Chamberlain and Chance

Welcome yall to the Red Dead Redemption 2 episode. Of the three stars of the podcast, two of them are more than willing to overlook the game’s faults and live in its world. The third compares it to a stinky bus with very clean windows. The rest of the industry doesn’t stop just because Rockstar released a game so there is still time for Destiny 2, headlines, and just a little bit of Overwatch.

It’s almost Halloween so Chamberlain ambushes Chance and Alex, forcing them to pick their favorite horror games. Anything to provide a distraction from all of the terrible games he has been playing while not playing Spider-Man. Alex has returned to X-Com 2 and Chance has sampled a wide range of games, from welcome remakes on hand held systems to games that have grown more fugly with age. Everyone is just passing the time until Red Dead Redemption 2 comes out.

This week: Chamberlain survives a visit from a long dead author bent on hideous revenge. He also finished Shadow of the Tomb Raider and likes Lara much more when she is being very, very bad. Chance’s honeymoon with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is over and he is not nearly as in love with it as he used to be. And Alex is busy stacking monsters by descending size in a Final Fantasy game that was less than half the price and more than twice the fun as driving through the desert with a bunch of bros wearing all black.

This week, 100% fewer sad pet stories. Instead Chamberlain declares that Forza Horizon 4 is the Destiny 2 of open world driving games. He also starts Shadow of the Tomb Raider and really wishes that Jonah is the main character instead of Lara. Chance remember that he does like ancient Greece and is actually enjoying an Assassin’s Creed game for the first time since Black Flag. It’s almost enough to get him over how much Blizzard hates Tracer and everyone who mains her.

There’s a new cat on the podcast! Sure, other things happen – Chamberlain spent 65 hours on Dragon Quest XI just to come up a few hours short, Alex had enough of Destiny 2 and is giving Assassin’s Creed Origins another try, and Chance did not play all that much of anything but he did get a new cat, which is the most important thing. Well, that, and he was right about The Messenger.

Warning, minor Dragon Quest XI spoilers in this episode! Chamberlain has not finished it but there are some specific plot points covered. Chance loves Spider-Man so much the he would propose were he not already betrothed to Overwatch. Alex is back on the Destiny 2 train, as they have fixed most of his complaints. Plus it was just someone’s birthday!

It’s a quiet week at the Chamberlain and Chance podcast. Chamberlain is still working on Dragon Quest XI, though ‘working on’ is a bit generous. More like experiencing in a calm, relaxed manner. Chance still has not finished Spider-Man but he did fire up Okami on the Switch just because he wanted to play a classic. And Alex is missing. Not really missing, the hurricane left him alone, he just has better things to do.

This week Spider-Chance does whatever a Spider-Chance can, namely not play Overwatch in favor of Spider-Man. Alex has rolled back his take on Dragon Quest XI from really, really good to just pretty good and it only took him fifty hours to get there. Chamberlain finished more of We Happy Few than 98% of the people who started it and wishes he didn’t.

There’s a new JRPG in town and it is more than cute enough to garner Alex’s affections. Hopefully the good feelings for Dragon Quest XI last longer than they did for Ni No Kuni 2. Chance has added another Metroid-vania to his list, pushing Chamberlain’s beloved Guacamelee down a notch in favor of The Messenger. Chamberlain has played more We Happy Few than anyone else in the entire world and it hurts.

A rare event: Chamberlain, Chance and Alex have all played Guacamelee 2. Chamberlain loves it more than is healthy, Alex has some reasonable criticisms and Chance simply enjoys pile driving skeletons with a chicken. A spire has been slain, Kratos still has it where it counts and someone is still playing Overwatch (it’s Chance).