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Episode 15 - Gamescom 2025. Pokemon Legends, Aliens Earth, Black Ops 7, Ne Zha 2, Lego Batman
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Return to Gaming and Summer Activities
00:00:00
Shameer Mehdikhan
All right, what's going on, everybody? It's the Detroit Gamesters. It's me, Shamir. hanging out with Arjun. It's been, God, it's already been two and a half weeks. i kept you know i was just looking at the time and I was like, oh, ah crap.
00:00:12
Shameer Mehdikhan
It's been a while since we posted, but we're back at it. So been some exciting stuff. I think a lot of the show is going to be talking about our Gamescom reactions. But, you know, as usual, I guess we can catch everybody up on what we've been doing. So,
00:00:28
Shameer Mehdikhan
yeah how's ah How's the summer going for you, Arjun? It's going good. You know, last couple weeks, saw a couple new things. I think we're pretty exciting. Played a new game, finally. I feel like I've been lagging behind quite a bit in the last two months. um So maybe start with what I'm playing here. Started with Doom Eternal.
00:00:45
Shameer Mehdikhan
I got around to that. like four, three, four months behind. Probably the most shocking news I've heard in a while. Yeah, I had like 50 games to choose from, and I'm just like, you know what? I want to start with a game that just came out, so I'm like, let's do Doom.
00:00:56
Shameer Mehdikhan
Interesting feeling, because like, I didn't play, or sorry, I said Doom Eternal, Doom the Dark
Challenges and Adaptation in Doom Gameplay
00:01:02
Shameer Mehdikhan
Ages. Oh, yeah, yeah. didn't even catch that. Doom the Dark Ages. So interesting thing, I played Doom 2016, didn't play Doom Eternal.
00:01:09
Shameer Mehdikhan
Now I'm playing Doom the Dark Ages. But i can already tell there's a shift in the way you move in this game compared to the first one. and it feels awkward right now i'm still trying to get used to it you're like as i'm running and jumping i'm like sliding around i'm having a little bit of a difficult time again this is maybe just the beginning when you have just the shotgun and you're jumping and you're trying to avoid and then you're trying to shoot i don't feel super accurate maybe i have to adjust my controls or my settings i don't know i'm still trying to get used to that i'm playing the third difficulty level was it ultra violence Okay, that's pretty high up. I'm trying. I mean, I'm doing okay so far. So to some degree, I understand what you were talking about before when it came out. It's like, it's not super crazy hard, but it can be unique enough that if you don't get used to all the controls, it can be a little difficult.
00:01:52
Shameer Mehdikhan
I think when I first started playing it, like I just felt a bit rusty and it just wasn't like clicking for me. And I think for me it's frustrated when I'm dying in the game and I don't feel like it's my fault. It probably is. But you know it's just because it's just not meshing with me. I haven't really been able to understand what the flow is like for the game.
00:02:11
Shameer Mehdikhan
So I want to say probably for the first 30% of the game, i was really just kind of disappointed in a bit because was like, this is not scratching that that same inch. But I think somewhere along the line later in the game, especially when you get some of the other weapons like the super shotgun, and then you have to kind of relearn how to play. And then I think when I relearned how to play, um man. So you're saying the weapon forces you to relearn Yeah, I think it's because it's a combination of how the shield and some of the close-range weapons really work.
00:02:40
Shameer Mehdikhan
So I remember, I don't know if you've gotten to the part where you have to fight like the cyberdemons and some of those other people, and then there would be like those I'm totally going to slaughter. ah the It's the arachnodemons, I think, like the spider thingies that are like brains.
00:02:52
Shameer Mehdikhan
So I kept like trying to stay at a distance and trying to shoot at them, especially when my health would be low. Right. And then what I realized is the best way to deal with them. And this is, I realized it's way late in the game.
00:03:05
Shameer Mehdikhan
You have to be aggro. You literally have to go in their face because they're super susceptible to you being right up in their face, just like using your shield And then using a close range weapon.
00:03:16
Shameer Mehdikhan
And so when I realized that I was like, oh, no, like, even though it's supposed to be like stand and fight, like you're actually rewarded for how you aggressively close the distance with certain people.
00:03:27
Shameer Mehdikhan
And I think after that clicked for me and I had to watch, I'll be honest, I had to watch one or two YouTube videos. Then i was like, okay, I understand the flow of this game now. Okay, so I'm trying to play that way, and I'm still having a hard time adjusting that, because, look, you're using the shield to kind of, like you says zoom in.
00:03:42
Shameer Mehdikhan
You're then using a gun, close-range gun to shoot. you have to jump and then avoid, and then you have to... um what's called parry attacks. So then all three or four things you're trying to juggle at once. And right now that's, I'm not used to it yet. So like, yeah and the game feels okay. The story and characters don't feel or any, don't know. They don't feel special.
00:04:04
Shameer Mehdikhan
yeah that's This is an early impression. So maybe it'll take me 20 to 30% of the game the way through maybe five hours in before I feel like something's there. But it's it's fun enough that I know I want to keep playing it. I know there's like 22 chapters. I know it's like a long game.
00:04:17
Shameer Mehdikhan
But we'll see. it's interesting to me that I thought it was just me who would feel this way, but it's actually kind of validating that you're noticing I've noticed that. Because I love Doom, but I do wonder about, like, them moving towards more of like, a whole fleshed-out story.
00:04:33
Shameer Mehdikhan
You know, it really makes me think of, like, the 2000 vibe games, you know, and I don't mean that like in a bad or a good way, you know? Like the Gears game. Yeah, but like, you know, and it kind of gives me like Halo vibes, but it's just not to that same pedigree. And like, because of that, like it kind of sticks out because it feels like the type of stories we got in shooters in the 2000s, but not at the same level of like Halo 3, for instance.
00:04:55
Shameer Mehdikhan
So, you know, at times... you know i mean Overall, I'm happy they made a story, but I think like that's one place that they can definitely grow. right like That's where I would expect like the next Doom game or like you know if they ever do Quake. like I think that's where they're going to start evolving you know their team. I'll be curious to know where they head after this. I'm sure they'll do some DLC first.
00:05:15
Shameer Mehdikhan
before they move away that got leaked right didn't they say that they were gonna yeah wait i mean i'm just going off to that the bethesda roadmap which has been pretty damn accurate but yeah we should probably expect uh doom the dark ages dl see next year uh based off that timeline because think the only things we haven't seen yet from that timeline are project kestrel which got canceled and um blade we know that's coming and then doom okay that's interesting i also
Gears of War Reloaded and Cross-Platform Frustrations
00:05:43
Shameer Mehdikhan
feel like in the game the finishing blows don't feel as punchy as it did in the right yeah because it felt so visceral when you're like just yeah destroying them and it's the animation where it kind of like in the first game 2016 game it stops you're like you kill them they explode and this you're just like still floating and you hit him and it just like
00:06:01
Shameer Mehdikhan
Like animation feels so good. You can kind of still get hurt. Yeah. So I remember I was dying a lot in the beginning because when I was in one of those animations, I would get hit. And then the most annoying thing is when you're getting hit from behind as you're like zooming in, closing distance, you do one of those combos, but then there's like one small demon behind you shooting at you. Yeah. Which is kind of annoying.
00:06:19
Shameer Mehdikhan
So I think, yeah, it's just a different like flow, but I think the game definitely opens up when you get some of the better, like close range weapons. Like for me, I pretty much use the chain shot, like the whole time. And a lot of reviewers were hating on the chain shot and they thought it was garbage.
00:06:32
Shameer Mehdikhan
And that's the one where you charge up that ball and you just blast it out. But honestly, that gun was fire, bro. It did so much damage to armor. And I basically used that and then later the super shotgun and then some of the explosive stuff and I blasted through the whole game.
00:06:45
Shameer Mehdikhan
And you probably don't have any of those, right? So I think you'll enjoy the game a lot more when you get those. And when can you throw the shield? At what point in the game? Oh, probably the next level. Yeah, if you're not there yet. so And I think that makes a big difference too. So just stick with it, Arjun. Don't take like 10 years. No, try not to.
00:07:01
Shameer Mehdikhan
But I'm just curious, like, I thought you would play, you know, Last of Us because I've been harassing you for years to play that. It's just fascinating that all but all the games you decided to go for a shooter.
00:07:12
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, i don't know. I'm so overwhelmed because I have like 70 to 100 games in my backlog right now. So I don't know which one to start. So I just picked something. Yeah, Doom is at least something that you can just like blast through. It's not like one of those crazy RPGs rpg is like yeah Claire would take you forever, bro. Exactly.
00:07:29
Shameer Mehdikhan
I wanted something that could just get in and get out of right now. I'm just in that that mood. So this seemed like the perfect cut. Cool. So I guess um you might have honestly gamed more in the last two and a half weeks than I have.
00:07:40
Shameer Mehdikhan
um Honestly, not too much... exciting things going on my end. I tried to play Dishonored as well, but i just got so frustrated about the lack of cross-play and I really didn't want to have to go through the whole Xbox part again. And, you know, so I don't know, maybe I'll get back into that original original eventually. um Honestly, the two games I've been playing the most, it's kind of sad to say, is Pokemon Ultra Sun and Halo and Infinite. it Now, Ultra Sun is just kind of weird, man. Like, I think I've just been so used to the structure of like, hey,
00:08:11
Shameer Mehdikhan
Here are your gym badges. You have a good sense of like how high your levels have to be because it's always like eight, right? You kind of a good sense of where you need to be. So it just feels weird because it's like I feel like I'm not making progress, but I am you know, because I randomly go somewhere. They go, oh, yeah, you have to go to this random location for whatever reason. I go to this random beach.
00:08:31
Shameer Mehdikhan
Right. So, so, but it's, it's good overall. I'm still playing Halo Infinite. Honestly, you know, although I love how much content is in it and it just like hits a niche that no other game can for me. um Yeah. I mean, the population's down. It's taking me a while to find some games.
00:08:47
Shameer Mehdikhan
Sometimes it takes like up to a minute or two. I think, we There was kind of an initial surge with the update. Now it's dying down. And i i want to I want to believe it's probably because population's down. But yeah, it's still a little little rough around the edges. so yes so But that's what I've been playing the most. And I know ah you know the wife was making fun of me yesterday because I was playing Halo.
00:09:09
Shameer Mehdikhan
And I got like six games in a row where I lost and I was so pissed. And she was like, dude, you got to stop playing. Like I could see your veins popping. And i was just so angry. And then I finally was able to sleep after won one game. Jesus.
00:09:23
Shameer Mehdikhan
It's kind of like when I play basketball, it's like before I stop playing, I need to make one shot. other Otherwise, it'll piss me off. feel like they, you know, they do it on purpose. They know you'll keep playing even though you get miserable, right? Just so you can get that one game where you win. Yeah.
00:09:36
Shameer Mehdikhan
um so there's that and then i uh i dabbled into gears of war reloaded oh yeah i i was looking at the digital foundry like comparisons and honestly some of the artistic uh vision they had for the original game doesn't translate well with the remake i don't know if you saw the comparisons or shows like the rain and stuff and like oh yeah the rain is so much worse yeah like i'm like but that was a problem from the ultimate edition too so i kind of expected that um Yeah, I mean, maybe I have a different opinion than you. Like, I think I went into Gears Reloaded thinking that it was doing nothing different. Like, i literally thought they were just going to...
00:10:15
Shameer Mehdikhan
upscale from like 1080p to 4k and it's a little bit more than that like i guess the hdr i did some stuff and they went through when they like fix some texture work here and there so um it actually looks a lot better than i expected but not to like you know oversell it to people it's because i had such a low bar yeah i expected nothing right and so just the fact that it actually looks like pretty good right i was i was actually really surprised by that mean, I wonder how the online community is right now.
00:10:43
Shameer Mehdikhan
Like, I'm sure there was a boom in it, but like, I doubt it's as big as Helldivers. Like I'm sure only a couple thousand people are playing. I think I was checking the Steam player count. Yeah, was just a couple thousand. I mean, the thing is like, we have no idea how many people are playing on PS5.
00:10:56
Shameer Mehdikhan
And I played some online modes. um And it's cool because now when you like look at the list of everyone who's playing, you can say who's on Xbox, who's on Steam, who's on PlayStation. They all i'll have the symbols.
00:11:08
Shameer Mehdikhan
so funny and bro i was so embarrassed so embarrassed i was getting wrecked by some playstation boys bro i was getting wrecked so bad i was like what dude what happened to my 20 years or whatever of xbox gaming you know smoking people in gears you're not a real game oh my god dude i was playing so trash and ah but in my defense i feel like it's because gears one just feels so different than like gears four and five yeah and honestly gears five is what i played the most recent like I didn't realize it, but even, like, the, you can turn it off, but, like, the jiggling you have, like, when you roadie run, like, that's distracting. It just feels, like, clunky, like, when you're jumping from cover to cover.
00:11:47
Shameer Mehdikhan
So, and I don't know, like, maybe I just suck now, but I feel like hard aiming is different. Like, I feel like back in the day with, like, our crappy 30 FPS, like, CRT TVs, like, there was just enough jank that, like, my hard aiming just, like, it worked or my snap shooting, but now I'm playing and it's just, like,
00:12:05
Shameer Mehdikhan
high refresh rates and everything so responsive and I'm just like, oh God, like I'm terrible now. Fluid motion, VRR. It's like motion, right? Yeah, like, yeah, it's so probably different than the way, we're so used to this, really, I guess, said the old I was so used to the clunkiness, you know? So I think now it's just like sticking out to me because I think like because I'm having like such high like frame rates and everything, like everything just feels like molasses that's running at 120 So, and,
00:12:32
Shameer Mehdikhan
so ed like I know I sound like I'm really shitting on the game. like It's good. It's really good. it's just like It's amazing this game works this well, like 20 years later. And I will say, I think Gears of War Reloaded has aged better than Halo 1. And like honestly, even Halo 2, if that's kind of and don't know, Halo 2. But it it has aged pretty well. Yeah, it has. right But still, like, man, Gears 5 really just feels so smooth to me.
00:12:59
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, I mean, they've made significant changes in the last decade where... Like, honestly, that's what broke the immersion for me a little bit. I didn't actually like Gears 4 and 5. So yeah I'm still used to Gears 1 and 2. I don't even like 3. But I don't know. I'm i'm just like curious to know how Gears is going to feel when it comes back next year. I know. I think we were talking about that.
00:13:18
Shameer Mehdikhan
think for me, like Gears 5, I liked how... like how let me Let me clarify. like I liked how some of the movement was. But the everyone was just a assault rifle, which was annoying. And I couldn't like just gnash her the way I liked.
00:13:31
Shameer Mehdikhan
So, I don't know. I want some of the... the old feel for the old guns, but I like some of the movement mechanics in the new ones. So to me, that would be like a good hybrid. Cause like for for me, like now when you're playing Heroes 1, when you're like sliding into cover and then like sliding out, it just feels like there's a, like a delay, you know, like when I'm popping out of cover. So yeah, that's fair.
00:13:52
Shameer Mehdikhan
Fair critique. Yeah. I'm curious to know the new one is. And I'm sure it'll launch simultaneously on all platforms. You think so? i think so. I think they're not going to like have like a one year exclusive wait I think that time is over, I think.
00:14:05
Shameer Mehdikhan
With Gears E-Day specifically, I think it'll be out on both PlayStation and Xbox.
Market Impact of Game Releases and Anticipations for October
00:14:09
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, I guess, like, talking about one-year exclusive weights, I know me and you weren't thinking about talking about this, but it just reminded me about Black Myth, because Black Myth Wukong just came out on the Xbox. And did you watch the Digital Foundry version? Maybe for, like, a minute.
00:14:27
Shameer Mehdikhan
Okay, well, I'll give you the the summary. It looks like... It looks terrible. Oh, does it? I won't swear, but it looks terrible. Like both Series S and Series It is a huge downgrade. Yeah, huge downgrade. Even the Series x Especially the Series S. I mean, the Series X, they were basically saying it's just the choices don't make sense.
00:14:46
Shameer Mehdikhan
And I mean, I'm not doing digital foundry justice, so they're going to explain it way better. But like my non-techie brain understanding of this was it runs more efficiently at on the PS5, but the choice of modes is weird.
00:15:01
Shameer Mehdikhan
because Xbox has a mode for 40 frames per second, which just scales better to like 120 hertz monitors and honestly even 60. And then the PS5 mode is 45, which like doesn't scale well to anything on any TV.
00:15:18
Shameer Mehdikhan
That's fair. So that doesn't make any sense. So it's like, you know, if you just had like the PS5 running at 40, forty Like that would probably be like the best overall. So that's why like in some ways Xbox is better, but overall there's like a, ah there's a noticeable visual downgrade and especially on the Series S it's like,
00:15:38
Shameer Mehdikhan
it looks like a different game. Like the lighting is just completely different. she Yeah. I mean, Digital Foundry also pointed out they found a bug or an issue with PlayStation's implementation of VRR a couple months ago.
00:15:49
Shameer Mehdikhan
So even if they got it to 40 on PlayStation, I don't know if it would still look good. There's issues there just general. And now you're reminding me the VRR. Apparently VRR is not working properly on Gears Reloaded on Xbox. Oh, really? So, but V-Sync is working like,
00:16:02
Shameer Mehdikhan
better on the PlayStation version. That's weird. But then, like, it's, like, the performance has been around the Xbox. It's just weird. Like, you would think, like, you know, it would be so similar for both. And I guess for some studios, when they release games on both PlayStation and the Xbox, like, even now, like, they're pretty much identical. Like, Indiana Jones is pretty much identical. But then other games, you're just like, what is going on here? It's so weird.
00:16:23
Shameer Mehdikhan
And it's, like, it's not like the PS3 and 360. Like, how is it that games on the PS3 and 360 would sometimes look more similar? Yeah. than like the PS5 and Series It's so weird. That's crazy, man. too many Too many variants to optimize your games for and then you have a least common denominator and then that maybe plays a role. God knows, man. And you would think architectures would be similar enough that you wouldn't have this problem. I would think that you would just build everything on a PC build and then you would just like set like low to medium settings, whatever you need, and then just make sure it runs at 60. And then optimize it, touch it up here and there. i no I'm not a developer.
00:16:59
Shameer Mehdikhan
God knows how they've been doing it, but they also, I don't know who ported it, who, who ported the gears reloaded. That's a good question. Honestly, I don't think it was all, if it was a contract, a coalition.
00:17:10
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah. Then, you know, there's part of that makes a play. Yeah. Yeah. And no how do you feel about Helldivers 2 coming out on the same day as Gears Reloaded? Yeah, you know, I thought there would have been a lot more hoopla about both of them.
00:17:22
Shameer Mehdikhan
But honestly, like, I know, again, I know Helldivers has probably done much better in terms of numbers, right, as it launched on Xbox. And I like the collaboration with Halo. um The way I feel about it is I think it was warranted.
00:17:34
Shameer Mehdikhan
Like, it feels somewhat like a Halo ODST game, you know? Right? I love that about it. Yeah. i You know, honestly, i have no problems about it. It's a good thing for the community. Hopefully they last a little longer.
00:17:46
Shameer Mehdikhan
For me, it was kind of anticlimactic, you know? And I guess, like, that's a good thing. Yeah. The fact, it almost feels like things are maturing because it's like we got a big Xbox exclusive that no one ever thought would go on PlayStation.
00:18:01
Shameer Mehdikhan
I mean, it's not like Helldivers 2 has been around as long as Gears, but it's still like their most successful like shooter. like I would say like online game, they said it's like the best-selling or fastest-selling PlayStation game of this generation because of the Steam sales.
00:18:19
Shameer Mehdikhan
And now that's coming over there too, right? So it's like both, you know, Sony and Microsoft are playing nice. It's weird that they're both on the same day. that was fine. But like that hasn't really stirred up a lot of drama. So just it's just weird. Like, you know, I expected a lot more hating on both sides. But it's like Xbox people are happy. Like PlayStation people are happy. like when does this happen? It never happens. I don't know. i feel like maybe as the consoles are maturing um over the generations, I think,
00:18:48
Shameer Mehdikhan
I don't want to I'll say this, less and less people care about console wars. I mean, I don't, you know, this is me generalizing, but I don't think, like, it was how it used to be because with PlayStation 3 and 360, that was, like, the peak, right? Like, people really cared. That was a headline. Yeah, could you imagine if, like, it was the 360 PS3 era and on the same day, like, Gears of War 2 went to PlayStation and Killzone 2 went to Xbox on the same day? That would be insane. Like, that would feel like a monumental, like,
00:19:18
Shameer Mehdikhan
like day right and then this is just kind of like oh yeah it happened that's cool yeah um yeah i don't know what did better like in terms of like player account i mean ah i mean honestly would would really think it's how diverse i think the ceo was saying like 500 000 like concurrent players and like you know i think i checked steam player account for you know gears really it was just a couple of thousand but the annoying thing is like microsoft never releases numbers so you have no idea what's going on but i mean it's a 20 year old It's a 20 year old game.
00:19:45
Shameer Mehdikhan
Most people are probably going to be playing Game Pass or Xbox. Most people probably didn't even buy it. yeah And you got it for free if you already owned it. Yeah. I mean, it made them a lot of money and they didn't have to do a lot. Yeah.
00:19:58
Shameer Mehdikhan
I won't be surprised if it only sells like less than half a million on PlayStation. I don't think a lot of people going to pick it up. Dude, I think, honestly, i think it's going to sell at least a million, million and a half.
00:20:09
Shameer Mehdikhan
Okay, that'll be interesting. Dude, Forza sold 2 million. Forza different. Forza 5 sold 2 million. Forza's still relevant. Gears hasn't been, you know? so and And there's already been leaks because we're talking about Forza now. Let's talk about it now. Forza 6, Japan might be unveiled. I feel like they've been saying that for so long. I do feel like now is the time. Yeah, now's the time.
00:20:28
Shameer Mehdikhan
That would be sick if they did it in Japan. yeah Do you think that one comes on day and date on both? No, I don't think so. Because honestly, Forza makes a shit... crap load of money for Microsoft. so I think that one will take a little time.
00:20:41
Shameer Mehdikhan
I think so. I mean, i still kind of feel like, at me i don't know, if I was in Microsoft shoes, personally, I would probably release everything on Xbox first and then wait six months to go on PlayStation or a year.
00:20:53
Shameer Mehdikhan
Kind of like what they did to Indiana Jones, but honestly, have no idea what they're thinking anymore. So, and then I guess like I haven't played it, but I was very close to buying Helldivers 2 again. i hit you up because I don't know. I just felt like the ROG Ally experience was just not the smoothest.
00:21:11
Shameer Mehdikhan
And part of that was just the annoyance of using Steam on that, you know, device. So I was like, oh man, it'd be dope to play on my Xbox. But then just like, you know, this new Warbomb is 15 bucks and that's 55. And then there's no cross progression. So i have to like,
00:21:27
Shameer Mehdikhan
grind to get up pretty high to even get all that stuff so that was like i don't know i don't think gonna hop back in so you know if it was a quick in and out like halo infant is right now because like you can try those new playlists really quickly you don't have to then different story i would consider rebuying it but it's not you know yeah i mean it i think now is a great time for people to jump back in you know yeah um I don't know if it's a great time to like jump to a new system because of the lack of cross play, but i mean, now you basically have a brand new faction, you know, the ODST stuff looks sick. Like, especially when you like zoom in, you know?
00:22:03
Shameer Mehdikhan
And you know, the other day, one thing I was wondering, like, you know, how much of a, like, do you think Microsoft is getting a cut for any of this stuff? Like if they're letting 30%, like, no, but like if,
00:22:14
Shameer Mehdikhan
if I meant like for the microtransactions for like the ODST stuff, right? Like if they're allowing Sony to use it. And it's like very clearly a former Microsoft game. Like, do you think Microsoft's like, yeah, dude, like give us 10% of your micros for that? It probably is. They're probably licensing out the IP to them. So they're probably, they had to pay some sort of fee. I was in the lump sum. Cause it's like, it's like spot on. Like it's like, not like someone trying to copy your homework. Like it's like the exact same thing. They probably licensed it out. So that means they probably didn't get paid. Now did they get paid for microtransaction? Maybe not. Right.
00:22:48
Shameer Mehdikhan
I don't know. That's interesting. I would love to be in that boardroom and see how that happened. But they're still getting a cut per purchase. so That's true, right? i'm On Xbox. And honestly, like i I see that selling. I honestly think it will probably get to a million um on Xbox. Because Xbox has so many people who love shooters.
00:23:05
Shameer Mehdikhan
And I mean, that would be good news for Sony, right? Because if Sony makes like, what is that? Easy 40? And everyone's going to get, feel like everyone's going to get the ODS-T stuff. I feel like Sony's making an easy 50 million on that. Yeah, I could see it.
00:23:19
Shameer Mehdikhan
So, okay. um But yeah, I think that's most of the stuff I've been playing. So not not not anything too exciting. I guess really, and I was like even warning the wife about this, I'm just waiting until October, man.
00:23:32
Shameer Mehdikhan
I mean, Borderlands is going to come out. Maybe I'll get into that. I got to wait for the reviews. But man, I'm just waiting for October, dude. I'm looking forward to all those games coming out. Because I think, ah is Ghost of Yoshi coming out in October? Ghost of Yoshi Pokemon.
00:23:45
Shameer Mehdikhan
Oh my God. Ghost Yoshi Pokemon. Yeah. Ninja Gaiden 4. Ninja Gaiden 4. And then we have, um I'm going to play Keeper. And then, what's the other Microsoft game? Outer Worlds 2.
00:23:57
Shameer Mehdikhan
It's crazy. and One month. Oh my God, dude, that's stacked. Can I just retire right now so I can start playing games all day? and So I guess like, you know, I'm just kind of hibernating, cocooning away from games, you know, trying to live life so, you know, everyone won't get mad at me for just being in front of the TV all day. But yeah, dude, October, going to be playing like crazy. Yeah.
00:24:15
Shameer Mehdikhan
So, all right. I think we can move on to maybe some of the stuff we've launched. Yeah. um So we just saw Niz Out 2, guys. Niz Out. Hey, so... Ging, ging.
00:24:25
Shameer Mehdikhan
What do you think of Niz Out 2? I mean, i think it was overhyped. I think it great reviews from a lot of media outlets. It's made a lot of money worldwide, or in China only, right? too I think in China alone, it made $2 billion. And that's insane because I want to say,
00:24:42
Shameer Mehdikhan
The highest grossing American movie in just like one market, like the American market was like, um, star Wars six or seven. I want to say it's star Wars seven. okay you No, no. Star Wars eight, the last Jedi. So it was the second movie of the newest trilogy. Yeah. That one I think is the highest grossing one domestically.
00:25:00
Shameer Mehdikhan
And that made like 930 million in just America alone. And made double that. And this made double that in just China. Yeah, the mythology and everything. Like, it's kind of, the movie's kind of cute. It starts off slow. It's a bunch of gags, right?
00:25:13
Shameer Mehdikhan
We've seen a lot of funny stuff in there. And it picks up, there was one exciting fight in this movie. And that took the cake for me. Like, the fight against the lightning. Yeah, it was like the water lightning guy. Bro, that was sick, bro. That was great. and I think we were talking about how, like, it's interesting that, like, this Chinese movie is, like, a blend of, like,
00:25:31
Shameer Mehdikhan
disney and anime right like it feels like a little bit both yeah it was interesting it was a good mix they they did good i think animation has been evolving so much over the last several years we're now getting so many nintendo ip that that are transforming into like animation as well so like everyone's getting into it everyone's doing great i think like i was a little disappointed with the film overall i thought like this the last fight was going to be crazy and there was some insane spectacle there but it wasn't as good as that that fight that we were talking about I think the pacing was way too long. Like, you know, I won't ruin it for people who haven't watched it, but there was just basically like a really long prison scene.
00:26:08
Shameer Mehdikhan
And that just takes so long. And I feel like that just kills some of the pacing because by the time like that seems finally done, you feel like you're at the end of the story, but now there's still a lot more fights left. yeah But then those fights just get done quickly. So yeah, I feel like that's a movie that peaked early and like the beginning was kind of slow. then all of a sudden in in the middle, it was just, Oh my God, this is so sick.
00:26:32
Shameer Mehdikhan
And then, yeah, it kind of fizzled out a little bit at the end for me. Like it it definitely had like some good moments near the end too, but I think from the fighting in action, yeah, I think it's kind of super saturated. i don't know. I feel like maybe this is just a me thing, but like after you've just seen so much like crazy, violent spectacle, like you get a little numb to it. Yeah.
00:26:51
Shameer Mehdikhan
I'll say this. There was a good twist in this film. Yeah. Like who the villain was. Yeah, yeah. Spoilers! Well, a villain. i mean villain Every you're going to have some sort of antagonist or fo villain. so Not a love movie to protagonists, bro. I don't that.
00:27:07
Shameer Mehdikhan
I think overall, the besides that, I'd give this like a 7 out of 10. I'm not going to really remember a lot about this film. I do like, again, some of the end sequences. Overall, I think people overhyped this film. Honestly, i think I watched this whole movie just because I watched that like one line in the IGN one where they were like,
00:27:27
Shameer Mehdikhan
Last time I saw something with this much spectacle was Endgame. And i was like, bro, if you... Put that line in a movie. standing this is Like, review, I'm going to go watch that movie. Like, that is such a, like, exclamatory, like, oh, my God, you have to see this um now. That's very profound statement and because, look, just because some film made as much as it doesn't mean it's as good as it. I mean, it had its epic moments. Don't get me wrong, but... This was no endgame.
00:27:51
Shameer Mehdikhan
But, no, this was not endgame. You know, like, it was not. I mean, I think what's amazing, and I feel like what the reviewer was trying to say is, like, you'll walk into this... movie like not expecting it to have like an epic scale but then it has an epic scale right and then it just amazes me and i think i mentioned this right after we were done watching the movie like right i just saw fantastic four you have freaking galactus right like that is as epic on scale as can be like this guy freaking eats planets right and
00:28:23
Shameer Mehdikhan
for some reason, like when he's going to New York city, you know, it it looks like a toddler yeah you're running around in his playpen. Yeah. so bad But then like this movie is a bunch of like Buddhist people and they're just going crazy, dude. Like they don't even have massive skyscrapers for scale. They literally will just have like the ocean and like a mountain, but it just like the scale just looks insane. Right. Like,
00:28:48
Shameer Mehdikhan
with some of the battles with like some of the frigging items they have flying around the sky, like just crazy. Right. So I think to me, like, even though I would rate this movie as a seven out of 10, like I was really happy. I saw this because man, like I'm really impressed by Chinese cinema. Like I think they made this movie for less than a hundred million. I want to say like the, the budget was like 40 to 60 million.
00:29:12
Shameer Mehdikhan
And this is the quality of their animation. That's insane. they made 40 times their return on investment? Wow. That's insane, right? And Niza 1 made crazy money as well, right? And so this one is making crazy, crazy money.
00:29:27
Shameer Mehdikhan
so And then I guess this just makes me also think about yeah like Japan. And it's like, why in the world does Berserk CGI look like that?
00:29:38
Shameer Mehdikhan
I feel like Dragon Ball Z CGI has gotten better, but still, it's like... Some of the CGI you see in these Japanese animes are like a complete trash. Yeah, they're they're so limited on budget. And I don't know why the Japan or Japanese industry doesn't get that money to like just go balls out. You know, especially like we've also been in a drought for some of the most popular anime IP in a while. Like Dragon Ball Z, we haven't seen in six years.
00:30:02
Shameer Mehdikhan
You're telling me you can't spend $100 million? That movie will make $2 billion. dollars i know. You know what I'm saying? I just don't get it. And then you get these random things from China. and They're like great. Yeah, I don't know. Maybe it's like like, there's just like a higher max ceiling to like how much you can make in like the main market because in Japan, like, I don't know. Well, Demon Slayer. I mean mean, money, but how much you made? Like 200 million? 250? No, it was like 350 to 400, but that's the most ever for any anime movie. Yeah, that's crazy.
00:30:31
Shameer Mehdikhan
But like my my my, and I'd have to look this up. It's like how much should I make in Japan, right? Because it like the whole country is going to be like carrying a lot of the weight, right? And I just feel like you know, Japan has 150 million people, 120 million people, like something, something like that. But like, it's not like you're crazy, like getting like crazy box office revenue. Like you get a good amount, but like China, you 1.4 billion people you know like the ceiling is so high yeah but I don't know I just feel like you know I'm just hoping that don't know it's AI or something don't know what happens but I just want to see some of my favorite anime like made in the quality of Nezatu I don't want AI touching it though
00:31:13
Shameer Mehdikhan
Huh? I don't want any of it. It's inevitable, Handmade, hand-drawn. I want all the good stuff. Bro, how are you going to hand-draw all of that CGI, bro? Mix it up like they do in Dragon Ball Z. You get like one-third of the movie. Okay, but you're telling me you'd rather have it look like that or you would rather... Would you rather have a...
00:31:30
Shameer Mehdikhan
I think the one that would look really good like that is Naruto. Naruto would look sick like that. Oh man, don't get me started, man. right i Like Dragon Ball Z, I think I can understand because especially like the way the faces look and stuff, but like, I feel like Naruto, like the art style just like fits that kind of look of Misa.
00:31:46
Shameer Mehdikhan
Especially with like, you know, some of little the kind of spoilers, but some of the later things you see in Misa 2, I was like, bro, they're like kind of ripping off of Naruto and Sasuke. It really was.
00:31:58
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, interesting film. I don't, I wouldn't watch it again. Yeah. ah So the wife actually wanted to watch it with me and she didn't realize when I told her, I was like, Hey, me and Orjun are going to want to watch a Chinese movie. You want to go She's like, no, I'm good. you know, cause she thought it was like some random foreign movie we were watching. And there was some like subtitles like, don't know, maybe some war movie, maybe like gangster or war movie, you know, like some like, like a weird eclectic thing. And then I came home and I was like, yeah, yeah we saw Nizal. And she's like, bro,
00:32:28
Shameer Mehdikhan
I showed you a YouTube youtube video for Nyssa, and I was telling you that this looks better than some of the Disney stuff, and I wanted to watch it. Then you go see without me. I blame you. She was so mad. And then she was like, and was like, dude, I'm not going to watch this again. I'm sorry. I'm not. not. It's too long. I'm good. Like, if it's a movie that's like an hour and a half, you know, maybe. This movie was always like two hours, 20 minutes. God, it's two hour plus movies I'm not watching, you know.
00:32:50
Shameer Mehdikhan
And, uh, And there was no opening either, there was a which is so weird. we missed the first five minutes. But I guess moving on to some other stuff we've watched, um I think the other big thing would be Aliens Earth.
Insights into Aliens: Earth and DC's Peacemaker
00:33:03
Shameer Mehdikhan
So I don't think you've seen as much as me. i think they're on episode four. Yeah, they're on episode four. i'm on halfway through episode one. Yeah, i'm on I just finished episode two. So I guess I can maybe give you some of my thoughts first because I've seen more of it.
00:33:17
Shameer Mehdikhan
i don't I like it And I think for the Alien franchise, it's better than I expected. And it feels like a retruent of form in a lot of ways. So like, I'm excited to see more of it. And it's one of the few shows that I'm really looking forward to, but I'm not getting the hype, you know, like, yeah you know, like my cousin hit me up. He's like, bro, you gotta to watch this show's crazy, man. It's so good. And I'm like, i don't know, man. Like, and maybe you'll see more of this later, but I hate it when like, like this kind of spoilers, but,
00:33:45
Shameer Mehdikhan
Like the actual alien creature, right? The xenomorph or whatever. Dude, the power scaling in it makes no sense. And it's like they they have like stupid plot armor. Like this thing is literally going around, killing people. Like literally in the blink of an eye, like 50 people's bodies get chopped up.
00:33:59
Shameer Mehdikhan
And then there's this like one person who has plot armor. And literally we see slow motion of this thing, like dragging him from one room to another. almost killing him but like getting interrupted and i'm like wait a second you literally just showed me that this guy move this creature moves in milliseconds yeah and does not care who's around will literally kill anything that is in striking distance in like a whole giant room and somehow this one guy keeps surviving yeah it's plot armor and it's like for me that's so immersion breaking like maybe it doesn't like
00:34:31
Shameer Mehdikhan
you you know, bother other people. But I see that. And I'm just like screaming at my TV. Like this is bullshit. Like this guy should be dead. When they want to, they want to show that the Zenomorph is powerful. It'll kill 15 in a flash.
00:34:42
Shameer Mehdikhan
And then when they want to have those horror elements, they're going to take their sweet time. But then, like you said, that's defined. I didn't think about that because you can't really have horror. It's like the thing literally can just kill everything instantly.
00:34:53
Shameer Mehdikhan
Right. Because it's like, yeah, but it's the whole point of horror is for the person to, like suffered, like basically almost died 50 times and somehow survived. But it's defying its own logic a little bit now. yeah So the thing is like, again, from where I'm at, I think the start of it is great. So I'm hearing about, and again, I'm not for up to Zen, but I think they're retconning the origin of the xenomorph in this show, I believe. I don't even know what origin is.
00:35:18
Shameer Mehdikhan
I have no idea. Well, we've also seen movies like Prometheus. Oh yeah. Wasn't it like alien, like an alien God species or something weird like that? And mixed with human DNA, which they also created, then it somehow created like it.
00:35:29
Shameer Mehdikhan
Long story short, I guess they're retconning this stuff. So we'll see how that goes. But I think the beginning of the show is interesting. it was They say it's the race to immortality. And there's three companies in total trying to get to that point. And they're and but investing in cyborgs, hybrids, and then artificial intelligence. like I'm like, okay, this is kind of cool.
00:35:49
Shameer Mehdikhan
And then there's that prodigy billionaire who's like converting you know people into synths, I think. So like this is like it's a fascinating idea, but I don't know how that is going to truly combine with the horror aspects of this show. You'll see it. I mean, I kind of know. And then the other thing is this world now is somewhat shared with Predator. So like there's a new Predator movie coming out in November and there's a synth in the movie from Yotani. Oh, here comes the next universe, Doug. Here comes the next universe.
00:36:20
Shameer Mehdikhan
I mean, they were already kind of in the universe. Yeah. But the question is, does AVP come back? Probably, man. They're going to probably bring that back. 2000s are back in now. Yeah. Yeah, I actually like that stuff, too.
00:36:31
Shameer Mehdikhan
um It's a lot of the stuff I kind of focus on, like... um don't know. Maybe shouldn't say this. But, you know, one of the stories that I've been eventually hoping to get to eventually... When I was younger, I used to think this would be my magnum opus. Like, I just thought, like, the ultimate place we would go as humans, right? Like, the ultimate goal would be to, like, find a way to escape death, right? Because, like, to me, like, the...
00:36:53
Shameer Mehdikhan
you know, if you're a sentient living being like the goal is to like prevent yourself from dying. Right. So it's like, you know, I can totally envision a world where like, if we get enough technology, like you let your brain mature up to like 25 when the brain is fully developed.
00:37:06
Shameer Mehdikhan
And then you literally just get placed into a robot and then you live the rest of your life like a robot. So then I thought like, that'd be an interesting transition period, like almost like a graduation, you know, like a bar mitzvah type of thing. Like, Hey, it's my 25th birthday. Like now I'm going to,
00:37:21
Shameer Mehdikhan
become a robot human so i have to like live those last days as like my bio human so i say that because this is one of the ideas i'm toying with maybe someone will steal it i don't know trust yeah thanks but whatever it's patented okay copyrighted but uh no i say that because like i love this space right like i think the shit is so cool you know like just the whole barrier between like You know, immortality, humanity, robots, synthetic, human, like I love that stuff.
00:37:47
Shameer Mehdikhan
So I am excited for what they do with it. But I kind of have a feeling that where it's ultimately going to go is just going to be like, hey, we need to create something that's as strong as the alien.
00:37:57
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah. Because like, like if you have something that's talking to the alien, you know, then you have to have like something that could kill. Yeah. Yeah. This can't be like going on the whole season. And so I kind of, I kind of get the sense that like, that's the whole reason they do the synth line and like also be just to kind of keep things a little interesting, but I don't know, you know, we'll see.
00:38:16
Shameer Mehdikhan
But I think it was a good start, you know? Um, So I'll keep watching that. yeah there's there's Sorry, I'm actually watching two more shows, so let me talk about those then. One is Peacemaker also just came out on HBO Max. Did you watch the first season? Yeah, first season. I liked the first season. I think the second season got roughly the same reviews, like in the eights.
00:38:37
Shameer Mehdikhan
um The first one was interesting. They start right off the bat with like some multiversal shit, honestly, and it continues off where Superman ended. How do you feel about that? Because I know that James Gunn was like, bro, you guys care too much about canon. like Chill out. This is all fake shit anyways.
00:38:53
Shameer Mehdikhan
And then he literally just edited the scene. So it's different characters. Yeah, so it starts off. So this was anything for those that don't know. Peacemaker season one ends with the Justice League silhouettes from Zack Snyder's universe.
00:39:05
Shameer Mehdikhan
And then he modified it for season two such that he sees the Justice gang instead, which is hilarious. He's like, okay, so that's one. Wait, called the Justice Gang? Yeah, they're called the Justice Gang. No, they're not. No, they're not.
00:39:19
Shameer Mehdikhan
and And then... Wow. Do they go around screaming gang gang? I mean, what's his name? Uh...
00:39:28
Shameer Mehdikhan
Green Lantern, I'm forgetting the actor's name. He constantly says, like we're the Justice Gang. And like no one likes the name. It's good kind of a funny thing. So the thing is, like with this, they acknowledge the events of the Superman movie. So like, that's interesting. I think they're going to use the show as a way to bridge the gap between multiple films now. I can already kind of tell that this is their way to go, hey, let's take it on a smaller scope and all these big, grandiose things are happening. yeah We're going to look at it from the perspective of this one hero who's really...
00:39:55
Shameer Mehdikhan
not that big and be like, here's everything happening. Great way of doing it. Right. That's like kind of the great Gatsby like vibe, right? Like, um, that's a really smart way of doing it. That's how it seems to be going. But again, the only thing that I don't like so far, and I'm good. I'm only one up episode in is they're introducing multiversal stuff. Like more than just what I said.
00:40:13
Shameer Mehdikhan
Like there's more than, I'm like, bro, why why d c Why Marvel? Why do you love the multiverse? I don't know. And James Gunn literally said, he's like, by the time season two ends in the next two months,
00:40:25
Shameer Mehdikhan
He's like, you'll have an idea where I'm going forward with DC. And I'm like, okay. So we'll see. I kind of thought that James Gunn would not be all about the multiverse. Because I thought he would be more about, hey, guys, like, this is too complicated. we have to go back to the 90s. Yeah. Okay, this is too much. Yeah. like And I'm just going to spoil this because have to say this because we're talking about already. So I don't care. I'm spoiling this.
00:40:47
Shameer Mehdikhan
Skip, like, the next 10 seconds. Is this for Superman or for Peacemaker? Peacemaker. Okay, that's fine. John Cena in the first episode. aka peacemaker literally kills himself another variant of himself from a different universe i'm so sick of this i'm like can we not do this deflated my desire to watch peacemaker it's still funny it's worth watching so juby was actually asking me hey do you want to watch this right and i was like i don't know you know it's like uh
00:41:17
Shameer Mehdikhan
I never watched the first season, so I felt like jumping into Peacemaker 2 might be a little like jarring confusing. Yeah, don't jump into it. I'd watch season 1 first. It's really good. Season 1's actually really good. Okay. Maybe I'll check it out. i mean, honestly, I'm watching nothing right now. I'm just waiting for the next couple episodes of Aliens Earth. Yeah. I would actually highly recommend season 1. They found lightning in a bottle with John Cena as Peacemaker. Kind of weird as it is.
00:41:40
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, I guess like some of these big guys are like surprisingly funny, right? Yeah. um I never would have thought Channing Tatum would be funny, but he's hilarious. right And then like in John Cena, he's hilarious. I mean, oh who's the guy who does Aquaman? why'm just Jason Momoa. I feel like Jason Momoa can actually be kind of funny. yeah know So it's it's just not something you'd expect.
00:42:02
Shameer Mehdikhan
And then um continue watching Beyond the Bar, which again is like K-drama, which is kind of like Suits. Again, the last two episodes, the show has been slowing down a little bit. I'll say this, like the cases, they're getting much faster to the resolution and then they're focusing on other aspects of the show, but it's still good. It's really well written. I'm honestly shocked. I wouldn't be surprised if they either found international writers to write this or whoever they have as a writer on the show is just phenomenal.
00:42:29
Shameer Mehdikhan
Again, I mean, it's like Korean, right? So, yeah mean, I feel like the Korean movie industry has really blown up in the film industry. And I feel like they probably have really good writers too. I mean, yeah I think that K-pop Demon Hunters, yeah that's it's the most successful movie on Netflix, most watched. And and it's it's actually probably number one in theaters, but Netflix will not release their numbers. Yeah, I know.
00:42:53
Shameer Mehdikhan
But and funnier with that, as a side note, Sony created that film, sold it to Netflix. So I didn't think it was going to be big. And then it blew up. And yeah, like there's that. But with Beyond the Bar, like I'll be honest with you, the last episodes keep hitting super hard. Like, again, I said it before, things that are super relatable and personal.
00:43:10
Shameer Mehdikhan
And there's tying small little tidbits of like things that can happen in your personal life into the show. i'm like wow, it's so, so impactful, man. like How long is the show? It's okay. Right now they're eight episodes in and there's four episodes left. So it's two episodes every weekend oh and each episode is one hour.
00:43:26
Shameer Mehdikhan
Oh, that's kind of cool. Maybe I'll check it out. I mean, honestly, like I said, there's not so much I'm watching. And then after I have a long day of work, I just come home. I'm just like bored. Like, what do i watch? You know? And I like try to get back into foundation, but God, like,
00:43:39
Shameer Mehdikhan
The one episode I'm watching is just so boring. I just cannot finish it. And I know the rest of the season is going to be great, but I just, I can't do it. It sucks when you do have an episode like that or a show like that. But yeah yeah, I guess last thing I'll say about beyond the bar is like the last episode hit super hard. Cause I'm like, Oh, it was like, was about, um, and this is a very small section of it. Again, small, small spoilers, but someone's parent or dad or mom passes away or passed away.
00:44:05
Shameer Mehdikhan
So then they have a scene where like she recovers a camcorder and gets to see memories of her mother. And like, oh, and then it just hits like super. And I'm like, man. Guess you're riding the heartstrings. Yeah. Cool. So I guess ah now we can maybe move on to Gamescom stuff, right? Yeah. So there's one thing i want to start with Gamescom before you get into anything else.
00:44:22
Shameer Mehdikhan
Something super huge happened. um And we didn't write it down here, but Hollow Knight Silksong. Oh, my God. So I didn't write it down because I don't know. I just don't care that much for all of that.
00:44:33
Shameer Mehdikhan
I want to talk about it a little bit. I mean, so this game has been in development for seven years. They shadow drop an announcement basically right during Gamescom.
Indie Game Success Stories and Pokemon Innovations
00:44:42
Shameer Mehdikhan
And then they said, we're doing our own separate like direct and it's coming in September 4th. So from when we're recording four days from now, $20 game and everyone is buzzing about it again. Like, like the first one, because the first one sold about 15 million units, I want to say.
00:44:55
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah. I don't know. I mean, I, For the people who like Hollow Knight, like more power to you, like I personally just don't really care for Hollow Knight. I don't either. abama i mean I like the viral marketing technique they're using. I love the fact that they didn't have to use a lot of money or a lot of resources and they just got everyone talking about Hollow Knight.
00:45:13
Shameer Mehdikhan
But like, honestly, I think the hype for Hollow Knight is so high. It's almost like, It's like the next coming of Jesus. And it's like, i'm almost all right, you know, like Hollow Knight is going to be a good game. I know it's going to score in the 90s in Open Critic, but it's like, you know, a lot there's a lot of really good metroidvanias.
00:45:30
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, I agree. I just feel like, I'll say this. So Bloomberg wrote a story immediately after it was announced last week. Where about why it took seven years to develop. And honestly, there was no development trouble. It was more like they're a small development studio, like not that many people. And it just, they wanted to add more to the game this time.
00:45:47
Shameer Mehdikhan
And they took their sweet time. They made so much money. They're like, we don't need to rush it. They don't have rush it. They want to keep their identity. And I think like, especially in this day and age, there's a big pushback against AAA gaming, which I think is warranted in a lot of ways. And I think in other ways, it's a bit hyperbolic.
00:46:01
Shameer Mehdikhan
Um, and so Hollow Knight Silksong is like the perfect champion of like the double A, you know, like the indie, right? Like, Hey, no, this is the way we need to go, you know, like, um, make your projects like, you know, have a lot of heart in them, you know, have a lot of soul, the people who are making it want to make it, they are not rushed to make it right.
00:46:21
Shameer Mehdikhan
They make the game that they want to play. Right. And so I think Hollow Knight is the perfect example for this. yeah So I think that's another part of why like it's becoming such a big cultural like movement because it's kind of cathartic. It's like kind of sticking your middle finger to like you know the AAA industry that's let so many people down in the last couple years. so I mean, it's crazy when you think about it because, again, they were in a unique position. If it sold 15 million units, and it probably didn't, but let's just assume full price, $20, that's $300 million. dollars For a small studio, reason their budget was probably barely anything.
00:46:53
Shameer Mehdikhan
And they're rich now. So again, like you know I can't hate because like you know it's a good game, good team. It's amazing to see someone be able to Do their something creative that they love and go out there with a new IP and be that successful. So all the power to Hollow Knight.
00:47:08
Shameer Mehdikhan
I just don't care for Hollow Knight. It's just not my game. Imagine if you wrote a book, right? You sold it Amazon, but it sold so many copies. You ended up making millions of dollars. And you're like, you know what? The next book I write, I'm going to be like George R.R. Murray. I'm going to take 20 years to write it.
00:47:19
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah. Imagine. I know. And then I actually did it and people still loved me. Yeah. I'd probably die of happiness. Yeah, i probably too. I'd probably have a heart attack right there. and Oh my God, I can't have i can't handle this. Life is not supposed to go this way for me.
00:47:34
Shameer Mehdikhan
That's why I feel like they're in a unique position. It's just very... feel good story good there's no bad angle to the story yeah i mean the only thing i can say and i probably sound like the most negative person it could be overhyped like i just don't care for hollow knight like yeah i think it's going to be a very good game i just it's just not for me you know like i think and that's a part of it is just there's been so many good metroidvanias it's been crazy you know and honestly like i played metroid dread and it was so good that like it just kind of filled the niche I had for Metroidvania, like after playing Metroid Dread, like i don't really care to play another Metroidvania for years. Yeah. right I agree. Like it's not something I grew up on. Like for a good shooter, I can literally play like five good shooters in a year and still want more. But for like a good Metroidvania, I'm like,
00:48:18
Shameer Mehdikhan
play one or two maybe over the course of a generation and i'm good yeah i'm the same way speaking of metroid just to kind of pivot now at gamescon uh nintendo had quite a few demos set up final fantasy 7 uh remake was there and in or the integrate version and then they had metric prime but guess what metric prime still doesn't have a release date metric prime 4 so weird it's crazy there is a rumor right now that the second week of september there might be another nintendo direct potentially So maybe they'll announce the release date finally. I feel like they're going do some stuff like that. Like right now, they're just trying to get everyone to focus on Pokemon Z to a Yeah, I think so. And then as soon as it drops, like they're going to have all the attention going to retro. Yeah, that's and that's what I think. If you think about it, like they were doing that. They were really focused on Mario Kart. And we heard nothing about Donkey Kong. And then ah everyone's like, bro, when is Donkey Kong coming? And then all of a sudden, they showed us everything we needed and more about that.
00:49:08
Shameer Mehdikhan
And now i feel like me and you are wondering, like, bro, Pokemon Z to A, like, what's going on? And then I felt like we got so much information about Z to Yeah, so much information. I mean, do you want to talk about Pokemon first?
00:49:20
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, I feel like that's it's kind of the natural place for us to go. That's the biggest Pokemon Glazer I know, aren't you? Give me that Pokemon Glazzy! Alright, bro. You've got to tell me what you think about me today.
00:49:31
Shameer Mehdikhan
So, interesting enough, they did two things. Right now, it looks like on a weekly cadence, every Thursday, they're revealing a new Mega Evolution. So they've revealed about three so far. Oh, seriously? Mega Dragonite, Mega Victory Bell, and Mega Hawlucha.
00:49:43
Shameer Mehdikhan
Okay, I've got to look this up because I did not see Mega Hawlucha. Dude, and they're doing these three to four minute videos on YouTube and they're phenomenal. They are utterly phenomenal. oh my God.
00:49:54
Shameer Mehdikhan
Mega Lucha actually looks kind of boss, bro. So the the one thing that I like is, and I'm surprised there is so much marketing that each Mega Evolution is getting a four minute animated video on YouTube to reveal each one, each single evolution. They've never done something. and isn't it like kind of like...
00:50:10
Shameer Mehdikhan
is there like side quests because i remember there was like it almost looked like a side quest for the victory belt thing right like yeah so did you see that one where it was like a haunted like house or something i mean i kind of skipped forward i was just like you know looking at that freaking thing hopping around dude it was so funny it was reminding me of like have you watched the south park episode when they all like radiate their balls yeah they're hopping it looks like the victory bell strangling itself and it's like bloated yeah kind of looks like so funny i feel like you know nintendo just leaning into this stuff they're like hey you're gonna hate on our designs whatever you know let's just make something unique and viral yeah i think it's cool so i like that they um showed off some new gameplay and this gameplay gamescom specifically you can battle rogue mega pokemon and they're like boss battles
00:50:57
Shameer Mehdikhan
So they're interesting. I'm like, okay, so that looks good. It looks like there's a real focus on the combat. I don't know if the story, how big the story is going to be. I honestly can't tell. The second thing they focused on is they showed off a new competitive multiplayer mode and then there's going to be ranked matches. So four people can fight each other.
00:51:14
Shameer Mehdikhan
That's kind of crazy. Yeah. it looked really hectic. Yeah. It looked like a battle royale. It looked very hectic. So I don't know if I'm really going to get into that. If it's part of the story, fine. But if it's a multiplayer ranked online thing, I don't know if I would do it. Yeah. Yeah.
00:51:27
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, I mean, i was watching the gameplay as well, and obviously I haven't played as many Pokemon games as you, but I was like equal parts super excited and a little worried. Yeah. Man, this really feels like a big reset, like for Pokemon, because...
00:51:43
Shameer Mehdikhan
it's actually like real time action, right? Like it I was like, man, that's such a cool idea that like you have all your abilities, they don't have PP and you basically just have to, it almost felt like a final fantasy game, right? Like yeah ah have to labeling it made me think of like final fantasy 16. And was like, Oh, that's, that's cool. You know? And, uh,
00:52:02
Shameer Mehdikhan
And I can see kind of the strategy and like it actually will kind of feel more like the Pokemon movies and TV shows you watched as a kid. So that's exciting. i mean, I am kind of wondering how this whole dodge mechanic is going to work because you're just the one who's rolling and the Pokemon is sticking with you. So I feel like I could potentially get myself into like some annoying situation. It's like, right.
00:52:22
Shameer Mehdikhan
um Because there's like so much variability there, but overall it looks fun. It looks fresh. I know. so I think I was watching one review. I don't know was IGN or names bot. But they were just basically saying, hey, I'd rather have like the natural like safari like you know land.
00:52:38
Shameer Mehdikhan
I don't really feel the city vibe. and I was like, you know honestly, I kind of really love the city vibe because it's making me think of the Yu-Gi-Oh season. Battle City.
00:52:49
Shameer Mehdikhan
I was like, bro, this is giving me some Yu-Gi-Oh flashbacks right here. Honestly, I think you're right. I didn't think about it from that aspect. But like, okay, and Pokemon Legends z to a at night, you're in a battle royale in the city.
00:53:00
Shameer Mehdikhan
ah So anyone that sees you, you have to fight them. I actually like that. I feel like there was some people who were probably like watching Yu-Gi-Oh! And they're like, oh man, this is so cool, bro. So nostalgic.
00:53:11
Shameer Mehdikhan
gotta bring this Pokemon. Yeah, i probably. And I think here's the funny thing. Look, I'm not going to say, hey, man, if you want something a little more open and just relaxing, honestly, go play the first one. Like, that one still is there. It came out in the Switch 1. It's probably going to way better. It's going to run probably way better. And, like, we don't need... I don't need two the same. I want to see Pokemon or the Pokemon Company innovate, you know, every game.
00:53:33
Shameer Mehdikhan
So we don't need more of the same i mean, this could be... and We've talked about this on old podcasts, right? And, like, this could be the blueprint for new 3D Pokemon games in the same way. I mean...
00:53:45
Shameer Mehdikhan
I know there's been a lot of really good Zelda games that are 3D, but I really feel like the blueprint was just hammered down in Breath of the Wild, right? Like it was just perfected. And so for me, like maybe that's what Pokemon needs. Like it's going to take a couple of Legends games. Maybe this one will do it. Maybe it'll be the next couple.
00:54:01
Shameer Mehdikhan
But then we finally will have that like Breath of the Wild moment where we can all pretty much agree like this is the template for all 3D Pokemon games going forward. And then when that's like so crystal clear, then like it makes sense to say, hey, maybe we'll make 3D and 2D games at the same time. right And so I'm all up for that. You know, I I don't think Nintendo's going to leave 2D Pokemon behind. Like, I think they theyre they're obviously going to keep making, like, remakes because they make them a lot of money. But, you know, I still would not be surprised if they were releasing, like, 2D Pokemons for future generations. And really, if you have a good pipeline in, you have, like, good, like, two different teams, for each generation, you could conceivably release 3D and 2D, right?
00:54:45
Shameer Mehdikhan
Which would be great, I think. And then... And then that way, like, You can actually make the generations feel longer, right? Because like, you don't have to come up with like 800 Pokemon every switch. yeah Like you can just have like one generation or maybe two generations and that can fill up like an entire console.
00:55:01
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah. Because like it's not like we can have 5,000 Pokemon. Yeah, like exactly. i agree with that. that will I think them introducing this as a new series within the franchise was the smartest thing they could have done. And you you're you're right.
00:55:14
Shameer Mehdikhan
Will this be the one to break through? to like The first Pokemon Legends game sold about 12 million. Now, to put that into perspective... Pokemon Scarlet, Violet, and Sword and Shield sold 25 million.
00:55:25
Shameer Mehdikhan
Crazy. So i'm I'm curious to know how this new Legend sells, if it's comparable or not, somewhere in between. I mean, I think a lot of it's going to come down to performance. You know, if this is running like complete trash on she will Switch 1, people are not going to buy it on Switch 1, and there's just not enough Switch 2s out, you know? like it's selling like crazy. It's like the best selling console ever, but it's just, it's so early. Like you're not going to be able to sell 12 million. Yeah, that's true. Right now they are doing something smart though.
00:55:50
Shameer Mehdikhan
They are pairing it and bundling it now the switch too. So there's a, there's a Pokemon. So much sell through them. Yeah. So I think that's going to help a bit, but I'm curious to know how this is going to longer. Not even think about that, but now that makes more sense. Right. Because in a way it's kind of like a new IP, right. Even though it's not right. Like,
00:56:07
Shameer Mehdikhan
um I didn't realize there was such a big difference between how well Scarlet and Milad sold and Legend sold. Yeah, and I think about this, and I'm sure a lot of people are like me. When I was younger, I bought a console specifically for Pokemon.
00:56:19
Shameer Mehdikhan
Like, legit, I bought every Game Boy and DS, not for any other game, for one Pokemon game. For generation. I mean, my parents would never let me buy them because they said I would go blind. And guess what, mom and dad, i almost went blind. scott anyway Got him! Yeah, so... Pokemon, I mean, you know, my eyes still got screwed up one way or the other.
00:56:42
Shameer Mehdikhan
But, ah no, but, like, for me, like, i I grew up on Xbox, right? And so for me, it always took, like, two franchises to make me jump, right? So... like i never i i had a ps1 but i didn't have a ps2 and then i jumped to the ps3 as soon as i saw kill zone and uncharted as soon as i saw those was like oh no i'm getting it you know uncharted i was like oh i'm feeling jealous i really want it but when kill zone came out like no i gotta to have it and then i got to enjoy resistance and everything else right and then for uh i jumped in on the wii u worst time right but i uh i jumped in for smash and um
00:57:17
Shameer Mehdikhan
i want to say pokemon oh no smashing uh mario kart yeah because i don't think there was a pokemon game on the wii right so i missed that so i think it was smashing mario kart and then i mean that was short-lived so i gotta switch so it makes sense so i i think this could be one of the like i don't know if this is going to sell better than donkey kong bonanza or mario kart because mario kart actually had a bundle but i wouldn't be surprised if it does either it's the perfect timing to buy this right now yeah i think um I think Nintendo is going to make so much money, dude. And I think they're, they're doing it right. You know, cause everyone is just like, you know, swallowing up Donkey Kong and then they're going to move over to, uh, uh, Pokemon and then move over to Metroid. So I guess I didn't even talk about it, but I did actually play more, uh, Donkey Kong.
00:57:58
Shameer Mehdikhan
I don't know. I'm just not feeling it. You know, I'm not, I haven't started it. How many hours are you and Oh, I have no idea. Maybe four hours. Oh, that's a lot. You know? um I mean the game is fun, but, um,
00:58:13
Shameer Mehdikhan
And this feels weird to say because I know last time I was on here talking about it, i was talking about how i was doing terrible and I was getting owned by that boss. But honestly, the game's too easy. you know it It really is. There's just like no sense of like tension. you know And like it's this weird in-between. I was just thinking about the other day. like Mario has went 3D, but it's still obviously a platformer.
00:58:34
Shameer Mehdikhan
Donkey Kong 3D is not a platformer. There's no platforming. So it's an action-adventure. But then it doesn't have the complexity... that Zelda has for an action adventure.
00:58:45
Shameer Mehdikhan
So for me as a long time gamer, I'm just like, I don't have really challenging platforming like Mario does. I don't have challenging combat or complicated physics, mean you know, like Zelda has.
00:58:57
Shameer Mehdikhan
So really it's just fun to like punch stuff, you know, but it doesn't like, like hit that same level of excellence. Like, I mean, it's a good game. I'd give it an eight, you know, I don't think it's a 10. I think it's an eight, but to you know To be that successful for Donkey Kong, like I'm very happy for Nintendo.
00:59:14
Shameer Mehdikhan
So I say that because ah yeah i'm like I'm really looking forward to Pokemon because I feel like when I get that game and it's running well, that's going to make me feel like, oh yeah, the Switch 2 is totally worth It looks like it's running at 60 FPS for Switch 2, so I'm excited for that. I don't like i don't know how it's going to run in Switch 1. That's true. If somehow it runs amazing, oh my god, that's going to the biggest plot twist of 2025. Exactly. it But again, there will be a reason for them to upgrade people to Switch 2.
00:59:42
Shameer Mehdikhan
So I guess ah we can move on to some other news. So, you know, there's a couple of games that really caught
Gamescom Highlights and Call of Duty's Success
00:59:50
Shameer Mehdikhan
my attention. And honestly, I thought this Gamescom was terrific. Like, I don't know if I, maybe I just don't pay enough attention to Gamescom. I don't know. But I really feel like this time it was just like a home run because you had, you know, Microsoft showing off so much stuff, you know, a lot of like the big three showing off stuff, but we didn't really get like meaty gameplay, right?
01:00:11
Shameer Mehdikhan
And then we had the Summer Showcase, and we just got a of trailers. And I was like, where's the gameplay? Where's gameplay? And, man, like, every game that, like, we only got, like, trailers for, it we got ton of gameplay, dude. Yeah. And a lot of hands-on, a lot of, like, previews, way more gameplay than I expected yeah across the board.
01:00:31
Shameer Mehdikhan
And a lot of games I was, like, kind of maybes on. Like, now I'm pretty hyped for it. Yeah, like, here's the funny thing, by the way All three of the big three OEMs showed up and had presence. PlayStation, Xbox, all with big exclusives and all with exciting news.
01:00:44
Shameer Mehdikhan
So I think for me, and this is probably going to be the weirdest thing the to say was the most surprising thing for me on the show. I'll go on to what I like the best, but the most surprising thing for me on the show was black off seven.
01:00:59
Shameer Mehdikhan
I did not expect Black Ops 7 to be announced at Gamescom and to have all that gameplay. So never would I have expected that that's what they would go. Like, you give me this crappy trailer for the actual show case where we get nothing, yeah then Battlefield is stealing all the spotlight, and you just announce everything at Gamescom.
01:01:23
Shameer Mehdikhan
Which, you know, I'm sure they had planned that all along. It's just I didn't expect it. I expected there to be a showcase. um I haven't seen the gameplay yet. So yeah so I guess, like again, i think I'll have differing opinions on Black Ops 7 and others. um I'm actually excited for it. I think everyone is hating on it online.
01:01:40
Shameer Mehdikhan
I don't know about that. I mean, here's what I will say is the biggest shocker to me was they announced this was developed in parallel with Black 6. Yeah, it's crazy. Like, what the hell? and And on top of it... yeah it gets crazy yeah it looks different enough and um Did you say that the single player has like some level where it's like including some multiplayer elements into it? Yeah, yeah, near the end.
01:02:01
Shameer Mehdikhan
So I think this is an experimental game for them. You know, I think the story is going to struggle because it's going to have that same problem where like a lot of it is going to not be in the real world. It's going to be in this like weird ethereal, you know, kind of trippy metaphysical space.
01:02:15
Shameer Mehdikhan
And so like, you're not going to have stakes. Cause it's going like, okay, like what's the point of death here. But I think that's going to allow a lot of those levels to just be really fun and creative. And so for me, like, I feel like the team here, they're just, make they're going to just try and make a fun game because they're just going to try and make like cool, like settings and, you know, emerging gameplay situations. So I think the campaign will be fun.
01:02:37
Shameer Mehdikhan
I'm excited for the fact that it's, it feels like it's going to be like a halo level, co-op campaign where like you can mean you can literally run through the whole game and i'm curious i gotta confirm this one want to say you can probably do split screen the whole campaign so i think that's going to be a blast and i think that's an underrated feature so i'm super excited for that because we never even beat split fiction so honestly like if that is a couch co-op game we can play like that would be exciting otherwise you can just come over the rog and play so i'm excited for that um you know
01:03:11
Shameer Mehdikhan
And at the of the it's going on Game Pass. And it's a good game. And like i think everyone just loves to hate on Call of Duty. And to me, I just... um Maybe I'll get some hate on this.
01:03:23
Shameer Mehdikhan
It's like, all right, everyone hates on Call of Duty. Everyone plays on Call of Duty. Everyone buys Call Duty. It's like, Call of Duty was actually such a terrible game. How in the world is it making it this much money? You know, it's selling so well.
01:03:36
Shameer Mehdikhan
Everyone's buying microtransactions. It's like, guys, if you are hating on Call of Duty so much that, and you're like, oh no, games were so greedy and hardcore back in the day. Stop buying these skins. yeah And A, and B,
01:03:49
Shameer Mehdikhan
ah I don't know about you, but when I was 12, I had a stupid sense of humor. I used to teabag everyone in Halo. You're telling me if I was a kid and I could teabag a Snoop Dogg in Halo, I wouldn't crack up while I'm like, you know, you know, or like all these people, they are hush you know, like your college kids, high and drunk college kids, not high school kids, you know.
01:04:08
Shameer Mehdikhan
And yeah just goofing off. So it's like, all right, do I agree with you that the gritty military aesthetic is way better? Absolutely. Right. But again, like this has been a winning formula for them. And it's like a lot of the haters are the people who are probably feeling it because they were buying it.
01:04:24
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, I mean, the I was just looking this up today. Call of Duty Cold War and the two that came after it all sold like 40 to 45 million units. And that's in a single year. Black Ops 3 was one of the most successful games. Yeah, Black Ops 3. No, no, not Black Ops 3. Modern Warfare 3. Modern Warfare 3. Modern Warfare 3 was one of the most successful Call of Duty games. And like everyone unanimously was saying like, this is the death of Call Duty. It's like, okay, then why are you buying healthy skin?
01:04:49
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah. Which I have a feeling as a tangential... Maybe EA thinks that Battlefield can sell that much or even half of that much. Well, didn't you hear? I think and that there's a rumor that they want to make Battlefield annualized and they want to make another Battlefield game every year and everyone's like hating like, oh man. They're probably looking at it as like, oh my God, there's so much potential, there's much money to be caught that's being left on the table. And then everyone's like, oh, these greedy corporations, but it's like, yeah, man, they're gaming corporation. Like, this is literally what they They're for profit. But like,
01:05:16
Shameer Mehdikhan
Don't buy the games. Don't buy the games. But my friend bought it. Yeah. um So now do I think Black Ops 7 is going to be less successful than 6? Absolutely. You know, I think like 6 just like hit at such a good moment and it was so polished and it was like kind of like more grounded at first, you know, before you got all the crazy skins.
01:05:34
Shameer Mehdikhan
that I think like six is going to be a big, was a big success. I don't think seven is going to meet those same lofty expectations, but you know, Activision is still walking home with a billion dollars. know Well, that, and it's releasing as soon as battlefield is too. So it has more competition. didn't have any competition last year. So, I mean, I, if I had the guess, I think it's going to make 70% as many sales.
01:05:55
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah. wouldn't be surprised. Maybe it sells, don't I don't know, maybe it sells $30 million or $25 million. I don't even know how much they sell nowadays, but I know it's something crazy. So I guess like that was kind of like my my biggest surprise because just never expected it.
01:06:09
Shameer Mehdikhan
I think I would probably be shitting on Call of Duty a little bit more if it wasn't on Game Pass. for The fact that it's going to be on Game Pass for me, I'm totally going to play it. yeah so So that's that. um the Another one I want to talk about is Lego Batman.
New Game Announcements and Nintendo's Strategy
01:06:23
Shameer Mehdikhan
Oh my God, I did not expect this to get announced. Literally, using all the Arkham systems in this game, open world, it has moments from almost every Batman movie, including the new one that just came out with Robert Pattinson, as well as um Christian Bale movies.
01:06:38
Shameer Mehdikhan
It's literally, I've seen gameplay, it looks like the combat system, the fighting, the accessories you you know how like in Arkham Asylum you can like hide underneath like the ground and stuff and then pop up and then like take down enemies you can do all of this you have the the Batmobile in here like it's utterly insane I've never been into a Lego game like honestly I've never gone into any of them but then when I saw some of the gameplay and I think I was like randomly scrolling through like like facebook or instagram or something and i saw like a side-by-side comparison was like oh my god this is literally this is literally lego like arco yes it's crazy and first i wondered how are they not being sued but i guess like it's tt games yeah and then second or is the same group same uh team that made the skywalker saga and all the other really good games
01:07:27
Shameer Mehdikhan
And then, too, I was like, man, that's so funny. It's like, we there's no new Arkham games coming out, so, you know, you gotta go to LEGO to get that. the built That's the crazy thing. Look, after Arkham Knight, even though some people were, like, down on it as of the three the big three, they're like, this wasn't the best one.
01:07:42
Shameer Mehdikhan
The fact that we got, was it? Gotham Knights, which wasn't good. Yeah. And then we got Rocksteady's Suicide Squad, which was... shat on. No, Lego Batman looks better than all of that. So funny, And that's insane. And you know what? With TT Games especially, when they delivered Skywalker Saga, everyone shat on them too. They're like, look, this is fun, but like it's missing a lot. You guys took forever to get this out. You guys had you were in development hell for a long time.
01:08:04
Shameer Mehdikhan
This, I don't know. They didn't seem to have found their stride in such a short time. I mean, we gotta wait for the reviews, but like I guess I have to give it to the Lego team people. like They are somehow like making pretty good games and sticking in the industry and like It's tough, tough industry to be in. So, so that looked good.
01:08:21
Shameer Mehdikhan
um Kirby Air Riders got its own direct right before. Did you before watch it? I watched it. It's so funny that like Sakurai literally says, He goes to Nintendo and some of their leaders and goes, isn't this just like Mario Kart?
01:08:32
Shameer Mehdikhan
They're like, yeah, don't worry about it. goes, this is basically Mario Kart. Well, I love this sense of humor in the in the show. Because he said that, but like honestly, it's kind of not just like Mario Kart.
01:08:43
Shameer Mehdikhan
It is, but like that that one move mode that they had, like the city the city trial city you thing rush or race or whatever, man, that actually looks different. It does, and that was in the first game. The funny thing is Sakurai made this direct exactly how he used to do with all his Smash Bros. directs. it was very similar. felt just like that, yeah. Yeah. yeah But, yeah, it's like he just modernized the GameCube version of this game, and that's all it is. It's not like they really innovated a whole lot, yeah but, like,
01:09:09
Shameer Mehdikhan
I don't know if this game is going to sell well or not. Yeah. I mean, it was a little confusing for me. I mean, honestly, I walked away from it like being more hyped because I had zero intention of buying Kirby Air Riders. Now, I don't think it's like a must buy for me, but it's like a, okay, you got my attention. Yeah. I think it's some interesting decisions they made, like the fact that it auto attacks, like it auto moves. And then like, you have to do that, like kind of like drifting. And then like that boost. Like, I think that stuff looks really fun.
01:09:37
Shameer Mehdikhan
But but I don't know. It's just like this it weird hybrid of like Super Smash in like a racing form. So I really feel like this is a game that I have to get hands on first. You know, because I just...
01:09:52
Shameer Mehdikhan
I can't wrap my head around it, you know, and the city trial thing looks like it would be like fun for a bit, like, but I don't know if I could really get into it. So for me, I, I gotta really know how fun that like the actual racing part is because like, that's something I feel like if you, you know, got a couple of people together, had a drink or two, like that could be really fun. could be fun. It could be a great party game. Yeah. Great party game. So,
01:10:12
Shameer Mehdikhan
so i'm really I'm really curious about what that's going to be like. I mean, I have to give it to the guy to be able to be that creative, right? To, like, pull something like that off. Yeah, I agree. And I guess the last thing I thought about, like, it does fill a niche that's not really being met because it reminds me of Twisted Metal.
01:10:29
Shameer Mehdikhan
Like, we haven't really got, like, a car combat game. Yeah, and F-Zero. Yeah. Those two games, yeah. Was F-Zero car combat too? don't know if there was combat combat, but, yeah. Kind of like that racing vibe. Yeah,
01:10:42
Shameer Mehdikhan
But yeah, like I don't remember. that it There was Destruction All-Stars, but it was not good. So was really, like if this is a good core combat game, it kind of does have its own niche. Yeah, but will it is it a niche enough that it'll sell 50 million units like Super Smash? I mean, I think if this game sells like 5 million, that would be insane.
01:10:59
Shameer Mehdikhan
and and here's the thing i bet you it's gonna sell better than that because think about like when luigi's mansion 3 came out that's so like 15 million right it yeah it was not it was i did not like that game and you know because they sold that much they're gonna make another one with this i think um yeah because i think his followers like his audience his fan they're all just gonna eat it up regardless there's no super smash bro game on the horizon yeah right So this is kind of like, hey, you want that Super Smash Bros. vibe? Come here. so So I think this is going to be like a... I'm curious.
01:11:30
Shameer Mehdikhan
you know This is a game that's coming out in November. I feel like this would just destroy Metroid Prime sales. I feel like this game... It depends on when is Metroid Prime coming out. Yeah, I feel like it's going to be... I thought it would have made sense to make Metroid Prime be in the November and then this being like the February so it's like spaced out enough by like Mario Kart. You know, like I feel like that would make sense. And and why you release this game this year? This could have been a game that could have been held up until next spring.
01:11:55
Shameer Mehdikhan
Like, yeah why now? you don' You literally just had Mario Kart come I don't know. It's just... so I don't get it. I mean, the only other thing I can think of is Metroid, I bet, comes out December. Okay, and then after that, I bet you Nintendo hits the spring really hard with a bunch of more releases. Like, there's no other reason for... Unless, like, they really just have so much in their back pocket that they're just gonna, like, yeah i think overload us. Honestly, if they were just, like, extending the Switch 1 and then they were just sitting on a bunch of these Switch 2 games for a while, like, maybe they'd literally hit, like, 10 games. Well, like not I think that's the case because I think most of the Switch 2 games were Switch 1 games that then transitioned to Switch 2 games.
01:12:30
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah. Which means they all had, like, five to seven years of development time. Yeah. You know what i'm saying? And so they're just kind of sitting on a lot of this stuff. So that's cool. um I guess that pretty much probably finished up a lot of the Nintendo stuff. Yeah. I think moving on to other games that really caught my attention, um and I think a lot of these are going to be games that I really didn't expect that much out of, and then I was i was like pretty surprised.
01:12:53
Shameer Mehdikhan
so uh pragmata i still haven't seen it was not interested in that game at all it's weird it looks so weird and everyone who has like said anything about the game has been like oh man like this is actually really cool it's a nice little like wrinkle and twist like trying to do this little puzzle thing to hack before like someone attacks you like builds attention and it seems like it's a dumb gimmick to me at first, but like, honestly, like depending on the depth, depending on like the, the level design, like it could kind of give you like that horror, horror, like thrill where like, you're like, Oh my God, like I have to, you know, like i don't have enough ammo, but it's like, Oh no, I got to get this puzzle done. There's like 10 people coming at me. So you have that thrill, but that's not a horror game. Right. So it's like a lot of broad appeal. So, you know, I had like, again, like zero interest in playing this game.
01:13:43
Shameer Mehdikhan
And after all the coverage from people, again, I don't know if it's hyperbolic, but yeah, I'm interested, man. I think i think it might score well. And honestly, if this if this reviews well, I might pick it up.
01:13:54
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, so it looks like, from an aesthetic but like sense, it looks amazing. Like, it phenomenal. The RE engine, again, as usual, they keep reusing that thing to make new IP. Phenomenal. I mean, do i want to pay $80 for I don't know. I feel like it's a $60 game for me, but you Yeah, it'll probably be a seventy but I think I will hold off to see it. I want to see some of the new gameplay. i just haven't checked that out yet. But speaking of Capcom, Onimusha as well, some new gameplay, which I just saw right before us recording this.
01:14:22
Shameer Mehdikhan
That looks interesting. I think the person who was playing it, I saw IGN coverage. Unfortunately, was bad at the game. They were, like, really bad. And then all of a sudden, at the end of their coverage, they to fight the first boss, and that looked amazing.
01:14:32
Shameer Mehdikhan
yeah Like, the boss fight, i was like, wow. That looked great, right? So, with Onimusha, like, Again, a lot of the other stuff that was shown, was kind of like, I don't how much I'm feeling this.
01:14:43
Shameer Mehdikhan
But again, like this is when you have really good gameplay and you have really good just like preview coverage. like People are loving it. And the way they're explaining like the combat system is getting me really interested. So again, man Capcom really showed out. like I...
01:14:59
Shameer Mehdikhan
had low expectations and maybe that's my fault, right? But both of those really delivered. And I think those were the biggest surprises of the show because, again, no interest in buying them really. And now, like, they are, I'm waiting to see, him man. I might pick them both up. Yeah, I mean, I'll i'll say this. I hope Anemusha isn't like Dark Souls and Super Hard.
01:15:19
Shameer Mehdikhan
It's going to be hard, but I feel like it's going they're trying to make like an action adventure hard. Like I think like with Ninja Gaiden and Onimusha, like they want to recapture like that PS2 action adventure game that was like hard, but not like,
01:15:32
Shameer Mehdikhan
the kind of the grind repetitiveness yeah like that like Dark Souls has yeah I don't want it to be like that I hope not and I also hope they're they just have difficulty levels like if you're gonna do it make it easy enough for someone to join in I think I'm kind of good on Souls likes right now you know I i played Moo Chang and I'm good you know I mean I know Fenton Blade Zero like that got a lot of good coverage that's a Souls like ish you know I kind of like these like Souls like action adventure hybrids so you know Maybe that'll be the next one I consider. But right now, I'm good on Soul's Life for a while. who's um Now, other stuff that really appealed to me, um actually really liked High on Life too.
Creative Projects from Double Fine and Sucker Punch
01:16:13
Shameer Mehdikhan
I haven't looked at it yet. I don't think you ever played the original, right? Yeah, I never did. It is such a stupid game. It really is. But it's just, it made me smile. It makes you crack up. Isn't that Rick and Morty? like Yeah, it's like Rick and Morty. and I don't even like Rick and Morty, but I don't know. it's just like It's just funny at times. And it's just nice to play like a lighthearted game that's not taking itself too serious. you know do you know what the premise of Highland Life 2 is? I forgot. It's so funny. Basically, they're turning humans into drugs to get Aliens high and then you're like ah bounty hunter.
01:16:46
Shameer Mehdikhan
But then like you realize that like everyone is trying to kill your sister. So then like you're trying to kill a bounty hunter. This is this like ridiculous premise. And it's just like, you know, I'm um'm all for it, dude. Another Game Pass game, like even if this is like a 7 out of 10, sometimes I just want a fun game that doesn't take itself too seriously. The gameplay kind of gives me that Ratchet and Clank like resistance vibe with the different like um guns and stuff. So I'm actually really excited for that one.
01:17:15
Shameer Mehdikhan
what's the other stuff that you thought was cool? Honestly, they showed off more of the Xbox LIX, I think. Yeah, they did, yeah. Yeah, it looked interesting. People really liked it. Yeah, I've been seeing some very good impressions of it. Again, I know i i understand why people are like, what's the point of this, etc.
01:17:28
Shameer Mehdikhan
They're kind of rebadging it. they're It's like trying to renew interest in this because I feel like Had they released a slightly upgraded version of it, no one would really be buying it. So I think they did the right thing in partnering with Xbox.
01:17:40
Shameer Mehdikhan
Xbox admitted they have a whole roadmap of software features planned with ASUS to deliver now that they have this new slim down OS. And I didn't know that the Xbox Ally X had um an NPU.
01:17:51
Shameer Mehdikhan
So... Yeah, they're upscaling. yeah That was actually kind of a smart way of doing that. Yeah. So the the lighter version, the just the Ally, um won't have that. But the Ally Expo, I'm like, wow, okay. I mean, I think it's kind of annoying that like we don't know the price. and like yeah no No one wants to get political, but like it's tariffs. It's to be tariffs. Because like if you don't know what the tariffs are going to be like, like you don't want to come out too early because like you know this stuff is mainly getting made in China and Vietnam. yeah And so it's like, ah okay, like we don't want to... like go through that whole Nintendo debacle, right? Where they like announced the game price and they're like, Oh wait, nevermind. So, so that's kind of annoying. And I think the game, I really do think it's going to come in really expensive. Like I do think tariffs will affect it. And if they were originally thinking like $899, like, it man, I think there's going to be $999. I think they were probably shooting for like a $499 or $599 plus $899 price. And now I think the Ally X be a thousand. Yeah, probably a thousand.
01:18:44
Shameer Mehdikhan
So, but again, like, that actually look pretty good man i'm not gonna lie i mean to to add again something again closely related playstation prices went up and i don't know if we talked about last night yeah they kind of slipped that in out of nowhere they just like posted up by 50 yeah so now the pro 750 the playstation base is 550 that's crazy man right this generation dude you've never seen that before yeah this is history i guess xbox is still more expensive a though right but it's like you know what is the series x580 and like PS5 is like $550. Yeah. So it's like, they're similar. But yeah, technically PS5 is cheaper, which is kind of funny.
01:19:20
Shameer Mehdikhan
I mean, I had dreams of retiring when I was like 35. But guys, I won't be able to. Right. Shit's too expensive. And i love how like, ah especially with how much you collect. Yeah, me too. But I love how it would just like dropped out of nowhere.
01:19:30
Shameer Mehdikhan
It was like so quiet. they were like, yeah, tomorrow. Yeah. And it's like, come on. Yeah. It's just kind of funny because i feel like when Microsoft did it, like their timing was... horrendous oh my god all right it's 80 and our consoles people were just talking about it non-stop they had nothing else to talk about but i guess like in an ironic way like if you drop something like that like right around games count like you know everyone's just so focused on games now like no one one even paid attention like if this was like any other month like people would have full podcasts yeah and like this is just like a footnote now
01:20:02
Shameer Mehdikhan
Well, I'm not even going to say this is going to hurt their brand or i anything. They're actually following Microsoft's lead on this. They're like, look, our competitors are already doing it and they're selling much less. We know we have to do it and they're going keep selling. Not going to hit their bottom line at all. you know they're They're still going to sell like crazy, but I mean, it's inevitable. What can you do, right?
01:20:19
Shameer Mehdikhan
Now, can we say, hey, five years into the generation shouldn't be much cheaper to manufacture? Maybe. But there's been so much disruption in the market. I can't even tell how much it costs anymore. Honestly, I would not be surprised if there's another price increase because I feel like what happened is like whatever had been brought over already, like when that stock dwindled, then Sony was like, okay, like now we're not surprised.
01:20:40
Shameer Mehdikhan
price scott And i think... They were just intentionally trying to hold out as long as they could so they could get the least eyeballs on them. right But I think they knew months ago that they were going to do they were goingnna have to do this. so And I guess ah some other things to finish talking about.
01:20:56
Shameer Mehdikhan
um So I saw some of the stuff for Keeper. um That's the the game from the studio that you really don't like. What studio? Psychonauts people.
01:21:07
Shameer Mehdikhan
Double Fine. Always hating on them. but horrible game liked it a lot but uh but yeah apparently they have multiple projects so and i think the way it kind of seems to me is like there's a bunch of like people who are kind of like spearheading ideas that they've had and then you know why am i forgetting his name but the leader of everyone um tim shaffer tim shaffer he's kind of like um you know, kind of helping develop them. I don't know how hands-on he is with like every game, but it seems like it's kind of like they're incubating multiple projects based off of whatever creative ideas people have had.
01:21:43
Shameer Mehdikhan
um And so, yeah, apparently like some guy had this idea, like during the pandemic, you know, he would like go out for walks in nature because there wasn't much else you could do. And then that's just kind of how the idea grew. So, so that's cool. You know, um,
01:21:56
Shameer Mehdikhan
I don't know if Keeper is going to really like fill the niche for a lot of people, like myself included. like I think I'm going to have fun with the game. I don't think you know Double Fine makes a bad game. I don't know if necessarily they're going to make a fantastic game with this one.
01:22:11
Shameer Mehdikhan
But I'm going to play, definitely. It's nice to know that there's other things that are they're cooking, and they're all new IP. So they're not making Banjo, at least based off of what that that one statement. That sucks.
01:22:22
Shameer Mehdikhan
Right? so So there's that. Let's see. What are some other things that are kind of cool? Ghost of Yotai Legends. i don't know if we had a chance to talk about it. No. Yeah. So they announced that. Okay. So when Ghost of Tsushima came out, Ghost of...
01:22:37
Shameer Mehdikhan
Tsushima Legends came out a couple months after it, think four months. It couple months or a year? think it was couple months. came out October of that year. So this is coming out a year later now. So not like a full 12 months, but it's coming out in 2026. So interesting enough, I think that was pretty cool. I didn't get to play the multiplayer mode last time, but it was fun. I think I played but just couldn't get into it, but it was good. People loved it. They don't need any live service elements in this.
01:23:04
Shameer Mehdikhan
It's just a fun thing. And I feel like that's a good way of doing it, you know, like as opposed to having a whole nother studio make what was it a God of War life service? Yeah, Bluepoint. Bluepoint, it's like, okay, like Sucker Punch does it so well. We're like, they're not delaying the main story for this.
01:23:22
Shameer Mehdikhan
You're getting the main story and you just know that there's something fun coming down the line later. And there's missions to be played end multiplayer, right? It's like actual missions. So I think, so kudos to them. I think I got on because I think I was talking some slack last podcast so you were away i said no way that's gonna happen i said ah i don't think they could pull it off man pony up and they did so i got home what do i win oh get on here you already have everything you need all right let me sneak into your house ah take one of your ps5 pros and give back to you dang bro i wouldn't even notice
01:23:54
Shameer Mehdikhan
But ah yeah, no, I got on. I did not expect that. But man, kudos to Sucker Punch. Makes me even more excited because if they feel confident they can do both of those, then you know I think they're probably feeling pretty confident about this game or else they would have just scrapped They would have just scrapped it. Which every other almost multiplayer venture initiative has been scrapped at last summer. And honestly, there's not a lot of teams out there that are able to release both single player and multiplayer for their games. Yeah.
01:24:20
Shameer Mehdikhan
Even... Like, especially in the shooter space, but even really outside the shooter space, so... Well, but it is a little telling that, like, you couldn't release both in one package at the same time. So it tells me that their single player game is probably beefy, and they've spent so many resources on that alone, and they know they're a small studio. And now they're they're going to probably going to shift do that final push that they need, right, for the multiplayer.
01:24:42
Shameer Mehdikhan
So... But yeah, no, i'm I'm excited. I don't know if I'll actually play Legends, but you know this just makes me more excited for Ghost of Yotai. They also had some gameplay for Ghost of Yotai in general, about four-minute clip.
01:24:53
Shameer Mehdikhan
It looks so much better than the the state of play. Man, you can really switch quickly between all the different weapons, and you look powerful. Now, I don't know if this was like mid-game or late-game or something, But it looks much better and that's what I was anticipating.
01:25:06
Shameer Mehdikhan
I gotta check it out. I don't think I saw that clip because you know I was kind of a little down on like the switching and stuff. so Well it looks better than the alt the first game because of all the stances and stuff. This was just fluid. It was like you're swapping between all the different weapons. That makes me you think of like God of War 3. Because like if you, I was never that good. But like if you got really good with it man, you could switch between those weapons and you would see like some of the crazy combos people were doing online. so So that's that's pretty dope.
01:25:31
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah. I think finishing up with some stuff from Gamescom. um A new Black Myth game? Yeah, Black Myth. Zoom? I don't know how to say that. So I did not expect that either. Man, those developers are cooking.
01:25:45
Shameer Mehdikhan
I mean, i imagine they're not very far in the development of the game, right? Like, they're just, like, kind of showing off what they're doing. But it's cool that, like, what the it seems like what they're doing is, like, taking different Chinese legends, right? And it's like, this was Wukong, now we've got another one. And so, like,
01:26:00
Shameer Mehdikhan
maybe that's their trajectory right like as opposed to like wukong 2 or wukong 3 you just have a bunch of different spotlights on like different like you know chinese mythological feature figures like that's pretty dope like i kind of i kind of like that better than like a wukong long wukong it's the same thing with uh ghost of tsushima yotai blah blah because i feel like with god of war like it made sense but I know you haven't beat Wukong, but like by the end of Wukong, dude, like, you know, the power scale of that is like crazy. Like you would have to go to like Dragon Ball Super levels, you know? So, so, you know, I'm kind of happy. I feel like that was the right move.
01:26:35
Shameer Mehdikhan
um It's probably gonna take forever to come out. You know, i feel like it's, this is, think this is a ps6 game well it's like a ps6 cross gen cross gen because they had something to show at gamescon and i'm like again maybe it was just a cinematic i don't know what but i wouldn't be surprised in three years so 2028 but it took them a while to make black myth like didn't we get the first blackness yeah like trailer in like 2021 yeah
Influences on Blood Dawnwalker and Updates on Judas
01:27:00
Shameer Mehdikhan
but like this they already have a yeah they have a foundation now to build off i guess that's true so i mean that'd be dope um but okay you think three years so
01:27:09
Shameer Mehdikhan
2028, yeah, cross-gen. 2028, yeah, because I think 2028 will be cross-gen at that point. um Might even be like a first-year, you know, game for the next generation.
01:27:21
Shameer Mehdikhan
so that was dope. I guess finishing up on a couple things, um i know I don't think you really have been keeping track of this game. We just saw a trailer together. yeah, the Blood Dawnwalker. Some the gameplay. Blood of Dawnwalker.
01:27:36
Shameer Mehdikhan
man, that really reminded me of Witcher in like all the good ways, know? looks like Witcher. Really a lot of influence, I guess for those that don't know, the owner of this new studio helped make Witcher 3. Yeah, yeah. so um So i I'm loving that. You know, I did not think there would be as much of that like Witcher DNA in this game, like when I first saw the trailer for it.
01:27:58
Shameer Mehdikhan
But man, it really feels like... vampire witcher right and like that's actually kind of cool because like the blood and wine dlc for which it was really dope the only thing that gives me a little hesitation is the witcher was great on so many different levels but also just because of the depth and the scope right and so like i like what i see of the gameplay the setting kind of i i like the whole in fact that you can just go straight to the end and like fight the final boss, just like you can in Legend of Zelda. That's, that's pretty cool.
01:28:31
Shameer Mehdikhan
But at the same time, like if there's not that same complexity to like the world that makes it feel so like alive and all those side quests and interesting side characters and stuff like, then I don't know, I might feel like, you know, but like a hollow reminder of Witcher, you know, like it's enough to make me like be happy, but not enough that it leaves me kind of disappointed. So yeah.
01:28:52
Shameer Mehdikhan
don't know. I mean, I think, like, for me, I'm more and more excited for this game. And knowing that Witcher 4 is going to be a while out from now, right? this If this game comes out and it's really good, like, this might hold me over until then.
01:29:04
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, it'd be interesting to see that, yeah. It has some of the DNA. Like, demo itself kind of looked a little bare bones. Like, there wasn't a lot of NPCs or anything. Yeah, right? So I don't know if this is a game that's coming out soon or next year or something. i think it's 2026. Yeah.
01:29:17
Shameer Mehdikhan
I wonder if they were just trying to show like, like the battle system. right And so maybe that's why, and maybe later, you know, we'll see a side quest. Cause I just can't see the person who made Witcher, like want to take the Witcher DNA and make a new game without realizing that how important the side quests were. Like, you know, that's what people loved about your game so much. Right. And so, you know, that's the first thing they're going to notice if like that complex complexity isn't there.
01:29:44
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, that's true. So, cool. um See, I think that pretty much covers everything from Gamescom, right? Yeah. So. Yeah, great Gamescom this year. Kind of filled in for the fact that there's been no Sony, like, PlayStation Showcase in a while, too. There hasn't, yeah. Yeah, and even though Sony wasn't the biggest of the presents, this felt like my another E3 to me and in a weird way.
01:30:08
Shameer Mehdikhan
And honestly, I'm kind of liking this, like, one, two. Like, it would be nice if, like, Sony also kind of lined up their trailers and stuff like that, but you know, if we got like a bunch of like, you know, hey, here are the projects coming up like in June, right? And then we got a bunch of hands-on demos in August.
01:30:27
Shameer Mehdikhan
That's kind of nice, honestly. Yeah, I would have liked if they did that a little more. But again, with Ghost coming out, I think they're trying to keep that a little under wraps. Like I like that Xbox was, and again, Nintendo is more like you play your games right now. We want everyone to see this.
01:30:41
Shameer Mehdikhan
Somebody's kind of a little weird, like, ghost of type wasn't playable they just showed more oh really i thought it would be i never even i never even realized that yeah xbox was like bro all hands on bro because and i think they even showed like i want to say like an one hour video or something like that it was like developer sit downs where they sat down and talked about ninja gaining four grounded two um they talked about keeper so pretty much like oh and then outer worlds two you know yeah um I didn't actually watch all of that because and honestly, I'm so close to those games coming out and I already know I'm going to play them. At this point, I'm like, I don't want to know.
01:31:17
Shameer Mehdikhan
like I know there's been like some nice like press coverage and like previews for Outer Worlds 2 talking about how it's kind of similar to like New Vegas. I'm like, at this point, I don't want to know anything more. like I just want to play it. you know I don't want anything that can kind of overhype or spoil the experience.
01:31:33
Shameer Mehdikhan
That's fair. I can't blame for that. One other thing not related to GameStop, but came out around just the same time was there was some more information revealed by Ghost Studios with Ken Levine about Judas.
01:31:44
Shameer Mehdikhan
So they kind of, they they said they don't want to do trailers anymore because they know it takes a lot of time and resources to to market all of that. So they're going to be doing maybe frequent, but smaller blog posts.
01:31:55
Shameer Mehdikhan
So they did their first one. They showed off the key visual art for the game, which showed off a lot of different characters. I thought that was cool. And they showed off a couple seconds of gameplay and I'm like,
01:32:05
Shameer Mehdikhan
Okay. No way. Yeah, so it was interesting. what did How did I miss this? It just came out like four five days ago. so Oh my god. And they just dropped a post on Twitter and they just like vanished. No way, I thought this would be like blowing up everywhere because god.
01:32:19
Shameer Mehdikhan
I cannot wait for Judas. Yeah, it's weird because they still said they know everyone's anticipating the release date. We're still not ready to give a release date. 2027. Yeah, choice so I know. If it's 2025 this late and you don't feel confident in 2026, you're probably hoping to get into like November.
01:32:36
Shameer Mehdikhan
And come on, it's going to be late. It's going to be late. Now, I'm surprised they're still like, it's Take-Two, right? Was it Take-Two? I don't know, man. I think they they have their own company now, but I'm not i'm not sure, honestly. I feel like Take-Two's publishing, but might be ah they're getting on such a long leash. And I know Ken Levine is like this god, but like, don't know, did you just hear what happened to the studio making Bioshock 4?
01:32:55
Shameer Mehdikhan
Yeah, didn't they get pretty old? Yeah, they got X. So like, they were remaking Bioshock 1 and they were working on Bioshock 4. the executives at 2k looked at the game and what they had for Bioshock four. And basically they fired the director.
01:33:08
Shameer Mehdikhan
They demoted the head of the studio. They canceled Bioshock one remake. And now they brought in, Oh yeah. we talk very so Yeah. The fixer upper. So I mean, to me, again, I'm surprised that they are, you know, and I think this is amazing. You know, I want more of this in the games industry. Like God, if Bioware had this, um, right.
01:33:29
Shameer Mehdikhan
Uh, but, uh, It must be because whatever they've shown 2K has seemed promising enough. And I feel like 2K is one of those companies where like if you've shown something like that's good enough, they'll let you cook, right? Like they let Borderlands 4 cook, you know, they're going to let this cook. Yeah, I agree.
01:33:45
Shameer Mehdikhan
If it is 2K. It is 2K. The interesting thing is they were originally planning for both games to release this year, both Judas and Bioshock 4. Oh, really? Yeah, and that's why their forecast for this year was utterly insane.
01:33:57
Shameer Mehdikhan
But looks like both games are probably not going to come out now for a couple more years, so... Yeah. I mean, man, people were really thinking things were going to come out quick. I mean, what did they say? Starfield will come out in 2021? Yeah. Or 2020? Yeah.
01:34:10
Shameer Mehdikhan
Everyone is like two years delayed. Yeah. But, yeah, that's about it, really. Cool, cool. So, I guess, I mean, i already talked to you about what I'm looking forward to, but that's all the way in October. So, I mean, going into September, other than Borderlands, we have anything super exciting? Not really.
01:34:26
Shameer Mehdikhan
Okay. Well, let's hope Borderlands is going to hit hard. yeah All right. All right Peace out, everyone. Enjoy the ah the final days of summer. See ya. Peace.