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The MinnMax Show - Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Indika, XCOM’s Jake Solomon
🕑 Added 2024-05-16 01:52:04 +0000 UTCWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to unpack the deluge of great games releasing in early May. We start out by talking about Ubisoft's reveal trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows before diving into the surreal Nun-based adventure Indika, the amazing puzzles of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the dark farming world of Echoes of the Plum Grove, and the keyboard-based dungeon-crawler Cryptmaster. Then we're joined by the creative director for XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns Jake Solomon to talk about leaving Firaxis to start Midsummer Studios for a ton of community questions submitted on Patreon.
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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:50 - Animal Well
00:06:23 - Assassin's Creed Shadows
00:14:16 - Indika
00:31:54 - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
00:44:06 - Echoes of the Plum Grove
00:49:52 - Cryptmaster
01:00:07 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
01:05:51 - Jake Solomon on leaving Firaxis to start Midsummer Studios
01:18:04 - Community questions
02:20:19 - Get A Load Of This
Haley’s GALOT - https://www.ign.com/articles/marvel-rivals-dev-apologizes-for-contract-that-blocked-creators-from-criticizing-the-game
Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/D2eLCE2-64I?si=Jm5fEhS0pvmepK6E
Hanson's GALOT - https://www.idlethumbs.net/designernotes/episodes/jake-solomon-part-2
Jake's GALOT - https://www.npr.org/2024/05/06/1197965368/light-eaters
Sarah's GALOT - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142790/Fields_of_Mistria/
Community GALOT - https://vxtwitter.com/TerminX13/status/1788789298730242527
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Comments
Alex Swaim
I finished Animal Well in 1 sitting, about 7 hours, and freaking loved it. I wanted to spend more time in that world so I've put another 5 or 6 hours into it and I am still consistently being surprised and delighted by the secrets I'm finding. It was a 8 or 9/10 when I rolled credits, but I'm liking it more and more as I continue to play it. Bummer that no one on the podcast is vibing with it as much, but that's how tastes work! Definitely my #1 release so far for 2024!
sk8bit
Does Indika do big full screen jumpscares? Thx :') Hah the well thing sounds like Shen Mue. Absolutely back up Haley on brown noise!
