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Dreams is finally out in the wild; Sony and Media Molecule's ambitious follow-up to Little Big Planet faces challenges ahead but they are overshadowed by vast potential. Brad and Krispy tackle this beast and do their best to cover all the bases. Nick discusses his very early impressions of the massive VR RPG, Asgard's Wrath and gives his final thoughts on Journey to the Savage Planet. Per usual, supporter questions leads down to some... interesting places.

What a week! It's Nolan's birthday for starters but he also comes bearing impressions of Final Fantasy 7 which he is replaying in preparation for the upcoming remake. Nick is still swooning over Stormland in VR and Brad is getting swole thanks to Nintendo's Ring Fit Adventure. While most of the news is bad this week, Platinum saves the day thanks to it's wildly successful kickstarter of The Wonderful 101 port!

For the past few months, the 4Player Revival Club has been plugging away at the beloved Capcom RPG, Dragon's Dogma. Released back in 2012, this game has built quite the devoted following in the years since it's release. On this episode, Nick is joined by Nolan and community guest TheGreenGoddamn, to discuss the game and respond to comments/questions from the community. In February/March 2020, the club will be playing Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: Sith Lords; To participate, please visit us at Patreon.com/4Player.

Behold! The first normal show of the new decade and we bring in the year in as if we completely forgot how to podcast! We may not have any idea what we are doing but we do have a lot of video games to talk about. Nick talks about the opening hours of Journey to the Savage Planet and gushes over his time with Stormland on the Oculus Rift. Krispy gives an impressive overview of Manifold Garden and Nolan shares his thoughts now that he FINALLY played through Half Life 2! 

It's time to put a nice bow on both 2019 and the 2010s! In part 2 of our 2019 Awards Show, we cover 6 more categories dedicated to the last year in gaming and then 6 awards dedicated to the last decade as a whole. In this episode, we cover the following categories: Best Video Game Moment Best Narrative Best New Character Biggest Regret The Asterisk Award Number 11 Best Narrative of the Decade Favorite Character of the Decade   Most Underrated of the Decade  Best Hidden Gem of the Decade Honorable Mentions of the Decade  Best Game of the Decade

Awards season officially begins here at 4Player. This week, we kick off our annual awards show by discussing our personal choices in 12 exciting categories such as best world design, best new gameplay experience, best debut, and more! Stay tuned for Part 2 where the 2nd segment will be devoted to our Games of the Decade awards and discussion! This week's awards: Best World / Level Design Best New Gameplay Experience Best New Enemy/Boss Best Multiplayer/Co-op Experience Best Comfort Food Most Out of Comfort Zone Best Debut Best Game Nobody Played Best Looking Biggest Surprise Biggest Disappointment Best Character Relationship

We're back for our first old-fashioned podcast of the new decade and we kick off the show with a surprise return to talk about Control! Nick is deep into The Long Dark, Krispy was inspired to jump into Resident Evil 2 Remake following our recent Project M, and Chris Davis is ready to die on the hill for Black Mesa! Brad, inspired by praise on ResetEra, tried SaGa: Scarlet Grace; an inspired but strange new JRPG that hit in late 2019. Also, (really good) inappropriate jokes are made and we're so sorry...

Another new year. Another mass of new games to sort through! In our very first episode of the new decade, we run through a comprehensive (and community-built) list of games scheduled or expected to release in 2020! This includes everything from the hypest AAA productions like Cyberpunk 2077 to smaller creative ideas like 12 Minutes! We cover almost 150 games so get ready to take some notes! 

We return for our first show in 3 weeks and we come bearing gifts! With Project M in our rear view mirror, we take this opportunity to revisit Resident Evil 4, a game that has aged beautifully. Chris shows some love for Mechwarrior 5 and the group talks through some of the finer points related to Supraland and Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. We also cover the Xbox Series X, Resident Evil 3 remake, and read passages from a... lewd Christmas Gift.

We just wanted to let you our subscribers know that we are live RIGHT NOW on 4pp.tv for our 3rd ever Project M event! We are racing through Resident Evil 4 and raising money to benefit the Trevor Project. For more information, listen to this short message!

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and we have a lot of gaming to be thankful for. Death Stranding continues to inspire plenty of discussion and Brad came prepared with 4 new indie games to recommend. In the news, Valve finally did the unthinkable and announced Half Life: Alyx for Steam VR headsets; news that is both extremely exciting AND cost prohibitive. We also deliver our thoughts on the new Game Award nominees and answer some questions from our patrons (for whom we are also thankful)! 

This week Death Stranding continues to impress and perplex us. But perhaps more importantly, Respawn's long awaited Star Wars game, Jedi Fallen Order has arrived. Despite a seemingly long list of annoyances and complaints, the game still manages to deliver a worthwhile experience. Brad talks about a unique and mind-bending puzzler called Superliminal and tells the group about his time with the beautifully bizarre Yakuza 7 demo! Oh yeah, there's a new Half Life game coming... and it's not what you think.

The original F.E.A.R. from Monolith Productions is a genre-bending First-Person-Shooter / Horror game that released in 2005. Despite it's age, it may still be one of the best and most modern feeling FPS games available. On this episode of the Revival Club, Nick is joined by elusive podcaster, Carlos, and special community guest, SelfTorment, to talk about the game and how it has managed to remain a benchmark for the genre for so long.

It is November in the year of our lord 2019 and Hideo Kojima has just unleashed upon the world his outlandish new game, Death Stranding. There is a ton to unpack but we do our best to DELIVER our thoughts and reactions to the first 15-20 hours of the game. That's not all though; Brad played through Love, Sam, speaks highly of MO Astray, and Nick continues to praise Luigi's Mansion 3 for it's impeccable design. In other news, we still find a way to make the new Sonic movie redesign into something absolutely horrifying.

This week is packed full of impressions thanks to new releases like Luigi's Mansion 3, The Beast Inside, and the PC release of Red Dead Redemption 2. We continue to shower praise on Disco Elysium which has managed to pull in Krispy and Nick since Brad gushed about it last week! We revisit The Outer Worlds and talk about the news coming out of Blizzcon; including Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4.

In true Halloween spirit, Krispy showed up in full costume to talk about The Outer Worlds! Brad convinces most of us to play Disco Elysium which may end up being a serious Game of the Year contender for some of us. Things get topical when Chris Davis and Nick discuss Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Brad ensures he will never be welcome in China when he talks about Devotion, an awesome little horror game that was pulled from stores worldwide by the Chinese government...

It's a strange week for impressions. Brad tried out Anodyne 2 which is weird in the literal sense but Nick, despite his options, played through the campaign of Call of Duty: World War II. Nolan gives an update on Indivisible and Nick shares his VERY early impressions of The Surge 2. In the 2nd segment, the team deliberates games to be featured in our upcoming Project M and settles on a short list of games.

This week, Brad continues to suffer from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne addiction and Nolan makes his triumphant return from Canada with impressions of Indivisible! Nick delivers his final thoughts on Link's Awakening and showers praise on the original F.E.A.R. which is our current Revival Club focus. Brad also gives us a tour of all the games he's been playing on Apple Arcade including Grindstone and What the Golf? There is also plenty to say about Blizzard's latest controversy and Sony's new PS5 details!

Ed joins us on the couch this week to talk about Blasphemous and give us his final thoughts on big 2019 games like Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Supraland! Nick talks about his experience co-oping Borderlands 3 and the group dives a little deeper into the whimsy new remake of Link's Awakening! We also give updates on our recent Patreon milestone and get into the Halloween spirit with some horror movie / game recommendations!

After an unexpected week off, the games and news have been piling up so we do our best to play catch up! Chris Davis joins us at the start of the show to talk Gears 5 with Nick plus the delightful new Untitled Goose Game! The group hashes out there first impressions of the Link's Awakening remake and revisits Astral Chain and Greedfall to see how they are shaping up. The second segment is dominated by The Last of Us 2, Batman rumors, and some... colorful stories inspired by questions from our lovely Patreon supporters.