The Crate and Crowbar

Episode 445: 2 King 2 Come

The Crate and Crowbar

Show Notes

Jamie, Tom and Marsh head out into the wild blue yonder (without headphones on like some kind of smug Japanese writer) and talk about 3 open world games, somewhat alike in dignity.

* Assassin’s Creed: Shadows is the brand new tiny-sword-up-my-sleeve ’em up, has peerless breezes, great killings, but boy is there a lot of it! * Atomfall is a game that Jamie loves more than just about anyone else he can find, listen to him incoherently try and explain why. * Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is a game in which you play a smelly man who wants to be less smelly and is prepared to save and quit in order to do it.

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