After a week off, Mick, Lyle, Kieran, and Steve are back with basically two podcast episodes in one.

Control Resonant is out next week, but Mick has been playing it feverishly for his review (which is live now), and you can hear a great deal about that game on this episode, with no spoilers of course.

Elsewhere, Nintendo held not one but two Nintendo Direct showcases, showing a huge amount of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time off. Not the old game, the remake, of course. We know a date, and how it looks, and a lot more. So the quartet chat about that, and break down the entire Nintendo Direct that followed it the day after. It's been a mad few weeks, hasn't it?

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It's a bumper podcast this week, with all four of the usual gang together to talk loads of games.

The biggest topic this episode is The Blood of Dawnwalker, which Mick has reviewed, and Kieran and Steve have also been playing. Kieran thought it might be a game of the year contender after his preview a while back, but what does he think now?

Lyle has played and absolutely fallen for Moonlighter 2, but he's also been playing Orbitals, a co-op adventure that is in the genre being dubbed "Hazelike". No, us neither. Even with all of that, there's time for a quick look at Onimusha (though more on that next episode), and Mick has reviewed Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2.

Not enough? The four also have plenty to say about the Grand Theft Auto VI reveal on Netflix.

Phew, we did say it was a bumper episode.

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On this episode of the Loot Level Chat podcast, Mick and Kieran have been playing The Duskbloods. That's right, the network test of The Duskbloods came and went on Switch 2, and the gang has things to say about it.

Elsewhere, Mick still can't stop playing (and talking about) Mortal Shell II, while Kieran has enlisted Steve for some Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, the first-person shooter that aims for realism, offering you the chance to be the commander. It even has a class that lets you be the spotter for a sniper.

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Hell Let Loose: Vietnam review: https://lootlevelchill.com/reviews/hell-let-loose-vietnam-review/

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Kieran and Lyle try to explain what Fantasy Critic is to Mick, who then judges our Patreon Discord's teams. Confused? Then you should listen to find out what it all means!

For more on Fantasy Critic, check out the website: https://www.fantasycritic.games

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We've been thinking about games that have made a comeback on this episode of the podcast. No Man's Sky has hit ten years old. No, really, you're that old. But there are so many others.

What about Cyberpunk 2077? Sea of Thieves, Pokemon Scarlett and Violet, Battlefront 2... there are so many! That's not all though, as Mick has been playing Mortal Shell II, a new soulslike, which is sort of a comeback after the first game.

What are your favourite gaming comeback stories? Let us know!

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The trio of Mick, Lyle, and Kieran are back for another episode of the LLC Podcast, and it's time for some amazing games.

Kieran has reviewed Big Walk and given it a 10/10, but Lyle has been playing it along with him as it's co-op only. It's in PS Plus as well as on Switch 2 and PC, and Kieran wants everyone to play it and explains why, with Lyle's help, of course.

Mick reviewed Beast of Reincarnation, and if you've not heard of that, it's developed by Game Freak, the team that makes the Pokemon series for Nintendo, and has done for decades now. It's nothing like Pokemon, though, aside from a Dog-based companion. It's a Game Pass game, so is it worth your download?

Meanwhile, while he didn't review it, Lyle absolutely adores Splatoon Raiders, and explains why everyone should try that, too.

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With the lads taking a well-earned week off recording the podcast this week, instead we're bringing you a previously exclusive to Patreon episode. This episode is called "GOTY Practice Run #1", because while we're well known for our Game of the Year podcast celebrations, we're trying something different this year.

Rather than cutting games, instead, this episode of the podcast sees the gang of Mick, Kieran, Steve, and of course Lyle, sticking a variety of the year's best games into tier lists, from "only one of us played it", to the "best of the best", and everywhere in-between.

If you like this kind of content, we'd say it's an ideal time to check out the YouTube video version (where you can see the tier list in action), and our Patreon, which releases weekly extra episodes like this very one. Links to all of that are below, and hey, if you love the pod, but don't wanna subscribe, we've even got a link where you can "buy us a coffee" as a thank you!

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AKA: "The one with Halo Campaign Evolved and all the remakes".

In this episode, Mick holds court with Kieran, Lyle, and Steve to talk about Halo: Campaign Evolved, which is a game he's been playing recently. That's the newly remade version of the original Halo game, by the way, and he's played it on PS5.

The chat then moves into ideas about what future remakes we'd like, because why not more?

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