Top Down Perspective

It's Zelda's Time | Top Down Perspective 26/09/24

There's a new Zelda out, Echoes of Wisdom, and Sean has been playing it. He also tries out Metaphor: ReFantazio and Prince of Perisa: The Lost Crown: Mask of Darkness. Jon is playing UFO 50, Dead Rising Deluxe Edition and the TMNT: Shredder's Revenge DLC. Paul calls in from his phone and it's a goofy time.
We start news off with a rundown of the PlayStation State of Play, Ubisoft pulls out of Tokyo Game Show, and Assassin's Creed Shadows gets delayed to 2025.
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Behind the Veil | Top Down Perspective [19/09/24]

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Paul wraps up Space Marine 2 and dives into the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster. Sean gets his platinum in Astro Bot, starts up Star War Outlaws, and can finally talk about his Dragon Age The Veilguard preview.
We begin news with the possible Switch 2 images, we also discuss the 30th anniversary collection from PlayStation, and Nintendo is suing Palworld.
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PlayStation 5's Pro & Con | Top Down Perspective [05/09/24]

Sean has played the PlayStation 5 Pro! He's also checking out Tactical Breach Wizard, Jon is playing more Ys, and Paul continues with Space Marine 2. They're all loving Astro Bot.
In other news, Xbox has another massive layoff, Annapurna Interactive might be no more, and Flappy Bird is coming back from the dead.
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Gamescom 2024 Edition - Top Down Perspective

Sean is back from Europe with many tales of his time at this year's Gamescom in Germany. He played games like The First Berserker: Khazan and Life is Strange: Double Exposure, while also checking out Pepper Grinder and Astro Bot outside of the show. Paul continues with Black Myth: Wukong and World of Warcraft: The War Within.
News is packed this week as we dive into the recent Nintendo Direct, layoffs hit Rocksteady, and Concord is being shutdown after just 11 days.
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Top Down Perspective 22/08/24

Sean is in Europe covering Gamescom this week, which leaves Paul and Jon to discuss a whole bunch of old games! Jon has been playing through the Ys games, especially Ys: The Oath in Felghana while Paul has been relearning how to play games on a leverless arcade pad (a hitbox controller). He's also been checking out the new DBZ moba Dragon Ball Project Multi and a small indie game called Blacksmith Who Kong or something.
In news, we rundown everything shown at Gamescom Opening Night Live, Ubisoft lays off the Division Heartland studio, China has a lot of concurrent players, FFXVI comes out on PC soon and Wilmot's Warehouse gets a sequel.
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Top Down Perspective 15/08/24

The Borderlands movie is out and Sean is mad about it. He also played through Ghost Trick Remastered and started up 1000X Resist. Jon is enjoying Time is Honey. Paul checks out Kitsune Tails and dives back into Super Mario Land 2.
We finally have some good news this week since Tango has been revived, what's going on with Deadlock?, and Nicolas Cage is going to play Madden.
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Top Down Perspective 08/08/24

Who knows where Paul is? (He does show up a bit into the show and has been playing Earth Defense Force 6). Jon is quite disappointed with Nintendo World Championship NES Edition. Sean plays through Thank Goodness You're Here and tries out Valorant on console and the Omni One VR treadmill.
In news we discuss Game Informer being aggressively shut down, the Borderlands movie apparently sucks, and Jedi Survivor is coming out for old consoles.
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Top Down Perspective 01/08/24

Paul is deep into Marvel Rivals' beta this week while Sean wraps up The Great Ace Attorney.
In news we discuss Activision's skill-based matching making study, Bungie goes through another massive round of layoffs, and The Behemoth details its roadmap.
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Top Down Perspective 25/07/24

Jon joins us near the end to chat about Chained Together. Paul's playing through Kunitsu-Gami and Flintlock. Sean dives into the Marvel Rivals beta.
News is a mixed bag of new video game unions, more layoffs, and EVO 2024!
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Top Down Perspective 18/07/24

The Concord Beta is out this week and Paul and Sean are checking that out. Sean also tries out Magical Delicacy and Dungeons of Hinterberg. Jon continues with Dead Rising.
In news we discuss the FTC coming back for Microsoft, the Halo TV series has been cancelled, and Nintendo releasing a joy-con charger at a very odd time.
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Top Down Perspective 11/07/24

Games this week include Space Marine and Suicide Squad, played by Paul. Metroid Prime 3 is being played by Jon. Sean plays through Case of the Golden Idol as well as Skate Story and Neva's demos.
We start news off with the recent Game Pass price increase/tier stuff, followed by PlayStation announcing it will be at TGS, and Nintendo teasing a weird horror game.
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Top Down Perspective 04/07/24

It's free to play week around here as Sean and Paul are playing Zenless Zone Zero and The Last Descendant. Paul also finally dives into Erdtree.
As for news, we're chatting about Nintendo's use of AI in the future, the Horizon Zero Dawn shown seemingly canceled, and Capcom is officially working on the next mainline Resident Evil.
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Top Down Perspective 27/06/24

This week Paul is nearing the end of Nine Souls while trying to get his computer ready for Elden Ring. Sean is nearing the end of Shadow of the Erdtree.
In news we chat about a new Street Fighter movie possibly happening, the Xbox Keystone patent gets revealed, and Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Amazon Fire TV devices.
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Top Down Perspective - Summer Game Fest '24 Edition

It's time to run down everything we saw during Summer Game Fest. Sean also gives us a look at what it's like to be there on the show floor and everything he got up to (including some fun swag). We also deep dive into Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
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Top Down Perspective 06/06/24

This week, the guys are biding their time. Paul checks out an early look at 33 Immortals, the previously known "Bloodborne Kart" and continues Nine Sols while Sean is pushing people around in Humanity and loads up Octopath Traveller II with no real intentions on ever finishing it. Maybe most importantly, he's begun Stellar Blade again and is getting good at parrying.
Not much in news this week as Summer Game Fest begins soon and we are just preparing for the onslaught with some early info on the proceedings and the possible future of The Last of Us TV show.
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Top Down Perspective 30/05/24

The boys have wrapped up Hellblade 2 this week and are also discussing Little Kitty Big City. Paul has also been playing Nine Sols and XDefiant.
We start news off with a rundown of Sony's State of Play, then we chat about Redfall's final update, and Call of Duty coming to Game Pass.
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Top Down Perspective 23/05/24

Sean is back from his Magical European Extravaganza™ and has played basically all the games you want to hear about... from Animal Well to Hades II with some Lorelai and the Laser Eyes and even some Senua's Saga: Hellblade II. Actually, Paul also has been playing Hellblade II now that he finished Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and ran through Crow Country.
Not much news, so we get Sean's thoughts on the big stuff from last week quickly for the most part. 
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Top Down Perspective 16/05/24

We're back after a week off and it might have been the most news filled week outside of an E3! Before we spend an hour talking news, Paul updates us on his Stellar Blade thoughts and progress back in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. He also played a game his friends made (link will be below). Jon has been playing all the games, starting with Animal Well, moving to Crow Country and finally Little Kitty, Big City.
The Helldivers 2 debacle, Microsoft kills Tango Gameworks, Nintendo announces Switch successor announcement and the top sold Pokemon games are among a few of a GIANT NEWS WEEK. Come hear all about it!
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Top Down Perspective 02/05/24

This week Paul is trying out The Rogue Prince of Persia before it's Early Access launch, he's also playing Steller Blade. Sean continues with Sand Land and starts SteamWorld Heist in anticipation of the upcoming sequel.
In news we talk about the recent Xbox livestream, more Switch 2 rumors, and TakeTwo closing down some of its studios.
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Top Down Perspective 25/04/24

Sean finishes FF7 Rebirth this week and also discusses Sand Land, Tales of Kenzera ZAU, and Another Crab's Treasure. Jon finally gets into Helldivers 2 and Paul talks to us about porny metroidvanias for a bit.
In news we talk about Nintendo removing 20 years of content from Garry's Mod, Embracer is splitting its coming up, and El Paso Elsewhere is getting a movie.
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