179: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered (PS5), Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (PSP)

Dear listener... we really need your help... ​It’s pretty hard to link a marginalised 2004 PSP launch title with a massive 2017 PS4 flagship adventure. The good ship 'Podblurb' is heading straight through choppy seas and taking on water fast! ​Think... think... Ooh, wait. Seas? Ships?? PORTS?!? It’s tenuous, but grab a lifejacket, it’ll have to do! ​Rich takes us back to 'Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower' (2004, PSP), a port of the Japan-exclusive Dreamcast fighter 'Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service' (snappy name). Never heard of it? Rich is about to right that wrong for you. He’s kind like that. ​Then, Fazz dives into a port you’ve definitely heard of... Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered (2024, PS5). Okay, fine, it’s a port/remaster hybrid thingy, but these segue seas are rough! You gotta let us off. You’re kind like that. ​Fazz has several burning questions: Why did this game need an overhaul just seven years after launch? Does Sony really view 'Horizon' as a primary pillar of Playstation brand? And why is a best-selling newer original IP actually divisive amongst modern gamers? ​Now... how do we sink this doomed port promo once and for all? ​Erm... Cheeky Vimto anyone?!