Hidden Guardians Podcast

New year, same old shenanigans! Vengz & Outrider kick off the 2022 season of HGP with a little bit of this & that: Destiny 2 PS5 crashes, HALO Infinite multiplayer, Ghost of Tsushima Directors Edition, and the Godfall PS5 PS+ freebie edition. We're getting back into the swing of things after a needed break & just in time as the road to Witch Queen for Destiny 2 is in full effect! Enjoy...

The headline says it all: we talk about the 30th Anniversary Event which includes both the free & premium content such as the Grasp of Avarice dungeon. We also go more serious and go over our thoughts about the IGN article that details the working conditions & issues within Bungie. If you want to read more about it, the links are below. Past that, we will be back in 2022! Happy Holidays &a...

T'was a TWAB before Thanksgiving that gave us a whole slew of ability changes coming with the December 7th patch! And these are just the provocative ones! OOOOooooooh! Lets discuss these changes plus changes to the podcast coming in 2022!  Read the TWAB here: https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/50829 Truds YT Channel for Destiny 2 Builds & Info: https://www.youtube.com/c/21NilGa...

Here we go, the first of the TWABs that are covering the mid season sandbox update & weapons is on the table first. All the archetypes, exotics, perks, and mods that are being touched are discussed plus we give our ever so valuable opinions of the changes coming December 7, 2021. This description is short & sweet, so please enjoy! TWAB: https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/50820

Vengz finally shows up to the show after a well deserved break, and we're glad to have him as we chat up The Corrupted and Devil's Lair grandmaster nightfalls. Plus a bit of banter about Festival of the Lost, Forza Horizon 5, and a bit of a look back at the past year of doing HGP! Thank you for being here with us for this journey! Enjoy! Also, if you're on Spotify, check out the community question...

Outrider & Bacon will chat about their recent Grandmaster Nightfall accomplishment this past week, plus a bit about Freelance Trials of Osiris in Crucible Labs. Then we will talk about the recent discussion within the very vocal Destiny community regarding Witch Queen's Digital Deluxe edition with 2 dungeons not available in basic or individual seasonal content. It will get a bit salty in here...

Outrider, Bacon, and friend of the podcast Bam are chatting up Festival of the Lost. From the new activity, the new dino ornament sets, the grind, we cover it all from the first week impressions. Plus there is a bit of Trials & GM chatter, some overall discussion about the state of being in a 6 month season too. As for the mess, well real life kept interjecting into the recording so I kept mos...

Outrider & Bacon chat up the Destiny Content Vault news, our Grandmaster Nightfall thoughts about Hollowed Lair, a bit about Festival of the Lost, and Outrider goes on a tear about nerfs, Hunters, and his concerns about the upcoming ability nerfs towards Crucible gunplay coming this December. Its a bit in the moment at times, more than normal, but we try to reign it in at the end! Enjoy! DCV I...

Outrider & Bacon are chatting about weeks 2 & 3 of Trials, Iron Banner, and other things going on in Destiny 2 right now & upcoming. We really did not want this to get salty but we had some problems with Trials over weeks 2 & 3 that soured the fun from week 1. Iron Banner is another topic & how it needs love badly. But there are things we like, things we're looking forward to,...

The crew is all back to chat about their experience with Trials of Osiris in Destiny 2 during the first week with the new changes! Plus we chat about the first 3 weeks of Season 15's content just to get some thoughts out there about what we like & what we are still unsure about. We also apologize for getting this out so late due to illness amongst the crew and it completely disrupted any post...

We go over our thoughts about the Bungie Showcase from August 24th & chat up all the stuff we loved about it, the new goodies coming in Witch Queen & the 30th Anniversary celebration, plus what we hope is to come after that! Also Vengz returns from his hiatus, as does the recording issues making Outrider drop the occasional syllable (I tried to fix in post as best as possible). Shenanigans...

What can we say? After three weeks of covering the sandbox changes coming to season 15, we're excited. This weapon sandbox information has just sent our hype levels through the roof! We stay pretty calm talking about them but we are just so happy to see this meta shift when Season of the Lost starts on August 24, 2021. We also begin with addressing the leaked info that has been spread around socia...

The final steps to Season 15 of Destiny 2 are almost upon us but first we need to we need to chat about the upcoming Armor changes, the changes to movement and controller sensitivity, plus mod additions and changes (alas poor Warmind cell mods, you were too spicy). Bacon & Outrider break it all down for you in our usual manner. But first, we find out about Bacon's new favorite sport: Disc Golf...

Bacon & Outrider chat up all the upcoming ability changes that will be coming in Season 15 starting August 24th, 2021. Overall, we're excited to get our hands on these changes to try them out. Also we discuss the PVP related Twitter thread that Joe Blackburn, the Asst. Game Director for Destiny 2, wrote & what it means for PVP in the future of the game starting with Season 15. And finally...

Outrider & Bacon chat about the upcoming Season 15 crossplay arrival & go over all the info found in the TWAB about what to expect. Yes we are genuinely excited for crossplay but have some reservations that should disappear as more info comes out. Also we chat about Master VoG's loot lock out change & Outrider discusses his experiences in Master VoG to date & is hopeful for the fut...

Outrider & Bacon, with special guest & friend of the show Bam, take time away from criticisms about Destiny & focus on talking about the things we actually love about this game. Outrider leads this discussion over a variety of topics & we still don't cover the entire list of things to talk about. I guess this means we like this franchise then, right? Give a listen & tell us wha...

Outrider & Bacon hold down the fort this week as Vengz is on a hiatus for awhile & they chat up the good, the bad, and cursed changes coming to ritual reputation and Grand Master Nightfall content in Season 15. We also throw out some wishes for things we'd like to see happen in season 15 in general as we are just mere weeks away from its launch. But like all wishes, we're afraid that the m...

We discuss the upcoming changes & things to do coming in the July 6 patch. As always there are some minor tangents from the topic as well as a bit of hopeful thinking for things to come! Enjoy! Edit: VoG has 5 challenges not 6 as Outrider says. Apologies for the error on that. 

This week Outrider & Vengz talk about the returning Lunar & Dreaming City weapons which will arrive on July 6th and the new perk each can potentially roll with. We also catch up with the seasonal story as it is reaching the conclusion, plus Outrider talks about his first Grandmaster Nightfall experience with The Glassway offering up the pain. Hope you enjoy!

The gang chats about the games announced at Summer Games Fest & E3 2021 that have peaked our interests. There were a lot of good to downright great things announced & we're here to share our hype & what was the games that we can't wait to get our grubby gamer hands on in the near future! Enjoy! 

The crew chats about power in Destiny 2 in another more focused conversation. What is power, power fantasy, do we feel powerful in the game, and things we would love to see change a bit to help the PVE power experience in the game. Also a brief TWAB update, Vengz got a Vex Mythoclast from Vault of Glass so we chat about that raid exotic, and a shoutout to the GCX St. Jude's Children's Hospital Cha...

On this special episode of HGP, we have our first guest & friend to the show JediPolaris23 (known to us as Bam) to chat with us about how we think the season is going, is VoG going to hold up in D2 or is it just nostalgia, and the Stasis nerfs that just rolled out. Plus Vengz & I finally chat a bit about Returnal (PS5) plus a few other random guests walk in while we're recording! Hope you...

On this show, the gang talks all about our thoughts on the return of Vault of Glass! From the Day 1 Contest mode race to the bread and butter normal raid, plus some accessibility issues to be wary of. Also we chat about the ongoing seasonal content and the newly released Expunge mission. Finally we finish up with breaking down and chatting about the upcoming Stasis nerfs to help alleviate its over...

The gang chats about all the things we did during the first week of Destiny 2's Season of the Splicer (s14). From the intro story, seasonal activity, the loot, and seasonal artifact mods you'll get our thoughts about all of these things in this kick off to another season of content. I got nothing else to add here except thank you all for listening and we hope you enjoy the show! Aztecross Video ab...

The crew chat about the Destiny 2 Season 14 reveal: Season of the Splicer, or as we call it Season of the Smallen because of the cute lil' Eliksni hatchlings!!! We chat about the roadmap for the season, rewards, new weapons, Hung Jury returning as a Nightfall reward, patch note preview, Hung Jury returning, VoG armor speculation, Hung Jury, and we completely goof on each other throughout. Enjoy! T...