Bits of Time

Season 2 is in the books! Thank you so much for joining us and cheers to a celebration of gaming and fun. We appreciate your time, enjoy.

(00:00) Welcome to the End

(00:38) Music & What are we drinking & Share us around please

(02:04) Larry's Future Questions

(02:50) An Idea Coming & The Time Spent

(08:10) Where Larry is at in gaming

(09:23) Oldest Game/Newest Game

(11:32) Guessing Review Scores Highest and Lowest

(18:11) Bits of Time Top Five

(23:42) Favorite Boxart

(26:04) The Best Name

(27:40) Our Continuity & What Has Come to Pass

(31:10) An Idea - A Brother's Journey

(36:27) Season 3 - The Possibilities 

(39:33) The Outro, Thank You, Onward to 2023

Season 2 Game 12 - Halo Reach gets our approval. This is a prequel that shouldn't be missed. Top 3 Levels, Halo's Future, A masterful ending, this episode is jam packed with goodies.

(00:00) Intros

(01:06) Music & Welcome to Reach's hopelessness 

(02:07) A Worthy Prequel & Our Times and the Background

(03:28) Lite Spoilers for the ending

(03:49) Visually, Paint me a Picture

(05:40) Favorite so bad game

(08:08) Reach's High Points right away

(10:38) Teammates Vs Solo Chief

(15:08) Top 3 Levels

(22:53) Nitpick

(24:12) No Flood

(28:18) References

(29:40) A Masterful Ending

(33:00) Ranking

(35:50) Hey Listenter

(36:17) Halo Infinite Online versus Master Chief Collection

(45:02) Future of Halo, What Would We Do?

(52:30) The Modern Era of Gaming Who Takes Over Halo & The Roadmap

(01:06:08) The Quick Bits

(01:07:30) The Outro

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We ask the simple question, is this game worth your time? Two brothers trying to save you time on video games.

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Season 2 Game 11 - Beautiful writing deserving of a remake so Raziel can finally spread his wings

(00:00) Opening Monologue

(01:07)  Welcome + Not Worth it…but

(02:05) Pokemon as a pet

(03:32) What makes it crumble?

(04:42)Walkthrough required?

(05:33) Time spent playing

(06:27) History Class

(09:29) A Smart Game + Amazing Opening

(11:28) Needing a Remake?

(12:52) Mike’s Likes

(13:48) Teleportation just done wrong…

(15:00) Block Puzzle Hatred

(16:38) Lack of a Map + Exploration Frustration

(20:54) Feeling motivation to make progress 

(22:14) More Puzzle than combat bad?

(23:12) The Combat

(28:55) Poetic

(30:32) Writing continued (SPOILERS)

(33:26) New Soul Reaver (END SPOILERS)

(37:23) Quick Bits

(37:55) Outro Monologue

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Season 2 Game 10

Both brothers love the multiplayer here, but was the story enough to win them both over? Also, what modern games would be great to see brought into this battle arena type universe? Stick around and find out!

Episode Bits:

(00:00) Intro Monologue

(01:20) Welcome + Control Hate

(03:50) Larry’s Paints a picture of Custom Robo

(05:25) Playtime and History

(07:50) Could it have gone without the story?

(09:20) Intro story nitpick

(10:05) Michael’s quick positives

(13:00) Lack of Save Points

(14:25) Tutorial length + Character Game Speak

(15:40) What kept you playing?

(16:30) Enough Variety in Multiplayer

(17:04) Customization

(20:55) “Jelly Bean” Multiplayer Start

(22:20) What made Larry stop playing

(24:17) Maybe the biggest Negative?

(26:05) Favorite Character + DBZ

(27:14) Favorite Playstyle

(29:44) Mike’s quick summary

(30:30) STORY SPOILERS

(32:20) END SPOILERS + Modern Game with Multiplayer

(35:30) Larry New Franchise Question to Mike

(39:50) Quick Bits

(40:45) Wrap-Up

We ask the simple question, is this game worth your time? Two brothers trying to save you time on video games.

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Season 2 Game 9. Play this game.

(00:00) Intros

(00:50) Welcome & Happy Gobble Day

(01:20) Picking a gaming a couple

(02:30) Slay the Spire Worth your time approved + Addicting loops

(04:07) Painting A Picture

(06:24) Time Spent + History

(08:25) Differences and Character runs

(14:52) Lack of Story

(18:24) Getting into Card Games + Strategies

(27:47) Preference of Rougelites

(29:52) Entering the Spire...

(31:04) The Quick Bits

(33:30) The Fun by Omission

(33:44) Outro

We ask the simple question, is this game worth your time? Two brothers trying to save you time on video games.

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Norco is now on Gamepass. This is a little indie Point and Click adventure that has snuck its way into my mind and planted it self firmly in one of my favorite experiences so far in 2022. 

Episode Bits:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:41) - Welcome + Spoiler Warning

(01:10) - Real World Location

(01:35) - Our Character + Clever Revelations

(02:27) - The Characters of this Town

(04:01) - Playing Mother

(04:34) - Art style

(04:58) - Gameplay designed for a mouse

(05:24) - Mind-Node

(05:49) - Battling + The Kitty

(06:08) - Swamp Boating and Hacking!

(06:40) - Questions Left to be answered

(07:07) - The Verdict

(07:34) - Ambiant Music Outro

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Season 2 Game 8

Larry's feeling old, while Mike is vibing along in this one. 

Episode Bits:

(00:00) Intro

(01:16)  Welcome + Larry’s Old

(02:25) Who was your first celebrity crush?

(04:12)  How long did we play for?

(05:30) History Class

(06:35) Larry explains feeling overwhelmed

(10:20) Explaining the style and gameplay

(13:45) The Touch Controls Unique?

(15:30) Lyrical Music + Trying to read + Digital Summer

(18:50) The Story (Light spoilers)

(21:00) The Pin System = Pokemon

(25:16) The Look

(27:40) Pick a Band to Write a Song for this game

(29:35) Quick Bits

(34:10) Story SPOILER Time

(38:15) End Spoilers + Wrap-Up

39:06) Outro

We ask the simple question, is this game worth your time? Two brothers trying to save you time on video games.

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FAR: Lone Sails Review

The Finale is here. This is the final part of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Quest Along. A wrap-up of where this game stands by itself and where it sits in the Xenoblade Series as a whole. 85 Hours into Xenoblade Chronicles 3 begins now.

Episode Bits:

(00:00) Welcome to this Quest Along Review

(00:40) 85 Hours with XB3

(01:04) A Good Starting Point for the Series

(01:53) The Overview - Why I Kept Playing

(04:33) The Quick Bits - The Stats

(05:25) Thank you

(05:44) SPOILERS

(20:57) Xenoblade Series Comparison (some spoilers) - Where does XB3 Slot In?

(23:50) The Send Off - Still Wanting More

We ask the simple question, is this game worth your time? Two brothers trying to save you time on video games.

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Season 2 Game 7.

OPUS: Echo of Stasong is a slow burn. One brother made I through and loved it for its character moments and gripping sadness. The other brother couldn't get past the nitpicks. Much to discuss!

Episode Bits:

(00:00) Intros

(01:20) Welcome!

(01:58) What Game Changed Your Mind About a Certain Genre?

(04:07) The Time Spent - History

(06:40) The Starting Goodness for Larry - And Then the Bad

(07:50) Slow Burn Play Sessions

(10:37) Things Michael Liked Away

(14:00) Starting Incidents

(16:03) The Dice Rolls

(21:25) The Driving Force

(25:46) Lack of Mouse Support

(27:40) Review Scores

(30:00) Nitpicks - Praises

(31:34) Take This Game and Genre Switch!

(35:40) The Lore - The Small Percentage Audio Logs

(39:28) Story SPOILERS

(47:01) End of Spoilers - Come LISTEN TO THIS

(47:47) The Quick Bits

(51:06) Final Thoughts - Outro

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FAR: Lone Sails Review

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We ask the simple question, is this game worth your time? Two brothers trying to save you time on video games.

Season 2 Game 6

Both brothers did not vibe with this one. They also have differing views on what exactly is happening in the story. 

Episode Bits:

(00:00) Intro Monologue 

(01:16) Welcome

(02:20) Loving Inside = Not Liking Limbo?

(03:10) Community Question (New)

(05:12) Playtime 

(06:20) Racking up Deaths

(06:56) History class

(08:41) The Likes

(10:11) The Dislikes

(11:50) Is Limbo Fun + Religion

(12:45) Sound Design

(14:18) The Puzzles

(16:08) Story (SPOILERS)

(20:44) Horror?

(22:38) Quick Bits

(23:22) Replacing the Spider

(25:18) Should This Have Been A Short Film Instead

(27:38) Outro

We ask the simple question, is this game worth your time? Two brothers trying to save you time on video games.

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Larry

Michael

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