Frame Trap – Details, episodes & analysis

On the final episode, the boys talk about God of War: Valhalla, Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Incident At Grove Lake, and Air Twister.  Hello everyone,   Thank you all for supporting the show for so many years. This is the final episode of Frame Trap since I'm leaving Easy Allies. Fear not though, the gaming discussions will carry onto the Easy Allies Podcast every week!   It was a blast to do this show for so many years and I'm honored to have been a part of it.  Thank you everyone and remember to always be excellent to each other!   -Brad   (00:00) - Opening (2:16) - Holiday Movies (18:11 )- Frame Trap Memories (27:07) - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (41:05) - God of War Valhalla   (58:42) - Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen (1:17:51) - Sort it Out! (1:23:37) - Keep it Up! (1:30:03) - Incident At Grove Lake (1:33:06) - Air Twister (1:41:51) - Question 1 (1:55:59) - Question 2 (2:02:32) - Question 3 (2:06:27) - Question 4 Thank you to these wonderful "Shout-Out!" tier patrons: Jabbawabs Elthanas Greg “TheDarkKnight” Kettering JessieBlu Raymon Wheeler III  Special mention to our Everything Producer: Jabbawabs

Ben Starr joins the crew this episode to talk GTA 6, Game Awards predictions, WoW Classic Season of Discovery, Alan Wake 2, and more! (00:00) - Opening (3:04) - Natural Six (17:25) - GTA VI Trailer Thoughts (27:11) - Game Awards Predictions (39:27) - World of Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery (44:48) - Final Fantasy III/Final Fantasy V (1:09:49) - Dredge (1:16:21) - Sort it Out! (1:30:14) - Keep it Up! (1:36:51) - Alan Wake 2 (1:50:03) - Darkest Dungeon 2 (1:59:44) - Question 1 (2:14:57) - Question 2 (2:23:16) - Question 3 (2:26:27) - Question 4 (2:29:58) - Question 5 Thank you to these wonderful "Shout-Out!" tier patrons: Jabbawabs Elthanas Greg “TheDarkKnight” Kettering JessieBlu Raymon Wheeler III Special mention to our Everything Producer: Jabbawabs

On this episode, Brad, and Damiani are joined by special guest Ben Starr and talk Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival, Baldur's Gate 3, Pikmin 4, and more! 00:00 - Intro 05:32 - Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 48:14 - Baldur's Gate 3 1:06:20 - Sea of Stars Demo 1:26:56 - Pikmin 4 1:48:31 - Sort it Out! 2:02:50 - Keep it Up! 2:16:36 - Remnant 2 2:31:34 - Viewfinder 2:40:01 - Bonus Question 2:46:42 - Question 1 2:52:33 - Question 2 3:00:46 - Question 3 3:04:06 - Question 4 3:09:23 - Question 5 3:13:21 - Question 6 3:18:16 - Question 7 Thank you to these wonderful "Shout-Out" tier patrons: Jabbawabs Elthanas Greg "The Dark Knight" Kettering Special mention to our Everything Producer: Jabbawabs

It's the 100th episode of Frame Trap and Ben, Damiani, and Kyle are here to celebrate. TIMESTAMPS 03:13 - Temtem 19:21 - The Witcher Netflix TV Series 40:38 - Warcraft III: Reforged 56:08 - Caught in a Frame Trap: Real or Fake - Temtem 59:58 - Monster Hunter Stories 01:11:10 - Journey to the Savage Planet 01:40:48 - Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore 01:55:28 - HOTTAKE: How are we currently feeling about Easy Allies and how can we improve? 02:21:12 - Emails Thank you to these wonderful "Shout-Out!" tier patrons: Elthanas Greg "TheDarkKnight" Kettering Caleb "Togi" Crawford Will Schmuck Mr1Luigi --- Graphics - Joe Ellis (@Joe_David_Ellis): Concept & Design Chris Leroux (@ChrisLeroux): Animation & Motion Graphics Music: "Illuminate" by Ethan Rank - https://www.artlist.io/song/4423/illuminate

Ben, Ian, and Blood have to make some hard decisions on this Frame Trap as they choose the best game of the decade. They also talk about games like Outer Wilds, Super Mario Maker 2, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Death Stranding, and more! TIMESTAMPS 03:43 - Sekiro 21:14 - Super Mario Maker 2 35:20 - Warhammer: Vermintide 2 50:25 - Caught in a Frame Trap: One lives, one dies 01:00:20 - Death Stranding 01:26:00 - Wilmot's Warehouse 01:31:58 - Outer Wilds 01:51:39 - HOTTAKE: Kill your babies - game of the decade edition 02:19:43 - Emails Thank you to these wonderful "Shout-Out!" tier patrons: Elthanas Greg "TheDarkKnight" Kettering Caleb "Togi" Crawford Will Schmuck Mr1Luigi --- Graphics - Joe Ellis (@Joe_David_Ellis): Concept & Design Chris Leroux (@ChrisLeroux): Animation & Motion Graphics Music: "Illuminate" by Ethan Rank - www.artlist.io/song/4423/illuminate

Ben, Brad, and Huber chill out and talk about an odd assortment of games including Jak and Daxter, Star Wars Battlefront II, Ori and the Blind Forest, Ace Combat 7, Arise: A Simple Story, The Outer Worlds, and more. TIMESTAMPS 06:43 - Ace Combat 7 14:29 - Ori and the Blind Forest 25:25 - Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy 37:32 - The Outer Worlds 52:30 - Caught in a Frame Trap: What are the top grossing games on Steam this year? 58:35 - Star Wars: Battlefront II 01:08:30 - Arise: A Simple Story 01:14:55 - Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy 01:21:15 - HOTTAKE: Is it possible for any poorly received game to turn around now? 01:41:55 - Emails Thank you to these wonderful "Shout-Out!" tier patrons: Elthanas Greg "TheDarkKnight" Kettering Caleb "Togi" Crawford Will Schmuck FantasyCritic.Games --- Graphics - Joe Ellis (@Joe_David_Ellis): Concept & Design Chris Leroux (@ChrisLeroux): Animation & Motion Graphics Music: "Illuminate" by Ethan Rank - https://www.artlist.io/song/4423/illuminate

Ben, Brad, and Brandon get in the holiday spirit by talking about both new releases and older titles including Darksiders Genesis, Halo: Reach on PC, Path of Exile, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Breath of Fire, and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Ben also gives his first impressions of The Witcher Netflix TV show. TIMESTAMPS 04:24 - Darksiders Genesis 15:07 - Breath of Fire 1 & 2 44:01 - The Witcher Netflix TV Show 51:10 - Halo: Reach on PC 01:00:02 - Caught in a Frame Trap: Real or Fake - Star Wars Planets 01:08:35 - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 01:18:23 - Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes 01:34:05 - Path of Exile Metamorph League 01:42:30 - HOTTAKE: Speculating on the reactions to some of the biggest games of 2020 02:13:50 - Emails Thank you to these wonderful "Shout-Out!" tier patrons: Elthanas Greg "TheDarkKnight" Kettering Caleb "Togi" Crawford Will Schmuck FantasyCritic.Games --- Graphics - Joe Ellis (@Joe_David_Ellis): Concept & Design Chris Leroux (@ChrisLeroux): Animation & Motion Graphics Music: "Illuminate" by Ethan Rank - https://artlist.io/song/4423/illuminate

Shenmue III is finally here and Huber tells us about his long-awaited journey. There's also discussion about Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Phoenix Point, SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. TIMESTAMPS 09:01 - Shenmue III 30:38 - Phoenix Point 40:37 - Shovel Knight: King of Cards 53:15 - Caught in a Frame Trap: The panelists combine powers to take on the Game Awards 01:05:17 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 01:20:06 - SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions 01:30:51 - HOTTAKE: Does game of the year happen too early and how could awards be presented in a better way? 01:51:02 - Emails Thank you to these wonderful "Shout-Out!" tier patrons: Elthanas Greg "TheDarkKnight" Kettering Caleb "Togi" Crawford Will Schmuck FantasyCritic.Games --- Graphics - Joe Ellis (@Joe_David_Ellis): Concept & Design Chris Leroux (@ChrisLeroux): Animation & Motion Graphics Music: "Illuminate" by Ethan Rank - https://artlist.io/song/4423/illuminate

CORRECTION: I incorrectly said Destiny 2 is the only game included with the Stadia Pro subscription. Samurai Shodown is also included. - Ben Ben, Brandon, and Kyle go into great detail about both the heartwarming and heartbreaking parts of Pokemon Sword and Shield. There's also excited discussion about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Luigi's Mansion 3. For the HOTTAKE, they try to unpack the messy launch of Google Stadia. TIMESTAMPS 15:18 - Pokemon Sword and Shield 52:07 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 01:22:57 - Caught in a Frame Trap: Guess the pokemon's type 01:34:50 - Luigi's Mansion 3 01:47:48 - HOTTAKE: How are we feeling about Stadia? 02:14:35 - Emails SPONSORS Greg "TheDarkKnight" Kettering Xotig (Search "Xotig" on Twitter) Accounts Payable \\\Gift of Heaven/// Daventry Vaporworks MEGA SPONSOR ViewSonic - https://www.viewsonic.com/us/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ViewSonicGaming --- Graphics - Joe Ellis (@Joe_David_Ellis): Concept & Design Chris Leroux (@ChrisLeroux): Animation & Motion Graphics Music: "Illuminate" by Ethan Rank - https://artlist.io/song/4423/illuminate Explosion audio - https://freesound.org/people/Iwiploppenisse/sounds/156031/ Explosion graphic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7KmAe8_jZE

Ben, Ian, and Huber can finally discuss at length the long-awaited and controversial Death Stranding. They also talk about other big fall games like Disco Elysium, Luigi's Mansion 3, and Afterparty. TIMESTAMPS 03:15 - Death Stranding 56:45 - Caught in a Frame Trap: When will these huge games like Diablo 4 actually come out? 01:04:40 - Disco Elysium 01:24:34 - Path of Exile 01:45:51 - Luigi's Mansion 3 01:56:15 - Afterparty 02:01:47 - HOTTAKE: How do we feel about Fortnite's inclusion of bots? 02:19:17 - Emails SPONSORS Greg "TheDarkKnight" Kettering Xotig (Search "Xotig" on Twitter) Accounts Payable \\\Gift of Heaven/// Daventry Vaporworks MEGA SPONSOR ViewSonic - https://www.viewsonic.com/us/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ViewSonicGaming --- Graphics - Joe Ellis (@Joe_David_Ellis): Concept & Design Chris Leroux (@ChrisLeroux): Animation & Motion Graphics Music: "Illuminate" by Ethan Rank - https://artlist.io/song/4423/illuminate Explosion audio - https://freesound.org/people/Iwiploppenisse/sounds/156031/ Explosion graphic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7KmAe8_jZE