Tamrielo – Page 12

AggroChat #247 – Limited Ability to Focus

May 21, 2019April 7, 2019 by AggroChat

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

Tonight we delve into the esoteric talking more about concepts than concrete things. Bel leads off with a discussion of a game he has been playing lately Outward, and how it feels like we remember Everquest feeling even though it is not entirely certain if that was the purpose. From there we delve into a topic that has been sitting on our list for awhile but kept getting bumped due to time… namely Focus-Consuming Games as in the games that as a lot out of the player. This starts a discussion about the constraints on our time and how occasionally a game is just expecting you to be playing it as a hobby. From there we delve into a topic spawned from a YouTube video linked below… discussing how a lot of Games as a Service titles are manufacturing discontent among the players to spur them into making purchases. We discuss that there are a lot of lessons to be learned in how to do this well from the Mobile Gaming space and how in many cases Genres don’t matter the way they used to.

Topics Discussed

Outward
- Feeling like we remember Everquest
Focus-Consuming Games
- Games that want more attention than we are able to give at a time
- Looking for that neutral state in games
- Limited attention span or ability to focus
Manufactured Discontent
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPHPNgIihR0
- Games as a Service and the psychology that goes into putting us in a position to buy things.
- Lessons that need learned from Mobile Gaming
- Genre’s matter less than they used to

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

AggroChat #245 – Podcast Is Win

May 21, 2019March 24, 2019 by AggroChat

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra and Tamrielo

Tonight we talk about Baba Is You, a game that has sort of come from out of nowhere but dominated large chunks of our time recently. From there Bel talks about how Division 2 has improved upon the original, which leads is way to a discussion about the political ramifications of the game and how UbiSoft claims there are not any. From there we discuss Sekiro and how it is in many ways a brand new Tenchu game. Finally we discuss the Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest Tokyo reveals.

Topics Discussed:

Baba Is You and Fun
Division 2
- Improving Upon the First
- UbiSoft Claiming not to make a Political Statement
- The ramifications of the Statement Made
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Tenchu Remastered
- Soulsian Skills Don’t Apply
Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest Tokyo Reveals
- Dancer
- Ronso
- Dwarves are just weird Lalafell

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

AggroChat #244 – Loot and Item Scaling

May 21, 2019March 17, 2019 by AggroChat

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

Tonight signals the triumphant return of Doctor Grace! I cannot adequately express how happy we are to have her back among our number. As far as topics go… we once again punt forward the only topic that we had planned and replace them with a few discussions gathered up moments before we started recording. Tonight we talk about Anthem and get Grace’s impressions so far… as well as dig into some of the frustrations around high end loot and weird item scaling. Thalen tells us how to learn to love Eureka in Final Fantasy XIV and get past the fact that it is so grindy. Finally we wrap things up with a discussion about the Super Mario World Rom Hack scene and the differences between Vanilla and Chocolate.

Topics Discussed

The Return of Doctor Grace
Anthem
- Grace and Thalen Impressions
- High End Loot Woes
- Item Scaling Weirdness
Final Fantasy XIV
- Eureka Grinding
- Relic Weapons
Super Mario World
- Rom Hacks
- Kaizo Mario
- Terminus
- Assembly Editing

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

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