Board 8 > The Show EP5 - An All-Timer In RE2/Bloodborne, Plus Second Chance Bracket w/ KP!

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BotW: Played. Like a lot, don't normally like open world games but have a lot of appreciation for this, Nintendo displayed some top-of-the-line game design with how everything is laid out and filling a world with interesting things to do and see.
DQ11: Played (the Japanese 3DS version! Also the PS4 one but put more time into the 3DS one). Like a lot, it's a Dragon Quest alright.
ME2: Haven't played
RE2: Haven't played
Smash Ultimate: Played. Kinda love it on the surface in terms of fan service and being fun wacky chaos, on a deeper level I don't really think it moves forward from the Smash 4 design philosophy towards something like Melee in a very meaningful way.
Mario Odyssey: Played. Loved it, strong contender for a personal GotD for me.
Persona 4G: Played. Loved it, would also be a strong contender for personal GotD if I considered it from this decade but I don't.
Xenoblade: Played. Overrated tbh, I don't like these MMO-type battle systems. Everything else about this game is really good but I mostly play RPGs for gameplay.
Witcher 3: Haven't played.
God of War: Haven't Played.
Persona 5: Played, it's really good but not Persona 4 level due to pacing issues.
Portal 2/RDR 2: Played Portal 2, not RDR2. Portal 2 is awesome, not exactly my cup of tea but probably one of the only AAA western games in the last decade I'd bat for.
Dark Souls: Haven't played.
The last of us: I suck at stealth games so I got like a third of the way through this and then gave up and watched a LP. The story doesn't grip me and the gameplay doesn't compel me at all, dislike.
Skyrim: Tried to get into this but I can't with these open world games. I spent like 15 hours fucking around in this (vanilla on 360) and then never touched again.
Pokemon/Nier: Played both. HGSS is probably my actual Game of the Decade. I recently replayed HeartGold and that game is still debatably the pinnacle of Pokemon for me, everything comes together and there's just so much to do. What happened to Game Freak man. Nier Automata has average combat, bland world design, and an at-times nonsensical story but it comes together in a memorable package that I'm glad I experienced and appreciate but don't particularly have a lot of love for.

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Question for the next podcast: has this contest inspired you to pick up and try any games? I hadn't even heard of Slay the Spire before this contest, but I found I loved it.

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Big Bob posted...

Question for the next podcast: has this contest inspired you to pick up and try any games? I hadn't even heard of Slay the Spire before this contest, but I found I loved it.

I played future last place in the X-Stats, Return of the Obra Dinn!

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Hey you know when you record and then you die from lack of sleep?

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Wow what a tease

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Whiskey_Nick posted...

Hey you know when you record and then you die from lack of sleep?

I think I dreamed about xstats this night.

When I hit the pillow at 5am, all I could see was Pac Man pellets and getting them was refueling my body, except there weren't enough and I was wandering the maze for 5 hours trying to find more, then I woke up

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awesome happy that you'll be making a midweek episode

im bad with oracle stuff

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y'all helped me a lot with my regular contest picks this year as usual so im counting on you guys! :D

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Episode Six has arrived and it's literally SMOKING hot!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78643479


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