Can Activision save Halo? + Control Resonant & Ace Combat 8 review discussions | FPS #105

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

This episode is brought to you by Paypal. You know how a mom's bag has everything? Sunscreen, snacks, a stapler?

The new Paypal app is like that, but for your money. Shop, pay, manage your account, and earn rewards all in one place. And with purchase protection on eligible items, biometric security and pass keys, you're protected at every step. Download the new Paypal app to get started. See paypal.com/protectionterms.

SPEAKER_2 (0:30)

When you think about Crocs, you think the classic clog. But did you know there's also a canvas clog, a vegan suede clog, a coastal inspired style, a style with studs, straps, and lots of sass.

Honestly, I could keep going with the surprises. You've got to see them for yourself because there is literally a style for every kind of girl. So do your thing and head to crocs.com or a store near you now.

SPEAKER_3 (1:02)

Folks, we're here for another episode of the podcast, the Friends Per Second podcast. I'm just starting it because I don't have a Thanks for.

SPEAKER_1 (1:08)

watching. It feels weird, it feels weird. What do you got?

SPEAKER_3 (1:11)

What do you want to say?

SPEAKER_2 (1:12)

I'm freezing. I don't know, it's like a fun observation one of us has had.

SPEAKER_3 (1:16)

Hey, how about those bananas?

SPEAKER_4 (1:18)

No, no, all of this is bad.

SPEAKER_1 (1:20)

Let's cut this. All right, start over? Okay.

SPEAKER_3 (1:24)

All right, let's give a beat.

Okay, hey, hey guys, did you hear the one about the banana? Sorry. Okay, I really got nothing.

SPEAKER_2 (1:35)

It sounds very appealing.

SPEAKER_3 (1:37)

Oh, get out of here.

SPEAKER_4 (1:38)

I'm not starting the show like this, please.

SPEAKER_1 (1:41)

Okay, this is good. All right.

SPEAKER_3 (1:42)

Well, now that most people have clicked off, we are here. Yeah, we are here. How are you both doing?

SPEAKER_4 (1:48)

Tired. It's a lot. There's a lot going on right now.

It's release season.

SPEAKER_3 (1:54)

I thought you were going to say the weight of the world.

SPEAKER_4 (1:56)

Well, I mean, yes, absolutely. Obviously, those things are more important. Of course, right? But, you know, not really here to talk about the shit show that is the outside world for the next two and a half hours. We're really just going to insulate ourselves in our little video games bubble.

SPEAKER_1 (2:11)

In our video game shit show.

SPEAKER_4 (2:12)

In this bubble. Second, sorry?

SPEAKER_2 (2:14)

In our video game shit show.

SPEAKER_4 (2:15)

That's right. Yeah. And there's a lot happening in our bubble. There's a lot of games coming out. It's a really busy period. We knew it was coming. We knew it was going to be this big. Look, question, is this the biggest September-October release schedule you can recall?

I think it is, just in terms of the sheer number of excellent game after excellent game after excellent game, and just constant. I think this is the most, because again, we know GTA is the 19th of November. Everything got squeezed forward, and it just feels really out of control at the moment.

SPEAKER_2 (2:49)

That's the only thing I can think of, which would be comparable, would be a new console launch.

But even that doesn't come close, because what was PS5, two games? Demon's Souls, Miles Morales, and Astrobot, I guess.

SPEAKER_4 (3:04)

Yeah, true, true.

SPEAKER_3 (3:06)

The last really crazy.

SPEAKER_2 (3:07)

I think the reason that that felt so chaotic was the consoles came in quite up to the wire. You had X amount of time to review the console, then review the games on it and stuff. Whereas, this is just Yowza.

SPEAKER_3 (3:21)

Yeah, the last one I can think of that was this crazy. There might have been another one that I just blacked out, but the year that it was like Assassin's Creed, Origins, Mario Odyssey, Wolf 2

SPEAKER_2 (3:34)

2017

SPEAKER_3 (3:35)

Yeah, back to back to back.

Yeah, this is crazy. This is what this also this time, it's not even just like, like I get, like it's not just like reviewer and internet game people talking like, like a lot of my comments and even just talking to people in real life, they're like, hey, I'm still on that game that came out like three months ago. Like, what are we doing? Like it's just, there's not, there's not enough time for these good games.

SPEAKER_4 (3:58)

I feel like Zero Company, Star Wars Zero Company was maybe like a month ago now, but it feels like it was six years ago. Like it really does. Space time has just folded in on itself. There is no up or down. It's just crazy. But at the same time, like it's actually excellent. If you think about the spread of stuff that's come out and how different it is and how many different audiences it services, because yeah, you've got like Star Wars Zero Company, which is a strategy game. Mortal Shell 2 was like an excellent Souls-like that no one really saw coming.