Top Down Perspective

Paul finishes Hi-Fi Rush this week and dives into a bunch of Steam Next Fest demos. Sean is playing through A Space for the Unbound and Rhythm Sprout. Over on the news side, it's pretty much Nintendo all the way down after their major Direct livestream that happened. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

We start off the show this week by mentioning a very special, bonus podcast episode going on over on our Patreon. If you're interested in submitting a game to our master list, go check it out. Jon finishes up Xenoblade Chronicles and tries out Piczle Puzzle & Watch Collection. Paul is playing the Dead Space remake and Pizza Tower. Sean starts into Hi-Fi Rush and talks about his Like a Dragon: Ishin preview event. In news we run through a handful of games that are closing down, got cancelled, or delayed. We also touch on more E3 2023 rumors and the weirdest update for Sports Story. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

We start this week off with some show and tell from Sean and his recently reviewed DualSense Edge controller for the PS5. He also finishes up Horizon Forbidden West and Crisis Core Reunion, while starting up Fire Emblem Engage. Paul tries out the Forspoken demo and Hi-Fi Rush. Jon eventually remembers that he played SteamWorld Build. In news we chat about the ongoing Justin Roiland situation, the recent Xbox Developer Direct stream, and continuing issues over at 343. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Fresh off a day of streaming, Jon is here to talk about his new Persona lamps (as well as Vengeful Guardian Moonrider and Turrican Anthology). Sean is trying out Jett: The Far Shore and Ghostwire Tokyo, as well as wrapping up Pokemon Violet. Paul is watching That 90s Show. Stadia shut down for good this week, we also chat about a huge number of layoffs from Microsoft and a Rainbow Six movie being announced. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Jon's back from a less than ideal MAGfest. While there he also got to play F-Zero AX. Sean plays through Gotham Knights and starts up FF7: Crisis Core Reunion, and Paul is playing Salamander County Public Television, Dwarf Fortress, and Chained Echoes. In news we discuss the next Pokemon Scarlet/Violet patch coming, Ubisoft cancelled a few more games and delayed Skull and Bones for the sixth time, and Xbox is having a developer showcase later this month. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Happy New Years! We're back to talk about the games we played over the holidays. Jon is away attending MAGfest. Paul is trying to speedrun Amok Runner. Sean sprints to finish God of War Ragnarok and tires out Song Pop Party. In news we talk about the odd Steam Awards, a couple more unions forming in the games industry, and Sony announces an accessibility controller. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Another year is in the books and we're here to celebrate our favorite and not-so-favorite games that came out. Join, along with Nathan Rohr, as we run down the biggest surprises, worst disappointments, coziest of games, and more. And, of course, we each have our Top 10 games of 2022 that we share. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

It's the week before Game of the Year and we're slowing finalizing everything. Make sure to check out next week's episode where we'll run down our favorite and least favorite games of 2022. Jon's playing more Picross this week with the release of Picross X: Picbits vs Uzboross. Paul finishes God of War Ragnarok and tries out Citizen Sleeper. For news we talk about Risk of Rain Returns getting announced, Fortnite needing to pay over $500 million, and Ash Ketchum is finally being laid to rest. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Back from attending The Game Awards, Sean has some stories to tell! While on break he played High on Life, Melatonin, and Swordship. Jon has been trying out Marvel's Midnight Suns, Bots are Stupid, and Elevator Action Returns S-Tribute. Paul plays through Callisto Protocol and tries out Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion. We run down the winners and announcements from The Game Awards, Xbox announces they're moving to $70 titles next year, and Toe Jam and Earl are getting a movie (probably not). Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

We start off the show this week by trying to guess the winners of every Spike TV Game Awards from 2003-2013. From there Jon talks to us about The Knight Witch and Billion Road. Paul is playing Darktide. Sean checks out the second Citizen Sleeper DLC, Need For Speed Unbound, and The Devil In Me. The Epic Game Store is doing is annual christmas giveaway again this year, we also chat about the new Mario movie trailer(s), and Valve says they're giving away a Steam Deck every minute that next week's Game Awards are live. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Happy Thanksgiving! Sean is away on assignment to eat a bunch of turkey but makes some time to play Pokemon Violet and work through Pentiment a bunch. Paul also has been playing Violet and we all have some opinions on that. Jon got Astlibra working on the Steam Deck and has been poking on that in between some Picross and Guilty Gear Strive/DNF Duel. No real news this week so we just take a bunch of questions and do episode titles. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective  

Jon returns to talk to us about all the games he played and watched at IndieLand. Paul continues with God of War Ragnarok and Sonic Frontiers. Sean tries out the Atari 50th Anniversary Collection, Somerville, and Pentiment. During news we obviously run through our predictions for the upcoming Game Awards, we also discuss the ongoing Mick Goron/id Software drama, and we mention how Call of Duty is making a Rocket League mode called CODball. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

We're joined by Nathan this week as Jon flies down to LA for an event. He's been playing Vampire Survivors, I Expect You to Die, and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Sean and Paul having been playing God of War Ragnarok. Paul also finishes Signalis and tries out Sonic Frontiers. We start news off with the Nintendo indie livestream from this week, we then dive into the ongoing id Software/Mick Gordon drama, and of course we continue to follow what's happening with the Prince of Persia Sand of Time remaster. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

This week we recap how the Halloween's we had and the spooky games we played. Paul plays through Resident Evil 8's new DLC as well as Signalis. Sean is joining the masses in Marvel Snap as well as checking out Shatter Remastered Deluxe. We start news off with info about the release date and price for PSVR2, we also get some interesting PS+ and Xbox sales numbers, as hopefully put this Bayonetta VO drama to bed. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Everyone is here! After several globe trotting adventures, the boys are back! Come here about Sean's horrible nightmarish airlines issues. He's also been playing Frog Detective, Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope, and A Plague Tale Requiem. Jon has been playing Dragon Ball The Breakers and Picross S8. In news we discuss the ongoing Bayonetta voice actor drama, the recent Silent Hill news, and Phil Spencer's latest interview. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

The crew is gone so the pinch-hitter Nathan is brought in to hit some dingers. First we answer the question of if Return to Monkey Island is any good from one of the biggest adventure game fans in the crew. Next, Splatoon fever has hit Nathan and he visits a bunch of Nintendo stuff like Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, Yoshi's Woolly World and Pikmin 3 before jumping into a terrible game called Aero Porter. Paul has started revisiting the Dead Space series. In news, Far Cry 6 GOTY Edition is double the price, Game Pass makes a bunch of money and Google is releasing Cloud Gaming Chromebooks. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

Since Sean and Jon can legally never be in the same place at the same time, we sent Sean across the world and brought Jon back from the eye of the storm to talk about his trip and some of his more interesting games he's been playing for stream and while travelling. Paul has been Boning up on Trombone Champ and throwing in some time in Grounded now that it's hit version 1.0. Little news as important as the voice of Mario but Overwatch 2 is pissing people off and a bunch of beloved websites like Gamespot and Giant Bomb have been sold to Fandom. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

It's the night before Sean travels across the globe and he's here talking about Overwatch 2 and Beacon Pines. He and Paul have also been playing Moonscars. Stadia is shutting down for good! We also discuss E3 announcing it's return dates for next year, Skull & Bones getting yet another delay, and Shatter Remastered will finally be free. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

The big game this week is Metal Hellsinger that Paul and Sean are playing. He's also been enjoying No Place for Bravery, Desta: The Memories Between, and Spider Heck. We start news off with the giant GTA6 leak that happened, we also discuss PSVR1 games not working up the upcoming PSVR2 and Twitch implementing new revenue split metrics. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

All together again to talk about some video games. Paul plays through Asura's Wrath again and finishes The Ascent and Vampire Survivors (again). Jon continues to struggle through Conker's Bad Fur Day. Sean is playing The Big Con and Outriders: Worldslayer. News is pretty much dominated by livestreams this week as we run through what Ubisoft, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft had to show. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective