Welcome to Season 2 Episode 14 of the All Things Geekery Podcast: Forging Ahead
In this episode, the geeks will be talking about Rockstar’s latest hit Red Dead Redemption 2 and how it could be one of the best games of the modern age. We will also discuss the post Apocalyptic disappointment that is Fallout76. We will wrap things up by talking about Destiny 2 and the latest addition to the game which will be Black Armory and why it has the community excited
Community Member Highlight
Each week we pick a new/upcoming content creator or seasoned vet in the geeky stratosphere to highlight and give a shoutout!
This Weeks Featured Community Member:
Belghast over at Tales of the Aggronaut
Bel is a seasoned vet in the Blogging and Podcasting community!
Make sure to swing by and check out his content
Bel is the host of the Aggrochat podcast which you can find at www.aggrochat.com
You can find Bel over at his blog - www.aggronaut.com
Also, make sure to swing by and check out his stream at www.twitch.tv/belghast
Bel is also very active out on Twitter so swing by and drop him a line at www.twitter.com/belghast
Show Notes
Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar knocks it out of the park again with a game that is deep in story and also immerses you in the wild west of America in 1899
The verdict is out on this game and the fans are calling it one of the greatest games of the modern age.
You can expect a very lengthy story of around 60 hours of gameplay with some of the best storytelling Rockstar has ever done
Rockstar went all out on the level of detail this game brings the players as it is leaps and bounds above anything else they have done
The world is extremely large and will make any open world MMO’er feel right at home for questing, exploring, and make completionist wonder if they should quit as there is that much to do in the game
Red Dead Online
GTA 5 but in the wild west - and that’s not a bad thing -
A lot of the missions are an extension of what we would have done in the story but if you happen to be caring something of value - other players can kill you can take it for themselves.
There will be microtransactions but currently, the only thing that would apply would be gold bars which are used for cosmetics only
Different multiplayer mode that mimics modes we saw in GTA 5
And of course, no modern multiplier is complete without a battle royal mode
Fallout 76
Now when you do have a full team of people all running quests together and fighting off the wasteland it is fun and you do not notice some of the negatives.
With that said Fallout 76 is a shell of a game of what was promised to us - Bethesda has said fixes and content are on the way but right now we have another No Man’s Sky on our hands
It was supposed to be an answer to all the prayers for the fallout fan base which was Fallout game we have known to love but multiplayer It was not
Sure it had that Fallout feel of a game but it had and still has a lot of downsides
No non-robot NPC
Because of no NPC, the story is locked away in audio logs and notes found throughout the world
No decision dialogue
Limited building storage
A LOT of bugs
No Mods Support
Destiny 2 - Season 5 (Season of the Forge / Black Armory)
Black Armory will be releasing on December 4th - Must own the Annual Pass
Story-wise we are being tasked with a new mission to go rediscover 4 weapon forges lost during the golden age
The Hype is real - and yes we know we have been stuck in this before but the success of Forsaken has us encouraged
New higher light level - Increase of 50 Power Levels
New powerful and unique exotics
New areas that we have never been able to access or explore before
Soft cap will still remain at 500
Players under 550 should see an increase in Prime Engram drops, and receive higher power bumps to help them reach end game content a bit easier
Powerful reward sources will remain consistent for anyone who owns D2 Forsaken
New powerful gear rewards introduced for anyone who owns the Annual P
