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EpicBattleCry: Skirmish 169 - Imminent DLC is Imminent
Break out the textbooks and tune up the time machine, team EBC is taking a journey through our past to explore why historical settings like that of Assassin's Creed III make for such compelling gaming experiences. Plus, God of War: Ascension's beta drops a Zeus, we LOL at the prospect of e-Sports, Mass Effect moves on from Shepard, and Schafer speaks out on industry employment practices. You better bet your best Boston Creme Pie on this bad-boy! Yummy!!! Anyone have a napkin???
EPICBATTLECRY - SKIRMISH 169 SHOW NOTES
GAUNTLET
• God of War: Ascension Beta Detailed
• Mass Effect Will Go On Without Commander Shepard
• Schafer speaks out over industry's routine job cuts
• League of Legends final attracts 8.2 million unique viewers
MAIN TOPIC
Historical Debate - With Assassin’s Creed III nearly upon us, team EBC evaluates how historical settings impact our gaming experiences and what draws us to them on a consistent basis. What advantages or disadvantages does the medium of interactive entertainment have in exploring history? Why have franchises like Assassin’s Creed, Civilization, Total War, Medal of Honor and many, many more been so successful at placing the player in highly documented historical settings and delivering a unique experience at the same time? Plus, how do touch subjects like slavery, women’s rights, and killing your own country men in a game like AC3 play into how a game is developed and marketed? Team EBC breaks it all down and offers an epic opinion on this Skirmish of EpicBattleCry!
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TG - “Folding” Folding@home
Brent - PC Gamer wishlist for XCOM DLC
Daniel - Night Whisper Lane
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Annoraxx - Awesome show, you guys!!! DK's puns are wayyy better in video form somehow.
In regards to the main topic this week, I would say that character development is very important in creating a fulfilling gameplay experience. It builds a bond between you and the character that ultimately leads to the purchase of future iterations of that franchise because you have invested so much time into that character and deeply care for him/her. John Marston has to be my favorite video game character; he has many of the characteristics and traits I admire, and that I would perhaps like to see in myself. After the barn scene at the end of the game, I was furious! and I wanted blood! It was then that I realized how immersed I was in the game. Avenging him as Jack was not just another mission for me; it was personal!
That's not to say, however, that character development is the only way to create a meaningful experience. In the case of Borderlands 2, it's sense of humor and personality and XCOM Enemy Unknown lets you create your own experience by naming your characters and attributing personalities to them, in a way. and Finally, games like DayZ allow you to become the main character and force you to really think about the choices you make and ask yourself "would I do this in real life?"
Finally, I can't believe I googled "dragon jacking". There are just some things you can't unsee...
NOTE: After recording Skirmish 169, 2K and Firaxis did in fact announce DLC for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, which while making Brent's BattleCry obsolete,
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Comment by SID47 on October 25, 2012 at 10:41am -
Damn this new intro is awesome... So many little details and animations, cool transitions, flashy particle effects. Epic. Hell of a good job Brent!
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Comment by Mishiko Bjalava on October 25, 2012 at 10:42am -
MP3 please
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Comment by Alexander Arts on October 25, 2012 at 11:41am -
I don't care about LOL, but I think it's cool that the Taipei Assassins were in the public eye, and get to represent Taiwan, although I was sad that Brent said it's China... Well I live in Taichung Taiwan, so I always notice when we're in the news.
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Comment by EBJ-Immano on October 25, 2012 at 12:21pm -
Hmm, Brent is "Cheif" instead of "Chief" in his card in the opening sequence?
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Comment by Alexander Arts on October 25, 2012 at 1:11pm
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Epic Typo spotting by EbjImmano.
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Comment by SID47 on October 25, 2012 at 1:45pm
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Comment by Daniel Kayser on October 25, 2012 at 1:57pm -
LOL! Nice one SID47!!!
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Comment by SID47 on October 25, 2012 at 2:09pm
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Thank you. Great show as always!
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Comment by StarBound on October 25, 2012 at 2:14pm -
Got a lot of thumbs down for this on GT but I want to see more famous historic events like the Lincoln assassination and the battle of little big horn. I'm not a fan of the assassins creed series or Ubisoft for that matter but I am interested in the American revolution and the happenings around it. As a game I won't expect it to be 100% accurate as I believe womens rights and equal rights as far as skin colour is concerned only happened years later. After this episode I now have a slight expectation about fighting along side Benedict Arnold until you try to kill him because while I knew he was a traitor to america I did not know the history before that.
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Comment by SID47 on October 25, 2012 at 2:40pm
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