Where the Heck is Final Fantasy VIII on Switch? Plus: Brian Fargo on Bard's Tale 4 and a Switch Mea Culpa

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

A lot of Final Fantasy games just got announced for Switch. Final Fantasy VIII is not one of them. Nadia and Kat discuss its relative merits and discuss why it's getting ignored, plus delve a bit into some of the other announcements (like Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles!) Then legendary RPG developer Brian Fargo returns to talk Wasteland 2, Bard's Tale 4, the changing landscape of indie development, and his shifting attitude on Nintendo Switch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Acts of the Blood God, US Gamer's official RPG podcast. I'm your host, Kat Bailey, joining me today, as always, my lovely co-host,
0:21.8	Nottie Oxford.
0:22.9	Hello, everybody. Make sure to thank Kat because she's recording this instead of playing FIFA.
0:26.8	I am currently, I want to play all of the sports games right now. Sports games are like RPGs.
0:31.6	That's what I say every year. That should be my catchphrase.
0:35.0	We'll put it on your headstone. Sports games are RPGs, you dults.
0:38.6	Yeah, I've been heads down, head down all week with different sports game reviews.
0:43.0	I wrote an NHL-19 review.
0:44.9	I wrote an NBA 2K-19 review as of the recording this podcast, and now I'm playing FIFA.
0:51.1	Once FIFA's done, I'll be out of the sports game realm, and I can go back to playing
0:54.3	Dragon Quest 11.
0:55.8	That's good to hear.
0:56.9	Although, yeah, yeah, I look forward to talking Dragon Quest 11 with you.
1:01.1	It's always funny, though, to, I'm always around, I'm always in the States around the time
1:04.9	NFL comes out, and I just like all the ads and stuff they have for NFL or back home.
1:10.9	It's like, hey, NHL, everyone, buy this game, please.
1:15.0	NHL is better than usual this year, but it's very much flying under the radar compared to all of the other sports games.
1:23.2	But people often ask me, and I've related this in the podcast more than once ago,
1:27.4	Kat, you like RPGs, but also you like sports games.
1:32.2	Gua?
1:33.1	I don't understand the connection.
1:35.1	And I always say, well, the connection perhaps will become apparent if you understand that
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