AggroChat #482 – Roguelike Asteroids

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! We are down essentially half our folks and as a result, we have a bit shorter show than our normal fare.  We start off with some discussion about Grace’s return to Final Fantasy XIV and how Bel “influenced” them into coming back.  From there we talk a bit about Four Job Fiesta and how the White Mage start is REALLY rough.  We dive into Nova Drift and talk about its roguelike take on Asteroids or Geometry Wars. Tam talks about his love of arcade racers and talks about playing the 2012 Need for Speed: Most Wanted and then Ash and Bel try and sell him on Forza Horizon.  Tam also talks about What the Car…  which is also loosely a “car game” but not really.  Then we try and wrap up the show and suddenly remember that a Nintendo Direct happened and talk about some of the games showed off.

Topics Discussed:

  • Bel Lures Grace back to FFXIV
    • Speedrunning a Post Expansion
  • Four Job Fiesta in Final Fantasy V
    • White Mage Start is Awful
  • Nova Drift
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted
  • Forza Horizon Series
  • What the Car
  • Nintendo Direct
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AggroChat #479 – Froggers

Featuring:  Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Apologies for another missed show last week but Bel very narrowly missed some Twisty Weather. This week we start off the show with a discussion of Grace’s recent experiences in Diablo IV and how the game has changed for the better. From there we talk about Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail and how a number of us are on the fence about playing it.  Ammo shares her thoughts about the expansion.  Bel talks about his recent experience with Pandaria Remix and how it has jarred him out of his stupor when it comes to forming groups and playing with other human beings.  Bel also shares some of the recent happenings with the Frogger incident.  Tam discusses his dive into Warhammer Orks and how they are maybe the best that game has to offer in the vibes department.  We close out the show with some discussion about a weirdly good Random PVP mode in AFK Journey.

Topics Discussed:

  • Grace’s experiences with Diablo IV
  • AmmosArt Explains FFXIV Dawntrail
  • World of Warcraft Pandaria Remix
    • The Frogger Incident
  • Orks are the best of Warhammer
  • Random PVP Mode in AFK Journey
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AggroChat #478 – Bullethell Raid Simulator

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We start off the show talking about some of the recent updates to Pathfinder adding a number of player background options including build your own animal race.  Kodra talks about his experience finishing up Animal Well, and Ash talks about playing a game that mimics raiding in Final Fantasy XIV called Rabbit & Steel.  Bel shares his thoughts so far about Diablo IV Season 4, where they gave up on whatever the original vision was and just made the ARPG people expected them to make.  This ends up in a side conversation about how breaking an implied promise and removing content from your game is very hard to pull off.  We talk about still being bitter about Cataclysm and Destiny 2.

Topics Discussed:

  • Pathfinder Animal Options
  • Animal Well Finished
  • Rabbit & Steel
    • FFXIV Bullethell Raid Simulator
  • Diablo 4 Season 4
    • They decided to make the game folks wanted
  • Changing Content is REALLY hard
    • Cataclysm Blowing up the World
    • Destiny Deleting Content
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AggroChat #474 – Decade of AggroChat

Featuring:  Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! On April 13th of 2014, we recorded the very first episode of AggroChat so last night the stars aligned just perfectly for us to be recording on our ten-year anniversary.  We start the show by discussing a few different AFK games, namely Gnorp Apologue and AFK Journey.  From there Bel talks a bit about the new Fallout TV Series and how it nails the setting and tone of the game.  Kodra and Thalen talk a bit about the latest Bluey episode Ghostbasket.  Kodra and Tam discuss their experiences playing together in Helldivers 2 and then Kodra and Bel talk some more about the Path of Exile Necropolis League.

Topics Discussed:

  • The 10th Anniversary of AggroChat
  • The Gnorp Apologue
  • AFK Journey
  • Fallout TV Series
  • Bluey Ghostbasket Episode
  • Helldivers 2
  • Path of Exile
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