Metaphor, Dragon Age, and What Makes a Great RPG Party

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Jason Schreier, Technology, Society & Culture, Maddy Myers, Video Games, Kirk Hamilton

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Triple Click gathers their party for a discussion of ensemble casts. They talk about Metaphor: ReFantazio, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and other RPGs this year to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each game's party. No, not that party. The other one.

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0:00.0	Okay, I've got balloons and streamers and Kirk is bringing drinks and Jason's got the cake.
0:09.7	We're set for party time.
0:12.6	Welcome to Triple Click, where we bring the games to you.
0:15.5	This week we talk about parties in role-playing games.
0:18.8	Yeah, it's the other kind of party where there's an ensemble cast united by a common goal,
0:22.8	or maybe they're not united and they keep squabbling or dating, or dating you?
0:30.6	I'm Maddie Myers.
0:31.9	I'm Jason Schreier, and I'm Kirk Hamilton, and hello.
0:34.8	Hello, it's us.
0:37.2	We're back. We're back.
0:38.5	We're back.
0:39.5	We are recording this on election day.
0:43.0	By the time this goes out, maybe there will be some clarity on what has happened today.
0:46.9	Well, maybe there won't.
0:48.1	We are recording this hours before polls close.
0:50.9	So it's an interesting time over here.
0:53.0	We don't know about it.
0:55.6	We are in blissful ignorance. We're in blissful ignorance.
1:00.9	We're in the past right now. We've all voted, of course, or at least I hope so. I guess I just made a big assumption here. We all voted, right? Everyone decided to vote? I did vote. Okay, good. I think
1:06.0	that's a good idea. Vote in Portland. Pretty interesting this year. We got ranked choice. We got a whole bunch of people
1:11.0	running. We like overhauled our government last year. Oh, you got ranked choice. Oh, that's amazing.
1:17.0	Massachusetts voted against ranked choice two years ago, and I'm still mad about it, but this year we
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