Gaming hosts Josh and Ryan are back with another banger of a good time! On this gaming packed episode we're breaking down our Top 5 lists of games you wish you could experience again for the very first time. These are some must play video games that will absolutely leave a mark on you. It’s another awesome video game filled episode from the Video Gamers Podcast! Thanks to our MYTHIC Supporters: Redletter, Ol’ Jake, Disratory and Gaius Thanks to Legendary Supporter: FitNerdJohn Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/videogamerspod Join our Gaming Discord: https://discord.gg/Dsx2rgEEbz Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/videogamerspod/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VideoGamersPod Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU12YOMnAQwqFZEdfXv9c3Q Visit us on the web: https://videogamerspod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
Hello fellow gamers and welcome to the Video Gamers Podcast. There's a rare unicorn in the gaming world and it's finding that game that is so special, so good, so memorable that you never forget the first time playing it. Sometimes we wish we could just wipe our memory and experience it again for the first time. On today's episode, that's exactly what we're going to talk about.
Chapter 2: Who are the hosts of the Video Gamers Podcast?
Games you wish you could experience for the first time all over again. We'll get into those in just a minute, but first, some introductions are in order. I am your host, Josh, and joining me, he's getting a lot older, so a lot of games he forgets he played, so his list is getting longer and longer.
Josh, Josh, Josh, hold on a second. Look right here. Look right here.
I am your host, Josh. And joining me, he's quite possibly the best host on the planet and the perfect combination of talent and looks. It's Ryan.
Absolutely. Thank you, everybody. I am here and I'm here to stay ready for another beautiful episode.
All right, Ryan, we're back, baby. I'm excited for this episode. Dude, I feel a little weird, man.
No, it's nothing. Don't worry about it. Really? Yeah, it's something in the air. I've been a little queasy or nauseous, too. A little forgetful, but don't worry about it. Let's just, you know, we got a show to do. We got people waiting for us.
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Chapter 3: What games do we wish we could experience again for the first time?
My family's sick, man, so maybe it's just a cold or something. I don't know, man. I just got a weird little feeling in my head or something. Oh, man. Right. I am pumped for this episode. Like we said, we're going to be covering games that it's just, dude, if only I could experience this game for the first time all over again. Yes. I do want to start off by saying, listen.
We are not covering the most epic games out there. Everybody wishes they could play Witcher 3 again for the first time. Everybody wishes, man, if I could just play Elden Ring and have that sense of discovery just for the first time. Or, you know, Cyberpunk, God of War. Red Dead, all those. Exactly. We are intentionally not...
talking about like these these just once in a lifetime games we're trying to go a little bit deeper we're trying to kind of give you guys some games that maybe you haven't played yet i think it's very likely that people have heard of these or at least the games on my list but it's crazy to me because we see people in our in our community all the time that's like dude i've never played that and it's like oh my gosh what do you mean you haven't played this game like oh go now go now um but before we get into that ryan
Dude, we got some people to thank, man.
I love it. I love it.
And not only that, but we have four new, awesome, amazing supporters of the show to thank. So we want to thank, man, this dude, everybody knows this guy, Kakarot.
Yeah.
Yes. Wesley Trin, Krusty the Viking, who all signed up for rare status to support the show forever. Thank you so much for doing that. And then we have a fine, fine supporter who signed up for epic status by the name of Filipino chaos who joined the server. It's been awesome. I've been playing games with people.
It's really just been fantastic. So dude, If there's one thing I love more than chaos, it's Filipino chaos. Yeah. I mean, that's like the top version, isn't it? I think so. I will say hierarchy of chaos hijacking the show real quick. I did. I am a lifelong bowler and I was in a probably one of two or three white guys in all Filipino bowling league.
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Chapter 4: What are some games that left a lasting mark on us?
That's a hard one.
Go ahead, Ryan. You go first on this one.
Oh, man. It's hard because part of me instantly knows exactly what I would do and what I would want to do. But then the part of me that's like, you know, get up and go outside and get fresh air is like, no, what are you doing? So I'm still going to go with it because I think of how amazing it would be. I'm just going to basically rip off Ready Player One. I want the Oasis, man.
Give me that reality where I can plug in and give me the Matrix. I'm going to disappear and level up and pop culture and coins and whatever else I want to do. I can fly through the air, upgrade my mechanics or machines or cars or all those things. It would just be something so unreal. And I think – I mean you see how easily society falls into just like reels and shorts.
So something like this would just – the productivity of the world would stop. But man, would it be cool.
Dude, you – So this is the very first thing my brain went to. Yeah. Like, like absolutely is, was just like, dude, just give me, give me the Oasis, man. You know, but here's the problem. You will ruin the world.
Yes, absolutely.
Like, I mean, can you imagine if Skyrim was like your temporary reality? Oh dude. You know? And it's like, so take virtual reality and make it fully immersive. I, I, I don't know that I would be willing to risk it, dude. Like, you know, I mean, you know, we've all lost ourselves to an MMO, you know, or played a game way too much at some point.
And if you make it that immersive, I don't know that I would be willing to just put it all on the line. But then there's also that, like, I got to see what this is, man. So it's funny because, you know, with unlimited funds, technology, all that stuff, what I actually came up with was,
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Chapter 5: How does nostalgia influence our gaming experiences?
You know, if you want to know more about us, the show, uh, put us in a, in a weird situation and see how we would respond. Ask us the answer to the trolley question. You know, that's, that's up to you. That's one of the perks for joining the Epic tier, Ryan. Let's get into these lists, buddy.
Let's do it.
Because I'm excited to talk about these games, man. Why don't you start us off, man? Why don't you go ahead and give us the first game that you wish that you could just wipe your memory completely and just experience again for the first time?
Okay. I'm channeling back. All the way back, back, back, and the way back when. So now I'm going to give you a quote, and let's see if you can get this. The vast majority of people should get this pretty dang quick, okay?
I think I know what this is already. What is a man? A miserable pile of secrets. I think this is, is this Bioshock? Bro, really?
What? Castlevania, Symphony of the Night.
Oh, I see, dude. Okay.
Yeah. Yeah, no, no. Street cred gone. Because you're such a fan for Symphony. Street cred gone. You are out, bro. No, no, no, no, no, no.
No. Okay, you were the biggest fan of Castlevania. And while I think Castlevania on the old Nintendo was an absolutely awesome game, I'm just not that into Metroidvanias anymore. Yeah.
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Chapter 6: What unique elements make a game memorable?
I'm going to jump in since I kind of spoiled this. I thought that sounded like Andrew Ryan giving a speech about the failure of humanity or something.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
but I am bringing up Bioshock because when Bioshock came out, there was not a game like Bioshock, like Bioshock kind of set a standard for a type of game, um, where it was a mix of really good story, good characters, some mystery, this kind of like dystopian, like utopia almost, um, you know, phenomenal setting. Like nobody had made a game where you're playing like under the ocean, the,
The intro for that game was second to none, where you actually wind up going out and then going down to Rapture and all that stuff. I remember encountering big daddies for the first time.
Oh, yeah.
I remember for about a half a second being torn on whether I was going to sacrifice the little sister for the atom or if I was going to rescue her. Come here.
And then I was like, I need these powers, man. You don't understand.
I need power. Yeah. And then you play through this whole game, which is a phenomenal game, and then you get to the ending. And the ending in Bioshock is one of the biggest twists in gaming of all time.
Would you kindly tell me the ending?
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Chapter 7: What is the significance of game storytelling?
What's going on. And then the, the twists and the turns happen and you're just blown away. So it, uh, Yeah, man, to be able to experience that again, like I said, it was on my list and it's that's just one all timer. Absolutely.
Yeah. And the point of this episode is if you have not played these games, go go now. Oh, play these games, man. There's a reason. There is a reason we're talking about them. There is a reason that they stick with people. I mean, do yourself a favor and experience these for the first time, because I'm jealous.
Like legitimately, if somebody's like I'm playing Bioshock for the first time, like my initial response is like, oh, man, I wish I.
can do that again i know we always have people hop in oh this is my backlog and they're like witcher 3 cyberpunk red dead we're like oh that's like that's the best backlog you could ever have like you're you're in for a treat man this year is going to be a good year in gaming for you it's gonna ruin gaming for you i know right everything after that's gonna be like all the best games yeah what man games really fell off it's like no you just picked all the best games in the last five years and just put them into three months you know have fun yeah
Awesome. Ryan, I can't wait to hear your next one, but we're going to take a short break and then you're going to hit us with another one, buddy. All right, we're back, Ryan. Hit me. I want to I want to see if I know this game. I'm really curious if we have a game that like neither of us have played, because at that point I might I might know what I'm doing this weekend.
What do you mean neither of us has played? How can we replay?
I'm saying that if I name a game that you haven't played... Oh, okay, gotcha. I'm like, how are you replaying games? If neither of us have played it, what are we doing here? You're like, that intro really messed you up, Josh.
Okay, well, I know you haven't played this one, so I know you won't be able to guess this, but I'm going to give another quote for the listeners out there that will know. You probably know, too, just from the quote here, but... Why? Why can't I read your mind?
Oh, okay. I know Magneto when I hear Magneto. No, I'm just kidding. Bro.
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Chapter 8: How does player exploration enhance gameplay?
Ryan, you have played this game. I don't think it went over quite as much for you because I forced you to play this game. And I think you enjoyed it, but I don't know that you got like engrossed in this game like a lot of people do. But that is Subnautica. Oh, yeah. The thing with Subnautica for me is I did not think that I enjoyed survival crafting type games.
I always thought they seemed like work. They're repetitive. Like, what's the point of these things? You're just trying to survive and, you know, whatever. And then I played Subnautica. And I was absolutely enamored of this ocean planet where all you are doing is going under the surface of the ocean on this planet. And you are exploring these fantastic biomes.
You are coming across the Leviathan Reapers and the sounds and how crazy that was. There's a crashed ship off in the distance. And then you realize like... you know, a little later on in the game, you get the capability to like go explore that ship. And then you're like, dude, I'm inside this spaceship now. Like, this is crazy. I thought this was just water, you know?
And then it's like, there's times when you get to go on land and then you're like, I thought this was just water.
Yeah.
And then the, the thing with subnautica that really makes it that I wish I could play this again for the first time is this game does such a masterful job of slowly telling you a story of giving you little tidbits of information about something else that's going on on this planet. And the way that they feed that to you is so subtle and it's through exploration and discovery that,
Yeah, it's obnoxious.
It's masterful, dude. It is masterful. Games nowadays just beat you over the head. Dragon Age Fail Guard, dude. I'm not an idiot. I don't need you to beat me over the head with this story and tell me how I'm supposed to feel. Let me feel it. Design your game so that I feel it by naturally playing, not smacking me in the face with it, being like, you should feel angry right now.
And then I'm like, this is stupid. I do feel angry. I feel I'm angry at the game because it's dumb, you know, but there is something magical about Subnautica. I don't want to spoil the ending on this game because I really, really encourage people to play this game because for a large majority of people, Ryan, maybe not you.
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