In The Alters, Life Comes at You Fast
Plus, a surprising remake of an SMT/Persona spin-off
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The Alters is one of the year’s most interesting games, blending experimental sci-fi narrative with a clever management simulation. The Besties talk about how the game’s mechanics clock together, why the story deserved more space, and what makes the developers’ use of AI so irritating. Plus, Plante played an awesome Persona/SMT spin-off
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Games discussed:
The Alters, Raidou Remastered, Death Stranding 2
The Alters developer’s statement on AI usage in the game:
“I’m Getting Real Tired Of Not Being Able To Trust That A Video Game Doesn’t Have AI Crap In It” (Aftermath)
TV discussed:
Squid Games
Handheld gaming YouTube discussed:
Techdweeb, RetroGameCorps, James Channel
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After watching Northernlion's unintentional biggest stream while playing a Horse Girl gacha, I'm gonna throw out the prediction now that one the 4 will play Umamusume sometime in the near future.
made an account to beg the besties to play umamusume and maybe even stream it somewhere. the more creators i like who play uma, the lower the odds are of me playing it myself and losing thousands of hours of my precious free time to coaching these horse women to victory