Hero With 1000 Potions
Join Nate & Tyler as they discuss the storytelling and gameplay of popular and niche RPGs in serial and one-off formats. Season 2 analyzes Final Final Fantasy VII Remake against its equivalent content in the original release, and Season 1 features 29 episodes through a blind playthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. Join the adventure by playing these games alongside these episodes as we explore games one chapter at a time. We also have semi-regular video game travelogue audio essays too feat. Resident Evil 2 Remake, Hylics 2, EarthBound Beginnings. Grow with us on Discord here: https://discord.com/invite/7khXT8hdUJ Show your appreciation with a tip here: https://ko-fi.com/gunbladeguys
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Episodes
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
We move carefully through the Satorl wetlands, home to mysterious ruins, hostile beasts, and beautiful (but treacherous!) natural phenomena. Elsewhere, Colony 6 rebuilds from scratch and a sinister laboratory is hard at work.
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Our first game review! We share our first impressions of Square Enix & Artdink's 2022 HD-2D tactical RPG Triangle Strategy after playing it for 10 hours. Part 1 focuses on gameplay.
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Part two of our first game review! We share our first impressions of Square Enix & Artdink's 2022 HD-2D tactical RPG Triangle Strategy after playing it for 10 hours. Part 1 focused on gameplay, and this this much-delayed Part 2 focuses on story.
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Dreadful creatures big and small stalk our expedition through a primordial wilderness.
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
At last! Eryth Sea: Home to the technologically advanced High Entia. We meet several new characters, discover schemes, meddle in rituals, discover ancient legends, and keep from drowning in a torrent of side quests.
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
Part 2 of our discussion of our arrival at Eryth Sea. We're going tomb raiding!
Sunday May 08, 2022
Sunday May 08, 2022
Is it an audio book? A travel journal? … For a video game!? In this special episode Tyler narrates and reacts to the story and gameplay of EarthBound Beginnings (aka Mother), a quirky and postmodern RPG released on the Nintendo Famicom in 1989. Join us for moment-by-moment descriptions, commentary, jokes, in-game music, and some surprises along the way. Fans of the Mother series, Undertale, or retro role playing games will not want to miss this.
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
As a mechon assault besieges the High Entia homeland, Emperor Sorean sets out to awaken the secret captive of Prison Island. This grim oubliette floating above the Eryth Sea becomes the setting for an ominous and fateful showdown.
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Nate and Tyler break down the cutscenes that play out before the group departs the Imperial Capital.