Let's talk about escort missions in video games!

0:08 - Escort missions in video games: the good and the bad

1:06:58 - Full spoiler discussion of the end of The Mandalorian

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Chat Transcript:

6:58 PMofficialMX​hehehehehe

6:59 PMDrake Williamson​hello

7:00 PMJames Strider​Howdy y'all

7:00 PMLynndy Lee​g'morning

7:01 PMDrake Williamson​oh I'm familiar with escorts. just not in video games. JK

7:04 PMofficialMX​ello

7:05 PMCabal's Corner​hi

7:15 PMSusanne Christ​resident evio games are annoying with stocky controls 😐

7:17 PMSusanne Christ​u cant choose settings for npc not to use items like in most rpgs?

7:19 PMSusanne Christ​lacking the I in AI lol

7:31 PMmatthew wilson​well play warframe you can zip across the map and your escort can keep up

7:33 PMaddictedtochaos​Always found the Dead Rising games to be rather poorly designed.

7:33 PMaddictedtochaos​Best Zombie games are Left 4 Dead 1&2.

7:33 PMmatthew wilson​HAY LISTEN

7:34 PMmatthew wilson​from the anoying fairy in the corner

7:34 PMThe Real Bucky​Holy shit, I missed you, Andy!

7:35 PMmatthew wilson​dead risng is the definition of flawed gem

7:36 PMmatthew wilson​gem

7:36 PMmatthew wilson​not game

7:36 PMmatthew wilson​flawed gem

7:37 PMThe Real Bucky​Did you talk about GTA in different time periods in one game, yet? And I asked what can be done to fill out that empty, open space?

7:37 PMmatthew wilson​mall whats a mall /s

7:38 PMmatthew wilson​the fact that it takes place ina mall supper dates it

7:38 PMThe Real Bucky​@matthew Wilson What’s a mall?

7:39 PMThe Real Bucky​@matthew wilson

7:39 PMThe Real Bucky​Oh yeah, escort missions.

7:41 PMmatthew wilson​yup she is a spoiled brat lol

7:41 PMThe Real Bucky​You can even throw her at bad guys.

7:42 PMmatthew wilson​but do a barrewl roll

7:43 PMThe Real Bucky​I want an open world game where every almost single interior can be entered. I thought I saw some kind technology that enables that a while back. I don’t remember where now.

7:46 PMaddictedtochaos​Speaking of Zelda I’m hoping that Zelda is a companion character in BOTW 2. Just with good AI that you don’t have to babysit the whole time.

7:47 PMThe Real Bucky​@addictedtochaos Like Atreus in God of War, one of the greatest “You would think you’d have to babysit characters but you really don’t” characters in gaming history.

7:49 PMaddictedtochaos​👍

7:51 PMmatthew wilson​yakuza did everything shamue was trying to do

7:53 PMmatthew wilson​so what sonic adventure did

7:54 PMJames Strider​Paper Mario did that with Luigi in Thousand-Year Door, him on his own quest. Escorting the punies in that was a mess

7:55 PMThe Real Bucky​BOI

7:56 PMaddictedtochaos​Yes it is Kratos’ son

7:57 PMThe Real Bucky​I still want a return to form with Paper Mario, in the vein of the original and The Thousand Year Door. No partners killed the subsequent games for me. And make Paper Luigi a thing!

8:00 PMThe Real Bucky​Super Paper Mario was just a bit better than I thought it would be.

8:01 PMThe Real Bucky​And they beat you over the head with the fact that they’re paper. The first three games never acknowledged that and were all the better for it.

8:02 PMThe Real Bucky​Paper Jam

8:03 PMJames Strider​i think i heard the Mario & Luigi devs closed down too or something.. so we just have Paper i think. Mario needs a proper console RPG

8:04 PMThe Real Bucky​To pay back what’s her name.