Category: Special

SIPTG Special – Known Shippable: The Cyberpunk-cast (21/12/2020)

What a time it’s been – the sheer scale of the mess around Cyberpunk’s release means that we had to look at it all in its own episode, so that’s what we did! We run through the timeline of events leading to the garbage fire of year, and what it might all mean for the industry going forward.‬

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SIPTG Monthly Special : Games of the Generation Part 2 (30/11/2020)

The boys dig through 2015 and 2016 to look at what’s worth playing, with benefit of hindsight and retrospect to help out!‬

2015

Dying Light (27/01/2015)
Grim Fandango: Remastered (27/01/2015)
Grow Home (04/02/2015)
The Order: 1886 (20/02/2020)
Cities: Skylines (10/03/2020)
Ori and the Blind Forest (11/03/2015)
Bloodborne (25/03/2015)
Pillars of Eternity (26/03/2015)
Axiom Verge (31/03/2015)
The Witcher 3 (19/05/2015)
Splatoon (29/05/2015)
Batman: Arkham Knight (23/05/2015)
Rocket League (07/07/2015)
Dishonored: Definitive Edition (25/08/2015)
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (25/08/2015)
MGSV (01/09/2020)
Super Mario Maker (11/09/2015)
Undertale (15/09/2015)
Rebel Galaxy (20/09/2015)
Tales For The Borderlands (20/09/2015)
Life Is Strange (20/09/2015)
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (23/09/2015)
Fallout 4 (10/11/2015)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (10/11/2015)
Just Cause 3 (01/12/2015)
Shadow Complex Remastered (03/12/2020)
Nuclear Throne (05/12/2015)

2016

XCOM 2 (05/02/2016)
Firewatch (09/02/2016)
Unravel (09/02/2016)
Street Fighter V (16/02/2016)
Superhot (25/02/2016)
Grim Dawn (25/02/2016)
The Division (08/03/2016)
Hitman (11/03/2016)
Salt & Sanctuary (15/03/2016)
DOTT Remastered (22/03/2016)
Job Simulator (05/04/2016)
Ratchet & Clank (20/04/2016)
Uncharted 4 (10/05/2016)
Doom (13/05/2016)
Overwatch (24/05/2016)
Inside (29/06/2016)
Pokemon Go (06/07/2016)
No Man’s Sky (10/08/2016)
Reigns (11/08/2016)
BioShock: The Collection (13/09/2016)
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 (13/09/2016)
Forza Horizon 3 (27/09/2016)
Gears of War 4 (11/10/2016)
Shadow Warrior 2 (13/10/2016)
Titanfall 2 (28/10/2016)
Dishonored 2 (11/11/2016)
Watch Dogs 2 (15/11/2016)
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (06/12/2016)

SIPTG Special : The Last of us Part II Spoilercast (11/11/2020)

Now that Graham has finally finished The Last of Us Part 2 and composed his thoughts on the game, the boys are able to go through it all and get all of their thoughts on the game, it’s events, and it’s merit out! If you don’t want to be spoiled on TLoU Part 2, maybe avoid this one, but otherwise, dive right in!‬


It goes without saying, we are going to spoil this game, big time, so only listen if you have finished the game, have no intention of playing it or have really bad memory, consider yourself warned!

SIPTG Monthly Special : Games of the Generation Part 1 (26/10/2020)

What are (some) of the games you should play from the current console generation? Graham and Steve start reelin’ in the years in the lead-up to the launches of the Series X/S and the PS5 to look back on those games that you really should play!‬

2013

Grand Theft Auto V (7th: 17/09/2013, 8th: 18/11/2014)
Rogue Legacy (27/06/2013)
The Last of Us (PS3: 14/06/2013, PS4: 30/07/2014)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (26/11/2013)
Ryse: Son of Rome (22/11/2013)

2014

Infamous Second Son (21/03/2014)
Titanfall (11/03/2014)
Wolfenstein : The New Order (20/05/2014)
Valiant Hearts: The Great War (24/06/2014)
Ultra Street Fighter IV (03/06/2014)
Shovel Knight (26/06/2014)
Diablo 3 : Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition (19/08/2014)
Forza Horizon 2 (02/10/2014)
Sleeping Dogs Definitive Dogs (10/10/2014)
Bayonetta 2 (24/10/2014)
Sunset Overdrive (28/10/2014)
CoD: Advanced Warfare (04/11/2014)
Far Cry 4 (18/11/2014)
Captain Toad : Treasure Tracker (05/12/2014)
The Talos Principle (11/12/2014)
Metro Redux (12/12/2014)

Game of the Year 2019

The boys are back for another year! But before jumping into 2020 proper, they first need to handle all of the business of Game of the Year! Check out all of the best that 2019 had to offer, and the deliberations to arrive at those decisions!‬‬

Show Notes:
Intro: -> 4m0s
Best Non-2019 Game: 4m0s ->
Best Auditory Experience: 10m27s ->
Best Public Transport/Waiting Room Distraction: 23m19s ->
Best Game We Didn’t Get Time To Finish: 28m25s ->
Best New Thing: 40m36s ->
Spring Breakers’: 56m1s ->
Steve’s Album of the Year: 1h2m26s ->
Graham’s Top Ten: 1h8m36s ->
Viewing of the Year: 1m28m35s ->
Best Comfort Game: 1h38m58s ->
Graham’s Sporting Moment of the Year: 1h47m40s ->
Steve’s Top 10: 2h1m37s ->
Best Game Name, Presented by Budi: 2h11m32s ->
Best Looking Game: 2h20m20s ->
Best New Character: 2h40m36s ->
Best Moment/Mission: 2h58m27s ->
Site Top 10: 3h47m17s ->
Outro: 4h0m30s

2018 Game of the Year

Before the boys can get back into the swing of things for 2019, there be awards to hand out! That’s right! It’s the SIPTG Game of the Year celebration! A bumper bonanza of deliberations, all for your listening pleasure!

Show Notes:
Intro : -> 3m30s
Best Non-2018 Game : 3m20s -14m15s
Best Auditory Experience : 14m15s -> 23m55s
Best Public Transport/Waiting Room Distraction : 23m55s -> 28m18s
Best Game We Didn’t Get Time To Finish : 28m18s -> 44m03s
Best New Thing : 44m03s -> 1h7m19s
‘Spring Breakers’ : 1h7m19s -> 1h18m30s
Graham’s Top Ten : 1h18m30s -> 1h39m42s
Steve’s Album of the Year : 1h39m42s -> 1h44m07s
Viewing of the Year : 1h44m07s -> 1h50m07s
Best Comfort Game : 1h50m07s -> 1h57m20s
Graham’s Sporting Moment of the Year : 1h57m20s -> 2hm16m56s
Steve’s Top Ten : 2hm16m56s -> 2h28m36s
Biggest Bummer : 2h28m36s -> 2m53m43s
Best Looking Game : 2m53m43s -> 3h22m32s
Best New Character/NPC : 3h22m32s -> 3h35m19s
Best Moment/Mission : 3h35m19s -> 4m22m40s
Site Top Ten : 4m22m40s -> 4h35m25s

Nominees and Winners

Winners are in bold.

Best Non 2018 Game

Assassin’s Creed : Origins
Nioh
Ghost Recon: Wildlands

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
Uncharted 4
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Just Cause 3
Watch_Dogs 2
FIFA 18
Gears 4
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Far Cry 3
Rogue Legacy
Halo 5
Prey (2017)
No Man’s Sky
Brutal Doom/Doom 2
City Skylines: Xbox Edition
Monument Valley 2

Best Auditory Experience

God Of War
Yoku’s Island Express
Donut County

Tetris Effect
The Messenger
Thronebreaker
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Best Public Transport/Waiting Room Distraction

Holedown
Smashtastic Cricket
Monument Valley 2

WWE Supercard
Gorogoa
Pocket City

Best Game We Didn’t Get Time To Finish

Starlink: Quest for Atlas
Dark Souls Remastered
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Exapunks
Moss
Dead Cells

Best New Thing

Mutant Year Zero
Onrush
The Gardens Between

Dead Cells
Ashen
Into The Breach
Celeste
The Messenger
Donut County
Timespinner
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Exapunks
Sea of Thieves
Moss

The ‘Spring Breakers’ Award

Starlink: Battle For Atlas
Onrush
Yoku’s Island Express

Mutant Year Zero
Ashen
Vermintide 2
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Graham’s Top Ten

 1) God of War
2) Forza Horizon 4
3) Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
4) Assassin`s Creed Odyssey
5) Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
6) Spider-Man
7) Yoku`s Island Express
8) Donut County
9) Dead Cells
10) Red Dead Redemption 2

Steve’s Album of the Year

Prequelle by Ghost
Where Owls Know My Name by Rivers of Nihil
The Unheavenly Creatures by Coheed & Cambria

When the End Began by Silent Planet
All That Divides by Black Peaks
Anon. by Hands Like Houses
Nadir by Black Tongue
Extinction(s) by Unearth

Viewing of the Year

Broooklyn Nine-Nine
NJPW Dominion
Incredibles 2

Atypical
Age of Tanks
Disenchantment

Best Comfort Game

Destiny 2: Forsaken
Forza Horizon 4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

Dead Cells

Graham’s Sporting Moment of the Year

World Cup 2018 – Japan vs Belgium (round of 16)
Winter Olympics – Johannes Thingnes Boe (Norway) and Martin Fourcade (France) finish 31st and 8th respectivelyt in a massive upset in the men’s 10k biathlon sprint
Winter Olympics – Marcel Hirscher (AUT) wins gold in Alpine Combined downhill skiing, after missing out in 2014 (Sochi) after being heavy favourite.

World Cup 2018 – France vs Argentina (round of 16)
World Cup 2018 – France for Croatia (Final)
Winter Olympics – Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo leads Norway to gold in men’s 4x10km relay, taking the lead with about 1.5 km in a great tactical race last leg.
Winter Olympics – Martin Fourcade wins gold in the 12.5km pursuit defending his title from Sochi.
Cricket – Australia get caught cheating in South Africa
Tennis – Serena goes nuts at us open
US College Football – Tua Tagovailoa Goes From Backup to Legend
NHL – Alexander Ovechkin Lifts the Stanley Cup
NBA – J.R. Smith Reveals His True Essence forget the score
NHL – Gritty Is Revealed
US College Basketball – University of Maryland-Baltimore County defeated Virginia in first No. 16 seed upsets a No. 1 Seed in tournament history
US College Basketball – University of Connecticut don’t win the Womens NCAA basketball tournament
US College Basketball – Villanova dominate in Mens NCAA basketball tournament

Steve’s Top Ten

1) God of War
2) Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
3) Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
4) Forza Horizon 4
5) Dead Cells
6) Ashen
7) Guacamelee! 2
8) Tetris Effect
9) Mark of the Ninja
10) Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Biggest Bummer

Onrush dying on the vine as hard as it did
IGN plagiarism scandal
Work practices/culture issues

Fortnite
Missing collectibles because of gameplay choices in Thronebreaker
Fallout 76
Being charge down to death by a Tank (MYZ)
Capcom putting ads into SFV, replacing Guile’s American flag tattoo with a CPT symbol
Puddle-gate (Spider-Man)
Far Cry 5​

Best Looking Game

God of War
Forza Horizon 4
Red Dead Redemption 2

Dead Cells
Ashen
Tetris Effect
The Messenger
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Yoku’s Island Express
Detroit: Become Human
Assassin’s Creed : Odyssey
Sea of Thieves
Unravel Two

Best New Character

Mimir (God of War)
Kassandra (Assassin’s Creed : Odyssey)
Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)

Gabor (Thronebreaker)
Brock (God of War)
Bormin (Mutant Year Zero : Road to Eden)
Sadie Adler (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Lenny Summers (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Javier Escuella (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum (Ni No Kuni: Revenant Kingdom)
Connor (Detroit: Become Human)
Kara (Detroit: Become Human)
Markus (Detroit: Become Human)
Lieutenant Hank Anderson (Detroit: Become Human)

Best Moment/Mission

Overcoming your anxieties (Celeste)
Returning from Guarma (Red Dead Redemption 2)
The arguments (Florence)

Figuring out ‘who’ Izza and Fala are (Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden)
Hacking the big mech to turn it against the ghouls (Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden)
The turn at the end (Ashen)
Driving through a cobblestone wall (Forza Horizon 4)
The lake (God of War)
All of the different in-jokes/references (Guacamelee 2)
Throwing the axe (God of War)
Getting Best Play (Call of Duty: Black Ops 4)
Finding the captives/fight following – Lux (Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden)
The horse’s fall (Shadow of the Colossus)
The reveal at the end (Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden)
Graham’s Ending in Detroit : Become Human
Markus Climb From The Dead (Detroit: Become Human)
Arthur Got Infected With Tuberculosis (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Sean’s Death (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Arthur’s Horse Dies (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Lenny and Arthur get drunk (Red Dead Redemption 2)
The O’Driscolls Get Kieran (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Punching my horse and getting kicked it return (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Arthur’s last ride back to Camp (Red Dead Redemption 2)

Site Top Ten

1) God of War
2) Forza Horizon 4
3) Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
4) Dead Cells
5) Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
6) Donut County
7) Guacamelee! 2
8) Ashen
9) Assassin`s Creed Odyssey
10) Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

2017 Game of the Year

After a couple of weeks’ break, the boys are back to breakdown the winners and losers of 2017! Who will win the prestigious awards of the SIPTG Game of the Year Spectacular? Tune in to find out!‬

See the Nominees and Winners : 2017 Nominees and Winners

2016 Game of the Year

‪It’s that time of the year! Graham and Steve take a final look back at 2016 to decide the winners of the prestigious SIPTG Game of the Year Awards. Join the lads to find out what the cream of the crop was!‬

See the Nominees and Winners : 2016 Nominees and Winners