Top Down Perspective

Happy March, the boys are back. Paul is playing Vermintide 2 and gives us another Metal Gear Survive update. Sean tries out Fable Fortune, Trials of the Blood Dragon, and Part Time UFO. Jon is playing Dandara and Borderlands 2. For news we talk about the ESRB adding info about in-game purchases to game boxes, PS+ updates for next year, and Battlefield V being announced.

This week Sean is talking about his disappointment in the Life is Strange finale and Alto's Odyssey. Paul is real angry at Metal Gear Survive. Jon finishes up some games and almost beats Panzer Dragoon. For news we discuss the greatest game getting a remaster next month, as well as March's Games with Gold, and Assassin's Creed Origin's Discovery Tour.

Happy After Valentine's day! This week Paul is still into Monster Hunter but also plays through all of the Shadow of Colossus remake. Sean finishes Celeste and starts into Golf Story. Jon completes Orb 3D. For news we chat about Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed plans for this year, Alto's Odyssey's release date, and Bandai Namco working on Metroid Prime 4.

This week Paul and Sean continue with Celeste. While Sean and Jon continue with DBFZ. Paul is also still way into Monster Hunter World. In the news discussion we talk about Nintendo's reward system getting better soon, Into the Breach's release date, and Toad's head.

It's Dragonball time over here since we are all playing it. Paul is also heavy into Monster Hunter World while Sean is quite enjoying Celeste. For news we talk about a new Monopoly board game that sounds weird, Paragon being shut down and refunded, and Red Dead Redemption 2's release date.

This week Paul dives into the Metal Gear Survive beta, as well as SteamWorld Heist and Slay the Spire. Jon starts up Iconoclasts, Bust-A-Move, and Guardian Heroes. In news we talk some recent Switch port announcements, the February Games with Gold games, and the upgrade to the Xbox Game Pass.

It's the start of the new gaming year. The year of whatever video game dog you want apparently. All three of us are tired of Dragon Ball FighterZ's silly beta. Paul is also playing Blaster Master Zero. Sean continues with Assassin's Creed Origins, starts up Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice, and plays some Atomik: Run, Gun, Jump, Gun. We got two weeks worth of news including the Nintendo Mini Direct, Nintendo Labo, Burnout Paradise Remaster only coming out in Japan, and the best 3DS peripheral.

It is finally time for the three of us to sit down and talk about video games. The best (and worst) video games in fact that came out (sometimes not) in 2017!

Happy New Year! Jon is gone to MAGfest this week so Paul and Sean hold down the house. Paul has been playing Pyre, getting freaked out by Doki Doki Literature Club and revisting some classics like Skullgirls and Mega Man Legends while Sean gets sad at his ending of Bury Me, My Love and picks a bunch of stuff up in Tacoma, In news, Hi-Rez is making a Paladins Battleground mode, the Nintendo Switch is super popular and has silly peripherals made for it. Also, we rundown the Steam Award winners, go through episode titles and play a small game submitted by a listener. -- If you want to hear Paul talk at length about Doki Doki Literature Club, you can do so here: https://burningbarrel.co/stn/survive-the-night-podcast-doki-doki-literature-club

It's the last episode of the year! Paul has been catching back up with games from early 2017 to remind himself of their quality (stuff like Nioh, Horizon: Zero Dawn) and has been spending time over the holidays with his Switch. Jon, fresh off Yakuza 0 continues diving into that world with Yakuza Kiwami and Sean wraps up Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and argues that Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a scary game. Not much news; Games With Gold and Playstation Plus games are announced for January and Nintendo delays 64GB gamecards until 2019. It's been a heck of a year. Thank you all for continuing to support the show by listening every week, on Twitch and on Patreon and here's to an amazing 2018! -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/topdownperspective

Jon finishes up Yakuza 0 and starts immediately into Yakuza Kiwami. Paul continues his pursuit in Wild Lands. Sean finishes Night in the Woods and starts Hellblade. For news we discuss Apple requiring developers to disclose loot box rates, Sky's release date, and Catherine getting a remake. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/topdownperspective

We have a Patreon now! We talk about it at the end of the show but you can find it right here - www.patreon.com/topdownperspective Paul and Sean are playing through Night in the Woods, they also both finished Nier Automata. Jon is playing Kirby's Dreamland 3. For news we talk about some PlayStation Experience reveals, Mount Your Friends 3D, and a number of games being ported to mobile. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/topdownperspective

We just finished up talking over The Game Awards so we decide to do some more coverage of it here. Jon is playing Mega Man X6. Paul and Sean continue with Nier. Sean also starts Getting Over It and Reigns Her Majesty. Paul plays the new Hearthstone update. For news we also talk about the Mega Man 30th anniversary stream, Ryan Reynolds voicing Detective Pikachu, and that Portal bridge building announcement. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/topdownperspective

***THIS IS NOT A REGULAR TOP DOWN PERSPECTIVE EPISODE*** Paul, Hank (his cohost over at BurningBarrel.co) and Sean got together to watch The Game Awards 2017 and talk over it. This is that audio feed to be played over the video. You can sync up the audio with the official video of the event here: https://youtu.be/WNB534GlulA?t=8m37s You can watch the original stream VOD on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/207685070   Huge shoutout to Hank (https://twitter.com/ComicPanels) for recording this audio for the this feed.  

This week Sean and Paul are deep into Nier. Sean also checks out Million Onion Hotel. Jon is playing Castlevania 3 and Final Fight. News has us discussing the return of the original voice cast for Life is Strange, the PS+ games for December, and some more loot box madness. Our Community GotY survey is live now and can be found here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1Y6IAuAe1La-wcGTvqGgpJwsD1HHiF7Y0t89jkTEY6ObvgQ/viewform -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/topdownperspective