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AggroChat #246 – Pax meet Mox

May 21, 2019March 31, 2019 by AggroChat

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra and Thalen

Tonight we are down a Tam and also down having a constructed list of topics to go from. The only roll forward topic left on the list is decidedly a “Tam” topic so we end up more or less winging it. There is a decidedly Pax East flair to the show given that a number of topics we discussed circle things announced at or going on during Pax. However none of the crew actually attended this year. Related to this we talk about The Outer Worlds, Magic the Gathering Mythic Invitational, Wolfenstein Youngblood Trailer, Borderlands 3 Trailer. There is a brief interlude about returning to Final Fantasy XIV which Grace has done this week, and another oddball topic as Bel discusses getting Cemu the Wii U Emulator up and running and playing Breath of the Wild rendered in native 4k.

Topics Discussed

Pax East
- The Outer Worlds Gameplay Stream
  - Questions about it actually releasing in 2019
- Magic the Gathering
  - Mythic Invitational
  - Current State of Standard
  - War of the Spark Rumors
- Wolfenstein Youngblood Trailer
  - Juxtaposition of Teens and Ultra-Violence
- Borderlands 3 Trailer
  - Weird reveal live stream
  - Can Borderlands happen with none of the original writers?
  - Lessons learned from Pre-Sequel
  - Appearance of Tell Tale Characters
- Cemu – Wii U Emulator
  - The Breath of the Wild Emulator
  - Rendered in Native 4k

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AggroChat #243 – Big Patchin

May 21, 2019March 10, 2019 by AggroChat

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo and Thalen

Tonight we start the show with a heartfelt congratulations for our very own now Doctor Grace, for passing the gauntlet and defending her thesis. While I am certain we will revisit this point when she officially returns to the show, we thought it was worth noting tonight. After derailing completely on a discussion about the origin of the Garter snake… we dive into Pokemon Scotland aka Sword and Shield and the little bit of information we know about it at this point. From there Bel talks a bit about the Magic the Gathering Deck Builder’s Toolkit league that he is starting at work and why he went down that path. Kodra breaks off from this into a discussion about the game Gruff, which leads to further talk about how balanced asymmetrical play is really hard to design.

We then dig into some of the large patches that happened this past week… namely Anthem that occured mere hours before recording the show and Warframe that occurred earlier in the week. Bel and Tam talk a bit about their impressions so far about the tweaks made that make the characters feel significantly more powerful in Anthem. The rest of the crew that plays Warframe… which is basically everyone but Bel… dive into a discussion about the changes that were made to the melee combat system and some of the things that are soon to come as well.

Topics Discussed

Doctor Grace
Garter Snakes
Pokemon Sword and Shield
- Pokemon Scotland
Work Magic League
- Deckbuilders Toolkit
Gruff
Difficulties of Asymmetrical Gameplay
Anthem Patch
Warframe Patch
- Melee Combat Changes
- Hildryn Frame

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AggroChat #237 – Ninety Five Percent Freeze

May 21, 2019January 27, 2019 by AggroChat

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo and Thalen

Tonight we talk mostly about the Anthem Demo and our thoughts about it. Having played it or at least repeatedly attempted to play it… we have things to discuss from our feelings about various Javelin types to the general feel of the gameplay. Additionally we talk a bit about Ravnica Allegiances which officially came out this week. Kodra and Bel have been drafting some on MTG Arena and talk a bit about the mechanics that they are enjoying.

Topics Discussed

Anthem Demo
Ravnica Allegiances

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AggroChat #233 – Games of the Year 2018

May 21, 2019December 30, 2018 by AggroChat

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

This evening we do our traditional Games of the Year show, and apparently we are way less verbose than we used to be. These shows used to get chopped into two roughly hour and a half long shows… but this year we managed to do it in pretty much two hours straight. What makes this even more interesting is the fact that we churned through nineteen games in the process. Ultimately we each pick roughly five games that were important to us during the calendar year, and some overlap always occurs. This year less overlap happened than is normal.

Games Discussed