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Sacred Symbols, Episode 326 | Stirring Ghosts (Video) (Patreon)

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Stirring Ghosts | Sacred Symbols, Episode 326

With a fresh State of Play now behind us, it felt like a good opportunity to publish this week's Sacred Symbols early for our paying audience on Patreon. And yes: There's cause for celebration. After years of dormancy, Sony-owned studio Sucker Punch has finally revealed its sequel to 2020's Ghost of Tsushima. It's called Ghost of Yotei, and it launches exclusively on PlayStation 5 in 2025. But the recent presentation was chock-full of other games, too, including lingering remasters from times past, like Soul Reaver and Lunar. And -- yes, indeed! -- the rumors surrounding Horizon: Zero Dawn Remastered are real, too. From Hell Is Us and Fantasian Neo Dimension to LEGO Horizon Adventures and a new Yakuza title, we've got a lot to discuss. We wrap things up with listener inquiries, as is our tradition. Is the games industry missing a vital source of positive energy by eschewing live events? Will Square Enix ever port the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy to modern hardware? Could Helldivers 2 be in the midst of a major comeback? Do the New York Jets have Colin feeling a special sort of way? Follow the hosts! Colin: https://x.com/longislandviper Chris: https://x.com/ChrisRGun Dustin: https://x.com/DustinCanFly A new episode of Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast launches each Friday morning. To receive instant access, as well as other perks, please support the show on: https://www.patreon.com/LastStandMedia 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:09:08 - San Diego live show video 0:10:07 - Cinema frustrations 0:23:16 - Jets win 0:28:53 - Concord update 1:15:04 - Stellar Blade trademark lawsuit 1:20:58 - Tetsuya Nomura is considering retiring 1:28:26 - New Like A Dragon game 1:35:09 - Assassin's Creed Shadows is delayed 1:45:19 - Decapolice is delayed 1:47:42 - Unicorn Overlord surpasses one million copies sold 1:48:15 - Secret Letter?? 1:51:02 - What Are We Playing? 02:08:42 - Astro Bot DLC 02:13:42 - The Midnight Walk 02:17:22 - Hell is Us 02:24:00 - Metro VR 2:29:43 - Archeage Chronicles 2:31:55 - Palworld 2:34:43 - Lunar Collection 2:44:57 - TMNT Shredders Revenge DLC 2:45:41 - Sonic Trash 2:46:40 - Fantasian 2:48:35 - Dragon Age 3:03:45 - Alan Wake 2 3:06:01 - Hitman VR 3:10:48 - Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver Remaster 3:17:09 - Fear the Spotlight 3:20:39 - Towers of Aghasba 3:22:28 - Lego Fortnite 3:23:45 - Dynasty Warriors Origins 3:26:06 - Monster Hunter Wilds 3:27:53 - Lego Horizon Adventures 3:34:00 - Horizon Remaster 3:48:22 - Stellar Blade Update 3:49:45 - Non-game Announcements 3:55:16 - Ghost of Yotei 4:13:53 - Overall Thoughts 4:28:32 - Return of Live Presentations 4:36:39 - New Xbox? 4:43:11 - FFXIII Ports? 4:44:58 - Helldivers 2 Updates 4:53:30 - Using Guides for Platinums

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Skull King

I got the Regular PS5 Pro, 30th Portal and 30th Edge!!

Synchro

Defining Duke looks different….

George Edkins

5 hours? A sufficient goon sesh is in order

Stonehorn

On Thursday? Weird. I was able to get a pro and anniversary Edge controller and regular, but no luck with the anniversary bundle

OlivesDad

Lunar collection a literal dream come true for me. Those platinums will be mine!

Aaron Omar

Colin on hotcakes, "It's not like they're going to blow you..." That killed me. 😂

bandwagner

PS gods blessed me with an early episode of sacred and 30th anniversary bundle 🙏

DarthLemon616

Today isn't Friday. But I'll take it

Born-Blind

Freaking love Ni No Kuni. Wasn't a fan of the second one though

Ryan Harvey

This podcast will keep me sane on my flight home from Japan, thanks y’all!

VICIOUSVICTOR TEE

A lot of games to get through this week. One omission surprised me. Contra inspired, Iron Meat! Perhaps I missed it. I'll be checking out the game this weekend. Great to have you back Dustin!

VICIOUSVICTOR TEE

The Original McDonald's Breakfast Burrito was good for one key reason for me. The Hot Picante Sauce.

nicholas

holy hell Dustin if the guy who made Hazel you are talking about is or is in the same league as this guy the cherno on youtube who wrote Walnut... that's very cool. Brilliant folks.

SkeetsOfRage

Man its getting really tiresome hearing Chris making excuses for abhorrent propagandised shit (like top surgery scars in a fucking fantasy game) constantly. You are a joke and a moron that understands nothing of the situation while talking absolute shit. Don't have kids.

Light The Idea

I was excited to hear the thoughts on dragon age and the new ghost game. Instead two conversations about scars and the gender of the protagonist. How games are discussed here has fundamentally plummeted the last few years. It is seemingly just discussions on what someone said on twitter rather than the actual game.

Light The Idea
>>150759050

Industry conversations are much more at home here, discussions around the fundamentals of the actual games? Seems only Chris has the eye for that.

Andrew Fast

On the topic of guides, how anyone would figure out all those special bots challenges in Astro Bot Playroom without one is beyond me.

Jacob
>>150759050

I agree. A lot of conversations around major releases have been more of a “let’s talk about the conversation around the game” rather than talking about the game itself. I mean, we got our first major 1st party reveal (besides Astro Bot, which was excellent) in YEARS and the game itself, setting, jump in time/setting, new mechanics, etc. were either not discussed or barely commented on.

Sam Strajack

Ignoring twitter culture war controversies would be a nice change to the show IMO

Light The Idea
>>150759050

It has been this way for some time, I think they just have an issue critiquing game design. Even games they would all ‘score highly’ are shrouded in negative conversation. The industry conversations around strategy are always good, conversations on actual games always bad.

Directional Joy

Dustin talking about the pronunciation of things (Lu-Narrr, in this case) got me thinking about my childhood past, a bit before internet was a real thing. I remember pronouncing Ryu as Rye-You, and Raiden being Ray-Den. Now, I know Ray-Den is acceptable with MGS but NOT Mortal Kombat, but it was the ‘Wild west’ back then. Anybody else have memories of learning things the wrong way? 😂

Directional Joy
>>150869329

Off of that, did anybody else (during their childhood) spend time doing jump spin kicks in the pool, as if they were the upcoming opponent in the next Street Fighter? 😂

Sechro

I had an absolutely horrendous theatre experience when seeing Terrifier 2 a couple years ago. It was a limited release where I am, so we could only go on one weekend. There was probably us, two other couples and a group of probably 15 high schoolers who obviously snuck in. These kids were not only talking the whole movie, throwing popcorn at each other and us, but playing TikTok videos out loud, running up and down the stairs and making shadow puppets on the projector throughout the movie. Anytime we, the others, or even the staff would try to do something about it, they’d momentarily leave but then just come back. Unfortunately, anytime I think about watching this movie again, I just get pissed thinking about that shitty experience. Prior to that, when I went and saw Click back in the day, the power went out about 40 mins into the movie. When it came back on, they gave us the option to get a refund, or if enough wanted to, they would start the movie over again. Most of us stayed.

Stephen

Why is my McDonald’s apple pie Genshin Impact themed?

The Great Santini

I love how Colin chooses to aggressively pronounce any Japanese word in the most American way possible ❤️

The Great Santini
>>150759050

Idk if I agree but I noticed that they didn’t go into talking any the weaponry shown or possible gameplay mechanics - ya know… the fun stuff!

Faan

Going through this episode and I was enjoying it until the discussion on Dragon Age: The Veilguard, where something really annoyed TF out of me. And I know that right now, I'm basically making my criticism into a void because Colin doesn't take criticism well, especially from his fans (who fund his f*cking company in the first place; ironic, huh?). I get people getting annoyed that you can't have large breasts or a big butt in the new game. I do think that's a strange omission. But top scars? That offends and annoys you? Are you f*cking kidding me? Sure, you can say it's identity politics, propaganda, and whatever other synonym you can find on Merriam Webster or Twitter. But seriously - how does this affect you for the worse? Games, movies, books, and songs SHOULD be political and take a stance on things. And if that offends you? Move on or engage in insightful discourse on it that isn't based on a stupid Twitter post. Also, how f*cking hypocritical of you, Mr. Moriarty. Colin is intrigued and interested in politics (as am I), and wants more politics in games. Yes, games are too afraid of making political statements. The only major game of a recent release I can think of that is inherently political is Disco Elysium. Cyberpunk 2077, Far Cry 5, Watch Dogs, The Last of Us: Part II - all of these games have very intriguing political undertones, but are too afraid of taking a hard stance. Especially The Last of Us: Part II, which is partly inspired by Neil Druckmann's experience living in Israel amidst the the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, is slightly analogous to the W.L.F and Seraphite conflict in the game. But the game doesn't really have a message there other than "both sides have bad parts to them." Same with Cyberpunk 2077. It's a game about taking down the corporate overlords but it doesn't offer a message there, and is moreso focused on V's existential crisis. It's even more ironic when you realize how much crunch there was in Cyberpunk 2077's development. My point here is that political intrigue makes a game more meaningful, whether you agree with it or not. I swear, a lot of people who love Star Wars 1977 would abhor it if they knew that the protagonists, the rebels, were based on the Vietcong, and that the Empire was partly inspired by the U.S. government. People insert their beliefs into the things they make. So for Dragon Age: The Veilguard to have top scars and no abilities to have large breasts is what the developers want. WTF is so wrong with that? America (which is where most listeners of Sacred Symbols are tuning in, most likely) has freedom of speech. Yes, that also means we have freedom to criticize, but it seems as though so many people want to live in a society that fosters homogeneous thought because some people are too damn dense to accept that others have a different line of thinking from them, and just categorize it as "identity politics" or "propaganda." Give me a f*cking break. I appreciate Chris somewhat challenging Colin here on this point, but, at the same time, hardly anyone besides Jaffe challenges Colin at LSM. And I think Jaffe should challenge Colin harder. Dustin sometimes challenges Colin, but that's usually in video game topics that are of little consequence. I know Colin won't give a sh*t if he reads this as LSM is doing well. But still. I knew Chris definitely disagreed with Colin here but he's just too laidback or afraid to challenge him more intensely. And as much as I love Colin, he really does need a check when he states some bullsh*t. Can't believe some f*cking chest scars bother you in a video game. Give me a f*cking break and grow the f*ck up.