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AggroChat #380 – Fun With Necromancy

March 6, 2022 by Belghast

Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

Tonight we start off talking about the weird game Babylon’s Fall and how it potentially had the worst launch ever of a big budget looter style game. With a steam launch of concurrent users in the neighborhood of 350 players… we talk about what went wrong. From there we discuss Warhammer 40,000 and the release of new Craftworld army lists. So in a weird turn of events… Bel apparently likes Guild Wars 2 now? He finally lands on a class that feels the way he wanted Warrior to feel… and it is apparently a caster. We also talk a bit about End of Dragons expansion and how well Cantha appears to be received. From there we dive into a topic that is sure to anger many listeners about what it means for Open World gaming to be done “Right”. This mainly involves a discussion of Breath of the Wild, Elden Ring, Horizon series, and even some discussion of things like open world Assassin’s Creed games.

Topics Discussed

Babylon’s Fall
- Worst Looter Start Yet
Warhammer 40,000
- Craftworlds
- Aspects are Finally Good Again
Bel Apparently likes GW2
- Necromancer is Caster Tank
End of Dragons
- Fun in Cantha
Open World Done Right
- Breath of the Wild
- Elden Ring
- Horizon Series

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AggroChat #379 – Rocket Horse Jump

February 27, 2022 by Belghast

Tonight we have a blend of new topics and bumped topics starting with discussion of recent plays of Chicory, and how the musical soundtrack is phenomenal. Ash talks a bit about how maybe there are games with too much complexity… more specifically Xenoblade 2. From there Kodra talks about his first major VR game experience with Psychonauts Rhombus of Ruin. We contemplate what the heck a Disco Elysium TV Show might look like. Tam talks about his experiences with the latest Total Warhammer game. Finally we finish the show with a long discussion about Elden Ring and how maybe most of the game reviews are a little biased.

Topics Discussed

Chicory is Great
Xenoblade 2
Psychonauts Rhombus of Ruin
Disco Elysium TV Show
Total Warhammer III
Elden Ring
- Problems with Game Reviews

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AggroChat #378 – Into the Forbidden

February 20, 2022 by Belghast

Tonight we talk about how constructed Kamigawa is a challenge and how effectively there are only so many viable decks that you can build. From there we talk about Vampire Saviors a game that Bel griefed Ashgar with and he has been playing at length. Grace discovers Chronicon, a game that we would consider the perfect diablo clone… if it had reasonable graphics. Finally we dive into a long discussion about our earlier feelings about Horizon Forbidden West, a game that has in large part consumed most of the cast since its release on Friday. There is a weird diatribe about dpads and the importance of a good one as well as a quick blurb about how Psychonauts does not maybe hold up as well from a representation of mental health aspect.

Topics Discussed

Kamigawa is Hard
Vampire Saviors
Chronicon
Horizon Forbidden West
- Initial Thoughts
Diatribe about DPads
Psychonauts Holds up Less Well

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AggroChat #377 – Kirby Upgrades VLC

February 13, 2022 by Belghast

We start off with a quick update on Elden Ring and how From Software is working on fixing the exploit prior to launch. From there we spent quite a bit of time talking about the Nintendo Direct that happened last week and the interesting and wildly unexpected things that came out of it. We talk a bit about the Lost Ark launch and how only one of us is actually playing it. From there we talk some more about Control and how Grace has beat the main campaign now and Tam is working his way through it. Bel talks about his fixation on Remedy games and playing Alan Wake and Quantum break. Kodra talks about replaying Psychonauts 1 in order to prepare for the sequel. Finally we dive into a topic about how games can make it a net positive to see other players in the open world.