1 Hour 1 Decision (1H1D)

1 Hour 1 Decision (1H1D)

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1 Hour 1 Decision (1H1D) episodes

  • 1H1D #219: Ghostwire: Tokyo

    These yokai better watch out!

    After a brief sojourn, the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button is back in control of game selection. For this episode, it has chosen the first-person action title developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. Following in the wake of their Evil Within franchise, the developers have hung on to some elements of horror, but also diverged from their usual mechanics to craft a more action-heavy experience. Will these elements find the right balance, or will they be locked in a struggle for control just like the game's dual protagonists? Join our hosts as they discuss the first hour of game time and decide if they will continue this twisted tale of Tokyo.

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    31 min
  • 1H1D #218: Balatro

    It was nearly called Joker Poker.

    Chris wants to play a roguelike? For you longtime listeners, I'm sure that sounds borderline inconceivable, but here we are with his thumb on the scale, pushing our duo to investigate the deck-builder developed by LocalThunk and published by Playstack. Available everywhere and now included with Xbox Game Pass, this indie title was crafted by a single anonymous developer and has been nominated for spades of awards. Critics and players alike are saying it's a modern classic and that has set expectations high for our hosts. Will Chris be proven right to cash in on the hype or will this be a major bust? The hour had been invested, let's learn if his gamble pays off!

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    23 min
  • 1H1D #217: Eternal Strands

    Follow, follow, follow the road to the Enclave.

    Sometimes our hosts get lucky and the "Surprise Me" button picks something they wanted to investigate anyway. Such is the case for this fresh third person action-adventure title developed and published as the debut entry from Yellow Brick Games. With core designers formerly from Ubisoft Quebec and critically-acclaimed classics cited as inspiration, their crew has set a high bar for success. After years of development, this title was recently released and is ready for review. With just one hour on the clock to make a lasting impression, will this weaver's spell flourish or fizzle? Join Tom and Chris as they pull the threads of this tapestry and decide if it will weather the test of time!

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    28 min
  • 1H1D #216: Avowed

    Professed publicly and asserted openly.

    A new challenger appears! It's been a little while since we had a guest on this program and we are excited to have Dave from Tales from the Backlog join our usual duo to investigate the new action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. Mixing magic and melee sits at the heart of this title about an empire's envoy tasked with investigating a mind-altering plague. What sorts of cool combos will our hosts discover in the first hour of gameplay? Will the experience arrest their attention and make them consider continuing? Expectations are running high, so let's discover if this one can deliver. It's time for this trio to tell their tales!

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    39 min
  • 1H1D #215: Sniper Elite: Resistance

    Resist... your urge to run and gun!

    In 1992, two brothers started a company called Rebellion. Three decades later, their studio has come a long way from those humble beginnings. The most successful of their products is certainly the shooter franchise where players sneak around and one-shot their enemies from incredible distances. It seems fitting that the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has stealthily selected the freshest entry in that famed franchise as the subject of this episode. With lots of opportunities to nail down their core mechanics, will this game deliver on decades of optimization or has franchise fatigue resulted in a sub-par experience? Tom and Chris have spent a precious hour of their lives behind enemy lines and now it's time to report back on their reconnaissance. Let's learn if this one's worth your time!

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    28 min
  • 1H1D #214: Creatures of Ava

    What's this? Another planet in peril?


    It's starting to feel like the "Surprise Me" button may have an agenda as it puts our players on another alien planet in peril. In this action-adventure title by Inverge Studios, the world is suffering from an unstoppable infection, and the player is tasked with saving as many animals as possible before the end arrives. It sounds a bit like a futuristic Noah's Ark, where the gameplay elements focus on taming the local fauna to access new areas, expanding the number of new critters available to befriend. With just one hour to make a decision, have the game designers given our hosts a proper taste of the full experience? Will the taming and creature-controlling mechanics be fun to use or will poor execution mark this one for the trash heap? Join Tom and Chris as they share their thoughts and their final decisions!

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    23 min
  • 1H1D #213: The Gunk

    It sounds gross 'cause it is gross.


    The Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has put Tom and Chris on sanitation duty! For this episode, our hosts get to work cleaning up an alien world in the action-adventure title brought to you by Thunderful Development. The titular gunk looks like a certain alien symbiote, but this relationship is certainly more toxic for the host. Will liberating the environment from vile sludge prove to be a fun and rewarding endeavor? Will it warrant more playtime? Join our hosts as they roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty deciding if you should suit up and get to work too!

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    23 min
  • 1H1D #212: Genesis Noir

    Save the universe, at least metaphorically.


    The Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has certainly surprised us with this indie puzzle adventure game developed by Feral Cat Den and published by Fellow Traveller Games. Taking inspiration from both noir-style detective stories and established scientific theories, this dialogue-free title challenges players to solve puzzles in order to prevent the murder of the protagonist's love interest. It's certainly a unique experience and we are interested to discover what our hosts took away from their first hour of play. Will it be the first of many more to come, or will this giant metaphor be so obtuse that they walk away bewildered? Only time will tell!

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    21 min
  • 1H1D #211: Wild Hearts

    These beasts are wild, how about their hearts?


    From the minds of Omega Force, the developers that brought you hordes of Dynasty Warriors, comes this decidedly different animal. In this action RPG, players must hunt one very nasty beast at a time instead of battling the typical tons of minions. To differentiate itself from others in the genre, this title includes a Katakuri mechanic, where players build mechanisms to help them traverse the environment and take down their powerful prey. Will a strong combat pedigree and layered mechanics allow this game to carve out a space for itself amongst the heavy hitters in the monster hunting genre? Tom and Chris will each dedicate an hour to see how it measures up and report back if it's worth your time!

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    28 min
  • 1H1D #210: Torment: Tides of Numenera

    Which way will these tides turn?


    At the behest of the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button, our hosts engage with an isometric turn-based RPG developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Techland Publishing. Set in the universe of the tabletop RPG Numenera, this title may not be a licensed sequel to the beloved Planescape: Torment, but it shares a lot of that DNA, right down to the people involved in its manufacture. That clout saw it fully funded on Kickstarter very quickly and likely plays a role in its strong aggregate reviews. Putting all that aside, what will Tom and Chris make of this game? Like the protagonist, they approach this as a blank slate, ready to be molded by the fresh experience. Will the first hour leave them eager for more or ready forget the whole endeavor? Let's find out!

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    26 min

About 1 Hour 1 Decision (1H1D)

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Tom and Chris are college buddies and life-long gamers. Unfortunately, responsibilities of middle-age life are hindering their opportunities to try many of the great games out there! With the help of…