As much as I love the other guy (sorry Dave :D), Nath has such a great way at articulating his thoughts and experiences describing video games. I could listen to his stories all day.
Great podcast. Enjoyed how the conversation was allowed to flow more so than usual without much interruption from prompts to steer in another direction. Having Nath present is also a joy. Such an articulate guy. Can see how he made a career from being a writer just in the way he speaks. Get him on as a regular!
Speaking of games you’ve started and are playing again; Horizon Zero Dawn. Last time I played was June 2021. Didn’t care for it, but 3+ years of experience, and all the great things I hear, I’m giving it another whirl.
I was so happy to get my 50th platinum over Christmas which was Robocop: Rogue City. Then I got platinums for Deliver Us The Moon and Deliver us Mars which was a such nice change of pace from games that I usually play. Now I'm doing my first blind playthrough of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on death march difficulty. I'm still very early on, only level 2, but I'm absolutely loving the experience so far.
Helldivers 2 is so amazing. Nathans speech about it is right on. its a game and community we havent had in a long time or maybe ever. no game has ever felt so good to run around and shoot a gun in.
In general, I think PvE is underrated (this from an avid Street Fighter fan). Helldivers is something special wrapped in an addictive, one-more-dive cycle.
Rob, thanks to you, I've started and got platinum in the legend of dragoon, good game 😊 And if you haven't platinumed the legend of dragoon, it's pretty easy, only 30 stardust required and 3 dragon spirits.
Platti Mondays , let's commit guys ! "For the players" Platti streams where all was such an intense, edge of the seat enjoyable watch. It would be a WIN/WIN for everyone.
The one gaming target that I have planned for 2025 that I will hit for sure is to finally finish playing all the games I have still left in my Vita backlog. Which is only two more completely unplayed games and Fate/EXTRA which I had started several years ago, played like halfway through, then got stuck and got so frustrated with it that I gave up on it. But it actually is a really cool game and over the years I kept thinking back to it and it would be neat if I could finish it. And then the more vague target for 2025 is to get through some more of the PS4 backlog before I at last get a PS5.
Ash joining to ash leaving, to me, was the golden age of access. Rob, Dave, Rosie and Ash had such a great vibe together. I love everybody else at access, Nath, Alex, Amy, even the older hosts, Elle etc. Just them 4 complimented each other to naturally.
Hitman: World of Assassination is my first plat of 2025, thanks to Hitma'am! I had already played it but went back for the platinum after seeing Hitmas, great series!
@MetalHeadEnjoyer It does, but Hitman 3 got rebranded to become just Hitman: World of Assassination, with the previous 2 games in the trilogy all playable within it. So there's now only one platinum that I could get, which is for Hitman 3 really as all the trophies were based on those levels. There's so much content now the trophies only really scratch the surface!
Another great podcast (yay Nath!) thank you. Side note, I'm not sure if it's just me but I've noticed that the camera to focuses on Rosie and Dave/Nath has a lower frame rate and the picture doesn't look as smooth.
43:40 Nath, you should play the og resi4 before the remake. The remake is great but i feel like og is slightly better, there is a hd remaster of it so you can simply play it on the ps5.
I'm late but my rough resolution is: - play more variety. '24 was overwhelmingly FF14 which is amazing! But in my wrap-up it was 89% of my play time, so a lot of other amazing experiences were missed. - finishing 12 games seems reasonable. One per month. That doesn't necessarily mean to platinum, but to get through the stories and have a good time. Altho' Jan's almost over and I've done not much playing so we'll see.
It's crazy how much fun (maybe more satisfaction is a better word) I have gathering the materials to rebuild the roads in death stranding. So excited for 2
I completed Resi 4 on my friends gamecube twice haha and never owned it myself haha That game was almost MADE FOR that controller HEY YOU READ OUT MY COMMENT!!! Thanks guys :D
It's crazy how important okami is to me through playstation cause I got it for the wii then got stuck on what I was supposed to do half way through. Then when it came out with a ps4 physical disc I was like awesome I can try and beat it this time and it's my 1st platinum I received so I'm so excited and grateful they are coming out with a sequel cause the game is amazing
Silent Hill 2 Remake was my Christmas game this time round. Never played the original so I was very curious to see what the fuss was about. Absolutely loved it. It was so atmospheric and involving, and it really crawled under my skin and stayed there for days afterwards. My only complaint was I felt it was a little too bloated, but that is just a nitpick. Good to see you on the podcast Nath! Hope Dave and his partner are settling into parenthood well.
@vhunterlock Xbox 360 and Steam(?). It's a side-game for Alan Wake using their initial sequel concepts, so it takes place in between AW1 and AW2. Alan gets stuck in an episode of Night Springs that he wrote, and some of what happens carries over to QB, Control, and AW2 (ie time loops). I also reccomend watching the dev diaries on TH-cam. The devs describe the game as "B-movie pulp fiction", and Mr. Scratch makes a hilarious, murderous appearance.
I managed 15 plats in 2024, after setting a target of 10 at the start of the year. Most were starting from scratch, but there were some that were in-progress and needed a few trophies to finish the job, like Resi Village. Only aiming for 5 this year to hit the 100 mark, 1 down already thanks to Lego Horizon.
Dear Sir and Lady. How can Rob be allowed to aim for five platinums in a year? I, who work full time in banking, have a daughter, a dog and a cat to look after and play hopefully an hour a day, managed 5 in 2024 (Spirit of the North, Fallout 4, The Artful Escape, A Plague Tale: Requiem and Far Cry 5). Less than 10 is shameful 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
40:07 rob liked okami better than ffx? For me it’s resi4 no question. All the other ps Generations are debatable but resi4 was just the best that the ps2 had to offer.
I ended up on kid duty on Nye and introduced our friends kiddos to Nippon Marathon. All the grown ups ended up getting in on it too and we lost track of time and missed the ball drop
I felt the same about Death Stranding. I forgot how good the opening hour or 2 is. Maybe I was so confused, I couldn't appreciate it. I wish there was a post story mode where you could *just* traverse the landscape...without enemies. Just walk & music.
thankfully TH-cam allows you to hide videos so i just kept hiding all the horrific thumbnails of rosie wearing that scary bald cap thing had to skip the whole series it was too disturbing please bring back Christmas maze thanks
As much as I love the other guy (sorry Dave :D), Nath has such a great way at articulating his thoughts and experiences describing video games. I could listen to his stories all day.
I think Nath and Rob have had more practice narrating the not live videos
Sorry I gotta stick up for Dave. He's my favourite! He makes me laugh the most, seems to have a subtle humour about him.
Nathan is the all time great of Access. Love when he joins.
Having this podcast and Rob/Dave/Nath's movie podcast genuinely make me feel so lucky. Love their sense of humour so much!
Great podcast. Enjoyed how the conversation was allowed to flow more so than usual without much interruption from prompts to steer in another direction.
Having Nath present is also a joy. Such an articulate guy. Can see how he made a career from being a writer just in the way he speaks. Get him on as a regular!
I bought and started playing Hitman World of Assassination after watching Rosie rescue PaRappa. Amazing game. Thanks Rosie for the inspiration.
Strand also means Beach in German. Kojima really made a whole masterpiece using one word and his holiday to Iceland 🥹
Speaking of games you’ve started and are playing again; Horizon Zero Dawn. Last time I played was June 2021. Didn’t care for it, but 3+ years of experience, and all the great things I hear, I’m giving it another whirl.
Miss Nathan. Good to see him back now and again
I was so happy to get my 50th platinum over Christmas which was Robocop: Rogue City. Then I got platinums for Deliver Us The Moon and Deliver us Mars which was a such nice change of pace from games that I usually play. Now I'm doing my first blind playthrough of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on death march difficulty. I'm still very early on, only level 2, but I'm absolutely loving the experience so far.
"looks like Iceland or an alien planet" omg 😂😂😂
acknowledge the Rosie footwear, awesome
In regards to the conversation about the follow up to the hitmas Christmas special - Rosie should challenge Rob to completely empty a map!
And it CANT be the Dartmoor map as I feel like Robs mastered that area too much for it to be entertaining.
Has to be on the Colorado map
@ I think the Hokaiddo map would be good to clear out tbh.
I think Control has the best use of ‘force’ powers in gaming. The recent Jedi games are good, but still prefer Control’s power fantasy.
Helldivers 2 is so amazing. Nathans speech about it is right on. its a game and community we havent had in a long time or maybe ever. no game has ever felt so good to run around and shoot a gun in.
In general, I think PvE is underrated (this from an avid Street Fighter fan).
Helldivers is something special wrapped in an addictive, one-more-dive cycle.
Rosie's shoes are giving big Shadow the Hedgehog energy, and I am loving it!
Rosie talking about Control makes me so gleeful. I'm so happy she got to experience that insanity.
Rob, thanks to you, I've started and got platinum in the legend of dragoon, good game 😊
And if you haven't platinumed the legend of dragoon, it's pretty easy, only 30 stardust required and 3 dragon spirits.
Platti Mondays , let's commit guys ! "For the players"
Platti streams where all was such an intense, edge of the seat enjoyable watch.
It would be a WIN/WIN for everyone.
The one gaming target that I have planned for 2025 that I will hit for sure is to finally finish playing all the games I have still left in my Vita backlog. Which is only two more completely unplayed games and Fate/EXTRA which I had started several years ago, played like halfway through, then got stuck and got so frustrated with it that I gave up on it. But it actually is a really cool game and over the years I kept thinking back to it and it would be neat if I could finish it.
And then the more vague target for 2025 is to get through some more of the PS4 backlog before I at last get a PS5.
More Nath, please
Every time i hear that intro im stil especting ash milman to be opning to the podcast!
Ash joining to ash leaving, to me, was the golden age of access. Rob, Dave, Rosie and Ash had such a great vibe together. I love everybody else at access, Nath, Alex, Amy, even the older hosts, Elle etc.
Just them 4 complimented each other to naturally.
Rosie talking about her age getting a PS4 makes me feel 👵👴👵👴
Greatness always comes out of PS Access. Nomatter what you do you never disappoint.
Hitman: World of Assassination is my first plat of 2025, thanks to Hitma'am! I had already played it but went back for the platinum after seeing Hitmas, great series!
Is that Hitman one then? World of assassination refers to the trilogy doesn't it?
@MetalHeadEnjoyer It does, but Hitman 3 got rebranded to become just Hitman: World of Assassination, with the previous 2 games in the trilogy all playable within it. So there's now only one platinum that I could get, which is for Hitman 3 really as all the trophies were based on those levels. There's so much content now the trophies only really scratch the surface!
Another great podcast (yay Nath!) thank you. Side note, I'm not sure if it's just me but I've noticed that the camera to focuses on Rosie and Dave/Nath has a lower frame rate and the picture doesn't look as smooth.
Control is one of my favourite games of all time! It's absolutely amazing!
Rob: "Other assassination games are available."
Rosie hitman streams would be awesome !
43:40 Nath, you should play the og resi4 before the remake. The remake is great but i feel like og is slightly better, there is a hd remaster of it so you can simply play it on the ps5.
Aww just like old times😊
somewhere right now, your brother in law is shaking his fist
“Emphasis on the ring with you innit” 😂
A Rosie Hitman school series would be awesome. Rob can be the handler teaching Rosie on her journey.
I'm late but my rough resolution is:
- play more variety. '24 was overwhelmingly FF14 which is amazing! But in my wrap-up it was 89% of my play time, so a lot of other amazing experiences were missed.
- finishing 12 games seems reasonable. One per month. That doesn't necessarily mean to platinum, but to get through the stories and have a good time. Altho' Jan's almost over and I've done not much playing so we'll see.
It's crazy how much fun (maybe more satisfaction is a better word) I have gathering the materials to rebuild the roads in death stranding. So excited for 2
I love when you played metal your solid three😊
25:15 Cornwall. 🤣
@Rosie:
Last Christmas I played Alan Wake
Didn't put it down, or give it a break
This year I wanted Control
And enjoyed every moment
I'm not a big trophy hunter, but Timesplitters 2 ticked my usual goal of trying to get one platinum this year in 12 hours 😎
Nath Nation, we arise again!
(but pop some Advil before you do and make sure to ease off the couch--our knees aren't what they were)
Control is the only game that ever made me fully utilize every different combat mechanic. I think that's a miracle
Aiming to finish 5 games. 😊
Nath says Elden RING like us brazillians 😂 it's like Green DAY, Assassin's CREED
I played Death Stranding (all the way through) during the pandemic and it was indeed the perfect game for the time.
I completed Resi 4 on my friends gamecube twice haha and never owned it myself haha
That game was almost MADE FOR that controller
HEY YOU READ OUT MY COMMENT!!! Thanks guys :D
It's crazy how important okami is to me through playstation cause I got it for the wii then got stuck on what I was supposed to do half way through. Then when it came out with a ps4 physical disc I was like awesome I can try and beat it this time and it's my 1st platinum I received so I'm so excited and grateful they are coming out with a sequel cause the game is amazing
KING DAAAAVE!
Silent Hill 2 Remake was my Christmas game this time round. Never played the original so I was very curious to see what the fuss was about.
Absolutely loved it. It was so atmospheric and involving, and it really crawled under my skin and stayed there for days afterwards. My only complaint was I felt it was a little too bloated, but that is just a nitpick.
Good to see you on the podcast Nath! Hope Dave and his partner are settling into parenthood well.
YES...bring back Plat-A-Monday!
watching this while going for Platinum in Snoopys Grand Adventure
OMG NATH
All I'm trying to do this year is get my trophy hunting completion rate to 60%
If the games ever get a PS launch, I'd love to see the team tackle the other 2 Remedyverse games: Quantum Break and American Nightmare.
I know Quantum Break, but what's American Nightmare? What was it originally released on?
@vhunterlock
Xbox 360 and Steam(?). It's a side-game for Alan Wake using their initial sequel concepts, so it takes place in between AW1 and AW2. Alan gets stuck in an episode of Night Springs that he wrote, and some of what happens carries over to QB, Control, and AW2 (ie time loops). I also reccomend watching the dev diaries on TH-cam. The devs describe the game as "B-movie pulp fiction", and Mr. Scratch makes a hilarious, murderous appearance.
Please Rosie play hitman from hitman one I want to see you do all the levels
Yesss Plati-mondays!
YAYYY
I got one plat last year and completed only 4 games. Goal is 2 plats and completing 5 games haha
Wait wait wait....Nathan is 43?? Whaaaat? He needs to share his secret 🤯
I managed 15 plats in 2024, after setting a target of 10 at the start of the year. Most were starting from scratch, but there were some that were in-progress and needed a few trophies to finish the job, like Resi Village. Only aiming for 5 this year to hit the 100 mark, 1 down already thanks to Lego Horizon.
Hi I love seeing this show
I will play more then 4 games this year. 😂
Dear Sir and Lady. How can Rob be allowed to aim for five platinums in a year? I, who work full time in banking, have a daughter, a dog and a cat to look after and play hopefully an hour a day, managed 5 in 2024 (Spirit of the North, Fallout 4, The Artful Escape, A Plague Tale: Requiem and Far Cry 5). Less than 10 is shameful 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well look who it is, Nathan Drake himself!
I wish to play with you guys one day
Rob if you haven't already please consider playing tunic !!!!
Love Mikey! My lil Vidiot
I got 5 plats in 2024! I outdid my yearly 1 platinum 😁
40:07 rob liked okami better than ffx? For me it’s resi4 no question. All the other ps Generations are debatable but resi4 was just the best that the ps2 had to offer.
Getting more plats than last year and reaching a total of 200
😮 👍👍
Targeting 6 plats this year's.. let's go
what's the news on iO interactive James Bond 007 game ?
Conan O'brien as the Artist forcing jokes and giving you the Otter hat.
My target is to play some more great video games.
Always great to see Nath back on screen
Regarding Stranding. It’s what whales are known to do. So it’s a known term
5? I'm on pace for at least 50
"Button Foul"
I ended up on kid duty on Nye and introduced our friends kiddos to Nippon Marathon. All the grown ups ended up getting in on it too and we lost track of time and missed the ball drop
You guys still do this years later???
God bless a Nath episode
Please platinum Crypt of the Necrodancer
I felt the same about Death Stranding. I forgot how good the opening hour or 2 is. Maybe I was so confused, I couldn't appreciate it.
I wish there was a post story mode where you could *just* traverse the landscape...without enemies. Just walk & music.
Love your shoes, Rosie!
NATH, LET'S GO! LET'S !@#$ING GO!
Rob, are you ready for 007 gamo from io interactive?
wow jinx 😀 we posted same thing seconds apart 😀🍻
@OutsideEuroAccess32 😱😄
I saw Rosie posting about her shoes, and I got a pair for myself
My gaming target this year is to finally buy a PS5 so I could play the upcoming Trails in the Sky Remake and other games.
Gonna try and do 12 platinums again this year
I’m still trying to work out Rob’s sister in laws husband… wouldn’t that make him his brother? 🤔
I almost have the fall guys platinum but need one trophy big tease 🎉
14 plats & targeting 6 this year's.
did enjoy watching the how many platinum question, i have an easy answer for that question i have zero .
The only thing I didn’t enjoy about Hitmas was that the reward was anti-climactic.
Just ”Here you go” *Throws*
What happened to Ash I miss her voice and explanation of the games.
she left she has her own twitch channel and TH-cam channel
She also pops up once in a while on the future games show channel
Can you upgrade playroom vr to PSVR2? Please!
First 🎉
thankfully TH-cam allows you to hide videos so i just kept hiding all the horrific thumbnails of rosie wearing that scary bald cap thing had to skip the whole series it was too disturbing please bring back Christmas maze thanks
Omg rob. Don't wear skinny jeans (that dont even fit) with a huge upper body. It's so funny