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01:08:16 - 01:09:01

you had a controller for the the XCOM for XCOM enemy unknown and XCOM 2 because you know yeah it was a it was an old school PC series they were bringing back so yeah that comes to mind but I think persona is a really great example Matthew can't can't top that with them ninja golf make them oh I was just about to say my second pick is ninja golf on the Atari seven seven eight hundred which of course mixes together a highly detailed golf simulator and a pulse pounding ninja action game as you run to hit your ball…

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... in that game yeah definitely one is more detailed than the other a lot of the ground combat is more detailed than the other but they both matter and you can you know if you fuck one up then you'll you'll fuck the other up so I think those do that does come to mind that were very elegantly put together they also managed to make those elements work well if you had a controller for the the XCOM for XCOM enemy unknown and XCOM 2 because you know yeah it was a it was an old school PC series they were bringing back so yeah that comes to mind but I think persona is a really great example Matthew can't can't top that with them ninja golf make them oh I was just about to say my second pick is ninja golf on the Atari seven seven eight hundred which of course mixes together a highly detailed golf simulator and a pulse pounding ninja action game as you run to hit your ball a second time no that that's ass speaking of golf I did quite like that golf roguelike thing that Liam Edwards made curse what the golf was it yeah Oh curse the golf so yeah I thought that was I thought you know of off the take a thing and make it a roguelike the actual idea of no shot in this game will ever be repeated because of the nature of the courses or the unique power-ups you've been given makes every shot count you know you know in ...

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