Starfield & PAX West 2023 Hands-On - Ep. 343

Starfield & PAX West 2023 Hands-On - Ep. 343

Author: What's Good Games September 8, 2023 Duration: 1:40:24
Thank you Factor and ExpressVPN for sponsoring this week's episode of What's Good Games! Go to http://expressvpn.com/whatsgoodgames to get 3 extra months of ExpressVPN for free. Go to http://factormeals.com/whatsgood50 and use code whatsgood50 to get 50% off. This week the ladies are joined by Bethesda superfan Emily Rose to talk about her experience with Starfield and how it holds up to other Bethesda Game Studios juggernauts. Britt spent some time at PAX West and Nintendo Live over the weekend and played a handful of super fun games including Like a Dragon Gaiden, Persona 3 Reload, Little Goody Two Shoes and more! She also saw a demo Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos that has her ALL sorts of excited.  Follow Emily! https://twitter.com/Frankly_Emily Thank you to this month's Patreon Producers: Chewy’s Godson Faris Attieh Justin Foshee Punkdefied Listen to WGG Ad-Free on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames  Subscribe to our channel and don't forget to hit the bell: http://bit.ly/2rAcJvF 03:32 - Brittney went to PAX West 2023!!! 05:51 - Super Mario Bros. Wonder 10:33 - Embracer Group has announced plans to close studios, cancel games, and lay staff off 16:15 - Final Fantasy XVI 19:51 - Break 20:11 - A Message from Factor 22:00 - A Message from our Sponsor 22:03 - A Message from ExpressVPN 23:30 - Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos 30:28 - Like a Dragon Gaiden 35:14 - Persona 3 Reload 39:05 - Little Goody Two Shoes 42:58 - Silent Hope 45:25 - Starfield Part 2 Discussion 47:35 - Emily Rose's Bethesda game-play history 57:08 - What stands out about Starfield? 59:19 - Environmental Storytelling 1:01:52 - Character Creator System 1:20:32 - Lock-Picking Mechanics 1:26:04 - Combat 1:29:23 - Does Baldur's Gate 3 compare? Want audio only? http://whatsgoodgames.com/podcast/ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/whatsgoo... Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games Follow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames Follow on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/whatsgoodgames Join our Discord community: http://discord.gg/whatsgoodgames Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/whatsgoodgam... Our website: http://www.whatsgoodgames.com  #Starfield #PAXWest #BaldursGate3  Follow the crew: Andrea: http://www.twitter.com/andrearene http://www.instagram.com/andrearene_ http://www.tiktok.com/@andrearene Britt: http://www.twitter.com/blondenerd http://www.instagram.com/blondenerd http://www.tiktok.com/@britt.brom Riana: http://www.twitter.com/rianatweetsnow http://www.instagram.com/rianagramsnow http://www.tiktok.com/@rianatiktoksnow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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