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Episode 3: Intent to Kill

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Episode 3: Intent To Kill Head Mounted Destinations

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We rave about Until You Fall and investigate why its take on melee combat is so much more compelling than those in Blade and Sorcery and Boneworks. The physics-based simulationism of Boneworks seems super popular on Twitch, Twitter, and Reddit. Why are we championing a cartoony, abstract approach and saying it is more realistic and immersive? Listen to find out!

Timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Topic Introduction

  • 4:07 - Until You Fall overview

  • 19:38 - GORN and Boneworks

  • 23:41 - Pros and Cons to each approach

  • 34:45 - Physics in Combat vs World Interaction

Game Link:

Other things we mention:

Music:

Furious Freak by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3791-furious-freak

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Inspired by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


Welcome to the post-show notes! This was a fun one. We rag on Boneworks all the time, so it was very cathartic to put that into podcast form.