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It is that time again, time for another games of the year show.  As is usually the case we fire up a google form and have each member of the AggroChat cast pick their top 5 picks for the year.  This then gets collated into the final list that we talked about during the show. This time around we had thirteen different titles to talk about, with the highest voted title getting 5 different votes from staff members.  Since we have talked at length about most of these games, the resulting discussion ends up being more a trip down memory lane than a deep dive.

Topics Discussed:

• 2019 Games of the Year Show
  • Trials of Mana
  • Anthem
  • The Outer Worlds
  • Devil May Cry 5
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • World of Warcraft Classic
  • Greedfall
  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
  • Jedi Fallen Order
  • Untitled Goose Game
  • Baba Is You
  • Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

The Original Blog Post on AggroChat.com

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Bel is back but still sick and hoping his voice holds!  Tonight we have a short reprise of the Star Wars Rise of the Skywalker discussion from last week since Bel didn’t get to participate.  This tiptoes around being spoiler so your mileage may vary. From there we talk about A Short Hike a charming game about meeting animal friends while trying to get mobile phone reception.  Tam talks about his experience with the Battlefront 2 campaign mode and a bit of him replaying SWTOR campaigns. Bel talks about Video Games being ported to the small screen and how they are more “inspired by” than accurate.  The Witcher however has a shot for shot recreation of a battle from the first game and we dive into that. Bel also has been playing a ton of Witcher 3 and is completely enthralled with the game now. Kodra talks about his experience with Slay the Spire and then we talk some more Pokemon Sword and Shield.

Topics Discussed

• Star Wars Discussion Reprised
• A Short Hike
  • Animal Crossing With a Point
• Star Wars Battlefront 2 Campaign
• Revisiting SWTOR Campaigns
• Video Games Adapted to Screen
  • Witcher Shot for Shot Recreation
• Revisiting Witcher 3
• Slay the Spire
• Pokemon Sword and Shield
  • Merits of Shift vs Set

Original Blog Post on AggroChat.com

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Tonight we are down several folks including Belghast, so as a result Tamrielo is filling in with the role of leading the festivities.  There is some confusion and this show is announced as 281 only to realize after recording that it is in fact 280. Tonight the AggroChat crew talks about their feelings regarding the final movie in the Star Wars Skywalker Saga.  The opinions run the gambit from enjoyed it quite a bit to absolutely hated the experience and this leads to a pretty balanced discussion about the movie that the future of Star Wars.

Topics Discussed:

• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Original Blog Post on AggroChat.com

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Tonight we kick off the show talking about the first week of Destiny 2 Season of Dawn and all of the new content that appeared.  From there we talk about the big shadow drop of Warframe Empyrean and the ability to crew giant spaceships. We spend the rest of the show talking about various things that were announced during the fifth Game Awards.  It was a two hour long commercial that confirmed that once again Microsoft is terrible at naming things.

Topics Discussed:

• Destiny 2
  • Season of Dawn
• Warframe
  • Empyrean
  • High Space Piracy
• The Game Awards 2019

The Original Blog Post on AggroChat.com