No Time To Grind

Is Undertale the game for the busy gamer? Is it a masterpiece? Can a busy gamer reasonably finish a neutral, pacifist, and genocide run of the game?

Yes, this game is a masterpiece and you're an idiot if you say otherwise.

If you want to fight me:

While the busy boys are waiting for E3 to come to a close so they can fully ferment their opinions, enjoy this bonus extrasode while you wait for the Undertale Episode of No Time To Grind, coming out at the end of June!

In this special "for-the-fans" episode, we discuss reviewing games - what makes a perfect game? Could you create the perfect formula to review a game? Can we forge an equation, simple or complicated? Or are we forever bound to the subjective estimation of reviewers?

This is not just a one sided conversation, if you have anything to add, please, feel free to comment! Here are the ways to find us:

Discord - https://discord.gg/RPekBQ8hK4

Ever wondered if this cult classic is worth your busy time in 2021? Find out here!

Objection! The busy boys try out the visual novel and puzzle game, Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney. The first one. We delve into the differences between the rereleased trilogy, available on PlayStation 4 and Switch, the midway point on Nintendo DS and iOS, and the OG on Game Boy Advance, which I don't think released to a western audience...

Take that! From the wonderfully charming Maya, Mia, Edgeworth, and the titular Attorney himself, this Capcom classic has definitely cemented itself in the No Time To Grind repertoire of games.

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So we have to formally apologize for our Monster Hunter Rise episode; there are now more Elder Dragons! We talk about MHR and more! Featuring the new Phasmophobia ghost type; Young Michael. Also, yes Yokai and Hantu have been announced.

We venture into Lady Dimitrescu's home playing Resident Evil Village, we return to Stardew Valley, and drop into Fortnite Battle Royale. What the hell is this mixture?

We also discuss the Playstation 5 semiconductor manufacturer change, and how we are progressing with our game of the month, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

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Monster Hunter Rise Title Update - Extrasode 5 2021

Michael the bard on the Hunting Horn, Adrian the Anime on the Dual Blades, and Matt the flippy on the Sword and Shield take on the latest entry of Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter: Rise.

Is a switchaxe on the switch better than a lance guarding up on a home console? Is Monster Hunter Rise a game for a busy gamer? Find out in this episode, which has been specially formulated so you can find out and finish by 24:24, and then, if you haven't finished the game, you can bounce at around 33:00.. around then... But yes, we made this episode for busy gamers that can't listen to the whole episode, and for those who don't want the spoilers of the end game monsters.

Otherwise, sit back, relax, and listen to this while you farm those very same endgame bosses in order to get a WEX2/CB1 talisman, and pray you aren't stuck in a bad RNG seed.

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This episode of nttg mhrise mhr is brought to you by our Alatrons at Alatreon:

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In the Monster Hunter Rise extrasode, we discuss what we’ve been doing between in the month of April, we discuss monster hunter, monster hunter, monster hunter, in fact, we’re playing it right now. Matt puts his Omega Ruby Randomizer Nuzlocke to bed, Adrian has been 3D printing Dungeons & Dragons, and Michael played Tekken. Not recently, but he did play it back in the day. Should we cover a plethora of fighting games for 2022? Tekken, Street Fighter, Super Smash Bros, Mortal Kombat, Soul Calibur… does.. does Twisted Metal count? No, it doesn’t.

Matt tries to go down a dark path, but doesn’t quite get there until the end, so just hang tight.

Anyway, back to Michael, he’s been playing Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, and discuss the many ‘Revelations’ haha and changes towards Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

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This episode is less about just one game, but about game design itself. In this mammoth episode the boys go in depth on what it's like to play a game from 1993 in 2021 and how that translates for a busy gamer. Point and Click adventure titles seem to have dwindled in recent years, but how does a compelling tale about ancient African religions and German monster hunters hold up?

The boys discuss the standardized verb systems used with games in that time, and the methodology of game direction. With a stellar cast of Tim Curry, Mark Hamill, Leah Remini, Virginia Capers and more, this point & click adventure title features Gabriel Knight, a budding novelist in New Orleans, investigating serial killings which is staged as acts of voodoo, but as he researches deeper, the possibility that voodoo is real starts to unfurl.

We also dive into a small touch of PlayStation 5 and Monster Hunter: Rise. For more details and information, come on down to our socials:

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Between League of Legends and Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, here is the in-between extrasode for March. Adrian speaks about how he won the Playstation 5 lottery, and has been playing all the beautiful next-gen 4k games! We get deep into the generational gap and the nuances of the next gen console. Adrian is happy with his purchase, Playstation 5 fo lyfe. But Adrian isn’t just adrift in the ocean of Playstation 5, he is also on board the stream boat with Matt, on twitch.tv/MegaMattEX where we finished through both chapters of Raft, the wonderful survival game. But Matt moved on from Raft to Pokemon Nuzlocke’s, which spurred on Michael’s current playthrough himself! They then take this moment to discuss the brand new announced Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends Arceus.

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Yeah I picked the old logo to re-jig, fight me. 5v5. No fox. Items only. Summoner's Rift. Okay, you can be Ahri if you want. Get it, because she's a fox-person?

Well, anyway, the busy boys take on the biggest game in the world. No hyperbole. League of Legends holds many records for the most popular game of all time. But can this League of Legacy hold up against the grindy nature that is MOBA's? You'll have to listen to find out. Whether you have no idea what we're talking about, or if you're a top or bot, mid lane or jng diff, newbie or ex-pro, this episode answers three major age old questions:

Now, I am going to list every champion at the bottom because SEO don't @ me, a mans gotta eat. But for solidarity, here are our favourites first, and then everyone else.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, a giant wall of text.

I love you

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Welcome to the fortnightly catch-up, where the rules are made up and the points don't matter. In fact, this description is more like a director's commentary where I type while I re-listen.

Matt sure does love survival games, check that out at twitch.tv/megamattex seriously it's good. Just so you know, our minecraft server was a huge success, we had an infinite iron farm, an enormous villager trading post, blocks of netherite, and defeated the ender dragon. So we stopped playing Minecraft and started playing Raft.

Between Smite and League of Legends, No Time To Grind is become its own battle arena. Adrian played Ratchet and Clank. Good for him. Michael's PC was met with a terrible fate, but I won't spoil that for you here, let's just say it was shocking! It was solved, thanks Michael's Father in Law! Michael also revisited the land of Skyrim, a decade of Nords fighting Imperials. Good stuff. Remember when Bethesda was good? Fallout 3, New Vegas, 4, TES: Morrowind, Oblivion. We get into our theory for Elder Scrolls 6 and Michael thinks everybody faces north at all times. I should have just used "generations" to describe the time gaps in Elder Scrolls, but I'll let you figure that out.

Matt is a dirty little episode tease because he has no script and wants to talk about League of Legends. Since we recorded, we have played 1 match of pvp LoL and have a 100% win rate, here's the stats: Matt - Riven - 1/10/2 (maximum oof), Michael - Ekko - 4/2/8 (nice!), Adrian - Kayn - 21/3/4 god damn 3 Quadra Kills and MVP. Bloody Adrian over here being scared to match with smurf accounts and he's repping this 8+ KDA. We get into the ideas of matchmaking in LoL and compare it to Smite's, which is the only other MOBA we play. Adrian knows his Smite, that's for sure.

How many people be queuing in multiplayer games? Well in League, against bots, people make their own bots. How dumb is that? God Matt is smart. and handsome. rate this podcast 5 stars. or share. or go to facebook.com/notimetogrindpodcast or all 3? you should do that. do it now. If you do not share this podcast and my stream with your friends you will be in ELO hell for your next 10 games. Oh snap, Smite Valentines Memes?! Bacchus is life, Bacchus is love. PlayStation 5 is never coming out. If you live in Perth, you got that Adventure World ref.

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