Ep. 319 - Insert Credit Annual #5

As has become tradition, Insert Credit ranks the best games of all time. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Chapters: The Premise This Year: Metacritic Scores Below 80 (12:29) Round 1 - Brandon (18:05) Round 1 - Frank (21:25) Round 1 - Tim (23:51) Round 2 - Brandon (26:39) Round 2 - Frank (31:31) Round 2 - Tim (35:04) Round 3 - Brandon (41:32) Round 3 - Frank (47:24) Round 3 - Tim (53:48) Round 4 - Brandon (01:02:46) Round 4 - Frank (01:06:52) Round 4 - Tim (01:12:58) Insert Credit Quick Break: Butter Dorks (01:18:43) A Little More About God Hand (01:20:03) Round 5 - Brandon (01:22:41) Round 5 - Frank (01:29:05) Round 5 - Tim (01:37:54) Round 6 - Brandon (01:50:59) Round 6 - Frank (01:55:54) Round 6 - Tim (02:04:32) Final Round and Honorable Mentions - Brandon (02:13:15) Final Round and Honorable Mentions - Frank (02:25:42) Final Round and Honorable Mentions - Tim (02:33:54) Outro (02:52:03) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Batman (1989) Batman Returns (1992) Batman ’89 Sam Hamm Dennis O’Neil The Flash (2023) Michael Keaton Anton Furst Max Fleischer Dick Sprang The Dark Knight (2008) Chicago The Bund China Strike Force (2000) Mark Dacascos Coolio Oriental Pearl Tower Strange Days (1995) Westin Bonaventure Hotel Face/Off (1997) The Net (1995) American McGee Doom Metacritic Sideways (2004) Gunhouse Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series NieR PlatinumGames Dark Savior Undertale Alundra The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors Anodyne The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Steambot Chronicles Katamari Damacy Earth Defense Force series Digital Foundry Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft My Little Pony Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter Dead Rising Ico Shadow of the Colossus Panzer Dragoon Silo Persona series Ridge Racer 6 Ridge Racer 7 Ridge Racer V Gran Turismo series Chulip Captain★Rainbow Giftpia Animal Crossing Boku no Natsuyasumi EarthBound Moon Minami-Senju Adventures of Tom Sawyer OutRun: Online Arcade OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast OutRun 2 Ferrari (2023) OutRun 2 Abandonware Groundhog Day (1993) Wheelman Bujingai: The Forsaken City Wuxia Shachou Eiyuuden Sifu Shinobi Gackt Raw Danger! Super Mario series Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers God Hand Spartan: Total Warrior Metal Gear Solid Total War series God of War Shinji Mikami Dark Souls Ribbit King Deadly Premonition Warren Spector Hidetaka Suehiro Twin Peaks Marvel Spider-Man 2 Lost Odyssey Blue Dragon Final Fantasy XIII Hironobu Sakaguchi Nobuo Uematsu Takehiko Inoue Vagabond Slam Dunk Kiyoshi Shigematsu Final Fantasy X Dragon Quest series Hideo Kojima The King of Fighters XIII Street Fighter IV Street Fighter 6 Intellivision Lives! Keith Robinson Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Munch Mobile Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle Kunio / Nekketsu High games Mega Man: Legacy Collection Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection Hyper Gunsport Bullet Witch Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Cavia Halo series Devil May Cry F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch R-Type Final Metal Slug 3 Lost Planet series The Saboteur Summon Night: Swordcraft Story Doom 64 Turok licensees Balan Wonderworld Killer7 Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller Wolfenstein: The New Order BioShock The Last of Us BioShock Infinite Call of Duty: Modern Warfare The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Fallout 3 Fallout 4 Fallout: New Vegas Starfield No Man’s Sky Dino Crisis 2 Mirror’s Edge Metroid Prime Pinball Star Fox Command Electroplankton The Cave Master of Illusion City Crisis Jaws: Unleashed Ecco the Dolphin Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap Lizardcube Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom Stranglehold Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground Brave Story: New Traveler Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Bionic Commando Wild Arms XF Pandora’s Tower Culdcept Saga Noby Noby Boy Wild Arms 5 Ape Escape 3 Uncharted series This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Butter Dorks and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!