Episode 46: Genre Dive: Classic RPG's
Welcome to the 46th episode of Polykill! How many games have been completed by Jake or Travis? What games got added to the backlog? Listen to find out, as well as hot takes on some of the latest gaming news from Destiny 2 to Atari. The discussion takes a look at some outstanding classic RPGs and one will be added to each of the host's backlog!
Episode 46
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Greetings
Introduce hosts + factoid
Twitters
If you’re new to the show
Recap any blog or video released since last episode
Reference Collect Call Season 2 - Episode 2 with Scott, VG Collectaholic
Reference PreMeditated: Before Episode 44 on YouTube
Preview Off-Killter 8 - send us your sports stories.
Recent pickups & On the Radar
Trav
Pickups
A PS4 (petey)
Radar (Aug 1 through Aug 14)
Title
Date
Platform
The Long Dark
Aug 1
PS4, XBone, PC
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Aug 8
PS4, XBone, PC
Jake
Pickups
Metal Gear Solid The Phantom Pain for $4.99 (XB1)
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS)
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Radar (Aug 1 through Aug 14)
Title
Date
Platform
Tacoma
8/2
XB1/PC
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
8/8
PS4/PC
Previously on Pawlykeeeeel
The hosts welcome their friends from Flock of Nerds on to share their pickups, polykills, and long plays. Trav finally finishes the Witcher and Jake surprises the masses by beating four games including Ratchet & Clank and Rime. The community gets a shout out while Myles and Kathryn share what they’ve been up to for the TAWWWPICHOFFFIDSSSTTUCCHHH
Hot Jakes
News topics that Jake has an opinion on
Jake OLLIE’S the following
Free Game Rundown (PS+ and XBLGwG)
Destiny 2 Beta
Atari Box
Completed Games or Retired:
TWITTER POLL: CHECK IT AND SEE
Trav: (nothing?) (you beat no games?) (idiot.) [I beat 3 episodes of something but i won’t count it because i’m dignified][jk i love u we’re just playin right]
Jake: Mortal Kombat seX, Wetsac (Rare Replay)
#justbeatit
Name
Game
Platform
Eric
@MightyQDawg
Wolfenstein New Order
XB1
Sean
@CartridgeBros
Wolfenstein New Order
PS4
Bill
@STCPod
Portal
Frankie
@Vyprstryke
What Remains of Edith Finch
Mark
@CartridgeBrosP2
Adventures of Lolo
NES
Caleb
@calebjross
Lego City Undercover
Jeff
@ProjectJeff85
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
POLYKILLER CLUB
Myles
@FlockofNerds
Wolfenstein The Old Blood
PS4
Kat & Myles
@FlockofNerds
Super Mario Bros. 3
Diego
@alatinolawyer
Blaster Master Zero
Switch
Arms
Switch
JD
@PlayNListen
Horizon Zero Dawn
The Order 1886
Musty
@MustyHobbit
Abzu
PS4
Uncharted
PS4
Final Fantasy IV
PSP
Jeffrey
@SelfDestructow
Portal
Risk of Rain
PS4
Monkygrl
@colletelev
DOOM
PS4
140
Kyle
@DOPLIC
Super Mario All Stars (bros 1, 2, 3, SMW, + Lost Levels)
Added to Backlog:
Trav: Castlevania:Bloodlines (gen)
Jake: Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
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The Long Play:
Games that we are spending the most time with in our backlog.
Trav: Beyond Good & Evil HD (xb1)
Jake: Verizon Zero Bars (holla at JD from PlayNListen for that one)
Sidequests:
Games you don’t tell your long play about.
Trav: Walking Dead Nude Frontier (xb1), Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance (PS2), TMNT Tournament Fighters (Gen), Rockband (xb1)
Jake: Yonder, Rockband (xb1)
Discush
Define classic - anything 2001 and before
Define RPG
RPG Subgenres
Action RPG
Western RPG
Japanese RPG
Tactical RPG
MMORPG
Roguelike RPG
Classic RPG’s we have beaten
Travis
Beyond Oasis (genesis) Action RPG
Dragon Warrior (nes) RPG
Illusion of Gaia (SNES) Action RPG
Paper Mario (N64) RPG
Parasite Eve (PS1) Action RPG
Soul Blazer (SNES) Action RPG
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES) Action RPG
Jake
Ocarina of Time Action RPG
LoZ: Link to the Past Action RPG
Classic RPG’s Currently Playing
Travis
Final Fantasy VII (PS1) Stuck
Golden Sun (GBA) Bored
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of Cursed King Too lazy
Final Fantasy II (SNES) Too lazy
Parasite Eve 2 (PS1) Too lazy
Jake (none, but interested and own)
Earthbound
Wild Arms
Vagrant Story
FFVI
The conjoined list of IGN and Game Informer top 100 RPG’s.
Have we played it?
Would we play it now?
Finish with adding ONE to the backlog? (Ep 47 is a backlog cleaner for yeargasm2 so you can kill it off then, c’mon, let’s just add one for drama’s sake. Hey, stop making your trump face and just fucking do it jake, jesus christ, it’s not like you’re picking a new wife just pick the game you’d least hate to add to your stupid fucking backlog i’m sick of this shit fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk, sorry what?)
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Game
Platforms
HLTB (Main story only)
Genre
20
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
C64, NES, PS
22:30
RPG
19
Baldur's Gate
Mac, PC
45:30
RPG
18
Phantasy Star IV
Gen, Wii, PC, PS3
20:30
RPG
17
Pokemon Yellow
GB, GBA, GBC, 3DS
28:00
RPG
16
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
SNES, Wii, WiiU
16:00
RPG
15
Vagrant Story
PS1, PS3, Vita
23:30
Action RPG
14
Fallout
Mac, PC, Linux
16:30
RPG
13
Final Fantasy VII
PS1, all PS
38:30
RPG
12
System Shock 2
Mac, PC, Linux
13:00
Action RPG
11
Ultima VII: The Black Gate
PC
43:00
RPG
10
Final Fantasy IV
Everything
25:00
RPG
9
Suikoden II
PS1, PS3, Vita, PSP
34:30
RPG
8
EarthBound
SNES
28:00
RPG
7
Final Fantasy Tactics
PS1, all PS
38:00
Tactical RPG
6
Secret of Mana
SNES - emulation
22:00
Action RPG
5
Planescape: Torment
PC
33:30
RPG
4
Diablo II
PC, Mac
34:30
Action RPG
3
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
PC, Mac
71:00
RPG
2
Final Fantasy VI
SNES, PS1 - everything
35:30
RPG
1
Chrono Trigger
SNES - Eshop
23:00
RPG
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