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CORE 398: 2023 And Me
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!
Group Category #1 - Most Anticipated Games of 2024:
Scott:
Space Marine II
Shapez 2
Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League
Jon:
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Dragon's Dogma II (Honorable Mention: Hades 2)
Beau:
Like A Dragon 2: Infinite Wealth
Hades 2?
FF7 Rebirth
Group Category #2 - Biggest Surprises of 2023:
Scott:
Robocop
Death Must Die
The Finals
Lethal Company
Rogue Trader
Jon:
Remnant 2
RoboCop: Rogue City
Bang on Balls
Death Must Die
House Flipper 2
Beau:
WoW SoD
Dead Space Remake was actually really good
AR is better than you think (Quest 3 is awesome)
M$ actually bought ABK
WoW SoD
Group Category #3 - Best Non-2023 Games of 2023:
Scott:
Mark of The Ninja
GW2
WoW: Dragonflight
Jon:
World of Warcraft - Retail, Classic, & Hardcore
Octopath Traveler
Transformers: War for Cybertron
Beau:
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Darktide
Stacklands
The CORE Crew's Top 5 Games of the Year:
Scott:
BG3
Phantom Liberty (yes it counts)
Starfield
Sea of Stars
Diablo IV
Jon:
Baldur's Gate 3
CyberPunk 2077 w/ Phantom Liberty
Final Fantasy XVI
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Beau:
Baldur's Gate 3
Dead Space Remake
Like A Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name
Wartales
Diablo 4
CORE's 2023 GAME OF THE YEAR:
Baldur's Gate 3
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