{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6500f421d570420011d0e34b/658e3574983a7c00167a1bd1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"CORE 398: 2023 And Me","description":"<p>Well what do we have here? Our year-end MASSIVE round up of the best games of the year, including a load of categories you won't find anywhere else. Check the RSS feed or Patreon for a FULL text list of the games we covered. Can you guess our number one? Listen and find out!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Group Category #1 - Most Anticipated Games of 2024:</strong></p><p> Scott:</p><p> Space Marine II</p><p> Shapez 2</p><p> Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League</p><p> Jon:</p><p> Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail</p><p> Final Fantasy VII Rebirth</p><p> Dragon's Dogma II (Honorable Mention: Hades 2)</p><p> Beau:</p><p> Like A Dragon 2: Infinite Wealth</p><p> Hades 2?</p><p> FF7 Rebirth</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Group Category #2 - Biggest Surprises of 2023:</strong></p><p><br></p><p> Scott:</p><p> Robocop</p><p> Death Must Die</p><p> The Finals</p><p> Lethal Company</p><p> Rogue Trader</p><p><br></p><p> Jon:</p><p> Remnant 2</p><p> RoboCop: Rogue City</p><p> Bang on Balls</p><p> Death Must Die</p><p> House Flipper 2</p><p><br></p><p> Beau:</p><p> WoW SoD</p><p> Dead Space Remake was actually really good</p><p> AR is better than you think (Quest 3 is awesome)</p><p> M$ actually bought ABK</p><p> WoW SoD</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Group Category #3 - Best Non-2023 Games of 2023:</strong></p><p><br></p><p> Scott:</p><p> Mark of The Ninja</p><p> GW2</p><p> WoW: Dragonflight</p><p><br></p><p> Jon:</p><p> World of Warcraft - Retail, Classic, &amp; Hardcore</p><p> Octopath Traveler</p><p> Transformers: War for Cybertron</p><p><br></p><p> Beau:</p><p> Yakuza: Like A Dragon</p><p> Darktide</p><p> Stacklands</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The CORE Crew's Top 5 Games of the Year:</strong></p><p><br></p><p> Scott:</p><p> BG3</p><p> Phantom Liberty (yes it counts)</p><p> Starfield</p><p> Sea of Stars</p><p> Diablo IV</p><p><br></p><p> Jon:</p><p> Baldur's Gate 3</p><p> CyberPunk 2077 w/ Phantom Liberty</p><p> Final Fantasy XVI</p><p> Resident Evil 4 Remake</p><p> Star Wars Jedi: Survivor</p><p><br></p><p> Beau:</p><p> Baldur's Gate 3</p><p> Dead Space Remake</p><p> Like A Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name</p><p> Wartales</p><p> Diablo 4</p><p><br></p><p><strong>CORE's 2023 GAME OF THE YEAR:</strong></p><p><br></p><p> Baldur's Gate 3</p>","author_name":"Scott Johnson - Jon Jagger - Beau Schwartz"}