Hello everyone, we apologize for the long delay. As you know sometimes life gets in the way and schedules just can't align due to previous commitments.

Dying Light 2: Stay Human is an upcoming survival horror action role-playing game developed and published by Techland

Initial release date: December 7, 2021

Developer: Techland

Publisher: Techland

Composer: Olivier Deriviere

Designer: Tymon Smektala

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows

Game info:

World - Earth

Point of view - first person

The mood of the game:  Zombie horror, with platforming elements

Timeline - 20 years after dying light 1, 15 years after the apocalypse 

Game’s Map - a place called the city/ 2  fairly large  maps with 7 different regions

Players - single-player/Co-op

Player progression - skill trees

Travel -  walking/ running/ Hardcore parkour

Setting:  you play a survivor named Aiden Caldwell, who is infected with the disease and is looking for a cure after an outbreak of a virus that caused the world to regress into a somewhat modern dark age.

Playable characters: Aiden Caldwell

We hope you enjoy our look into Returnal!

Returnal is a third-person shooter roguelike video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Initial release date: April 30, 2021

Developer: Housemarque

Engine: Unreal Engine 4

Composer: The Haxan Cloak

Genres: Roguelike, Adventure game, Third-person shooter, Psychological horror, Speculative fiction, Societal

Platform: PlayStation 5

Game info:

World - Atropos

Point of view - Third person

The mood of the game:  Rouge like, Bullet Hell

Timeline - Future

Game’s Map - Levels

Players - single player

Player progression - Better abilities called parasites

Travel -  walking/ running

Setting: disobeying orders, ASTRA Corporation explorer Selene Vassos attempts to land on the off limits planet of Atropos to investigate what she dubs the "White Shadow" signal, which somehow seems familiar to her. 

Playable characters: Selene Vassos

Hello as stated in the podcast here is our new Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/getrektcast/

In this one, we talk about a recent game with very mixed reviews. Some people like it some hate it, we have yet to play it, but from what we have seen. We are on the like-it side. come take a listen to find out why. Hope you all enjoy it!

Initial release date: May 25, 2021

Developer: Experiment 101

Publisher: THQ Nordic

Mode: Single-player video game

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows

Genres: Action role-playing game, Nonlinear gameplay

Game info:

World - Earth

Point of view - Third person

The mood of the game:  Third-person Rpg

Timeline - Post-apocalyptic future

Game’s Map - open world

Players - single player

Player progression - level up, better weapons, and abilities

Travel -  walking/ running/mounts

Setting: You play as a mammalian, which is this rat/raccoon thing, and your mission is to save the tree of life.

Playable characters: You create your own character, you pick the design of your mammalian as well as the stats and class you will be playing as. 

Some things we know:

The game has a karma system

Choices you make will influence the game's story

Weapons are not class-specific, however, abilities are

The game has a very animated cartoon-like feel to its design

The game is an open world 

There are many collectibles and secret items in the game

The beginning of the game is the most heavily narrated 

The open world does not really unlock until about an hour and a half in

The game was created by just a handful of people

There are 6 total classes in the game which are

Dead Eye

Commando

Psi-Freak

Saboteur

Sentinel

Mercenary

We decided the revist Resident Evil Village, hope you all enjoy!

This episode might sound a littler different because we were streaming the game while talking about it. 

Resident Evil Village is a survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. A major installment in the Resident Evil series and a narrative sequel to 2017's Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Initial release date: May 7th, 2021

Developer: Capcom

Series: Resident Evil

Engine: RE Engine

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows

Publishers: Capcom, Capcom U.S.A., Inc.

Game info:

World - Earth

Point of view - First person

The mood of the game:  Survival/Horror

Timeline -  Takes place in February of 2021

Game’s Map - Eastern European Village

Players - single player

Player progression - 

Travel -  walking/ running

Setting:  You play as Ethan Winters and his new daughter are captured by a seemingly rogue Chris Redfield and the rest of the Hound Wolf Squad. They are forced to knock out Ethan, and when he awakes the finds that the guards are dead, and his daughter and Chris are gone. 

Playable characters: Ethan  Winters

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 is a remastered version of japanese release of NeiR Replicant or just NeiR as it was called in the United States. The game offers the same story with polished graphics and combat, with small changes such as the protagonist being a brother instead of a father, and subtle dialog changes. 

Initial release date:  April 23rd, 2021

Developer:  Toy Logic 

Publisher: Square Enix

Mode(s): Single-player

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows

Genres:  Action role-playing

Game info:

World - Earth? Really not sure to be honest,

Point of view - Third person

The mood of the game:  Japanese role-playing game with action combat

Timeline - Distant future

Game’s Map - open-world areas/dungeons

Players - single player

Player progression - level up, better weapons, and abilities

Travel -  walking/ running

Setting: You are a young adult male, who is set on a quest to save his sister Yonah from death from a mysterious disease.

Playable characters: The protagonist has no name, but players have been calling him Nier since the game first came out. You can also play as Kaine.

In this episode we talk about our favorite platformer games, and discuss what actually makes a game a platformer. Spoiler alert the jury seems to still be out on that one lol. We hope you all enjoy! 

In this episode, we talked about our experiences with mmorpgs, and the current state that they are in. We laugh, we cry, overall its a good time. We hope you all enjoy!

In this episode, we talk about Shooter games and our experiences with them. We have our good friend Richie from Gaming on a Budget as well. We hope you all enjoy our dive down the rabbit hole that is shooter games. 

We talk about what makes an RPG an RPG, and our experiences with the genre. We hope you all enjoy!

Deathloop is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is to be released on May 21, 2021, for PlayStation 5 and Windows.

Initial release date: May 21, 2021

Developer: Arkane Studios

Publisher: Bethesda Softworks

Mode(s): Single-player, multiplayer

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5

Genres: First-person shooter, Action-adventure game

Game info:

World - Earth

Point of view - First-person

The mood of the game: action shooter/ RPG

Timeline - looks like the 60s

Game’s Map - Island of Blackreef

Players - Single-player/ Online Multiplayer

Player progression - Weapons/trinkets

Travel -  Hardcore Parkour

Setting: You are a person name colt, who has been tasked with eliminating 8 targets that are in a perpetual time loop, that resets at the end of each day. Colt is also a part of this time loop and with each death or day. The time loop resets, and only memories of the previous day are kept. 

Playable characters: Colt/Julianna