{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6501051a5af62b0011318057/658e35a09f141200162b49e5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"CORE 398: 2023 And Me","description":"<p>Well what do we have here? Our year-end MASSIVE round up of the best games of the year, including a load of categories you won't find anywhere else. Check the RSS feed or Patreon for a FULL text list of the games we covered. Can you guess our number one? Listen and find out!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Group Category #1 - Most Anticipated Games of 2024:</strong></p><p>Scott:</p><p>Space Marine II</p><p>Shapez 2</p><p>Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League</p><p>Jon:</p><p>Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail</p><p>Final Fantasy VII Rebirth</p><p>Dragon's Dogma II (Honorable Mention: Hades 2)</p><p>Beau:</p><p>Like A Dragon 2: Infinite Wealth</p><p>Hades 2?</p><p>FF7 Rebirth</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Group Category #2 - Biggest Surprises of 2023:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Scott:</p><p>Robocop</p><p>Death Must Die</p><p>The Finals</p><p>Lethal Company</p><p>Rogue Trader</p><p><br></p><p>Jon:</p><p>Remnant 2</p><p>RoboCop: Rogue City</p><p>Bang on Balls</p><p>Death Must Die</p><p>House Flipper 2</p><p><br></p><p>Beau:</p><p>WoW SoD</p><p>Dead Space Remake was actually really good</p><p>AR is better than you think (Quest 3 is awesome)</p><p>M$ 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"}