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
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
By wire and grappling hook Cloud, Tifa and Barret climb a pile of garbage to break into the Shinra Building. In FFVII original, Tyler covers breaking into the lobby and Nate covers climbing the side stairs.
This episode completes Remake's Chapter 15 and begins Chapter 16, finishing at entering the Shinra Building's lobby after "infiltrating" the parking garage.
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Night falls on Midgar as Cloud, Barret, and Tifa ascend elevators and stairwells to reach the Shinra Building's upper floors.
This episode covers Final Fantasy VII Remake chapter 16 up to the start of the museum tour, and Final Fantasy VII original up to meeting Deputy Mayor Hart and Mayor Domino.
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Cloud, Barret and Tifa tour the Shinra Building museum with exhibits on President Shinra, Shinra Corp's five major business divisions, the city of Midgar, and the Cosmos Theatre, whose IMAX-caliber presentation reveals the ruinous company's horrific master stroke.
This episode completes Final Fantasy VII Remake Chapter 16's museum tour and the brief scene between Palmer and Sephiroth afterwards.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
We meet the Midgar mayor, battle in VR, and infiltrate a Shinra executive board meeting. But the real question on everyone's mind is ... what's that &^#$# smell!?
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
We storm Hojo's Lab, destroy flesh monsters, recover Aerith, and meet Red XIII.
This episode completed FFVII Remake's Chapter 16.
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Red XIII explains the meaning of the Whispers. Nate & Tyler discuss theories, review every instance of a Whisper encounter thus far, the dual-meaning of Remake, and what the Whispers may represent outside of the game.
This episode covers the first scene of Chapter 17.
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Nate drops a totally spoiler free review of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, covering what to expect from gameplay, combat, and the world of Rebirth. Nate shares his opinions on the nature of the direction that Square Enix's developers have taken in their approach to this game and the greater "VII Remake" series and the current state of the games industry surrounding those choices.
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
We navigate a labyrinthine lab, two bigshots taste the Masamune, and a strange interstellar specimen gets spicy.
This episode begins after Chapter 17's first cutscene and ends after the Jenova Dreamweaver encounter.
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
We decompress the history of Jenova, meet Rufus Shinra, battle the Arsenal, and flee the Shinra building.
This episode completes Chapter 17.
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
After junking Motorball we arrive the end of our coverage of the original game, meanwhile a showdown in the wastelands makes us scratch our spiky-haired heads, and Aerith issues a grave warning on the consequences of taking Sephiroth's bait.
This episode begins at the start of Remake's chapter 18 and ends before entering The Singularity.