Sacred Symbols, Episode 77: Summer Samurai (Patreon)
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As PlayStation 5 lumbers toward us like an AT-AT stomping across Hoth (but in a good way), the calendar has left us with precious few PS4 exclusives of consequence. The Last of Us: Part II is obviously the King of the Unreleased, and Dreams is a commercial long-shot, but Ghost of Tsushima might just be the most intriguing of the bunch. One part third-person action game and another part historical fiction, Sucker Punch's eagerly-anticipated PlayStation 4 swan song finally has a release date. Well, window. So let's chat about it. Oh, and have we mentioned we're making a PS4/Vita game of our own? It's true! It's called Twin Breaker, and we're super excited to tell you more. Along with other announcements out of The Game Awards and news from parts elsewhere, we fit in some of your inquiries, too. Does Final Fantasy VII Remake's lack of PS4 exclusivity matter? Does Capcom risk going overboard with the remakes? Is Death Stranding getting critically short-changed? Why is Dick a nickname for Richard? Mysteries abound!
Timestamps:
0:00:17 - Intro.
0:01:41 - Our game has been announced!
0:08:09 - Sacred Symbols+ talk.
0:09:19 - One listener's apartment burns down. He's thankful for cloud saves.
0:12:02 - Redbox is no longer renting games.
0:14:34 - The Game Awards happened last week.
0:17:30 - A keyboard is just a word piano.
0:17:54 - What do we think about Red Robin?
0:20:16 - Why is Dick short for Richard?
0:21:06 - The Xbox Series X was revealed.
0:33:53 - Does Sony need to "get back on track" with PS5?
0:37:14 - What have we been playing?
0:39:41 - Ghosts of Tsushima has a release window.
0:44:17 - A PS5 game has actually been revealed.
0:51:35 - A new League of Legends game is coming to console.
0:53:21 - The NPD results for November, 2019 are in.
0:56:09 - The reformed Telltale Games is working on The Wolf Among Us 2.
0:58:44 - Sony has revealed the top selling games on PSN for November.
0:59:29 - A new Fast and Furious game is in development.
1:04:52 - A spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance has been announced.
1:08:29 - Minor game announcements and release date information.
1:12:22 - This week's new releases for PS4, PS Vita, and PSVR.
1:32:06 - Do we ever change our PS4 theme?
1:34:54 - Why is there so much disdain for Death Stranding?
1:41:50 - Why has there been no uproar over Final Fantasy VII Remake’s timed exclusivity?
1:49:08 - Will MLB: The Show's lack of exclusivity tempt Sony to make more, similar moves.
1:52:02 - How important is gameplay innovation?