This week on Brain Lords, sequels, remakes, and spiritual successors sure love to add more, but then why do we keep playing the original? We discuss the all too common additions that make their ways into flashy new games and when features like crafting, open worlds, and skill trees took an already perfect game and made it a little worse. 

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THINGS DISCUSSED 

Homestar Runner, Stinkoman 20X6, Brotato, Super Smash Bros

Games made worse by more loot and crafting (0:08:57)

Dragon Quest XI, The Last of Us, Resident Evil 2, Transformers Devastation, Bayonetta, Breath of the Wild, Nioh 2, Dark Souls

Games made worse by more skill trees (0:35:10)

Borderlands 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Donkey Kong Bananza, Back 4 Blood, Left 4 Dead,  Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Super Mario Odyssey, 

Game Ratings: Games with Romance Mechanics (0:52:40)

Baldurs Gate 3, Hades, Unicorn Overlord, Little Goodie Two Shoes, Fire Emblem Awakening, Advance Wars, Tokimeki Memorial, 

Games made worse by open worlds (1:14:21)

Death Stranding, Metal Gear Solid V, Red Dead Redemption 2, Mirrors Edge 2, Mirror’s Edge, Mario Kart World, Forza Horizon, Burnout Paradise, Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, Shadow of the Colossus, The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Banjo Kazooie

Games made worse in the remake (1:37:48)

AM2R, Samus Returns, Super Mario RPG (Remake), The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Resident Evil 4 REmake, You Don’t Hate Remasters Enough - Whitelight, Demon’s Souls, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, NieR Replicant, Metal Gear Solid Delta

Closing Thoughts (1:58:07)

The Question Zone (2:07:29)

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Megaman ZX, Megaman Zero, Elden Ring, ActRaiser Renaissance,    

Pizza Tim asks: You have enough loose change for one last arcade game of the night, what are you picking and why?

Gunblade New York, Jurassic Park Arcade, Time Crisis 3, Bubble Bobble, SVC Chaos, Metal Slug

The Eggmanosphere asks: When artistic vision is lost in the process of modernization, how do you explain to others that remakes aren't necessarily better than the original, especially when they see the remake as better by virtue of being on a current gen platform?

 

Final Fantasy 7, Chrono Trigger

 

The Rec Room (2:18:41)

 

Slay the Spire, Balatro, Minus the Bear, The Far Side, Baby Steps