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Creature Cast — The Official Console Creatures Podcast Console Creatures
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The official podcast of ConsoleCreatures.com
We dive into the world of video games, from current trends to how they're made and who makes them!
You'll also hear us talk about what we're playing, reviewing, and even talking to those who make video games.
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Review: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Seven years later, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 arrives to continue the tragic tale of Senua. We pick up not long after the events of Hellblade 1, and this week's Creature Cast dives into how we felt about Ninja Theory's brilliant follow-up.
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Seven Years Later: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Review
Creature Cast returns this week, and Marcel Dee joins Steve on a special recap and review of 2017's Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. Does Ninja Theory's first game hold up seven years later?
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(0:00) Intro
(3:25)What we remember from playing Hellblade years ago
(8:21)Top-level impressions from the replay
(16:00) Ninja Theory’s impressive visuals
(20:04) Revisiting the combat and all its hitches
(25:13) Coming back to the environmental puzzles
(31:48) Round of applause for Hellblade’s audio
(36:40) Looking ahead to Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
(42:30) Audience reflections
(45:55) Outro
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Revisiting Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice on the eve of Senua's Saga: Hellblade II & Backlog Blues
Steve and Bobby are back and have a lot to say this week. Bobby plays through several games, including Rise of the Ronin, Sea of Thieves, and PS2 classics on Steam Deck.
We also shame Dave, Court, and Matt!
(0:00) Intro
(3:13) Rise of the Ronin platinum update
(9:00) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth content overload
(22:00) Sand Land
(26:30) Sea of Thieves
(30:45) Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice re-review is coming
(43:40) Outro
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Interview with Imagine Earth's developers Serious Bros. On New Game Content In This City Builder
Serious Bros. Martin Wahnschaffe and Jens Isensee join Creature Cast to discuss climate-conscious Imagine Earth, a sci-fi city builder. Following its initial release in 2021, the climate-conscious game is coming to Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and macOS (via Steam) on May 9, 2024. Available now on Xbox, Steam, and Epic Games Store.
Join the Imagine Earth Discord channel to learn more and chat with the community: discord.gg/7eFpB4SmjN
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(0:00) Intro
(2:34) What is Imagine Earth?
(3:20) Tackling sustainability
(5:00) Managing the initial release with new platforms
(16:00) Imagine Earth’s style and art
(24:45) New content and roadmap
(29:25) Team expansion and what comes next
(32:20) Outro -
Endless Ocean Luminous & Another Crab's Treasure — Let's Go Under The Sea
Steve and Bobby return this week to head underwater and discuss two of this month's exciting releases! Nintendo's Endless Ocean Luminous is a relaxing and chill title that has you scanning various fish species while searching for trinkets in the Veiled Sea.
Meanwhile, Another Crab's Treasure is a wacky Souls, where you play as a hermit crab trying to buy back his repossessed shell. It is as insane as the description sounds!
(0:00) Intro
(3:15 ) Endless Ocean
(19:30) Another Crab’s Treasure
(36:40) Fallout 76
(47:30) Knuckles TV Series
(56:20) Outro
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Review: Stellar Blade
Our Stellar Blade review is this week's topic on CreatureCast! We're joined by the team from PlayStation Generation, our sister podcast, to discuss the first game from South Korea's Shift Up Studio!
Stellar Blade stars Eve as she battles the Naytibas, an alien force destroying Earth, sending humanity to a space colony. Eve and her comrades land on the surface to reclaim the extinct Earth and cross paths with a survivor named Adam. Adam then leads Eve to the last surviving city, Xion, where she meets the elder of the town, Orcal and is told many stories. To serve her mission to save Earth, Eve develops close relationships with the key members of Xion and contributes to rebuilding the city.
(0:00) Intro
(4:30) Top-level thoughts on Stellar Blade
(25:55) Does Stellar Blade feel like a Souls game?
(31:30) The story and narrative
(41:00) Skills trees, XP, and collectibles
(48:39) Performance mode and input
(51:09) Exploration, puzzles, platforming
(59:01) The male gaze, use of sex appeal
(1:15:54) Outro
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Customer Reviews
Video Games!
Great pod with refreshing takes on games.
These guys are wonderful
These guys are some of the most well spoken, knowledgeable, and thoughtful folks in the industry.
It’s a new show with such seasoned podcasters that make for such a great listen. Much love y’all!
Great Podcast
The podcast is really great , if you like listening to great guys talk about gaming in general about news or reviews these guys talk about. Definitely not biased at all and definitely no console warring type stuff with there podcast and the shows average about a hour to a hour in a half long each.