Love and Respect for the Nov 28th Podcast
Added 2025-11-22 02:51:04 +0000 UTCHello, I'm opening the inbox early for next week since we will be shooting on Tuesday instead of Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday. We will be going over the Top Turkeys of 2025. (Nominate yours here.) It's time for the October sales report. Plus, we'll be hitting up some games we haven't gotten to yet like Moonlighter 2 and Neon Inferno, as well as a ridiculously gimmicky impressions block with Isla.
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Hi, Allies! Have you ever seen a game with a high OpenCritic score and thought, "how in the world did that get that kind of praise?" Recently, I played through Final Fantasy XVI, and I do not know how this game has an 87! I found the combat boring, the story telling more than showing, the lack of customization of party members disappointing, and most importantly the side quests mostly just plain sucked! While I appreciate the wonderful voice acting and music, and the attempt at a mature story refreshing, this game was just such a slog for me that if I were reviewing it, I'd have trouble giving it anything higher than a 7/10. What game screams to you "how did that get a high OpenCritic score?" L&R! Happy Thanksgiving!
Andy Schreiner
2025-11-25 16:01:13 +0000 UTCHi Allies! No game from me this time because I have a problem: I like city management games too much. Last week, at around 11pm one night, I installed this early access city builder Whiskerwood on a whim, looking to give it an hour to see how it was. At the end of my hour-long play session, I was satisfied and had some good fun...only to realize it had actually been closer to five hours! I know this happens to me with city builders and management-type games. When Frostpunk launched on console a few years ago, I accidentally played through an entire night until the sun was rising. I'm usually responsible about my gaming time with all the other responsibilities I have, but something about this specific genre hits some specific parts of my brain that make everything else disappear. Now, have any of you ever had a game or genre engross you TOO much? How do you properly balance gaming with your other responsibilities?
Frankie
2025-11-25 00:40:21 +0000 UTC
