Episode #33: Battle Condom Anime

AVoCADo GamesCast

https://ia601506.us.archive.org/6/items/avocadogamescast_ep33/Podcast%2033%20edit%203.mp3

Featuring:
Merve
Pulprobot
Lord Stoneheart
SingingBrakeman

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introductions
1:20 – What We’ve Been Playing
14:50 – Favourite Combat Systems in RPGs
35:00 – Fallout and VATS
41:25 – Positive Features of Combat Systems, Pt. 1
51:35 – Frustrations in Combat Systems, Pt. 1
56:55 – Positive Features of Combat Systems, Pt. 2
59:55 – Frustrations in Combat Systems, Pt. 2
1:36:20 – Combat and Minigames
1:47:30 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep32

Podcast header background found here. Linkdump after the jump.

Introductions (0:15)

• The weekly games threads at The Avocado.

What We’ve Been Playing (1:20)

• Steam store page for Pillars of Eternity.
• Steam store page for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
• Launch trailer for the Nintendo Switch version of Dragon Quest Builders. (Source: Nintendo on Youtube)
• Launch trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. WARNING: This trailer contains spoilers. (Source: Nintendo UK on YouTube)
• Steam store page for A Case of Distrust.

Favourite Combat Systems in RPGs (14:50)

• Launch trailer for Bravely Default. (Source: Nintendo3DSuk on YouTube)
• Trailer for Code Vein. (Source: PlayStation Europe on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Project Octopath Traveler. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)
• A combat encounter in the upcoming Granblue Fantasy Project Re: Link. (Source: Izuniy on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on Final Fantasy Tactics.
• Wikipedia article on Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together.
• Steam store page for Disgaea.
• Wikipedia article on the Persona series.
• Wikipedia article on Digimon video games. Note: Digimon World DS is actually a Digimon Story game and was titled as such in Japan. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on Chrono Trigger.
• Steam store page for Tales of Zestiria.
• The system where characters in Tales of Zestiria merge with each other is called “Armatization.” (Source: Wikipedia)
• Steam store pages for Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

Fallout and VATS (35:00)

• Steam store pages for Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.
• Steam store page for Fallout 4.
• Steam store pages for Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game and Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.
• Steam store page for West of Loathing.
• Steam store page for Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel.

Positive Features of Combat Systems, Pt. 1 (41:25)

• Steam store page for NieR:Automata.
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2 combat guide. (Source: Nintendo Life on YouTube)

Frustrations in Combat Systems, Pt. 1 (51:35)

• We couldn’t find any anime about condoms, but we did find a Japanese AIDS awareness mascot called Com-Chan. (Source: japanCRUSH)
• E3 2016 trailer for Paper Mario: Color Splash. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)

Positive Features of Combat Systems, Pt. 2 (56:55)

• Information on Social Links and Confidants in the Persona series. (Source: Megami Tensei Wiki on Wikia)
• Steam store page for Prey.
• Launch trailer for Monster Hunter: World. (Source: Monster Hunter on YouTube)

Frustrations in Combat Systems, Pt. 2 (59:55)

• Steam store page for Mass Effect.
• Combat guide for The Witcher 3. (Source: Witcher Wiki on Wikia)
• Screenshot of a soldier on fire during a conversation in Dragon Age: Origins.
• Confirmation: Dragon Age: Origins was built on the Eclipse Engine. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Steam store page for Assassin’s Creed.
• Steam store page for Final Fantasy XIII.
• Steam store page for Final Fantasy XV.
• Steam store page for Alpha Protocol.
• Status effects in Pillars of Eternity. (Source: Pillars of Eternity Wiki on Gamepedia)
• Wikipedia article on Fire Emblem Fates.
• Wikipedia article on Pokémon video games.

Combat and Minigames (1:36:20)

• The Avocado video game thread about minigames.
• Games in the Mario & Luigi series. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Steam store page for Costume Quest.
• Steam store page for Undertale.
• Correction: It actually took the Game Grumps an hour to beat Sans. (Source: GrumpOut on YouTube)
• Trailer for Nintendo Labo. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)

Conclusion (1:47:30)

• Sean Murray is one of the founders of Hello Games, developers of No Man’s Sky.