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130: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [Part 2]

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We continue the conversation on one of the greatest games of the generation in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development | Publisher: Nintendo | Initial Release: March 3, 2017

Mike, Moe and special guest Galen Havey become Thor, chase horses and make some really bad food.

Players: Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Special Guest: Galen Havey (@galenhavey)

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SHOW NOTES:

  • 1:30 –  Recap
  • 4:20 – Master Sword
  • 11:40 – Master Shield?!
  • 13:50 – Vah Medoh: Divine Beast (Bird)
  • 22:10 – “Turns out flying is pretty cool”
  • 25:15 – Vah Naboris: Divine Beast (Camel)
  • 45:00 – Mike’s fav weapon the Wind Katana
  • 49:00 – Hyrule Castle
  • 54:30 – Lynel Battle Strategies
  • 1:01:25 – Ganon 1v1
  • 1:09:30 – Our most memorable moments(Spirit Dragons, Survivor Island, Lord of the Mountain)
  • 1:21:10 – Final Thoughts and Wrap up

DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast focusing on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!

UPCOMING SHOWS:

  • November 3rd, 2021 Hades (ft. Jacob, Mike, Moe and TBA)
  • November 17th, 2021 Dead Cells (ft. Jacob, Mike, Moe and TBA)
  • December 1st, 2021 Sayonara Wild Hearts (ft. Jacob, Mike, TBA and TBA)

063: Bastion

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We deal with the aftermath of the calamity and all things Bastion.

Developer: Supergiant Games | Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Release Date:  July 20, 2011

Jacob, Moe, Mike and Nick do their part in rebuilding civilization while admiring the designs and sounds of the game

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 1:56 – We’re playing Bastion… on Vita?
  • 2:30 – What we knew coming into the game
  • 4:45 – XBLA… remember that? what we played on
  • 6:50 – What IS Bastion?
  • 9:50 – The audio and Narrator are great, I don’t care what you say
  • 10:40 – Action RPGs and Platforming
  • 12:00 – Our choice of weapons
  • 14:52 – What is THE Bastion?
  • 19:00 – Difficulty mods and the risk/reward of them
  • 30:00 – The enemies in this game feel natural
  • 33:42 – WE’RE ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN (WOOO)
  • 34:40 – This devolves into a puddle of wrestling talk and references
  • 36:15 – The story and narrative
  • 43:00 – Zulf is like Thanos
  • 47:00 – The first choice and consequence of our actions
  • 49:30 – Supergiant sequels
  • 51:00 – The second choice you have to make
  • 54:00 – Do we recommend it?
  • 1:00:00 – The wrap-up and where you can find us

058: Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

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We join Sly, Bentley and Murray as we trek the world of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus.

Developer: Sucker Punch Productions | Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment | Release Date: September 23, 2002

Jacob and Moe look through everyone’s personal things, dodge minions, and take down 5 bosses to retrieve Sly’s family heirloom, the Thievius Raccoonus.

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Players: Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) and Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 2:38 Jacob breaks down his route in buying and playing sony’s hits
  • 4:10 Pop out colours and similarities to the wolf among us
  • 5:45 What is Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
  • 8:15 Sly being Sly
  • 10:06 Repetitive npc’s made it easy to power through
  • 11:58 Moe never actually beat this game but lived his life thinking he did
  • 13:22 Sound effects were great in Sly 2
  • 15:00 Moe concedes, maybe this did age badly
  • 17:41 Jacob’s turret rant
  • 19:20 Moe trolls Jacob and tries to convince him the turret moment with Murray was refreshing to see him in action
  • 22:30 Did this game along with others in the area make us expect better Boss Battles
  • 23:47 What would be the best boss battle in a game
  • 26:00 God of War did it right most of the time with Boss Battles
  • 28:50 All the final bosses were essentially bullied and became evil
  • 31:56 Thoughts on the PS VITA
  • 34:35 The Left Behind Quiz Corner
  • 40:59 Our final thoughts
  • 42:15 A twitter question! Is Murray the biggest ladies man in the Sly Universe?
  • 44:45 Wrap-up

054: Shadow Complex

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Developer: Chair Entertainment in association with Epic Games | Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios | Release Date: August 19, 2009

Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn stomp around a secret military base throwing grenades at every Metal Gear…. i mean…. “mech” they see.

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Players: Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Kevin Reaburn

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 3:00 Metroid/Castlevania similarities
  • 4:20 What is this game? Do we find the Vice-President?
  • 6:52 This story isn’t as good as we were expecting.
  • 9:00 The mechanics of targeting
  • 10:15 Small game? But didn’t Epic Games make it?
  • 12:45 More Fortnite
  • 13:50 Kevin tries to dig into his issues with the game
  • 15:50 How did this get built secretly? There were definitely Instagram and Snapchat leaks
  • 20:50 Weapons were OP; grenades killed everything
  • 26:00 MOE READS (in real life only)!
  • 27:20 MIKE PROVEN WRONG!
  • 31:30 What part of the suit was your favorite?
  • 38:30 The guys cringe
  • 41:00 The ending and story were so random?
  • 43:10 What was Xbox Live Arcade and how did it effect development
  • 46:30 Our final thoughts, is it a great game, should you leave it behind?

049: The Wolf Among Us (Season 1, Episode 3)

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We create our own versions of the Big Bad Wolf in Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us.

Developer: Telltale Games | Publisher: Telltale Games | Release Date: October 11, 2013

Jacob, Mike and Moe trap toad-men in lies, get knocked out by some Fables and enjoy a double whiskey in a seedy dive bar.

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Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 2:30 recap of episode 2
  • 4:30 The funeral, The guys decide to give the patrons space
  • 5:25 The guys argue whether its wise to leak info to the public
  • 8:25 Jacob finds a reason to play the horn.
  • 9:45 The tweedles arrive again.
  • 11:40 The fight begins and gun shots start flying
  • 14:20 Crane has a witch???
  • 17:05 does butt monkey matter?
  • 20:10 Where did the guys go first?
  • 23:30 Skeeter from dug?
  • 27:00 Blue beard is destroying evidence
  • 29:00 The woodsman and the troll
  • 30:20 Info from an intoxicated troll
  • 33:30 Off to see the witch!
  • 34:45 Jacob gets creepy
  • 37:05 do not burn my magic  tree!
  • 40:10 Crane might be innocent?
  • 43:30 Episode over? Mary doesn’t think so!
  • 47:00 big Bad WOLF vs a tweedle
  • 49:00 Gruesomeness turns up a notch
  • 50:20 Silver bullet and we almost lose our wolf
  • 51:00 A new crooked character has arrived.

048: The Wolf Among Us (Season 1, Episode 2)

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We create our own versions of the Big Bad Wolf in Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us.

Developer: Telltale Games | Publisher: Telltale Games | Release Date: October 11, 2013

Jacob, Mike and Moe trap toad-men in lies, get knocked out by some Fables and enjoy a double whiskey in a seedy dive bar.

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Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 2:00 Recap
  • 4:30 What kind of big bad wolf are we playing
  • 5:25 Crane, is he a problem, how do we respond?
  • 8:25 Interrogation of dee/woodsman
  • 9:45 Jacob decides to be a bad cop.
  • 11:40 “He sang like a canary” and Jacob steels money
  • 14:20 Autopsy of lily and
  • 17:05 Baby toad tries to share his story.
  • 20:00 Ariel? the little mermaid?
  • 24:00 Is there a spell keeping the girls quiet?
  • 25:00 You get the key to the hotel? but what does this mean?
  • 26:00 Beauty is working as the front desk admin at the brothel/hotel
  • 27:30 Mike eavesdrops and Jacob starts to kick doors down.
  • 29:00 Beast sees Bigby with Beauty and begins to become the “Beast”
  • 30:00 The bloody bed and the connection with Snow White
  • 33:30 Mike thinks Crane is being framed
  • 36:00 This episode has zero fat

046: SUPERHOT

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We unload clips and slice and dice our way through SUPERHOT… SUPERHOT.

Developer: Superhot Team | Publisher: Superhot Team | Release Date: February 25, 2016

Jacob, Mike and Moe control time and space and are entrusted with weapons.

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Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 3:50 Is Superhot the best VR Game?
  • 5:40 Jacob goes dark
  • 6:10 What is this game like?
  • 9:40 Jacob realizes he is a badass
  • 11:00 We can’t decide if this is a super easy game or super challenging game.
  • 13:55 SUPERHOT is a little aggresive
  • 16:00 SUPERHOT SUPERHOT
  • 17:45 Mike identifies SUPERHOT’s cake
  • 20:45 We realize we are not in control
  • 24:20 Are we special, Who are we?
  • 25:18 Mike found hidden terminals
  • 26:30 The game’s toughest question
  • 27:40 Jacob loses compassion and doesn’t realize it
  • 30:00 We begin to question our decisions in video games
  • 33:00 Gunshot prediction and “storm trooper aim”
  • 35:00 Mike shows us the value of jumping in SUPERHOT
  • 38:10 Moe feels uncomfortable shooting people in video games for once
  • 40:50 Our favourite missions
  • 43:45 What the hell happens at the end of the game
  • 46:30 Mike played the extra levels and demos
  • 49:10 We are excited to try out the VR version of the game

043: Hitman Part 7 [Hokkaido]

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We travel to a resort? a hospital? a super secure spa? in Hitman: Episode 6.

Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: September 27, 2016

Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn all score some pretty solid performances but Moe’s continues his dominance by landing 157,000 points!.

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Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Kevin Reaburn (@ATribeCalledKev)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 3:30 We get our Hokkaido briefing
  • 5:45 Mike breaks down our scores
  • 10:08 Kevin becomes a creepy serial killer
  • 10:50 Helmut Kruger body double makes his return
  • 12:20 Jacob appreciates our evolution playing this game
  • 13:15 Kevin kills a happy doctor and finds his “base”
  • 14:45 Kevin messes with the thermostat and makes people uncomfortable
  • 15:45 Kevin pushes a a woman off a cliff (You will learn how to do the tree pose)
  • 17:55 Kevin throws a helicopter pilot in a closet
  • 19:10 We find a doctor who needs a prescription?
  • 22:45 Surgeon uniform is OP
  • 25:40 Kevin gets naked
  • 27:55 Did Jacob even play Hitman?
  • 29:25 Jacob, Moe and Mike realize they may have killed their targets, the same way!
  • 33:00 Mike grabs a heart and tosses it in the trash
  • 36:15 Jacob loves yoga and murder!
  • 38:55 Save scumming didn’t save Mike
  • 40:40 Mike decides on his first target
  • 42:15 Mike helps a doctor get their fix.
  • 45:00 Mike realizes being a surgeon was not all its cracked up to be
  • 47:00 Mike takes joy in crushing a heart in his hands
  • 49:00 Mike has never filleted a puffer fish.
  • 50:50 Moe argues a patients uniform may have been a better uniform to explore with
  • 52:00 Moe isn’t quick enough to solve the murder machine puzzle
  • 54:00 Moe is confused and doesn’t know how to approach the kill.
  • 55:25 Moe uses his precise Hitman skills to acquire a Sushi Chef uniform
  • 57:20 The guys trigger Mike into a rant about Sean Rose
  • 59:41 Moe wraps up his mission using the wrench and Heart breaker technique
  • 1:00:42 Our final thoughts

027: FTL: Faster Than Light

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We jump through space and fight back the Rebels in the name of the Federation in FTL: Faster Than Light.

Developer: Subset Games | Publisher: Subset Games | Release Date: September 14, 2012

Jacob, Mike, and a back-in-action Moe talk about space warfare, reminisce about the old Kickstarter days, and learn how much failure we can take in one sitting.

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Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom), Moe Murtadi (@ mmurtadi)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 2:15 “You are a strategy… flight… spaceship commander.”
  • 3:10 What is a Roguelike?
  • 3:48 Kickstarter successes and backstory
  • 5:02 How did you play it?
  • 6:00 “How hard is this game?!”
  • 7:00 Sharing our initial strategies and tips
  • 9:03 “How long did you play for? Did you ever win?”
  • 10:30 When we find out there were hotkeys
  • 12:20 How we learned to play and got better
  • 13:40 Explaining the ship
  • 15:40 “What did you upgrade first?”
  • 19:35 Boarding and pausing
  • 20:30 The different crew species and member diversity
  • 25:00 Weapon loadout and enemy priority
  • 28:30 How you can snowball your wins
  • 33:40 Kickstarter bonus names? Alex Rigopulous and Chris Remo appear
  • 34:24 How do you deal with missles and hacking? A sad story
  • 37:50 The addons we bought for our ships
  • 39:20 The final boss battle
  • 43:20 The difficulty of this game and why its like Braid
  • 45:00 Moe does know how to read, despite evidence otherwise
  • 47:00 Jacob still plays with his NeoPets
  • 48:20 Should you avoid the Nebula?
  • 53:10 Weapons you should and shouldn’t use
  • 58:09 Final verdict and recommendations