Versus Wolves 003: Omikron vs Earthbound Extended Timestamps
0:00:00 Eyepatch wolf and woolie are both happy to be here this week! Definitely no disparities here.
INTRO
0:00:36 Versus Wolves Intro
0:00:57 Anything similar to Versus Wolves out there? There is actually an old japanese 80s show called versus wolves
0:02:01 Are you anxious Woolie? There any eggshells around? Nope, peace and love all around. No fury or retribution here.
0:03:43 Isn’t this a goddamn movie?! Look at it constantly top itself!
- 0:04:07 Invading the high society party
- 0:05:22 it's a tollywood movie. Look at these MEN
- 0:06:16 the name RRR. pitching a marvel movie for india.
- - 0:07:00 Singham
- 0:07:37 the nature of physics in the tollywood realm
- - 0:08:14 ray stevenson is in this. A lot of the english are played by irish.
- 0:09:00 a superhero decolonization movie, a complete earnestness to it. A song singing about the plot of the movie
- - 0:10:51 legitimate male friendship frolics, saving a child.
- - 0:12:48 they really love each other
- 0:13:13 the training arc
- 0:13:46 coming face to face with each other’s true nature, they have theme songs
- 0:14:41 playing with other kids in the playground multiplied by a million dollars
- 0:15:28 the love interest. You ready to dance, eyepatch wolf? 8 minutes, learn it.
- - 0:16:38 the plot critical dance number in question. The emotions going through eyepatch wolf’s head upon realizing he has to dance this
- - 0:18:05 what woolie will require from this punishment. Pitching this to the guy that found hi-fi rush hard.
- 0:19:27 the two person mech. You ready for gurren lagann?
- 0:20:29 an absolutely incredible movie. Theres a lot of other movies you can watch from here. eyepatch wolf wants to show his dad
- - 0:21:25 the historical aspect to the movie. Eyepatch wolf wanting the irish version of this film.
- 0:22:15 the pure evil of the English is incredible. A different concept of justice.
- 0:23:33 bullet point out the hypothetical sequel to RRR, RRR: RRR. Time to die, your majesty.
- - 0:24:53 but what if we have a shot by shot remake of RRR except irish? And look at all these possible set pieces to throw around.
- 0:26:36 just like a JRPG, the last enemy is god
0:26:49 So, woolie played some earthbound. The most charming game woolie has ever played. Seeing it’s mark in other games after having played it
- 0:29:40 Woolie expected a journey with your friends 80s style. Whats your opinion on goonies?
- 0:31:15 It is an incredibly funny game. Humor in a strangely dark world.
- - 0:33:01 eyepatch wolf on the perfect piece of earthbound humor: the 8 moles
- - 0:34:25 there are a lot of things that take you off guard. And the sprites are super expressive to a point where they dont have to move. A game that is constantly oozing itself
- - - 0:35:44 the first memory woolie recalls in regards to anything earthbound are the scratch and sniff ads
- - - 0:37:55 unlocking ness in smash 64
- - 0:38:51 the style of humor you can clearly see in toby fox games. And fighting a taxi.
- - 0:40:09 a scrap of junk on the ground is a magical treasure. The being that gives you your powers get squashed
- 0:41:37 moments where it decides to just slow down. Watching a stage show. Mr. saturn giving you a coffee
- 0:43:10 a feeling of someone that doesnt play video games looking at RPGs and deciding to make their own. On shigesato Itoi
- 0:43:50 open up this treasure chest! Its a wet towel! And calling mom
- 0:45:47 meeting jeff and his absentee dad
- 0:46:57 woolie setting his favorite food as gyro. And PK arcade.
- 0:47:55 on outsiders creating games: how it handles exploration and economy. Examining objects isnt a thing, same with breaking into people's houses
- - 0:49:58 the penalty for death
- 0:51:39 The absolute wild and frustrating stuff. Combat can sometimes be a coin toss. But if you are overleveled you can walk into someone and they explode. But sometimes you just need to level grind. On MP management.
- - 0:54:06 how small your backpack is
- - 0:55:08 plot items you no longer need but you don't know when you’re done with them, and the strength of late game enemies
- - - 0:56:25 the department store and stonehenge
- - - 0:57:00 the battle system in general, and enemy spawns
- - - 0:58:34 stuff that will oneshot you
- 0:59:51 moments where you go and have something like magic cake. The dream hallucination with poo.
- - 1:01:16 the profound fear of being an adult and club stoic.
- - 1:02:54 is ness’ dad working for his family or is he a shitbag? The most normal dude.
- 1:04:22 some kids are just shitkids. Pokey is prime shitkid. Being your gary. Leaving the kid brother behind.
- - 1:05:47 who was your shitkid, woolie?
- - 1:07:38 eyepatch wolf’s shitkid
- - - 1:09:14 shitkid chronicle, the good ending
- - 1:10:53 classic shitkid traits, needing to one up and compulsively lie
- - 1:12:34 eyepatch wolf has been the shitkid himself on occasion. The trolling of a younger sibling, the you owe me one strategy
- - - 1:15:47 hulk hogan would do this to other wrestlers. Pokey hogan.
- 1:17:38 Woolie did not manage to beat it, unfortunately. There will at least be one more episode of this podcast, at least!
- - 1:19:16 woolie made it to the cup of tea. At some point they’ll have to come back and discuss the ending
- - 1:21:05 how long earthbound is, and just exploring and taking in the vibe.
- 1:22:30 final thoughts: how do you feel about earthbound? There’s footage with it too. Wishing he was recording while fighting belch the second time.
- - 1:25:15 eyepatch wolf is glad he enjoyed it. The ability to transport his brain back to 1994. Playing half-life 2 for the first time and motion sickness. Umurangi generations.
- - - 1:27:30 the things that trigger woolie’s motion sickness. The comfort cage.
- - - 1:29:01 myhouse.wad and eyepatch wolf’s inability to play it from motion sickness
- - - 1:30:02 can you develop sea legs for it? being fine with other games
- 1:31:42 putting the pressure to try and beat it, the invisible clock
- - 1:32:24 hearing good things about mother 3. Eyepatch wolf putting mother 3 off for a decade.
- - 1:33:54 woolie got a translated mother 3 cartridge from too many games. And that one anime fan they met that was unimpressed by everything. I dont watch anime with old graphics.
- - - 1:35:44 his favorite anime is code geass. Liking 6/10 anime? “Yeah cause I'm real.”
- - - 1:37:14 you guys are something, aren’t yeah?
- 1:37:46 once more wishing he had gotten through it, but earthbound isnt the kind of game you rush through.
- - 1:39:06 eyepatch wolf has things he wants to recommend that he doesnt expect woolie to complete. The quote that eyepatch wolf beat fear and hunger like griffith, woolie beat it like guts.
1:39:47 so where does this go on the pantheon of greatness? The new peak.
1:41:23 Isn’t it great you enjoyed earthbound, woolie? ISN’T IT?! Woolie’s been hearing some noise coming from his chat about certain things…
1:43:19, so eyepatch wolf, how was February? The personal challenge.
- 1:45:01 so how would you describe omikron in a single sentence, woolie? The worst game in the catalog from the worst game creator. The thought process on recommending it. Starting with why he thought saga first
- - 1:48:14 why he went to saga next. But then why drop down to omikron?! Combo breaker must not come to pass.
- - 1:49:17 those nights spent playing fear and hunger on terror on starvation mixed with eyepatch wolf missing the one thing he was supposed to do.
- - 1:50:16 Hatred? Anger? No, this is about love.
- - 1:52:02 this came from hatred. He was going to go into omikron and find things to love to counter woolie. It lasted 20 minutes.
1:52:36 eyepatch wolf doesn't like shitting on media, so starting off with trying to find ways to acknowledge it. On david bowie’s involvement with the project
- 1:54:58 its on sale on steam! What a sign! The worst first impression: the most dyslexia unfriendly font ever
- 1:56:25 hitting new game. Meeting kay’l. Only you, the player, can save everyone. Wow, just like earthbound!
- 1:57:11 and then you are kay’l. Welcome to a world of 4 frames of second. The unplayability on steam. Looking up how to get it to work. Booting up the dreamcast version.
- - 1:58:52 the dreamcast version is rock solid except one little thing…
- 1:59:14 inhabiting kay’l body. Time to fuck this dead guy’s wife. The two flavors of women. Welcome in omicron.
- 2:01:37 a shockingly boring world. And people made fanart of eyepatch wolf at the strip club.
- - 2:02:54 “in my games, all women are whores.”
- 2:03:50 trying to get immersed. Getting into the first fight. We have tekken at home. Woolie rented omikron once a long time ago.
- - 2:05:30 eyepatch wolf quickly found the cheese. Just mash square.
- - 2:07:10 the worst fighting game he’s ever played
- 2:07:51 a repeating theme of going into different genres. An FPS mode. The dreamcast controller does not have a second analog stick.
- - 2:09:52 the wails on seeing the guy the begins the FPS sections.
- 2:10:39 did you click on advice at any point? No, because he couldn't read it. Good for him, it uses 5 save rings every time its used
- 2:12:04 There is no way old games were like this. The game design decisions being utterly baffling. How do you need to know you need to know to go to a morgue?! Going with using a guide. There is ONE guide.
- - 2:14:56 hey, remember that infamous door? This came out in the same year as so many amazing games. It makes shenmue 1 look like shenmue 2
- 2:16:00 what body are you on? Are you on blackface yet?
- 2:16:40 6 hours in. seeing where he is, and the audience freaking out. The 8 bombs and the factory.
- - 2:18:45 getting to the end on the first try. But he did not complete it on the first try. And so he is stuck in factory hell.
- - - 2:21:05 “woolie is also streaming and he’s shittalking you.” Here’s a compilation of him playing this section
- - - 2:25:35 so, how are we doing, eyepatch wolf? Woolie didnt know he was capable of those noises.
- - - 2:26:34 that is a reasonable tapping out point, isnt it? But omikron continues.
- 2:27:32 Omikron the nomad soul is a game about nothing. It has so many ideas but says nothing about them.
- 2:29:05 Eyepatch wolf got very far indeed. He beat the game. He beat it less than 24 hours before recording.
- - 2:30:33 he refused to get softlocked. Mixing up the jewels in his inventory.
- - 2:31:28 how far woolie expected him to get
- - 2:32:01 he dragged his soul through an ordeal. He is different now. The worst game he has ever played. Worse than shadow the hedgehog.
- - 2:33:37 The fault lies with you, woolie
- 2:34:40 Woolie sees what this podcast is now. We can never go back to happy times. Woolie says it was a retaliatory action.
- - 2:35:40 a reminder, there is no caveat on completion. But eyepatch wolf was put in an impossible situation. A chat that told him he deserved it. Going down to the bottom of the ocean
2:37:05 Where is it on the pantheon of greatness? Omikron is the new floor. The debt is paid, the slate is clean. According to Woolie at least.
NEXT EPISODE RECOMMENDATIONS
2:38:28 So let's hop into recommend or die. Woolie is feeling a bit afraid of this section now. Its time to dig deep.
- 2:40:43 Woolie’s recommendation: Kill 6 billion demons. Recommending reading the webcomic. Get through at least the first book and some of the supplemental material.
2:43:36 Details are important, right? You didn’t technically play omikron, did you woolie?
- 2:47:15 Well, guess you’ll just have to watch vinland saga!
- 2:48:48 That omikron rec wasn’t a joke. It was a threat. Dont screw up, woolie.
2:49:32 Closing statements.
2:49:43 End of podcast