The Eras Tour: Best Historical or Futuristic Setting
Summary
The Button Boys discuss the online backlash Glenn faced for criticizing Crimson Desert, highlighting the game’s polarizing appeal. They review Sandustry’s addictive factory-building mechanics and Mew Genics, a quirky cat-breeding roguelite with turn-based combat. The episode also features a listener-created game called Commander Sexy and debates the accuracy of modern-day versus historical settings in video games, touching on titles like Bloodborne and Yakuza.
Topics discussed
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Backlash over Crimson Desert review
Patreon, Discord, and Age of Empires clips
Live show announcement and Commander Sexy
Reviewing Sandustry: mechanics and puzzles
Sandustry physics and digging mechanics
Debate: Playing as God or House in The Sims
The Sims decor and clown painting trope
Sandustry: character design and exploration
Sandustry: resources and progression
Introducing Mugenics: art style and premise
Mugenics: roguelite structure and combat
Mugenics: cat breeding and genetics
Mugenics: save system and player mistakes
Mugenics: narrative events and comparisons
Mugenics: combat style and title discussion
Transition to topic: Eras in Gaming
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Defining 'Future' settings in games
WWII computing history and IBM anecdote
Silent Hill and 90s UK aesthetics
Accuracy in English village settings
Modern day settings and local accuracy
Feudal Japan vs Warring States confusion
Like a Dragon and Hawaii setting
Yakuza title change and protagonist nature
80s and 90s music and aesthetics in games
GTA 6 and the 90s nostalgia factor
2010s fashion and Bloodborne gameplay
Bloodborne difficulty and 19th century settings
Sherlock Holmes trope in 1800s games
The Sexy Brutale and Cossacks era
History sickness and Cossacks 3
The 1600s gap in gaming history
60s, 70s, and 20s game examples
Missing 1890s games and Ancient Rome
Age of Empires naming and timeline issues
100 Years of Gaming video idea
Patreon promotion and community details
Outro and Patreon tier benefits
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