Star Wars Galactic Racer Impressions + What We Want From Final Fantasy XVII

from Swapping Joysticks · host Ben Austwick & Ed Nightingale

This week Ben's been hands-on with Star Wars Galactic Racer, the new high-speed racer from Fuse Games and Secret Mode. We chat about its Burnout DNA, roguelike structure, spectacular crashes and whether Star Wars and arcade racing might be a perfect combination. We also look to the future of Final Fantasy and ask what we actually want from Final Fantasy XVII. Fantasy or sci-fi? Turn-based or action? Open world or linear? And does anyone actually know what a Final Fantasy game is supposed to be anymore? Also, we chat about the games we'd love to see remade - and the ones that should absolutely be left alone - old Star Wars games, fast travel, and plenty more. Plus, somehow we end up talking about bread for far longer than anyone intended. Timestamps 00:00 Cold Open 00:12 Intro 09:30 Studio Ghibli 11:56 Star Wars Galactic Racer 30:41 What We've Been Playing 48:00 Our Perfect Final Fantasy XVII 01:19:34 Kingdom Hearts 01:25:23 Games That Shouldn't Be Remade 01:31:00 Outro #StarWarsGalacticRacer #FinalFantasyXVII #StarWars ▼ Swapping Joysticks ▼ ● All previous episodes available at http://swappingjoysticks.com ▼ Ben's links ▼ ● Follow on Twitch - http://twitch.tv/biggusbennus ● Follow on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/biggusbennus.bsky.social ● Follow on Instagram - http://instagram.com/biggusbennus ● Join the Discord - http://discord.gg/biggusbennus ▼ Ed's links ▼ ● Follow on Twitch - http://twitch.tv/ed_nights ● Follow on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/ednights.bsky.social

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