Jackson
Maybe 15, but it's around that area and I'm like, I'm not unlocking shit.
00:23:53
Cameron Resner
That's annoying. Because I am someone, i do like that mini game of like i mean like, I remember again, COD 2019 was like the peak of that.
00:23:57
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:24:01
Cameron Resner
was like, I just want to get everything on every gun, no matter like, but it meant I played with all these guns and got to know what I enjoyed and got to know.
00:24:02
Callum Jackson
Hmm.
00:24:05
Callum Jackson
Yes.
00:24:09
Cameron Resner
And it gave me a reason to play with all of
00:24:10
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
Ark Raiders: Game Mechanics and Community
00:24:11
Cameron Resner
them.
00:24:11
Cameron Resner
But I feel like if it's just, if it's going to take me 20 hours to complete a gun, I'm just going to, I'm never going to use another gun.
00:24:17
Callum Jackson
Yeah, and it does feel like that, so hopefully they change that, but relating this game to the finals, where like I ah there's nothing to unlock on the finals anymore for me, but I still play it, think it's because it has these this company, Embark by the way, the ones that make it, they just have this thing where they've unlocked the game is fun, and I don't know what it is like that that's capturing it for me, personally, but
00:24:34
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:24:44
Cameron Resner
yeah
00:24:45
Callum Jackson
I don't need to unlock things in the finals. And i I haven't bought this season, for example, just because I'm not really into it. But I'm happy to pay money and get seasons and skins. But they're not the drive forward. The game just elevates and changes every time. And it's that it's that last second. Can you steal the cash out? Or can you defend it for the three minutes and stuff? And it and it for me, personally, it's never got old.
00:25:10
Callum Jackson
And I can feel that with Ark Raiders already. And we're only about 20 hours in.
00:25:14
Cameron Resner
Yeah, no, i I completely agree. I think they're really good at keeping... like momentum and just keeping you playing and keeping you want to, even though, yeah, it's kind of going against what I just said.
00:25:22
Callum Jackson
Yeah,
00:25:26
Cameron Resner
ah Like there isn't really a whole load to unlock in those games. Well, it may be in art creators is more, but in the finals, it's not like you're unlocking whole gun attack, like all these different things, but like just the gameplay is fun enough that just keeps you wanting more.
00:25:33
Callum Jackson
yeah there is.
00:25:37
Callum Jackson
no
00:25:43
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Another positive about like this studio, they've they've like itched a certain part for me of satisfaction, of visual style.
00:25:54
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:25:54
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:25:54
Callum Jackson
And like i just I love how the finals looks and that it's a game show.
00:25:58
Callum Jackson
That was cool. And i was like i i realize and even turning into coins, i was like, it just looks cool. I love the sound, everything.
00:26:04
Cameron Resner
yeah
00:26:04
Callum Jackson
And then they've upped it with Ark Raiders where it's this weird sci-fi apocalyptic future but everything's perfect the robots look good the the outfits for me I know like one of our friends didn't like the outfits but like personally for me I'm like there's it's just weird looking astronauts or pilots and is you wouldn't wear it out but it's this sci-fi future that I just I love the look of it and the music and the audio is just yeah everything about Raiders I'm loving
00:26:11
Cameron Resner
yeah
00:26:36
Cameron Resner
yeah
00:26:36
Callum Jackson
There's not one part that I'm like, oh, they could tweak that there. I'm like, you're fucking perfect.
00:26:41
Cameron Resner
no I completely agree so I think yeah maybe if we transition towards ARC I want to ask you I want to ask you what your what your thoughts were on extraction slash looter shooters before
00:26:46
Callum Jackson
Yeah, let's let's go more into Ark.
00:26:55
Callum Jackson
Um, I always wanted to try them, like Escape from Tarkov, I think it is, but I don't play on PC, so I never got into that. Um... And other than that, I've played DMZ.
00:27:08
Callum Jackson
But like I said earlier, i was like, this game's going to die. Like when I heard that it was going to be an extraction sugar.
00:27:15
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:27:16
Callum Jackson
But maybe when they saw that in that part of the development, they saw that Helldivers was such a success. And they probably might have been like, what well, what are we going to do that's going to elevate it from that?
00:27:31
Callum Jackson
Maybe, I don't know, I'm just thinking like, if I saw how big Helldivers was and I was mid-development, I'd be like, oh shit, it's just the worst version of Helldivers.
00:27:31
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:27:39
Callum Jackson
Because me personally, if it keep this game, take out the P, like player versus player, and then just have us looting, but with just the arc enemies, like the robots.
00:27:40
Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
00:27:50
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:27:50
Callum Jackson
Like, I would just go play Helldivers, no offense.
00:27:53
Cameron Resner
No, yeah, I agree.
00:27:53
Callum Jackson
it Because Helldivers just feels like a fucking insane war movie every time you turn it on, no matter what you're fighting.
00:27:59
Cameron Resner
i think it's I think it's the unpredictability of people.
00:28:02
Callum Jackson
Yes.
00:28:03
Cameron Resner
and and yeah And I think the AI is really good, like the the the arcs that follow you around and shoot you.
00:28:03
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:28:11
Cameron Resner
but And then it's like always around the corner, there could be a human like aiming at your head.
00:28:16
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's another great thing because I've gone in solo and i most I mostly play stealth and when I'm alone and just watching people and they have no idea you're looking at them.
00:28:28
Callum Jackson
And I'm wondering how many times that's happened to me or us.
00:28:29
Cameron Resner
um Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
00:28:32
Callum Jackson
That someone's just like, should we shoot?
00:28:34
Cameron Resner
yeah
00:28:35
Callum Jackson
And it's just, it's those moments of like... And another good thing about this game is like what I was trying to say to you fucking monsters. But it's the first game I've played where people are friendly.
00:28:47
Callum Jackson
Or like, but like you're you're questioning before you shoot.
00:28:47
Cameron Resner
Oh, yeah.
00:28:50
Callum Jackson
You're like, oh, should we? And then you you can communicate to them as well. I mean, the game put an emote in it. The first emote is don't shoot. which like is like for this kind of game is fucking genius because not everyone wants to play with a mic and you get the basic interactions by emotes.
00:29:00
Cameron Resner
I think, yeah.
00:29:07
Cameron Resner
Yeah, agreed.
00:29:08
Callum Jackson
and
00:29:08
Cameron Resner
i think I've seen the most, like, definitely single player, I feel like you see the most passive people.
00:29:14
Callum Jackson
Oh, definitely.
00:29:15
Cameron Resner
Like, when
00:29:15
Callum Jackson
I have felt it's going a but more a bit more aggressive there the past few days.
00:29:18
Cameron Resner
Yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm aggressive, but i'm I'm not that... I'm not doing it every game. Like, it's probably...
00:29:24
Callum Jackson
No, George is a fucking bloodthirsty vampire headhunter.
00:29:25
Cameron Resner
ah george Yeah, will just go in. But... Yeah. ah Like, I'm not looking for death every round.
00:29:36
Cameron Resner
I just like doing it every now and again just to... Because I feel like it does play so well and the guns feel good.
00:29:36
Callum Jackson
George is.
00:29:43
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:29:45
Cameron Resner
And like when you get that shot on someone and you take down the shield, it's like, oof.
00:29:48
Callum Jackson
Yeah, it's all satisfying.
00:29:49
Cameron Resner
ah
00:29:49
Callum Jackson
and
00:29:50
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:29:53
Cameron Resner
But yes. so So, okay. So what do you think? what are your What are your highlights for this game?
00:30:04
Callum Jackson
um um
00:30:05
Cameron Resner
What's your favorite thing?
00:30:05
Callum Jackson
ah My favorite thing, i think, is the community at the moment. That's why I'm trying not to just shoot.
00:30:10
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah.
00:30:12
Callum Jackson
like as you As you know, we've already had all these conversations this week as a group, but I don't like to shoot first. I want to know what the other has to say or if they're going to interact with me or we can team up.
00:30:25
Callum Jackson
And I like those moments because, again, I haven't had it in a game like this. like I get it. Warzone, the ones that we have played, your objective is to kill. There's nothing wrong with that. But like this game, because there's another enemy going on, it's just great.
00:30:39
Cameron Resner
yeah
00:30:40
Callum Jackson
and And also, it could also be another human enemy, which we've had. I think you were there for that, where there was all a group of us and another group, and then another group, and then someone decided to try and snipe me, and then everyone in the room started lighting up that building on the other side.
00:30:45
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:30:56
Cameron Resner
yeah yeah
00:30:56
Callum Jackson
And I was just like, it's stuff like that that I've never experienced. And I'm like, what a cool... community already and it and it and i do think the which is weird because i didn't want it to be pvp but that's the bit that i think is the best part about it
00:31:11
Cameron Resner
Yeah, because it's not necessarily you're always versing players.
00:31:14
Cameron Resner
It's just that.
00:31:14
Callum Jackson
yeah because the was you no i was playing with ton george but i sent you the clip of me jumping on top of the queen didn't
00:31:23
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:31:24
Callum Jackson
Yeah, that was fun. And there was another enemy team trying to fight it. And we were just like, I mean, George and Todd ran off and they weren't involved.
00:31:31
Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
00:31:32
Callum Jackson
But I was just like, it's too cool to ignore. I have to see it. But yeah, like there's stuff like that. And it's like people coming together, like shooting up, We done one last night and um ah that they wanted to kill a bastion and he was talking on the comms. He was like, oh, we want to kill this. Help us.
00:31:51
Callum Jackson
I didn't realize it that it was three of them, but it was.
00:31:51
Cameron Resner
So
00:31:53
Callum Jackson
i thought it was just one guy. Anyway, George runs in and I'm like, oh, no, it's cool. It's cool. It's like, no you you killed it. You can take it. And then um but George starts. I think he threw grenades at them.
00:32:09
Callum Jackson
And they instantly just lit him the fuck up. And then I heard the guy on the other team, he was like, everybody just calm down. I was like, don't kill him. i was like, he's my friend. I was like, he's new at the game. Don't kill him. don't And I ran over and I picked him up and I was like, get the fuck out it, George. And I was like, don't do it. He's fine. He's just a new player. And was like, leave, George.
00:32:31
Callum Jackson
Leave.
00:32:32
Cameron Resner
But they did stop shooting.
00:32:33
Callum Jackson
They did stop shooting. They put him down. And then the guy who went, ah clearly like probably their leader of the pie or whoever went, like everyone stopped shooting, calm down. And I was like, God, like can you imagine that on any other game though?
00:32:45
Callum Jackson
If someone, like even on this game, if someone fired at me, I normally will like do, like see it through to the end.
00:32:47
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:32:53
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:32:53
Callum Jackson
I wouldn't be like, oh, I'm going to stop firing now. I'll be like, oh shit, the whole enemy team could turn on me at any point.
00:32:59
Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
00:32:59
Callum Jackson
That's just how my brain works on it. But they were like, No, calm down. like And I was like, he made a mistake. But it was quite funny. But there's there's tons of moments like that. And especially um we found out not to climb ladders together.
00:33:14
Callum Jackson
That's a good...
00:33:15
Cameron Resner
Yeah, you don't want to do that.
00:33:16
Callum Jackson
Don't do that. And don't zipline together.
00:33:17
Cameron Resner
Or slide down. Yeah.
00:33:18
Callum Jackson
Yes, nothing. Don't slide. Nothing interacting. Don't do it at the same time.
00:33:23
Cameron Resner
yeah No, definitely. and yeah definitely Yeah. One by one with a few seconds in between that ladder. It's hot.
00:33:33
Callum Jackson
That lad is a cat. It's there for a reason. They should definitely have a dead guy down there at all times.
00:33:39
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I mean, that video George said there was literally a dead guy where I fell.
00:33:43
Callum Jackson
I mean, is that actually being put there?
00:33:44
Cameron Resner
It seems to be happening quite often.
00:33:47
Callum Jackson
Do you think?
00:33:47
Cameron Resner
don't know.
00:33:47
Callum Jackson
Or do you think that was a guy that made a mistake as well?
00:33:50
Cameron Resner
Maybe. Yeah. i Yeah.
00:33:52
Callum Jackson
There should just be a skeleton there.
00:33:54
Cameron Resner
But it is a meme ladder. Yeah.
00:33:56
Callum Jackson
I can't believe this happened twice and I've lived both times.
00:34:01
Cameron Resner
But I think I'm very... clear I think um very yeah there's a ah just saw yesterday that in the third level of the battle pass, there's a grapple hook you can get.
00:34:14
Callum Jackson
Oh, it's on, like, the dex part.
00:34:14
Cameron Resner
Which... Yeah. No, no. In the... Yeah, in the deck. Sorry.
00:34:20
Callum Jackson
Right, yeah.
00:34:21
Cameron Resner
um Yeah.
00:34:21
Callum Jackson
Oh, is there?
00:34:24
Cameron Resner
You can get it from one of the loot boxes.
00:34:25
Callum Jackson
Hmm.
00:34:25
Cameron Resner
i think it's on the third level. Yeah.
00:34:27
Callum Jackson
Yeah, and I think, yeah I mean, it's just thinking of stuff like that, isn't it?
00:34:31
Cameron Resner
I haven't actually seen anyone use, so I'm interested to see how it works.
00:34:33
Callum Jackson
No. But it is thinking of stuff like that, like, things that we haven't even seen yet that they will add.
00:34:40
Cameron Resner
Yeah, because there's, I mean, I think that there's like invisibility cloaks and stuff in the game now.
00:34:45
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I think they're from like the... You hide from the arcs with that one.
00:34:48
Cameron Resner
Right. Okay.
00:34:49
Callum Jackson
So humans can still see you, but the the arcs can't see you at all.
00:34:50
Cameron Resner
Yeah,
00:34:52
Callum Jackson
But I think like there's... I mean, even in November, they're they're bringing in a new map, aren't they? And I'm like, you don't even need a new map.
00:34:59
Cameron Resner
yeah and that one's Oh, that's cool. It's like underground, right?
00:35:02
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Yeah, I haven't actually looked into at all. I just saw that there was a new map and i was like, you guys have really put a lot of effort into this, but... It's not even, it it feels quite basic and complex at the same time, like with the scrapping and building.
00:35:16
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:35:17
Callum Jackson
And then there's the, what are they, Trials are they called? There's that way of like leveling up and then there'll be, is it the Expedition when you press it basically prestige?
00:35:21
Cameron Resner
Yeah, trials.
00:35:25
Cameron Resner
Project, yeah.
00:35:28
Cameron Resner
Essentially, yeah.
00:35:29
Callum Jackson
Yeah. And yeah, I'm interested in it all.
00:35:29
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I'm interested in that.
00:35:32
Callum Jackson
Like, it I mean, even upgrading our workbenches is cool, isn't it?
00:35:33
Cameron Resner
yeah yeah
00:35:36
Callum Jackson
And getting new ones. It's yeah, just great all around.
00:35:40
Cameron Resner
the only thing that I think is going to hurt when if if I do prestige is just losing the blueprints because I'm like you don't find I feel like you don't find them often enough and there's so many it's like yeah yeah
00:35:45
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:35:49
Callum Jackson
No. But they might change that. Like, they they might hear feedback and sort of tweak it. I don't know. Like, I feel like, to me, blueprints should be something that you keep.
00:36:03
Cameron Resner
because you've still got to get the materials to build it.
00:36:05
Callum Jackson
Yeah, exactly. You still got to get to that level of building it.
00:36:08
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:36:08
Callum Jackson
So I don't think the blueprints should be something. I think that should be like a thing that you always constantly work towards and unlock personally.
00:36:14
Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
00:36:16
Callum Jackson
I think, yeah, because again, I've got so many blueprints. I can barely make a lot of them like consistently, like ah all the time.
00:36:22
Cameron Resner
No. Yeah. Yeah. I think I've made, yeah, like two of them out of five.
00:36:28
Callum Jackson
Yeah, so, I mean, at this point, maybe I'm not even worried about losing them, because at this point, I haven't even built many.
00:36:29
Cameron Resner
I don't have...
00:36:35
Callum Jackson
So, yeah, but...
00:36:36
Cameron Resner
yeah but it's just like god I'm gonna have to find that weapon I like
00:36:40
Callum Jackson
Yeah, no, it's a leveling thing, because I remember when we first played and you got the anvil. I've got it now, but I was like, oh, fuck, he got the anvil, and then I didn't see it for a while. And then I did get it, and I'm like, oh, okay, right, but now I'm picking up anvils on the map, so it's not too much of a bother, but I...
00:36:56
Cameron Resner
you do get blueprints from that trial thing as well those trials
00:37:00
Callum Jackson
Yeah, so we'll see how... I mean, there's still more that we've got to do. We've only... I mean, I don't know what level you are. I think I'm 17 now.
00:37:06
Cameron Resner
I think 20 now.
00:37:07
Callum Jackson
Yeah, and um so there's still more game to go. I mean, we haven't even... We still haven't tackled, like, a Bastion or a Leaper.
00:37:15
Cameron Resner
Oh no, yeah.
00:37:15
Callum Jackson
We haven't actually...
00:37:16
Cameron Resner
I feel so far away still.
00:37:16
Callum Jackson
We've... Yeah. We killed, like, the Wasps and Hornets.
00:37:23
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:37:24
Callum Jackson
Maybe some of the Bulls. The other ones we avoid because we're still looting.
00:37:28
Cameron Resner
Yeah. i like I don't even... um like i i don't feel like I have the weapons to deal with those yet.
00:37:34
Callum Jackson
No, it's weird though, isn't it, that we don't?
00:37:34
Cameron Resner
like
00:37:36
Cameron Resner
like I don't know, i might do, I just haven't tried.
00:37:37
Callum Jackson
Like, maybe we should, I mean, I know there's some guides online already that kind of tell you what you need to um attack these things.
00:37:49
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:37:49
Callum Jackson
But I mean, i think, yeah, we might as well like have a little look at that because I think experimenting with them could go wrong. um No, I think still, like, it's quite a good,
00:38:04
Callum Jackson
uh balance of that even though we haven't got there yet but like it's looking forward taking them on because I mean we haven't even gone for a queen yet and I'm I'm like let's go fight one but I could just feel my bullets were doing nothing and I think you might need to get people to rally together in the lobby I think that's the point
00:38:22
Cameron Resner
Yeah, no, I think so. Yeah. ah you yeah have to yeah You have to try and create a group somehow.
00:38:32
Callum Jackson
Other than that, I mean, you could just go like, you know, instead of going in for looting, you're going in with ammo and shields and med packs.
00:38:44
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:38:45
Callum Jackson
But I mean, still, it's trying to find its weakness, isn't it?
00:38:47
Cameron Resner
Yeah. and you You definitely need other people. I feel like it's definitely a group activity, I'd imagine.
00:38:53
Callum Jackson
I was trying to take it on by myself and just it felt like nothing was penetrating it.
00:38:58
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:38:58
Callum Jackson
Just nothing.
00:38:59
Cameron Resner
You need to start with like a bombardier first or something.
00:39:03
Callum Jackson
I mean even the Rocketeer we don't even want to we don't even want to fight because that takes our whole life in like two shots
00:39:05
Cameron Resner
No. Or maybe those like spheres, is it the, what is it? They're called like the
00:39:16
Callum Jackson
the big rolly ones I can't remember that ah can't remember that name the big balls surveyors there go I was trying to fight them but they just run
00:39:17
Cameron Resner
yeah Yeah, the big balls. I think I fought one.
00:39:24
Cameron Resner
Surveyors, that's the one. Yes, I think that's the next stage of evolution. Yeah, that is annoying.
00:39:32
Callum Jackson
they They just fuck off. I don't think they want to beat it.
00:39:33
Cameron Resner
Because we almost killed one, I think, at the beginning, and then it just ran off.
00:39:36
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:39:36
Cameron Resner
We were like, nope.
00:39:37
Callum Jackson
Todd has done that now. That mission.
00:39:40
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I still need to do it.
00:39:40
Callum Jackson
um i haven't I haven't done it, so maybe we can hunt that together. But um yeah, I mean, it's just like, again, oh, there you go.
00:39:45
Cameron Resner
False shot.
00:39:48
Callum Jackson
That's another positive. The missions. There's missions set throughout.
00:39:52
Cameron Resner
Oh yeah.
00:39:52
Callum Jackson
And it kind of gives it this weird background story, like you're following. Like you do feel like someone in this wasteland that needs to go get these supplies and needs to fix this antenna and set up a surveyor kit somewhere.
00:40:03
Cameron Resner
Yeah. And they're not always just simple loot.
00:40:05
Callum Jackson
Like it's just, the no.
00:40:08
Cameron Resner
It's like, it can be multi-stage and then you actually, sometimes you get a cut scene and stuff.
00:40:12
Callum Jackson
Yeah, we done one. Yeah, we done one last night that led to that, and it was like doing all these things in one round. I mean, obviously, if you you want help on, I think it was on the spaceport.
00:40:19
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:40:23
Callum Jackson
like and Again, I'm happy to just play and help as well and loot along the way.
00:40:26
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:40:27
Callum Jackson
But yeah, no that was quite cool. that There was like multiple stages to it.
00:40:31
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:40:32
Callum Jackson
But yeah, everything they've done in this game, like my review so far, that everything they've done is correct. And that's an odd thing to get like out of the gate.
00:40:39
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:40:42
Callum Jackson
on an online game, and also you're a new studio.
00:40:43
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I agree.
00:40:46
Cameron Resner
Yeah, and you got both both your games have been bangers.
00:40:51
Callum Jackson
Yeah. New fresh bangers.
00:40:52
Cameron Resner
Does it? does this this this gives me the This game, i realized the other day, gives me the vibe of of like A Division, which I enjoy.
00:41:02
Callum Jackson
Yes. Yes.
00:41:05
Cameron Resner
And like, especially, well, the Dark Zone and stuff like that.
00:41:07
Callum Jackson
Yeah. But,
00:41:09
Cameron Resner
But like a bit bit more of a friendlier Dark Zone. It feels like...
00:41:12
Callum Jackson
yeah dark zone that was fun but again I think yeah like what you said division I i think when I'm playing it I thought that too it was just obviously ah like a different world but it's a third person shooter and it feels like you're going in the dark zone each time um but uh yeah the the free one I bet they're fucking kicking themselves now as well aren't they
00:41:27
Cameron Resner
Yeah, yeah. It's kind of like that game that they were going to do. Was it hot?
00:41:36
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:41:38
Callum Jackson
All these companies, this is, I mean, look the big companies are losing their way.
00:41:40
Cameron Resner
and i totallyly Yeah. don't I don't really trust it would have been good, to be honest.
00:41:42
Callum Jackson
And then people, no, but like all these teams, like, you know, you can, as soon as someone says, oh, this was the person that worked at Ubisoft, like for Claire Obscure, and I'm like, okay, I'm in.
00:41:55
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:41:55
Callum Jackson
And it's the same thing with this. It's like, these are the people that worked on the ah the battlefields you liked. and I was like, all right, I'm in.
00:42:01
Cameron Resner
Yeah, you want the people that worked on it, not the company.
00:42:05
Callum Jackson
Yeah, now um I have high hopes. Hopefully it doesn't fucking curse us with the sort of third one I'm looking forward to. But um is it fucking, what's it called? Dawnbreaker or something? The vampire one made by the Witcher 3 developers?
00:42:16
Cameron Resner
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
00:42:18
Callum Jackson
That's another one where I'm like, okay, you're probably going to be good as well.
00:42:23
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I hope so.
00:42:24
Callum Jackson
And Mind's Eye doesn't count. Because that looked bad from the start.
00:42:29
Cameron Resner
yeah Yeah, that is a shitter.
00:42:30
Callum Jackson
You have to look good first for me to go, oh Maybe you're good. Mindside to me, I was intrigued by like, what is this? And then as soon as I saw i was like, this isn't going to be anything, is it?
00:42:45
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:42:45
Cameron Resner
What about Concord?
00:42:46
Callum Jackson
Shame.
00:42:48
Cameron Resner
Concord.
00:42:50
Callum Jackson
Oh God. Did you hear me before? I just went, oh I went, what the fuck's Concord? um I mean, who made that though? What was, what even was that?
00:43:00
Cameron Resner
Don't know. But havent Sony's got another one out coming out from Ubisoft.
00:43:03
Callum Jackson
Oh, The Bungie one, right?
00:43:06
Cameron Resner
No, no, no.
00:43:06
Callum Jackson
Oh, what?
00:43:07
Cameron Resner
It's called Fair Games.
00:43:08
Callum Jackson
What's that one?
00:43:09
Cameron Resner
So it's this this is from
Industry Trends and Future of Game Studios
00:43:12
Cameron Resner
ex-Ubisoft developers.
00:43:14
Callum Jackson
Right.
00:43:15
Cameron Resner
I don't know. Look the trailer up after this. um
00:43:19
Callum Jackson
What's it called?
00:43:20
Cameron Resner
Fair Games.
00:43:21
Callum Jackson
Fair Games.
00:43:21
Cameron Resner
for fair gain Type in Fair Games PlayStation.
00:43:24
Callum Jackson
Oh, wait, I think I've seen that.
00:43:26
Cameron Resner
But it's like a heist.
00:43:28
Callum Jackson
Yeah, again, it's not yeah it's not really filling my memory. That's how bad it is. But I know what you're talking about.
00:43:34
Cameron Resner
yeah yeah no yeah marathon is that one yeah I don't think that's going to no yeah
00:43:36
Callum Jackson
But I thought you meant marathon, but you completely... That's dead as two. that's that That's dead. I'm sorry.
00:43:45
Callum Jackson
Your alpha didn't do good.
00:43:46
Cameron Resner
anyone
00:43:48
Callum Jackson
And people... I mean, i as soon as I saw what it looked like, I was instantly not interested, to be honest.
00:43:53
Cameron Resner
no yeah
00:43:54
Callum Jackson
I was just like, you no. No.
00:43:57
Cameron Resner
Especially now as well. that like it's They've been shown how it should be done.
00:44:03
Callum Jackson
yeah no I just I mean I think even like with Embark now they they already had my trust with the finals but now they've just confirmed that they're a company to just
00:44:03
Cameron Resner
And I just don't think it's going to be done like that.
00:44:16
Callum Jackson
I won't blindly buy stuff, but I will blindly go into anything they sell and give it a try now, at least. Because i'm that that just everything they've made so far just is great.
00:44:24
Cameron Resner
Yeah, for sure.
00:44:29
Callum Jackson
Clearly care about what they're making, and that's what most companies feel like they're lacking.
00:44:34
Cameron Resner
what it's all about. Yeah.
00:44:36
Callum Jackson
Like, it's just, they're kind of like, oh, we think that people want this, I'll just put out there then.
00:44:41
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:44:42
Callum Jackson
And it does feel like that a lot.
00:44:42
Cameron Resner
And one day Embark will be so big that they'll be making a shit games and then people will leave them.
00:44:46
Callum Jackson
Exactly. it's so It's a vicious cycle.
00:44:49
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:44:49
Callum Jackson
But isn't... That happened with the guy who made... I think... I can't i might be getting all confused, but i think he made Call of Duty and then he made...
00:44:59
Callum Jackson
Then they kicked him off, so then he made Battlefield to compete against COD.
00:45:03
Cameron Resner
Right. Yeah.
00:45:05
Callum Jackson
And then... I think he went back to COD at some point, but then basically he made Titanfall and he's like the head of Respawn.
00:45:13
Cameron Resner
Oh, yeah, yeah. Yes, yeah.
00:45:15
Callum Jackson
And then he made Jedi a Survivor and I'm like, you just make bangers, I'm afraid. And then I think, again, he came back to help for Battlefield 6. And as you can see, it put on the right track again. And whether, you know, he's not still working on it, he's made the game, but whether or not the you know, people at fucking EA are like, no, let's sell millions of skins. That's not on him.
00:45:38
Callum Jackson
But, you know, he's he's it he' clearly a guy that should just leave and make his own studio.
00:45:44
Cameron Resner
Yeah, it is weird that he's stayed around, but I guess he might just be making what he but he loves, I guess.
00:45:51
Callum Jackson
He's needed. He's needed to...
00:45:52
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:45:53
Callum Jackson
He's that guy that comes in and fixes dead FPS games.
00:45:57
Cameron Resner
Yeah, and I mean, to be fair, there's probably not many places where you can work on an FPS at the same time you're making like a Star Wars game.
00:45:58
Callum Jackson
He's like...
00:46:05
Cameron Resner
That's probably quite a draw to be there.
00:46:05
Callum Jackson
no yeah yeah but he better fucking the ea better finish that i feel like they're they're going to announce it soon but they better finish that trilogy the next headline i want to see of the jedi games better be a teaser trailer and not a they've cancelled it what what do you think the chances of that is because they've just been bought out haven't they
00:46:27
Cameron Resner
I don't know. Yeah, they have. But I don't know. I think think Star Wars is just a weird place. I think...
00:46:37
Callum Jackson
It is because I thought it would have been safe, but now I
00:46:41
Cameron Resner
Yeah. I would think... yeah um I'm not even saying it could it would be them that cancelled it. I would think... ah Yeah, I don't know. They just don't seem to know what they're doing.
00:46:50
Callum Jackson
No, they don't.
00:46:51
Cameron Resner
But that is the one good thing.
00:46:52
Callum Jackson
I mean, still to this day, they don't seem to know what they're doing. And the rise of Skywalker was six years ago.
00:46:55
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I mean, that EA deal started 12 years ago.
00:47:03
Callum Jackson
Fucking hell.
00:47:03
Cameron Resner
And you got Battlefront 1 and 2. Battlefront 1 and 2.
00:47:06
Callum Jackson
No. Powerful 1 and 2, both the Jedi games and Outlaws, I think we've got.
00:47:09
Cameron Resner
And Jedi.
00:47:13
Cameron Resner
oh yeah.
00:47:13
Callum Jackson
And a...
00:47:14
Cameron Resner
And wasn't there that TIE fighting game?
00:47:16
Callum Jackson
Oh yeah, Reneg... No, that's the old one, isn't it?
00:47:20
Cameron Resner
No, yeah, that was the old one.
00:47:21
Callum Jackson
Yeah, Star Wars Squadrons, I think it's called.
00:47:22
Cameron Resner
Squadron. Yeah, something like that.
00:47:24
Callum Jackson
But yeah they yeah, that was actually pretty cool. um I played that in VR, and that was really worth it.
00:47:27
Cameron Resner
who
00:47:30
Callum Jackson
I didn't finish it. I think I played the X-Wing part, and then they put me in a TIE fight, and i was like, I'm good, but I enjoyed the the X-Wing part, ah being part of the Rebellion.
00:47:39
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:47:41
Callum Jackson
That was good. i should I actually keep wanting to try that again, but I can't bother to boot up the PC to put on the fucking VR kit.
00:47:47
Cameron Resner
Oh, no, that's...
00:47:47
Callum Jackson
But it is it was cool to be in like that, and I think that was quite a fun little game. And it wasn't a full-priced one either, I don't think, when that came out.
00:47:55
Cameron Resner
No, I think...
00:47:56
Callum Jackson
But I couldn't get into Outlaws. I do want to give it a solid try again, but at the moment, don't need to. um And what they made that other one, didn't they?
00:48:07
Callum Jackson
But then Marvel Rivals came out. ah Yeah, it was like a hero shoot.
00:48:10
Cameron Resner
Oh yeah, the Star Wars Heroes or something.
00:48:13
Callum Jackson
yeah like There was teams of four or five.
00:48:14
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Just on Switch or something like that.
00:48:17
Callum Jackson
But it was just on Switch and mobile.
00:48:19
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:48:20
Callum Jackson
And I'm like, what did you expect?
00:48:21
Cameron Resner
Just like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3.
00:48:25
Callum Jackson
I've been playing that recently.
00:48:27
Cameron Resner
On Switch.
00:48:28
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:48:29
Cameron Resner
Very nice.
00:48:29
Callum Jackson
My little Switch. It's actually a really good game. But... We won't get into that. It is a pretty solid Marvel game, but yeah, we're going off topic. But yeah, not bad. ah But back to Battlefield and, you know, um is there anything else you sort of want to talk about with all of it?
00:48:48
Cameron Resner
I don't think so.
00:48:48
Callum Jackson
Is there some solid points?
00:48:51
Cameron Resner
I think, um yeah, I'm just intrigued to see where it goes. I think, as I said, think we'll return to Battlefield.
00:49:00
Callum Jackson
Yep, definitely.
00:49:01
Cameron Resner
Arc Raiders, yeah, can see Arc Raiders going for like another solid month or so, especially if the maps are...
00:49:09
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I mean, I will say, like, for me personally, I can see it being a game I do consistently go to because um as long as people are playing it like our friends, I will play it.
00:49:23
Cameron Resner
oh no yeah i think I think it will be consistently played, but I think like banging it out will be...
00:49:28
Callum Jackson
Yeah, no, at the moment, we sometimes we're on for four hours.
00:49:29
Cameron Resner
yeah
00:49:32
Cameron Resner
yeah yeah but I can see myself jumping back in um quite often or when everyone's playing it just because it is fun and I don't feel like it's it's not like one of those games where I feel like you go back to it and then well I don't know I haven't left it and gone back but where you go back to it and it's like overly complicated you just got to equip stuff or you can go in with a free loadout and just have a bit of fun
00:49:33
Callum Jackson
um Yeah, so...
00:49:39
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I mean...
00:49:49
Callum Jackson
No.
00:49:52
Callum Jackson
No, yeah.
00:49:56
Callum Jackson
Yeah, and I'm kind of hoping that stays like that, to be honest.
00:49:59
Cameron Resner
yeah
00:49:59
Callum Jackson
I don't want it to get overcomplicated and I come back and I don't know what the menu looks like. I don't mind adding like a new thing, but I don't want to have to come back and then learn everything again and they're like oh we've tweaked this and i'm like god because i
00:50:11
Cameron Resner
Yeah, that's yeah one thing. about Just as a slight side note, that's the one thing about the Battlefield menu and stuff. I'm like, what the fuck is going on here?
00:50:17
Callum Jackson
yeah yeah and it feels like that with cod doesn't it like the new cods i'm like what fucking menu is this
00:50:21
Cameron Resner
You just take me to, yeah, play Teen Depth.
00:50:25
Callum Jackson
To try and find a game in Battlefield, if you want to play Rush, you have to go on, you have to flick down and my experiences or something, then click on custom game search, untick everything, go for Rush, and then and then search. And I'm like, why is there not just a screen?
00:50:41
Callum Jackson
Do you remember in like old COD where it just had Team Deathmatch, Free For All, Search and Destroy, and you just clicked on one?
00:50:46
Cameron Resner
Yeah. No, yeah. I don't know why they...
00:50:49
Callum Jackson
Just do that.
00:50:50
Cameron Resner
They should just have that and then like ah you flick down for a menu that has all the other shit. like Just have what you want to play just all at the top and just say...
00:50:56
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:50:59
Callum Jackson
Yeah. It's just, but how are they still since like, you know, for five years now doing this Netflix style?
00:51:08
Cameron Resner
I don't know.
00:51:09
Callum Jackson
Like, why are you doing that?
00:51:09
Cameron Resner
Tiles, yeah. Just give me, just write it out.
00:51:12
Callum Jackson
I just want to get in the game.
00:51:14
Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
00:51:14
Callum Jackson
i don't want to have to try and find it. Like when we're going, oh, what do you want to play? Now breakthrough's not on the main menu. I mean, it might be now, but when we were looking, i was like, oh, okay, hold on. I have to fucking go search for it.
00:51:23
Cameron Resner
Yeah, it's the thing. Things move around all the time.
00:51:25
Callum Jackson
It's like, stop fucking moving. Just have what I want to fucking find there.
00:51:27
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:51:30
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:51:30
Cameron Resner
That's annoying.
00:51:30
Callum Jackson
So that is annoying when you come back to a game is when you're like, I don't know what the fuck's going on and I can't find things.
00:51:34
Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
00:51:35
Callum Jackson
And yeah. And I find like the gun customization a bit funky, but not like unlocks. I mean, like actually trying to fucking flick on it. And then, yeah.
00:51:43
Cameron Resner
Oh yeah.
00:51:44
Callum Jackson
remember when COD done that as well, though, where you had to so like by time, modern warfare free, you had to flick through 200 sites and,
00:51:52
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:51:52
Callum Jackson
And I'm like, why didn't you just have like five sites with different reticles? What is, oh my, it's just, it's honestly just fucking painful.
00:51:56
Cameron Resner
You don't decide who's using all of this.
00:52:01
Callum Jackson
and And it's not a little square block. It's a fucking, like you have to flick through in a straight line.
00:52:08
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:52:09
Callum Jackson
It's just, oh, it's painful. There's not even like, i'm I'm certain there's not even like categories for longer scopes either. It's just all under one.
00:52:18
Cameron Resner
No. It's just all scopes and then you've got find...
00:52:19
Callum Jackson
Yeah, it's just all scope. Fuck that. Fuck that style. is wrong with you?
00:52:23
Cameron Resner
Fuck, Battlefield.
00:52:24
Callum Jackson
Fuck them!
00:52:25
Cameron Resner
Oh, God.
00:52:27
Callum Jackson
them But long live Embark.
00:52:27
Cameron Resner
yes. Mm-hmm.
00:52:29
Callum Jackson
long live embar
00:52:31
Cameron Resner
yes
00:52:32
Callum Jackson
No, but I do think, um especially like hearing the updates and the quality of life improvements, and you know they've already gave you a roadmap until next year, and ah yeah, i'm I'm looking forward to it.
00:52:43
Callum Jackson
And there's like a snow season coming, which I always like having like seasoned events.
00:52:47
Cameron Resner
Yeah, think that would be fresh.
00:52:49
Callum Jackson
yeah it's it's i kind of The only thing is, because of the kind of game it I hope it doesn't go the Helldivers route, where... they were giving us updates updates updates and it felt like an actual ongoing war and then there was a point where they went fuck we got no more content and then it was like months between that's the only yeah that's my only worry if that happens but
00:53:02
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:53:09
Cameron Resner
Yeah. I feel like this, yeah.
00:53:16
Callum Jackson
Like Helldivers, the game is fun enough as it at its core, but Helldivers is different where they don't tell you an update's coming in because they want it to feel like a war is sort of happening. Like, oh, we've been invaded.
00:53:25
Cameron Resner
No, exactly.
00:53:26
Callum Jackson
And it's like, okay, but you took eight months.
00:53:28
Cameron Resner
I was going to say, I feel like with this, I feel like if they leave it a bit longer, then it's still like, because you've got the different maps to go between and exploring these missions. As long as they
Closing Thoughts and Tangents
00:53:39
Cameron Resner
keep like adding new quests and missions and stuff, I feel like that would be good.
00:53:42
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Yeah.
00:53:44
Cameron Resner
just looked outside. I think it's snowing.
00:53:46
Callum Jackson
What?
00:53:47
Cameron Resner
I don't know. I'm just looking at a lamp outside, and it looks like there's snow going past it. I don't think that's rain. It's too slow.
00:53:54
Callum Jackson
Hold on. Let me have a
00:53:57
Cameron Resner
We're in ARC.
00:53:59
Callum Jackson
look. Wait, hold I've got lantern here.
00:54:04
Cameron Resner
It doesn't look like rain. It looks too slow.
00:54:07
Callum Jackson
I mean, I ah think we're in different areas. going to have to record that and send it to me. I've got nothing right now.
00:54:14
Cameron Resner
It's coming.
00:54:16
Callum Jackson
I'm going to be snowed in. I'm going to check the weather now. And yes, everyone listening, you have to fucking sit here and wait for my weather check.
00:54:24
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Weather check, check.
00:54:27
Callum Jackson
No, no snow for me.
00:54:28
Cameron Resner
It says rain for me.
00:54:30
Callum Jackson
God. next year Next year, next week looks fucking miserable.
00:54:31
Cameron Resner
I've been gaffed. Next year.
00:54:36
Callum Jackson
Excellent, excellent, excellent. um
00:54:38
Cameron Resner
Marvelous.
00:54:39
Callum Jackson
Right, I think that's all we need to talk about Ark.
00:54:43
Cameron Resner
and
00:54:43
Callum Jackson
I think my last sort of thing is it's just, it is a good game to play with friends and solo, and but I'm really enjoying it, you know, playing you guys again and, you know, just hopping on and off whenever.
00:54:50
Cameron Resner
Yeah.
00:54:53
Cameron Resner
Yeah, it's very good.
00:54:56
Callum Jackson
And it yeah, it feels good to play again. Well, a game that's surprisingly enjoyable.
00:55:01
Cameron Resner
Yeah, it's good fun.
00:55:04
Cameron Resner
Yes. ah That everyone's enjoying. Um.
00:55:06
Callum Jackson
Yeah. And helping. Yeah. Just all around good time.
00:55:10
Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm.
00:55:10
Callum Jackson
Go buy it is what say.
00:55:12
Cameron Resner
Yeah, go buy.
00:55:13
Callum Jackson
Go buy it.
00:55:14
Cameron Resner
And buy all the skins.
00:55:16
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:55:16
Cameron Resner
And buy all the final skins.
00:55:16
Callum Jackson
I'll be getting to that soon. Yep. Yep.
00:55:20
Cameron Resner
Um.
00:55:20
Callum Jackson
I'm already halfway through that. Maybe more.
00:55:22
Cameron Resner
Okay, yeah. yeah Uh.
00:55:26
Callum Jackson
Right. And yeah. haven't You have anything to say about it?
00:55:29
Cameron Resner
No, I don't think so. think that's it for me.
00:55:31
Callum Jackson
Okay, cool. we've We've covered it.
00:55:33
Cameron Resner
Um, we'll probably cover.
00:55:33
Callum Jackson
We probably will be updating. Yeah. oh Yeah.
00:55:35
Cameron Resner
Yeah. I was goingnna say, we'll probably cover it in future weeks as we play more, see more, do more, kill more.
00:55:39
Callum Jackson
Yeah. There'll be little talks here and there to keep updated.
00:55:43
Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm. Cows transition to a murderer will continue.
00:55:49
Callum Jackson
We'll see how far I go, how far people will push me.
00:55:53
Cameron Resner
Mm. Yes.
00:55:54
Callum Jackson
But um next week we are planning to talk about Frankenstein.
00:55:59
Cameron Resner
Yes, which I'm very looking forward to.
00:56:00
Callum Jackson
The new one. not the Not the book.
00:56:02
Cameron Resner
That's very good. Not Frankenstein's Wife or, yeah, whatever.
00:56:04
Callum Jackson
Or I Frankenstein. Or Van Helsing's intro.
00:56:09
Cameron Resner
or the TV series on BBC in 2009. Mm-hmm.
00:56:12
Callum Jackson
Yeah, that one.
00:56:16
Cameron Resner
Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro of Pinocchio fame and Hellboy.
00:56:21
Callum Jackson
Yes, not Hellboy.
00:56:24
Cameron Resner
Not the recent Hellboys.
00:56:24
Callum Jackson
No, not that one.
00:56:25
Cameron Resner
Not the recent two different Hellboys.
00:56:27
Callum Jackson
not But maybe yeah maybe the shape of water Hellboy.
00:56:28
Cameron Resner
Not the bad, bad Hellboys.
00:56:34
Cameron Resner
Yeah, or Pan's Labyrinth, you remind me of the babe.
00:56:36
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Do you think he likes fish?
00:56:40
Cameron Resner
Guillermo del Toro.
00:56:41
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:56:42
Cameron Resner
I think he, yeah, I think he's seen with the fish in Death Stranding 2.
00:56:44
Callum Jackson
We're going to find out, aren't we?
00:56:48
Cameron Resner
Because he plays die, not die hard man. Who is?
00:56:52
Callum Jackson
He doesn't play him though, does he?
00:56:52
Cameron Resner
Sorry.
00:56:53
Callum Jackson
He doesn't voice him.
00:56:55
Cameron Resner
Yes, he does.
00:56:55
Callum Jackson
Does he?
00:56:56
Cameron Resner
Yeah, Death Stranding 2. Yeah, it's his it's hidden is's his body. that He's, he voices him.
00:57:00
Callum Jackson
I know it's his body and his look, but I didn't know he voiced him.
00:57:03
Cameron Resner
And who's the other director that's in it?
00:57:03
Callum Jackson
Oh, God.
00:57:06
Cameron Resner
The director of Mad Max. he's He's in the second one as well now.
00:57:09
Callum Jackson
Oh, yeah, because he turns around and goes, I got something like a George Miller, a Phantom Pain.
00:57:14
Cameron Resner
Get something like a phantom pint.
00:57:16
Callum Jackson
That's just fucking hell.
00:57:18
Cameron Resner
What is his fucking name? Hold on.
00:57:20
Callum Jackson
I just said George Miller.
00:57:22
Cameron Resner
No, what's his name in Death Stranding 2?
00:57:24
Callum Jackson
Oh, his name's George Miller.
00:57:26
Cameron Resner
Yeah, not.
00:57:27
Callum Jackson
His name's Miller George.
00:57:29
Cameron Resner
What the fuck?
00:57:30
Callum Jackson
It's Die Hard Man. Oh, no.
00:57:31
Cameron Resner
No, he's called Deadman. That's what he's called.
00:57:32
Callum Jackson
Dead Man. Yeah, oh, God, the fucking name is Jesus Christ.
00:57:33
Cameron Resner
He's a robot. There you go, spoilers.
00:57:36
Callum Jackson
What's the... Oh, you've ruined it. What's the... um Oh, yeah, I'm seeing Predator Badlands tonight.
00:57:43
Cameron Resner
Oh, very nice.
00:57:43
Callum Jackson
And that just reminded me Elle Fanning's in it. But she's she is in Death Stranding 2, right? I'm not just...
00:57:50
Cameron Resner
Yeah, yeah, I think so.
00:57:52
Callum Jackson
So they carry boxes in that and now she's being carried.
00:57:52
Cameron Resner
Yeah, she played.
00:57:57
Cameron Resner
Yes, she is being carried on the back, just like Mimir, carried by Kratos.
00:57:58
Callum Jackson
Yeah.
00:58:05
Callum Jackson
Just ahead.
00:58:08
Cameron Resner
We'll leave you that with that, kids. Thank you for listening.
00:58:09
Callum Jackson
Yes. And we will be back for Frankenstein next week.
00:58:11
Cameron Resner
um
00:58:13
Cameron Resner
Yes. Au revoir. Auf Wiedersehen.
00:58:17
Callum Jackson
Fraulein.
00:58:18
Cameron Resner
Goodbye.