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2:08today in the nerdy news you need to know about playstation is getting its own left for dead replaced finally has a release date and avatar the last airbender game we've all wanted is here sort of. We'll have all this in more because this is kind of funny games daily.

2:36What's up everybody. Welcome to kind of funny games daily for Thursday, December 4th, 2025. I'm one of your hosts, Greg Miller, alongside Forbes 30 Under 30, a.k.a. New York Game Awards nominated, a.k.a. Leftover Poppy, Blessing, Adioye Jr. Good day, Greg. Good day. How are you? I'm doing good. I like your hair. Thank you. Oh, you know why? You know why you like it? Why is that? Kevin, give me the one. Give me the one. I'm using Barbara Dunkelman's hair product. Oh. All right. Round of applause for me for supporting friends. I don't remember what the name of it is. Do you remember the name of it?

3:11No, I don't know what the name of it was. I was going to ask you what the name of it was. Instagram. Robert Dunkelman has a new. She launched a hair care product. She launched it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, congratulations. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I did not like. I talked about this a little bit in Gregway a couple days ago. I'd been an Old Spice pomade guy. Yeah. And then all of a sudden I went into Walgreens like, we don't sell it anymore. And then nobody sells it anymore. So then I bought some other stuff that looks like knockoff act stuff, and I hated it. Hate, hate, hate it. And so, yeah, here it is called All Good, No Worries.

3:38Go to Barb Dunkelman's Instagram. That's where I found it. Google, I guess. All Good, No. There you go. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, it's got its own Instagram. All good, period, no worries on Instagram. I'm going to follow back. That's a good name. I like that. I'm going to follow back right there. It's exciting stuff. I give them permission to clip this out, not the part where I can remember the name, as an ad. There you go. There you go. Thank you for complimenting my hair. Your hair, of course, looks great. I'm still getting used to the haircut. It's such a throwback to Young Bless when it first started here.

4:04You know what I mean? Yeah. I mean, who knows? I might throw it back out immediately. I'm still feeling it out myself. yeah i know you were forced into this situation you didn't want this haircut it just happened well it's not even that i didn't want it i knew that i wanted it lower it's just you know i i didn't make the decision until the very last moment or just cut it all off just go for it and it was like a few days of me being like oh man i should have done that but then like i i really like coming back to this length because it's a reminder that like i look good regardless you ain't lying i look good regardless you ain't lying a few days i looked in the mirror i was like oh i didn't even fucking need that hair if you ever need a confidence boost go look at that uh the u.s cloud strife that photo from halloween you know i mean you look great thank you i'm killing it out there bless you do it every day out here i'm proud of you thanks of course i look worse and worse but no big deal uh if you didn't know we're gonna run you through the nerdy news you need to know about because this is kind of funny games daily each and every weekday on a variety of platforms we run you through the nerdy video game news you need to know about live on youtube.com slash kind of funny games twitch.db slash kind of funny games of course podcast services around the globe.

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7:32Today, after Kind of Funny Games Daily, you're getting the Gamescast, where we're going through every game coming out in December. After the Gamescast, it's Greg Miller's first hour playing Metroid Prime 4 Beyond. Beyond. And if that wasn't enough, after that, Hunter Pence. Former MLB star, now commentator, Hunter Pence, is coming in to teach the boys how to play Dark and Darker. Exciting. On stream. I'm very excited to see how that goes. I haven't hung out. We haven't had Hunter on enough content, I feel. No. He was part of the launch, obviously, a decade ago. Sure. Decade plus. And then he's been through for a little thing here and there.

8:07But I can't remember the last thing he came on that was content content. I really want to play Magic with him because I know he's into Magic. Yeah. I talked to him one time at a movie about Rotato. That was a game that he was really into. He's always into weird games. I love him about him. Every single time I've talked to him, it's like there's a new game where I'm like, I've not even heard of that. Yeah. Then I saw Rotato. He's very particular. I like that. And I tried it. It was all right. Of course, if you're a kind of funny member, today's Greg Way. is Greg having a panic attack live? I recorded that in the car yesterday.

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9:25Time for some news. we got five items on the roper report uh baker's dozen i like that the sound was having like grabbing the microphone to do the thing but it sounded like a drum roll intro uh number one sony interactive entertainment partners with bad robot games to produce and publish the studio's first internally developed game this is from a press release before we start super chat are you excited for this game from playstation why or why not let's get into the nitty-gritty. Sony Interactive Entertainment today announced a partnership with video game studio Bad Robot Games, a division of Bad Robot, the film, television, and theater production company founded by J.J.

10:07Abrams, for SIE to produce and publish the studio's upcoming project, an unannounced four-player cooperative shooter directed by Mike Booth, parentheses Left 4 Dead. The game is currently in development for PlayStation 5 and PC. More details on the game will be shared at a later date. quote partnering with sony interactive entertainment allows us to bring our new ip to life with an expansive vision for this new universe said anna sweet ceo of bad robot games bad robot games is a division of bad robot parentheses lost cloverfield mission impossible star wars star trek uh formed with a singular mission to continually reinvent how stories are played formed by jj abrams and a team passionate about innovation and gaming bad robot games is a dedicated game studio working on new and existing trans media franchises what's your take on this greg i can't wait for game awards oh you think that's where we're gonna i think this is game awards yeah i think this is game awards i think you primed the pump here really because it's such a weird it's such you don't want to come out you have i don't even know who's at playstation anymore you have sean benson i don't Sean and Sid come out.

11:22I was going to say, you have a PlayStation representative and you have J.J. Abrams, even though he might be above this. I don't even go that far. Obviously, I could totally be wrong. This could be a million miles from now. We're never going to hear about this ever, period. I just feel like it's an interesting timing to come out and say we're partnering with this. Because why? It's not for either of these companies' financial earnings reports. It's this thing. I think you do it now so that when Jeff goes, and now everybody, something you're really going to like or whatever, and it clicks over and it's Sony Interactive Entertainment, right?

11:56Or PlayStation Studios, whatever they do. And then it's bad robot games. There isn't immediately, did Sony buy, did PlayStation buy bad robot? What are the business dealings? What are we actually getting? Dot, dot, dot. And also I think you get a way then of showing a cinematic trailer of four people fighting whatever these monsters, zombies, ghosts are, whatever you're doing. And then we already have, the groundwork is laid. so that when we're live reacting, we can say, oh, remember, this is that. Okay. I think it gives you more chance to show a cinematic trailer, have the background on it, and be able to go, okay, cool.

12:28I know more about this than nothing. Otherwise, it's just a weird... Hey, everybody, here's a paragraph. We're working with these guys. See you later. Isn't that Hollywood? Isn't that Hollywood? This is video games, right? But this is Bad Robot, which is JJ Abrams in Hollywood. I hear you. That's the way I read it, but I do like the way that you're talking about it because I do think that's more exciting for the video game side of it but yeah my read on it was like okay cool you're working on a thing we'll see you years from now like i wonder how fresh the ink is on the page as far as when you guys decided that this is going to be a thing that's how i read it sure sure that's i and don't get me wrong i'm definitely just wildly speculating i mean i could easily see that being the case but i'd rather make the bold claim that i think it's leading up to something game awards now to answer the super chat question that we put out there right are you excited for this game from playstation why or why not i am very whelmed underwhelmed okay what are the greg you know way better than i do probably can you list the top five left for dead style games that aren't left for dead here's something i'd like to do just completely stop this conversation cold that's a great question i appreciate you said greg you probably know better than i do it's nice when you show me the respect I deserve.

13:42Yeah. Let me tell you how hard I was gripping the fucking steering wheel yesterday listening to Kind of Funny Games Daily when we're like, oh, Kojima's coming through for GDC and Tim's like, don't worry, Greg's probably already hit him up. And you're like, we got to get somebody better than Greg. What the fuck do you want from me, boss? You have a job because of me. This entire business exists because of me. You threw out Roger. Roger only met Kojima because I fucking set it up. Because you've been here. You know what I mean? You've already gone through it all. Yeah, that's fine. You're allowed to say, well, Greg, Greg doesn't need Greg doesn't need to go talk.

14:14But like you didn't say you didn't you didn't you were like Greg shits his pants. That was the you were like Greg shits his pants. You're not going to go to Kojima anymore. Because I imagine when Greg DM somebody, it's all caps. Like, you know, it's very kick down the door. All chaotic. I mean, we need somebody. And it's worked. He opened Hideo Kojima opened the studio. You're like, you're like, you're like the team wins the championship. And you're like, all right, cool. Break it all apart. Let's see if we can do it next year. Are you in those DMs yet? You know what? I have better connections than DMs, and I'm using those instead.

14:43So don't worry about what I'm doing over here. Fair enough. I better see you on that GDC stage. See, Adam, I want them just in the studio. I want them to come by and actually see the place. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah. That'd be really cool. Anyways, back to your question. So you said, what are the five Left 4 Dead clones? Yeah, five Left 4 Dead style games that aren't Left 4 Dead. Top five. So I can start listing games, and I will for you. But my problem is, and chat, please keep me honest on this. None of them have ever gotten back to left for dead. That is the issue here is that left for dead left for dead.

15:17One did something so incredibly special. So different at the time. And again, online play console, online play this, the connectivity, like it was a different time, but it was able to come out and be this moment of, Holy shit. Look at this. And everything since then has chased that high. And I see good shout outs. I don't want to knock. Vermintide 2 people are doing Dark Tide but I'm talking about what has come out and made that wave, that movement, right? What was the Aliens one that we liked, that we played, that should have on paper, if you're talking about we're making another Left 4 Dead, but this time it's Aliens in the movie, in the universe, Aliens Colonial Marines, right?

15:59It would be like yeah, yeah, there's no, I mean no that was the bad, that was a really bad Fireteam, Aliens, Fireteam Aliens, Fireteam, thank you very much that's awesome and yes that one like that was a great but it's the same thing and then people of course are bringing up back for blood as well because that was the people who did left for dead the problem there is that they got way too much in their head i think and missed the point of why left for dead works which is hey yo drop in and be these characters and you're fighting zombies and it's you don't need a strategy other than you like machine guns and you like shotguns and let's share our health packs people are calling out world war z which we've done a few streams of I'm not familiar enough to know that.

16:37I guess let me dial back. You know why I ask is because I want to know, is there something post Left 4 Dead that gave us that similar thing that was able to reach the heights of that? Or are we just past Left 4 Dead? This is my thing, right, of like, I think Left 4 Dead has such mind share for what it did that then we get out here and we're like, oh, World War Z. and I'm like, well, I remember World War Z disappointing at launch, but then I know they added a bunch of stuff. And so we're to that point where all of these games, with the exception of Back 4 Blood, have communities. People keep saying Helldivers.

17:13Do we really count Helldivers? I don't count Helldivers as Left 4 Dead. Yeah, because no, then we're just talking about horror shooters. Then we're just saying here's a war. And maybe I'm just, maybe I'm thinking too, maybe I'm putting it too much in a box. But for me, like, Left 4 Dead, again, was jump in procure whatever weapons you want on site blast the hell out of things and have fun as you play through a movie with your friends where hell divers even though it is drop in it is i'm running this thing you're running that thing what what strategy are you bringing it different enough but maybe again maybe this next left for dead thing will be like that but that's the thing all they said is it's an unannounced i mean they say unannounced four-player cooperative shooter directed by mike booth of left for dead which technically yeah that could be a hell divers that could be something else that's not left for dead but i think when you put those words together what you're saying is left for dead especially when you say four-player cooperative shooter that for me is y 'all telling me that this is left for dead now the thing that i do like that they don't say and maybe they just didn't want to add too much flavor to it because they wanted to keep it like yeah they don't say zombies oh yeah yeah i doubted zombies you doubted zombies i doubted really yeah i think the same conversation we've had here on this uh kind of funny this week right where it's like do people still care about zombies i do i do think zombies to a degree are played out now sadly people hear that on the dev side and they go they are so we have infected we have this we have what rainbow six quarantine where they're not zombies what they are zombies and aliens and what would excite you if like do you want dinosaurs what do you want aliens here's what i want i want a good game okay period like i like a four-player cooperative shooter awesome that those work and work well i don't want it to get it i now granted i know i caught yesterday after we did the Octopath review and it was finished, the YouTube chat was still up.

19:01And somebody had a comment in there that I don't think they were in the live chat. So those are usually good folks. You know what I mean? I don't think it was meant to be mean, but like commenting on how I, they said, you know, Greg just wants, I think Greg just wants the most frictionless video game experience as possible, which isn't necessarily wrong. We can do a whole show about that. But thinking of this kind of game, that's what I would want. Like I would want, hey, we're jumping in. It's you jump in and you go, Left 4 Dead was so special because it really was. I don't really care who I am.

19:30I'll pick up an Uzi when I get out there. I'll do this thing, blah, blah. It's like now it's the flip of like you play, you know, we all go in there to play. And I know this isn't apples to apples exactly, but we go play Ark Raiders. And it is like, all right, well, Mike's so far advanced that like he's slumming it to help us do anything. And I feel like I'm holding him back. It's the classic push and pull of a multiplayer thing. Yeah. Where Left 4 Dead being these little movies worked really well. I would hope for something like that here, especially as we continue to talk about the attention economy, player retention.

19:58What can you do here? I think PlayStation is well aware of that after Concord and their live service push and et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. My hope would be we are bad robot. You know, what do they put here? Right. Blah, blah, blah. Singular mission to continually reinvent how stories are played. I think that's incredibly important. Right. That's their mission statement. How stories are played. so if you're bringing in one of the people who's behind left for dead your playstation your bad robot yes hey everybody we are launching this game and it is going to launch with three two hour long campaigns they're they're movies whatever it is we will add more over time there'll be free updates there'll be microtransactions you can buy for it cosmetics blah blah blah but you're buying into a season of tell of game you're up and it is the idea that you're going to get drops as you go so you and your friends can go and play these at launch and then you can put it down they can keep rolling it with their friends there's branching things here and there in the narrative so you could see one side of the city that they don't get to see like there i think there's something there and i think you really do i really do read into what bad robot as a company could bring to this i mean that then that'd be exciting right i think that's one of the things that i read as far as who bad robot is versus what this game is where they're talking about jj abrams they're talking about movies like lost cloverfield mission impossible star wars star trek right obviously you have the the grandness of jj abrams mixed with you know something again like cloverfield where i'm like damn all right that catalog is very inspired as far as what they creatively bring to the industry i want that same energy for the video game side of things i get nervous when it is oh we're just doing left for dead again but also like i don't want to act like it's impossible to do left for dead in 2025 because i don't know like i'd be excited to see them refresh it innovate on it make it something that is worthwhile in 2025 my biggest fear though is that i feel like we haven't seen that since left for dead we've seen copies we've seen games we've seen world war z's we've seen back for the bloods back for the blood came and went world war z is kind of i think just does what world war z does oh my god i think the hordes make it exciting because you play that game and it's fucking zombies trampling over each other to get to you type shit and that is really cool but i don't know i feel like the left for dead style game is such a 2010 2009 style of thing that i'm fascinated to see what you can do in 2025 to make it feel brand new and exciting i completely forgot what back for blood was when i was talking about back for blood i was thinking of evolve oh my god i forgot that somebody was like hey we went that's so because that's what they did the left for dead team is that you know that went over to turtle rock they went yeah they made or the turtle rock made uh evolve yeah so yeah i forgot that we had back for blood holy shit back for blood was the most direct left for dead it was sloan and i was so excited for remember and the whole problem was it came out during paternity leave and when i came back i was like mike can we pay play back for blood he's like absolutely not like nobody cares that game's done i'm like oh damn i wanted to play that and i think back for the blood might be really infecting pun intended uh how i feel about this sure because that was the most direct attempt at bringing back left for dead as i read this press release this seems like a very direct attempt at bringing back a left for dead style game and i think i'm just like i've been here i've done that you know so you'll have to show me i'll have to see hopefully a game awards a trailer that makes me go oh damn this looks kind of cool actually we're not fighting zombies we're fighting robot aliens in space so then let's talk about this let's say it isn't announced the game awards it is very far out right i then turn to you and you know we read through this right produce and publish up game project announced four players i forget what did they how do they describe the ip okay bring our new ip to life our new ip to life yeah so it shared playstation and rad robots i start coming around and i go it's according to the ceo of bad robots our new ip to life do you think it's a completely original ip or do you think they are pulling from something playstation related oh i think it's completely new yeah yeah i mean they say here our new our new ip to life with an expansive vision for this new universe i think this is brand new yeah yeah and honestly new universe is interesting you don't you don't read into that i don't read into it in terms of like we're in the new milky way or something you know what i mean like i think you call anything a new universe well yeah i'm not saying space but i'm saying like what are the are there plans beyond this just being like like let's not even say zombies let's say just a horde shooter it could be anything dinosaurs whatever the fuck yeah you saying new ip new universe that for me says series that for me says franchise that for me says maybe bad robots movie side can make a movie out of this thing i think more expansive than just we're making like a small horde shooter kind of thing or even like a medium-sized horde shooter do you so i think again stick with me it's john box super chat that says could it be set in the cloverfield universe and then robo lee says cloverfield monster left for dead game i mean that'd be sick unless that'd be a cool way if they're pulling the the rug from underneath us that'd be a really smart way to do a cloverfield game actually well again correct me if i'm wrong i'm not up on all my lore but cloverfield currently works as an anthology series right where there was cloverfield the big monster like godzilla which was awesome later 10 cloverfield lane which was not set in that universe yeah well it is set in that universe is it okay but you are it's essentially in a bunker because like a lady wakes up oh no no i saw the movie oh yeah but it was the fact that when when she surfaces from the bunker i didn't know if that was still tied to everything that happened yeah because then i i'd actually i don't want to spoil the end of the movie yeah exactly exactly show that like yeah no things are happening okay and then there's the other cloverfield thing that was a netflix release that took place in space chat what's the name of that movie paradox thank you it was just called cloverfield paradox kev yeah the cloverfield paradox a 2018 film because like oh i guess they all have cloverfield in the title because they'd be really cool to play that would be the thing what is cloverfield paradox in the same universe too i would have to be yeah i would assume so i it would be really cool to play a game that's in Cloverfield, but you don't realize it until halfway through.

26:14Or maybe you unlock it. Maybe it's like a PT-style thing where you get to the very end. There's a cutscene, and then all of a sudden, the fucking title of the game goes upside down, and all of a sudden, it says Cloverfield. You're like, oh, it's there the whole time. Oh, okay. I'm looking at something off of a Reddit here of the Cloverfield universe. 1944 Overlord? I don't know what the fuck that is. 2009 Cloverfield, 2016, 10 Cloverfield, late 2030 the cloverfield paradox yeah here's the i would like a cloverfield thing because i do like cloverfield yeah i don't think it is just because i they're going out of their way to say new ip and new universe yeah and it's not like this is a this is a press release it's not like this is a show if this was in a showcase or if this was a like a fun blog post sort of thing then i would over read into it and be like oh you're saying new a lot new universe but it's not this being a formal press release that was on businesswire.com.

27:12Yeah, I got the Sony email. Yeah, I don't think they're getting cute in there. Okay, fair enough. One final thing on the... No, there's two, actually. Maybe more, actually. Let me scroll back.

27:26Sully Bear 100 says, Hey from Ireland. Great to catch you guys live. Really don't see this Left 4 Dead game getting an audience. Co-op shooters are the new Battle Royale. There are a lot. Yeah. I mean I think I'm aligned with that It's going to be hard to get you excited to go play it Yes I don't want to say it's not impossible I don't want to count it out just because of its genre because any game of any genre I think has potential to break out and be successful and do all that stuff I just think it's a tough one to really break out even as a Playstation published thing And then Mellowfellow with the final comment here says the longevity of Left 4 Dead was in the versus mode which I of course never touched but I'm glad people of fun loving that cool for me it was definitely dropping into those campaigns and having a great time the one more thing i'll add to this one more thing if this is leaning more towards like if it is actually no we're not doing this straight up left for dead we're doing more of a hell divers thing yeah i do think that would be more exciting i do think that with more bells and whistles and like progression and all that jazz yeah i think you're guaranteed to have that i think i don't think it's gonna be a friend slop as kai guys talking oh sure yeah i just see it being a thing of PlayStation seeing the Helldiver's success, wanting the live service push and all that stuff.

28:37I've made like, yeah, we should make more of these. That's actually a really smart idea. So if PlayStation and Bad Robot are in conversation being like, yo, how do we lean into what Helldiver's brought? Can we bring this, can we combine that with ideas from Left 4 Dead? Yeah. Then I'm more faithful in it. Okay. We will wait and see when we will hear about it. Remember, the game awards are one week from today. I'm the only person saying it'll be a game awards, but maybe I look good when it happens. Nobody, everybody laughed me out of the room when I said Jordan Peele. Put it in your predictions.

29:02Number two, Replaced launches March 12, 2016. This is Sal Romano Ikamatsu, and we have a trailer. Science fiction, retro-futuristic action platformer Replaced will launch on Xbox Series and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, and the Microsoft Store on March 12, 2026. Publisher Thunderful Games and developer Sad Cat Studios announced it will be available via Game Pass. Quote, it feels great. Jesus Christ. It feels great to finally have a release date for a replace, said the game director in a press release. Quote, it's no secret that it's taken longer for us to get here than we initially thought.

29:40And we want to thank everyone for your continued patience and support. We're looking forward to making it worth your while on March 12th, 2026. Paris Lily must be celebrating somewhere. He can finally put it on his fantasy critic and get points for it. years after years after years of trying he can finally finally put this game out there uh are you stoked blessing at a junior i mean i'm excited for those who are looking forward to this game it looks gorgeous the pixel art looks fantastic if you're not watching the trailer alongside of us maybe you're listening in your car or listening later of course yes replace has an amazing pixel art style and the steam description goes expose this expose the sinister secrets of the phoenix corporation as reach an ai trapped in a human body set in an alternate 1980s america scarred by nuclear catastrophe navigate a dark cyberpunk thriller in this narrative driven 2.5d platformer blending cinematic exploration with fluid free flow action what does it do for you i can't wait this is i've been on my radar for quite some time uh stoked to see it my problem with it is just that i think you look at this i read that description all of this sounds so fucking awesome it's one of those can it live up to that that's exactly right so this has been gestating as you said and we joked paris puts it on as you know fantasy critic every year like this has been coming for so long that you just look and you go god i hope they nail it because this it looks like it could be an all-timer yeah do we have hands-on previews for this game i have a great has anybody played this game?

31:18Has Paris Lilley? Paris, have you played this game? Paris, are you in the chat? Paris, can you tell us if you played this game? Paris, are you in the room with us? Oh, guys, this is me, Paris. I played the game. Point blank, always. Point blank, it's going to be game with the year. Let's just call him. I'm just going to call him. He's not in the chat. He likes to usually be in the chat. People in chat are saying Andy played it. Now, did Andy like it? Andy! Here he comes. Look at this athlete. Come on. I didn't even get the E out of his name, and he ran on in here. You played replace. Tell me all about it.

31:47um replaced when we did the demo at summer game fest not this was it man i don't know about time anymore i'm not sure if it was last year or this past summer game fest but it was a three-part demo and it was like all right this demo we're going to show off kind of how the combat is this demo we're going to put you in a section where you do investigative stuff talk to npcs solve mysteries you know kind of get a it's a very like tonal type of demo where they're just kind of giving you how the world feels and the third one i kind of forget what it was i actually don't know if i had time to do it or not but i was sitting down next to paris lily as he was also doing his demo can you give me a little bit of paris vocals point blank period and the the i didn't love the combat but this was on the heels of me just kind of playing prince of as a lost crown and obviously that's a very high standard to hold combat to but it was very basic it had a good feeling parry and like the dodge or whatever but i you know there it was very basic of like attack or heavy and shoot and i guess i i kind of like wanted a bit more with how awesome the visuals look but the i think like ambiance and everything kind of how the whole game was presenting itself was just so stellar the way that the game whenever you go into your menus it like cuts to i think he has like a old kind of retro future phone or maybe it's like a wrist piece or something like a pit boy i forget exactly what it is but that's where the ui is kind of on and that's where the investigations you'll be sort of studying are at and it's just a really cool visual i think the game is gonna present really really well i hope it evolved enough to kind of like satisfy those needs of like all right we've seen what other 2d side-scrolling combat games can do hopefully they can sort of live up to those uh standards yeah good to know i tossed uh yeah igan's 13 minute gameplay overview in here uh to kevin he's throwing that up i love looking at this game a lot this game looks fucking awesome yeah that's my i but yeah i don't mind basic combat you know i'm not the parry combat poppy well it's a year ago yeah okay okay so this is from a year ago yeah this is definitely the section that we played definitely felt like it's not in the game it's just let's show you how this sort of feels it was kind of like a endless enemy room that just enemies kept on kind of popping in but it was it was definitely like it was good enough it wasn't like bad by any means but i was also trying to like directionally i wanted to like hit a dude not necessarily like to juggle him but like i wanted to have like directional inputs of like down hit and whatever it's just you watch this and it's like it's like got so much style that's crazy if it if for me personally if it just comes down to being a playable movie fine you know what i mean yeah same yeah and then yeah the all the investigative stuff and the way that they are building their world was so damn cool and it's kind of like that playable blade runner you've always wanted to play but just never could because nobody had really done one you know fuck yeah thank you and thank you good job running here so fast yeah if the combat ends up hard way once ends up being more improved and like fun and all that stuff and i'm i'd be down to play this game for like 10 15 hours exactly yeah if it's a really cool story about being trapped in this ai or if it's way more narrative and like the combat isn't fleshed out then give me this for like four hours because i want to play this game the more i look at this the more i'm like damn i want to play this real bad yeah i hate it when paris is right i know right point link uh we will wait with bated breath for march 12th 2026 just like you're gonna have to wait if you don't have your kind of funny membership remember you can pick up a kind of funny membership patreon.com slash kind of funny youtube.com slash kind of funny games apple spotify get all of our shows ad free get your daily dose of me greg miller the series we call greg way and get good karma for supporting an 11 person small business.