Hidden Guardians Podcast

This isn't goodbye, this is just see you down the road. Thank you for your support over the past almost 4 years of us doing this. It means the world to Vengz & I. -Outrider

Finally we get to chat a bit about Act 2's story & how we're feeling about it all so far just as Act 3 starting is looming on the horizon. Enjoy! #BungieCreator

We try to get our feelings out there about everything reported about the recent layoffs, the possible direction Destiny 2 is heading, management, and the main point of it all is we are sorry so many talents lost their jobs. Notice: Our copies of The Final Shape with the Annual Pass were gifted to us from Bungie. For transparency's sake. #BungieCreator

Vengz leads the way on this episode with his many pages of thoughts on the whole Episodic content that Destiny 2 is adopting while Outrider adds his 2 cents here and there. Enjoy! #BungieCreator

We chat up the livestream info and prepare for the new content drop as the first episode rolls on: Echoes Act 2. #BungieCreator Act 2 Info TWID: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/twid-07-11-2024

We chat about the first of the Episodes in the year of The Final Shape. Likes, dislikes, thoughts overall based on the small amout we've played to date (Act 1). Enjoy! *Bungie supplied us with copies of TFS & the Annual Pass for access to all Episodes & Dungeons forthcoming. #BungieCreator

Yes. We are rambling through this one as we try to not completely spoil things while talking about the story & campaign to The Final Shape. I hope it comes across that we really loved it (spoilers). Enjoy! #BungieCreators * Bungie supplied us with copies of The Final Shape and our thoughts & opinions are our own.

Thanks again to Bungie for supplying us with access to The Final Shape and the following year of Destiny 2 content! #BungieCreator This episode we start chatting about whatever we can about The Final Shape minus story spoilers (that will be next episode). We have thoughts about the campaign, legendary difficulty, the patrol space, Prismatic, some exotics, art direction and more. Its a ramble out of pure enthusiasm! Enjoy!

#BungieCreator We chat about the Season of the Wish final mission: Closer to the Heart plus some TFS expectations and other things. We're keeping it short and sweet as The Final Shape hits very soon! Thanks for listening!

#BungieCreator Exotic Armor & some of the abilites being changed are chatted up in this episode of HGP! The full list of changes are linked down below for your perusal. Enjoy! Abilities! - https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/tfs-abilities-tuning-preview Exotic Armor! - https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/tfs-armor-tuning-preview TWID - https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/twid-05-23-24

The Final Shape creeps ever closer and Vengz & Outrider chat up the new exotic weapons that were previewed to help combat the forces of the Witness! Was this shamelessly melodramatic? Yes. Did we enjoy ourselves? Yes. Plus we chat up other stuff from the recent TWID article. Proud to be a #BungieCreator Weapon Changes Preview: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/weapon_tuning_the_final_shape TWID: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/twid-05-16-2024

Thank you Bungie & Gamesight for the copies of The Final Shape for us to play! #BungieCreator This episode we chat up those really neat exotic class items coming in The Final Shape for use with the newest subclass! Spoilers: stuff looks wild! Thanks for listening & enjoy! If you like what you heard & want to be heard, take the poll on Spotify!

Vengz goes over the past 2 TWID's & gives his thoughts on the topics at hand. Enjoy!

Vengz is back on the show this week & we will be hearing his thoughts on The Final Shape's reveals that happened recently. Plus Outrider will now chime in more with his opinions than he did on episode #139. We think the vibes are good here, so please enjoy!

A solo Outrider covers all the new info that came out of the Dev Gameplay preview & Deep Dive blog post. Short, sweet, to the point, all into your ear holes. Enjoy! Dev Gameplay Preview: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/d2_intothelight_tfs_recap Deep Dive: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/prismatic_deep_dive TWID: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/twid-04-11-2024

We are catching up on two weeks of info! BRAVE Armory, Hall of Heroes, character customization, Into the Light and more things than you can shake a Drifter at! Enjoy!

We chat about Onslaught, the new ritual playlist activity being introduced to all players when Into the Light goes live on April 9, 2024. As always we chat about lots of stuff outside of the main topic too. Enjoy!

Back to a full crew this episode & Outrider & Vengz talk about all the topics in the title plus other stuff. It's a stuff-tastic episode full of opinions and stuff. Stuff. Enjoy.

Vengz goes over the TWID this week + chats about Balatro! Enjoy!

Guardian Games is upon us once again and its worth doing to get ahold of the new Skimmer vehicle! Vengz will break down this year's event & the changes. Enjoy!

Vengz is flying solo on this episode as he goes over the upcoming changes to PVP that the Strike Team Bungie assembled is bringing into fruition. Enjoy!

Just like the title says! Also some more about Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth! Enjoy!

We talk about the announcement from Joe Blackburn about his departure in February from Destiny 2 and Bungie. Plus Outrider starts the conversation about Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth; the 8th main-line game in the Ryu Ga Gotoku series from Sega & RGG Studios. This one is pretty wild! Enjoy!

We discuss the Riven's Wishes event for the next 6 weeks, Moments of Triumph 2023, and other things. Enjoy!

Just like the title says, D2 news this week. Plus Outrider chats about playing The Pathless on PS5 & Vengz waxes poetic or something about Fortnite. Enjoy!

We're back and starting 2024 off with a late episode + more of the same shenanigans! Season of the Wish story recap & Starcrossed exotic mission chat inside! Enjoy!

You know what we like? Dungeons in Destiny 2! Warlord's Ruin is the newest addition to the dungeon lineup and it is a good one! Let's chat all about it & more in a fun episode to round out 2023! We'll return in January 2024 so until then, be well & Happy Holidays!

So much has happened back in November 2023 about Bungie that we never talked about because, frankly, it just sucked the life out of any discussion. So here is a ramble about it to just get it out there so Outrider can move on somewhat. My apologies for the free form feel of it all. IGN Article: https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-devs-say-atmosphere-is-soul-crushing-amid-layoffs-cuts-and-fear-of-total-sony-takeover Forbes1: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/11/01/the-bungie-and-destiny-2-situation-gets-worse-per-new-info/?sh=7b741309140d Forbes 2: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/11/03/new-revelations-about-destiny-2-declines-bungie-layoffs-and-final-shape-as-make-or-break/?sh=4da412e83947

Just as the title says, we chat up the big TWID from this week & give our opinions as usual. Enjoy.

Here we go again, more S23 info! Season Pass exotic weapon! Economy changes! New Dungeon going live date!!! And we go off rails at the end per usual! Enjoy! TWID: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/this-week-in-destiny-11-16

Outrider is flying solo and going over the Season 23 changes to Crucible coming in Destiny 2. Path Forward: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/ourpathforward Crucible Update: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/this-week-in-destiny-11-09

We chat up the PVE weapons preview for the upcoming Season 23. As an added bonus, please enjoy Outrider trolling PVP players with his thoughts on bows in PVP! Enjoy!

Vengz & Outrider chat up this years Festival of the Lost offering & talk about everything from the activity, the rewards, and the Eververse element. Enjoy.

Simple show this week: we chat about the week 5-7 story for Season of the Witch! Enjoy!

What started off as a normal show goes sideways when we get through the main topics faster than we anticipated! Festivus returns mid-season in addition to a chat about the Checkmate changes & the addition of Gunsmith focusing coming in season 23. Hope you enjoy!

Time to chat up the newest reprised raid in Destiny 2: Crota's End. Quite possibly the most important reprisal to date as so much nostalgia and heavy expectations were thrust on it before it even was announced. Plus we chat about the situation with the servers & connectivity in the game and boy howdy it's a situation. Enjoy!

As the title says, we chat up the Season of the Witch storyline over the first 4 weeks of this season in Destiny 2. Plus we talk about the absolutely amazing (or horrible) crafting bug that made Franken-guns a thing for a weekend! Enjoy the rough cut of this recording because real life intervened.

Just like the title says, we go over & give our thoughts on the latest showcase from Bungie which highlighted the next expansion: The Final Shape. Hope you enjoy listening! Showcase: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/destiny-showcase-2023-recap

Outrider & Vengz chat about the video reply from Joe Blackburn regarding the reception to the State of the Game post in August 2023. Good stuff inside the video & worth breaking it down. Also we chat up the exotic weapon changes coming to Season 22 as well! Enjoy! Joe B Summary: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/joe_summary Weapon Changes: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/season-22-weapons-preview

Vengz & Outrider chat up the upcoming changes soon arriving in Destiny 2! New Zavala voice actor cast, Abilities & Exotic Armor changes, and the new Exotic Mission rotator! Enjoy! Zavala: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/zvaa Abilities/Exotic Armor: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/s22_abilities_armor_preview Exotic Rotator: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/this_week_in_destiny_08102023

Outrider & Vengz goes through & break down the Destiny 2 State of the Game post for August 2023. Its a very long episode with a lot to discuss & we tried to be as fair as possible & not go for the knee jerk reactions from the SotG day 1 publication. If you want more long form episodes like this, let us know! We hope there is value to our discussion & we added somethings worthy to the overall discussions. Thank you! SotG 2023: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/state_of_the_game_aug_2023

This week Outrider looks ahead to other games on the horizon that have his interest; from mech battles, psychological horror, crime thrillers laced with wackiness, and more. Vengz also throws in one that got his interest but he had a long week & didn't have time to think about games. *sad face* Hope you enjoy! Bungie Economy/Rewards Blog: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/economy_and_rewards_update4 Bungie Not-TWAB: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/this-week-in-destiny-july-27

We date ourselves horribly with that title & some references in this episode but all of that is surrounded by a chat about The Whetstone challenge, the new Exotic Scout: The Wicked Implement, the location of the challenge, plus more about Deep Dives. And there is multiple other tangents we go on in this episode! Thanks for listening & we hope you enjoy!

It's the week 6 finale to Season of the Deep. And some other bits. Its a short one, but we hope you enjoy! Not-TWAB: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/this_week_in_destiny_062923 Lance Article: https://gamerant.com/destiny-2-lance-reddick-zavala-final-dialogue/

Vengz & Outrider chat up the seasonal story revelations from week 5 of Season of the Deep. Plus we chat about the greatest event to hit Destiny 2 ever: The Fishing Rallies! Also some Diablo 4 chatting! Enjoy!

Outrider & Vengz go over the Dev Q&A from the recent not-TWAB and give some commentary on the answers. Plus we chat about the weapons that came with Season of the Deep & try to figure out why we are not feeling the loot that was offered this season. Thanks for listening & enjoy! Dev Q&A Not-TWAB: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/this-week-in-destiny-6-15-23

Outrider & Vengz chat about the Destiny 2 Seasonal Story for week 3 & lay out our likes, loves, & dislikes. Also Vengz keeps us up to date with his dealings with forces of damnation in his Diablo 4 discussion time. Also we go off the rails & have a bit of a chat about battle passes & in game cash shops. So all fun this week! Thanks for listening & we hope you enjoy!

Vengz & Outrider chat about a few topics in Destiny 2 this week: Ghosts of the Deep dungeon difficulty & solo friendliness & the Week 1 & 2 seasonal story so far. Plus Vengz gives his first impressions of Diablo 4 & get a peek into the mind of a Diablo 4 kinda-n00b! (Sorry buddy! - Outrider) Thanks for listening & we hope you enjoy!

The title says it all, folks! Vengz & Outrider have thoughts about all of the above here! Thanks for listening & enjoy! Bungie Showcase Blog: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/slrecap

*WARNING* This is basically the raw recording for HGP. It will have errors & goofs & other things that you'll probably just expect anyways from us. Outrider's laptop is dying & he wanted to get this up one way or another. Thank you for being understanding! HGP #104 is the Weapon Changes preview. While the season is now live, unless you've scoured the patch notes, you might not know what has changed in both exotic weapons & quality of life too. So let Vengz & Outrider walk you through all of it! Let's just say, some of these changes look real good! Enjoy! Weapons Blog: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/season_21_weapon_preview

That's right, we're going to chat about the exotic armor changes coming with Season of the Deep! We'll give our thoughts on the different changes coming plus offer up a few ideas for armor pieces that could be revisited in future passes! And Outrider sounds like he's underwater in honor of next season! (Not true, just couldn't fix in post). Thanks for listening! Exotic Armor Changes: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/exotic-armor-tuning-season-21