22. You Have Caught Tom Nook, You Owe Him No Bells
Episode description
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown:
* With Horizon Forbidden West and Elden Ring now released, media outlets have already begun the discussion about what shall be the Game of the Year. On this Soapbox, we make the simple statement: NO! And while it is far too early to be calling a contest such as this, we might as well discuss why GOTY is a thing and if we really need The Game Awards.
Horizon Forbidden West review: Game of the year already?
'Elden Ring' Is the Game of the Year | WIRED
* Alex has been playing Pokemon Legends: Arceus for many hours now. Being different from the main line of Pokemon games, this brought up many points on it's similarities and differences. A long conversation follows to discuss the structure of Arceus, the story and missions, the streamlining and mechanics, as well as things it does not do. Also, we float the potential Pokemon x Animal Crossing crossover event that you never knew you didn't want. There is much to cover in this Delving Deeper.
* We may have discussed the original question about when to have encounters, but there was another Discord Discussion that came up along the way concerning laying out the structure of gameplay. Some RPGs are more structured than others. Can we explain the basic structure of D&D? Can we determine which kinds of games lend themselves to more regimented structure than others? Does our show even have a structure? We sort of answer these questions.