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This episode is all about the games that hit players with emotional gut punches. You get 50 minutes of nice preamble with returning guest and indie developer Lucy Blundell, then 1 hour+ of our combined 15 top emotional moments in games.
After the 50-minute mark, this episode features spoilers (some light, some heavy) for these games: Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Final Fantasy X, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Final Fantasy VII (and the remakes), Botany Manor, Ori and the Blind Forest (just the intro), The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Fable 2, What Remains of Edith Finch, Halo: Reach, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.
But…most of it is pretty topline, and it’s well worth a listen. Find Lucy’s latest game VIDEOVERSE on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.
This week’s music is from the Final Fantasy X soundtrack by Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu and Junya Nakano.
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- Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
- Videoverse
- Promise Mascot Agency
- The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
Spoiler Section Timestamps
| Game | Timestamp |
|---|---|
| Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name | 46:44 |
| Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | 53:13 |
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | 59:54 |
| Botany Manor | 01:04:44 |
| Ori and the Blind Forest | 01:12:06 |
| Final Fantasy X and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII | 01:15:44 |
| Final Fantasy VII | 01:21:06 |
| The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings | 01:30:00 |
| Halo: Reach | 01:35:16 |
| What Remains of Edith Finch | 01:42:11 |
| Fable II | 01:48:56 |
| The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening | 01:53:04 |
| The Walking Dead | 01:57:40 |
| Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | 02:05:05 |
| Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy | 02:10:42 |
Picks
Lucy
- The ending of Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
- The ending of Botany Manor
- Red XIII’s quest to find out what happened to his father in FF7
- The end of The Walking Dead Season 1
- Lewis’ story in What Remains of Edith Finch
Matthew
- Touring Kiryu’s old familiar places with Date in Infinite Wealth (big Christmas Carol energy)
- The opening to Ori and the Blind Forest
- Realising that bringing down evil king Hensalt in Witcher 2 will do more harm than good.
- The ending of Xenoblade 3
- Having to make a difficult decision at the Shadow Court in Fable II
Samuel
- A death in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
A death in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VIIthe very end of Final Fantasy X- Knowing you’re not destined to leave the planet in Halo: Reach
- The ending of Link’s Awakening
- A death in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy