Dragon's Dogma 2 is unbelievable (when it works)
Plus, A NEW YORK GIRAFFE TATTOO!
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Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the best game of the year? Or is it the buggiest? It might be the most divisive! This week, The Besties talk about the wildly ambitious (and difficult to run on most hardware) fantasy RPG from Capcom. Plus, we take a deep dive into the reader mail pool. Did we mention we keep all the letters in a pool, Scrooge McDuck-style? Because we do.
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This week on The Besties Bonus Patreon: This upcoming Tuesday, the Besties Battle Bracket will select the best twist in video games (without spoiling any games from the past decade). The slumber party energy continues!
This past Tuesday, the Resties talked about The Saboteur, a forgotten open-world game in which an Irish pro racecar driver fights Nazis in an open-world recreation of occupied France! And they share other favorite forgotten games of the Xbox 360/PS3 era.
Games discussed:
Dragon’s Dogma 2, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, Nier Automata, Stardew Valley, Fez, Hyperlight Drifter, Tiny Wings, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery, Balatro, Slice and Dice, Fuser, Helldivers 2
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Besties listener Paul got this incredible New York Giraffe tattoo by this artist. It’s based on an illustration featured on our Besties challenge coin and we can’t get over how great it looks!
The ballad of Fang, Dragon’s Dogma 2’s best pawn
Phil Spencer talked with Plante about what the hell is happening in the games industry
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is lying to you
Live in Southern California? Polygon is hosting a free screening of Hundreds of Beavers (Plante’s favorite new cult comedy) in Santa Ana.
Exploring the new world of Chinese FMV games
Okay, Twitter is still good sometimes:
Bonus: Snapshots from Plante’s adventures
I'd just like the chime in on video game soundtrack... Citizen Sleeper's soundtrack is something I still think about and go back to listen to...I love it. And it really adds to the game's theming beautifully.
Yooooo we need a new part of the opening routine where Griff does voice impressions of whatever game is on this week. THOSE WERE SO GOOD!