Top Down Perspective

This week Sean discusses starting into Evil West and Henry Halibut. Paul needs FF7 Rebirth to end. Jon gets a major Sonic lesson and gives us a board game update. In news, Shadow the Hedgehog gets a voice actor, Take Two lays off hundreds of people, and Nintendo held an Indie livestream. TDP is listener funded. Enjoy the show? Want an ad-free experience? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Everyone is back! Jon is talking about Double Dragon Gaiden and Pepper Grinder. Paul gives us an update on FF7 Rebirth. Sean plays through Open Roads and starts into Botany Manor. We start news off with Apple allowing emulators on iOS, run through the Triple I livestream, and discuss what's up with Dead Space. TDP is listener funded. Enjoy the show? Want an ad-free experience? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Paul is back and updating us on his FF7 Rebirth. Sean has been playing Princess Peach Showtime. During news we talk about PlayStation's new interim CEO, the Triple I Initiative, and another Prince of Persia game is coming this year. TDP is listener funded. Enjoy the show? Want an ad-free experience? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

The Riffmaster guitar has shown up and Sean unboxes and shows it off at the top of the show. He's also playing Rise of the Ronin, Llamasoft The Jeff Minter Story, and Once Upon a Jester. Jon is working his way through Another Code Recollection. News starts off with a report that Spyro 4 is in development, then we discuss Gear Box being sold out from under the Embracer Group, and some leaked Xbox images appear. TDP is listener funded. Enjoy the show? Want an ad-free experience? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Sean returns from GDC this week to tell us about all the fun events and game demos he got to play. We also discuss one of tomorrow's many releases, Dragon's Dogma 2. News is kicked off with a discussion about the leaked PS5 Pro specs, followed by Sony halting PSVR2 production, Larian moving on from Baldur's Gate, and Kotaku getting into more turmoil. TDP is listener funded. Enjoy the show? Want an ad-free experience? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

We get our weekly check in on Rebirth from Sean and Paul. Sean's also been making his way through Dead Island 2 recently. News is packed this week as we discuss Embracer selling off some studios, the largest union forming inside Activision, and another Mario movie is coming. TDP is listener funded. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

The boys are deep into FF7 Rebirth this week and we spend pretty much half this episode discussing it. In news, we talk about mechs coming to Helldivers 2, the recent Xbox Partner Preview livestream, and Balatro being taken down from digital stores. TDP is listener funded. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Jon starts us off this week with talk about Mario vs. Donkey Kong. Sean tells us about Balatro and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Paul stops his time with Final Fantasy XVI and plays through FFVII Intermission. It's a depressing week in news as we chat about layoffs from PlayStation, EA, Supermassive, Don't Nod, and more, luckily Toys for Bob has a breath of fresh air for us. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

It's Final Fantasy week (almost) and that means Paul is back into playing XVI and Sean has gotten deep into the upcoming FF7 Rebirth. They also discuss Deep Rock Galactic Survivors, Pacific Drive, and Skull and Bones. In news we talk about the four Xbox titles going multiplatform, PSVR2 possibly beginning to work on PC, and the recent Nintendo Direct. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Bagel is causing a lot of headaches this week for Jon but he still finds time to play some Addams Family Values. Paul checks out Banishers: Ghost of New Eden and Helldivers 2. Sean finally finishes Hi-Fi Rush and starts into Ultros. We begin news with a rundown of Xbox's Business Update, then we discuss a lack of first-party PS5 games coming, and FF7 Rebirth is getting a graphics improvement. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Jon returns to tell us about his time at MAGfest. Paul continues to play a ton of Palworld. Sean goes through the God of War Ragnarok Valhalla DLC and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's demo. We start news off by discussing Xbox's rumors of going multiplatform, Evo 2024's lineup gets revealed, and Skull and Bones is a AAAA game. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Sean returns from Europe with not the best of stories to tell. He's been playing Prince of Persia The Lost Crown and Turnip Boy Robs a Bank. Paul is deep into Palworld. In news we discuss the recent Sony State of Play livestream, PDP officially revealing their Rock Bank 4/Fortnite Festival guitar controller, and Alan Wake 2 dials down the jump scares. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Another year of gaming is in the books so we gathered (Nathan) once again to discuss our favorite and least favorite games that came out in 2023. We have new categories to go through, predictions for 2024, community survey results, and a lot of laughs to be had!   Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Happy New Year! We start it off with a bang and spend a bunch of time answering YOUR BURNING HOT QUESTIONS. Next week is the Game of the Year 2023 show so just a shorter one as we still get ready for that this week.  On that note: JANUARY 8 IS THE CUT-OFF FOR COMMUNITY GOTY. DO IT! TDP GOTY Survey: https://forms.gle/oCb8PVZDDEyP254B6 Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

It's the final episode of the year and we're wrapping things up. Jon is back from Orlando and is playing Startropics. Paul plays through Cocoon and Chants of Sennaar. Sean is playing Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty and dives back into Moonlighter. In a short news week, we discuss more updates coming to Fortnite Festival from Harmonix. TDP GOTY Survey: https://forms.gle/oCb8PVZDDEyP254B6 Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

It's the episode before Christmas and the boys are racing to get some last minute games done before Game of the Year. Paul is playing Dave the Diver. Sean tries out Chants of Sennaar, Dredge's DLC, and The Finals. We start news off with a bunch of discussion around the Insomniac leak, we also chat about a possible free tier for Game Pass and PDP making guitar controllers for Fortnite. TDP GOTY Survey: https://forms.gle/oCb8PVZDDEyP254B6 Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Sean is away travelling to the Great White North this week. Luckily, Paul and Jon are here to talk a bunch about FORTNITE! Yeap, that's pretty much it! Hope you like news. The Game Awards happened! We go over those announcements, GTA VI trailer finally comes out, The Day Before is a scam, Epic wins monopoly lawsuit against Google, E3 is finally fully dead and Death Stranding is coming to theaters. TDP GOTY Survey: https://forms.gle/oCb8PVZDDEyP254B6 Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Everyone is back! Jon has been playing Super Mario RPG. Sean shows off his new Steam Deck OLED and talks about The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Lake: Season's Greetings, and beating Lies of P. During news we discuss the original GTA trilogy coming to Netflix Games, Bungie delaying their next big expansion into the summer, and we get our first look at the Fallout TV show. Top Down Perspective is listener funded. If you enjoy the show, and would like access to a ton of bonus content, consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Happy Thanksgiving! Stuff this extra long episode in and be thankful! With Sean gone to turkeyland and Jon working the TRG mines, Nathan joins Paul to discuss a bit more about the finer points of Alan Wake 2, Pikmin 4 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Not much news but a bunch of fun user questions and Paul gets Nathan's Video Game Awards predictions! You can catch Nathan's other show at https://www.okvideo.ca/ Top Down Perspective is listener funded. If you enjoy the show, and would like access to a ton of bonus content, consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

This week Sean tells us what it's like to order the Limited Edition OLED Steam Deck. He also gets into his time reviewing the PlayStation Portal, and talks about Thirsty Suitors and Alan Wake 2. Paul has been playing Risk of Rain Returns. In news we go over the latest industry layoffs, Baldur's Gate 3 updates, and make some predictions about the Game Awards nominees. Top Down Perspective is listener funded. If you enjoy the show, and would like access to a ton of bonus content, consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective