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Minit, Remember Me, Zelda: Link To The Past are the winners. Congratulations to the winners!

Whoops, forgot about this since I've been writing a novel this month. I'll pull now.

I think I'll put it on hiatus for a while, yeah. We could work up a backlog of incomplete stuff. Part of the issue for me is I've been too busy to game lately.

It got late so I didn't of the drawing today, but I'm going to do it when I wake up so final warning.

No Cthulhu Saves Christmas?

>_> I feel like pulling a topic creator prerogative move and just adding it to the replay even though it wasn't played before

Let's see if I still feel that way in December

It's just so festive.

Tbh, maybe some kind of seasonal game club might be fun. Wonder what seasons have thematic games though, beyond maybe Christmas and Halloween?

Good luck. I just haven't had time this month.

I probably have quite an expensive collection, although I couldn't begin to guess the total value.

My most valuable game might be Panic Restaurant, but there are plenty of other rare candidates. That game is 1,800 on https://www.pricecharting.com/game/nes/panic-restaurant.

Maybe Bubble Bobble part 2? https://www.pricecharting.com/game/nes/bubble-bobble-part-2

https://www.pricecharting.com/game/sega-saturn/magic-knight-rayearth
https://www.pricecharting.com/game/playstation/the-misadventures-of-tron-bonne

Man Chrono Trigger has really gone up.

KCF0107 posted...

If interested, you can post here or PM/DM the month you were born and I will put that down in a private doc/sheet.

February birthday right here.

TeamRocketElite posted...

I hope we get silent protagonist Link.

I feel like that would be awkward in a film. Besides Link answers questions in prompts all the time; I think man of few words Link would work better.

Some middle management suit is going to have a lot to explain to the boss. "Oops, I fired the guy that caused everyone to quit and it wasn't even for a particularly good reason".

Kenri posted...

Ace Attorney ages are complete nonsense. Definitely one of those series where I have to mentally add like 7 years to most of the cast to make it make sense.

I've found that for anyone over ten years old adding a decade works quite well.

By the way, I know this is very early to nominate but I already know what I wanted to nominate for December for a while

Nominate: Cthulhu Saves Christmas

throwyour supportmy wayall, it's going to be very festive and horrific and hilarious

Everyone should play Ace Attorney, it's one of my top ten video games ever. >__>

Just For Fun Standings:
Seanchan 13
FakeAccount3000 12
Cody11533 10
KCF0107 9
Mauron 7
Kenri 5
ViolentAbacus 2
MetalMindStats 2
ctesjbuvf 2
Wicklebee 1
Suprak 1
HaRRich 1

Previous Games Played:
Alan Wake
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Cthuhlu Saves the World
F-Zero
Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve
Hatoful Boyfriend
House in Fata Morgana, The
Inside
Last of Us, The
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Prime
Nier: Automata
Oxenfree
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 1
Portal
Portal 2
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Return of the Obra Dinn
Saga Frontier
Sexy Brutale, The
Short Hike, A
Stick it to the Man
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Tomb Raider (2013)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Undertale
Yoku's Island Express
Yooka-Laylee
Wolfenstein: The New Order

Bonus Nominations This Month:
Cody11533

November's Games:
The Wonderful 101
F.I.S.T: Forged in Shadow Torch
Bug Fables

What is Game of the Month Club Replay?

Game of the Month Replay is a community project based upon the Game of the Month Club. Much like the GOTM Club, it's open to all B8ers where users share, discover, play and/or discuss a bonus chosen game every month. The three games featured each month are chosen by YOU the users (and Lady Luck).

The only catch is, it must be a game that the GOTM Club has already played, so it's an opportunity to replay games you may have missed out on the first time or just want to try again.

The Basics

- Each month will usually feature three games that were chosen via a random drawing from a pool of games that users nominated
- For each of the games you beat you get a cool point on our just-for-fun standings as well as a nomination for next month's randomized drawing
- In order to receive the point and nomination, you must beat said game within the calendar month
- If you beat one of the current month's games in the previous month, you can apply for a "recently beaten waiver," but you will only receive a point and no nomination should you do so
- Drawing for next month's game is usually on the 25th
- If you periodically keep us posted on your progress and/or talk about different aspects of the games, then everyone will think you are super awesome!

Nomination Rules

- You get one nomination automatically each month
- You receive additional nominations each month for beating one of the featured games
- Each game you nominate has to be one that was already nominated for the GOTM Club.
- You can nominate games that have already been selected for the Replay Topic, but not the same game twice in a row.
- Each game must be a standalone game that can be acquired and played on its own (aka cannot be DLC/expansion that requires the base game)
- Nominations only carry over if you beat a featured game after the drawing for next month's game but before the end of the month
- You have 9 supports you can use throughout the year. Your only limitations are that you can't support your own nomination, and you can only use one support per game per month

Thanks to KCF0107 for giving permission for the GOTM Club Replay topic to exist. Most of the rules of the Replay Topic are the same as the GOTM club. If you're wondering what the Game of the Month Club is, here's the link to the current club; https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80296931

Games eligible for this topic; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1X8E8oqzES42W4S82j7WTfNnzNa8c3uXdSE1rnqYG7WM

Xeybozn posted...

That's actually not clear. It's possible, but there's plenty of evidence suggesting that Holden isn't really human.

I see, was not aware; just gloing off the summary in this topic since that's all I know. Doesn't change my vote, but that's interesting.

Morgoth for me; I get it, Holden is the most depraved sort of monster. But that's just it; he's not really a monster. He's a human. Morgoth is some kind of evil God essence of evil thing. It's not just that he's powerful, it's just that his entire existence is to emboy malice.

This Holden guy has clearly devoted his life to evil. Morgoth IS evil.

But I get it that visceral acts are tough to top emotionally. Still voting Morgoth.

In that case we have a minimum number of entries, so the winners are The Wonderful 101, F.I.S.T: Forged in Shadow Torch and Bug Fables. Congratulations!

I'm actually tempted to play that one even though I held off nominating because of nanowrimo lol..

Seanchan posted...

I was just thinking about this the other day and I was trying to figure out what other trilogies or series would work given a longer time frame.

Person, I wouldn't think the games would need to be in the same series, just longer.

If a full year felt like a long time to have them up there for less payoff, perhaps long term games could stay up for like four months instead of a full year?
Either way, your call if you want to continue the idea: but I will say that I also try to nominate shorter games so I can have time to complete them for the monthly games.

Not to intrude, but remember to nominate something in the Replay Club, especially if you've beaten a game. Right now we only have 2 games nominated.

Beaten
A Short Hike - KCF0107, Mauron, FakeAccount3000, Seanchan
Inside - Mauron, FakeAccount3000

Nominated
The Wonderful 101 - KCF0107
F.I.S.T: Forged in Shadow Torch - KCF0107

I was going to pull, but the nominations are so anemic it's not even three games. I'm pull later today (the 26th) instead so everyone gets a bit more time.

KCF0107 posted...

The Games of the Month of the Year experiment sadly didn't work out unless there's going to be a rush toward the end. I was considering doing one next year as an annual thing, but I'm scrapping that.

For what it's worth, I think the idea had merit, I just didn't want to play those particular games. Now if I get Persona 5 Royal this Christmas, I'd love that to be up there.. >_>

That particular game has probably been done already, but in general I like the idea since it allows for longer games to not have such a strict timer.

I'd like to see if I can do a nanowrimo in November... so I'm probably not going to play very much. Shame the timing was this bad though since I had 3 nominations and I doubt they roll over.

Beat Little Nightmares

Oddly enough the final two chapters were both shorter and easier than some of the earlier ones; honestly I feel like the second chapter was the hardest part.

That thing that chases you in part two is also imo the freakiest monster in the game.

Also because I will probably never get another chance to reference this, the cooks made me think of HR Puffnstuf if he really let himself go. The heads apparently being masks just added to that tbh.

Seanchan posted...

About halfway through Little Nightmares.

Have you ever thought, "man, the only thing that would make Limbo and Inside better is being able to die over and over again but in THREE dimensions?" Well have I got the game for you!

I find it not as hard as those two except with way more "oh I was more forward than I thought and slipped off the ledge"

Also having to hold the grab button to carry things as I walk is basically hell

KCF0107 posted...

his game than the 5/10 or so that I would currently rate it. I still have my Xbox hooked up, so I'm probably going to find my Pac-Man World 3 disc and play it some just to see how far they came since the first one.

I heard people say the second one is best

I've beaten both Inside and A Short Hike

Beaten
A Short Hike - KCF0107, Mauron, FakeAccount3000
Inside - FakeAccount3000

Nominated
The Wonderful 101 - KCF0107
F.I.S.T: Forged in Shadow Torch - KCF0107

I might be getting a bit tired of moody indie platformers; Short Hike on the other hand was immediately disarming and I ended up spending 3x the time needed to actually beat it despite it being a replay.

I beat Pac-Man World

StealThisSheen posted...

See, I'd have to agree to disagree on this. As a kid, I typically said "Yardovich," because adding the vowel in between made it sound funny and tougher to say, for me. Thus, since I already said "Yardovich," "Speardovich" just rolls off the tongue, for me.

That's fair tho I still dislike it.

Ricemills posted...

Yari from Yaridovich literally means spear.

So it just went from a dumb you don't know into a dumb you know.

Some things just sound better with different letters

Yari ending with the vowel i going into "dovich" sounds better than the r from spear making it a "rdovich" consonant blend.

DeathVelvien posted...

"Speardovich" is an enormous downgrade of a name

yas

The second world boss really did seem rather overclocked.

Playing Inside.

Prestoff posted...

While I don't care about the show, I empathize when I read it ended on a cliffhanger.

This. That sucks, I know the feeling.

Just For Fun Standings
Seanchan 12
FakeAccount3000 10
Cody11533 9
KCF0107 8
Kenri 5
Mauron 5
ViolentAbacus 2
MetalMindStats 2
ctesjbuvf 2
Wicklebee 1
Suprak 1
HaRRich 1

Previous Games Played:
Alan Wake
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Cthuhlu Saves the World
F-Zero
Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve
Hatoful Boyfriend
House in Fata Morgana, The
Last of Us, The
Metroid Prime
Nier: Automata
Oxenfree
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 1
Portal
Portal 2
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Return of the Obra Dinn
Saga Frontier
Sexy Brutale, The
Stick it to the Man
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Tomb Raider (2013)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Undertale
Yoku's Island Express
Yooka-Laylee
Wolfenstein: The New Order

October's Games:
A Short Hike (LNX, MAC, NS, PC, PS4, XONE)
Inside (IOS, MAC, NS, PC, PS4, XONE)
Metroid Fusion (GBA)

What is Game of the Month Club Replay?

Game of the Month Replay is a community project based upon the Game of the Month Club. Much like the GOTM Club, it's open to all B8ers where users share, discover, play and/or discuss a bonus chosen game every month. The three games featured each month are chosen by YOU the users (and Lady Luck).

The only catch is, it must be a game that the GOTM Club has already played, so it's an opportunity to replay games you may have missed out on the first time or just want to try again.

The Basics

- Each month will usually feature three games that were chosen via a random drawing from a pool of games that users nominated
- For each of the games you beat you get a cool point on our just-for-fun standings as well as a nomination for next month's randomized drawing
- In order to receive the point and nomination, you must beat said game within the calendar month
- If you beat one of the current month's games in the previous month, you can apply for a "recently beaten waiver," but you will only receive a point and no nomination should you do so
- Drawing for next month's game is usually on the 25th
- If you periodically keep us posted on your progress and/or talk about different aspects of the games, then everyone will think you are super awesome!

Nomination Rules

- You get one nomination automatically each month
- You receive additional nominations each month for beating one of the featured games
- Each game you nominate has to be one that was already nominated for the GOTM Club.
- You can nominate games that have already been selected for the Replay Topic, but not the same game twice in a row.
- Each game must be a standalone game that can be acquired and played on its own (aka cannot be DLC/expansion that requires the base game)
- Nominations only carry over if you beat a featured game after the drawing for next month's game but before the end of the month
- You have 9 supports you can use throughout the year. Your only limitations are that you can't support your own nomination, and you can only use one support per game per month

Thanks to KCF0107 for giving permission for the GOTM Club Replay topic to exist. Most of the rules of the Replay Topic are the same as the GOTM club. If you're wondering what the Game of the Month Club is, here's the link to the current club; https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80296931

Games eligible for this topic; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1X8E8oqzES42W4S82j7WTfNnzNa8c3uXdSE1rnqYG7WM

Just haven't been able to game as much as I'd like, but still playing Blue Dragon. Recently got Piko Collection 3 for the Evercade and am kind of tempted to start one of those games.. which would be very distracting.

Being short and charming does make it good for replays, doesn't it? I might play it again myself.

Beaten:
Saga Frontier - Mauron
Stick it to the Man! - Seanchan
Yooka-Laylee - KCF

Nominations:

A Short Hike - Mauron, (support) KCF0107
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 - FakeAccount3000
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - KCF0107
Inside - Cody11533
Kirby Super Star - Mauron
Metroid Fusion - Cody11533
Severed - KCF0107

A Short Hike, Inside and Metroid Fusion are the games for October! Congrats to Mauron, Cody11533, and KCF0107 for getting games they nominated or supported chosen!

Extra Pointless Just-For-Fun Standings:
FakeAccount300: 4

Games Finished:
Doodle World
Flea!
Kubo 3
Deadeus

Game on hiatus:
Quest Arrest

New game: Blue Dragon (Xbox 360)

This one may take a while, I'm 3 hours in.

Right, New Game: Deadeus

Its on the same Evercade cart.

Extra Pointless Just-For-Fun Standings:
FakeAccount300: 3

Games Finished:
Doodle World
Flea!
Kubo 3

Game on hiatus:
Quest Arrest

New game: Kubo 3

From the same Evercade cart. Quest Arrest was a bit iffy so I'm paying that for the moment. Kubo 3 was also a bit iffy, but it's a cute game made by a kid that was a quick play. Tbh it was more clever than Doodle World gameplay wise despite being a pretty basic platformer with cutesy kid graphics. Though the overworld and hearts and dungeons made it a bit "Zelda lite". Extremely light, just one item to find.

But it being light, short and not too hard made it fun. Also best played on a multi cart imo.

Extra Pointless Just-For-Fun Standings:
FakeAccount300: 2

Games Played:
Doodle World
Flea!

Next game: Quest Arrest

From the same Evercade cart.

Doodle World beaten

Quick game with just four or five short worlds, a pretty easy and straightforward platformer. My initial impressions were favorable, the art that made the stages all look like doodles on a three ring binder page with lines was quite nice, and all the enemies were art supplies like pencils, thumb tacks, markers etc. At first the designs of thumb tack guys for example, to show you can't jump on their heads like spinies in Mario was a useful visual, but as the game went on it was less clear. You can jump on the scissors because they walk point down, and the dry erase marker foes drawing ends looked odd so I was unsure, but yeah you can jump on them. That was more trial and error than I liked.

You run jump and sometimes jump on enemies heads to make it to the end of a level and fight a boss; which is a big guy whose head you need to jump on three or four times. You can collect 100 little pencils for an extra life and jump into a sheet of notebook paper for a bonus screen where you can collect a lot of pencils if you don't fall into a pit (which takes you back). You can also collect a glowing piece of paper that's the equivalent of the Mario invincible star and run through everything while a special tune plays.. but this one "power" is actually a source of one of my biggest complaints. There is no real clear sign like Mario's flickering of when the invincibility wears off; the song ends too fast and you at most flicker once so fast you barely see it; hitting an enemy and dying because I wasn't aware it had run out caused me to die more than anything else in this game. Since there are no powerups, it's one hit deaths the whole game. That said, it's usually not so hard so you can jump and such at will, which is fun and all but the biggest issue is that by the end of the first stage you've basically seen everything the game has to offer.

The backgrounds change, and the enemies change, but they all have the same behavior, just walking back and forth or off ledges. It's just about if you can jump on them or not. And the platforms are all very basic jumping across ledges; there are no special platforms or even particularly clever placement until the final area that adds a bit more challenge and bullet bill like pencil sharpeners that fire pencils at you (helpfully differently looking than the ones you collect fortunately). There are no powerups of any kind, no twists. You don't even really need to run and jump until the final level and underusing the basic functions of the game makes the game an even lighter dish.

The fact the last level has basically no secret areas or nearly as many collectible pencils along with a final boss that's not much harder than the others but has to be jumped on around 15 to 20 times just screams of a game that's padding out its short run time with unwarranted challenge at the end; and when your lives hit zero there are no continues, it's back to the start.

Seeing as I got it with a bundle of indie games (and it is an indie mind) I'm going to be more generous to it; it was a fun enough way to kill an hour or so, but it's a bit too hard for small children by the end and too simple for real platformer enthusiasts. I wouldn't recommend picking it up for too much, but the controls work well enough that if it was cheap or in some kind of bundle you can still do worse.

Shame, the first impression was VERY favorable as the art is quite nice and clever.

Extra Pointless Just-For-Fun Standings:
FakeAccount300: 1

Now Playing: Doodle World

Also available in the Evercade Indie Heroes 1 Collection.

Nice, I beat it. That game was fun but got crazy hard.

If I don't choose any of the games in the other clubs or om done for the month I'll just play something and post it here.

What is FakeAccount300's Self-Absorbed Game Club 2023?

FakeAccount300's Self-Absorbed Game Club 2023 is a completely biased project introduced in a similar manner to the other Game of the Month Clubs but actually a lot different. It's actually just a topic where I list the game I'm currently playing and award myself a point for finishing it. However, you're all free to also play the game I am if you feel like and also get a point.

The Basics

- I'll choose a game and play it until I finish or get bored of it.
- For each of the games I beat I get a cool point on my extra pointless just-for-fun standings. Every game anyone else beats can get them one as well if they really feel like going along with a topic this self-absorbed and playing what I chose.

- Any game I've selected in this topic can be beaten at any time for a point, no rush except the end of the year. And if the year ends and I'm mid game I'll add it to the next topic too so really, it's pretty easy to get a point.

- Yeah this is really just a topic to encourage me to finish some games, but I'll track any games you beat if you ever feel like playing one.

- New game to play added whenever I feel like it.

Nomination Rules

- I just choose a game and then it's the game the topic is about

- Anyone can encourage me to try a game of their choice and I may choose your suggestion, but only if I feel like it. You can suggest as many games as you like and as often as you want.

Yeah this is sort of a gag intro but I will count up beaten games for anyone here if they play the games.

Currently I'm playing Flea! Its available on the NES, Dreamcast, Steam on PC or the Indie Heroes 1 Collection on Evercade.

Current game: Flea!

Seanchan posted...

I have played a bit of Stick it to the Man.

Didn't quite realize it's very much an adventure game, with some mild 2D platforming elements. Has a pretty strong Double Fine vibe running through it.

It's a lot of fun imo

Nice setup. I have quite a lot of systems myself, but nothing nearly at fancy. Question; Do you have an Evercade VS?

Also I'd love a rundown of all those systems, I don't recognize them all.