Board 8 > February Game of the Month Club ft. Tacoma, Crystalis, and OneShot

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KCF0107
02/01/20 6:29:21 PM
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Februarys Games:
Tacoma (PC/XB1/PS4)
Crystalis (PC/XB1/PS4/NES/Switch/GBC)
OneShot (PC)

What is Game of the Month Club?
Game of the Month is a community project open to all B8ers where users share, discover, play and/or discuss a select few games every month. The games featured each month are chosen by YOU the users (and Lady Luck)

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 game 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 games is usually around a week before the end of the month
- 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 every chosen game that you beat
- Each game you nominate has to be unique from all other nominations and cannot include a game that has already been selected for GotM
- 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 chosen game after the drawing for next month's games but before the end of the month
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KCF0107
02/01/20 6:30:59 PM
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Just-for-Fun Standings (among those who beat a game in 2017 or later)
KCF: 103
gameking: 97
Mr Crispy: 61
ArkOfTurus: 59
Lolo Guru: 59
KnightOfNee: 35
Cody: 26
Arti: 23
scarletspeed: 23
MegamanX: 22
Fenny: 15
Robazoid: 13
Wickle: 13
Suprak the Stud: 12
Shonen Bat: 10
profDEADPOOL: 8
Wigs: 8
Shaduln: 7
UndeadUnicorn: 7
darkx: 6
GreatPaul: 6
Johnbobb: 6
MZero: 6
BetrayedTangy: 5
MrSmartGuy: 5
paperwarior: 5
LordoftheMorons: 4
Bane: 3
Cavedweller: 2
FakeAccount: 2
KommunistKoala: 2
PrinceReva: 2
Waluigi1: 2
azuarc: 1
captaincanadian: 1
Harrich: 1
Kain66: 1
Not Dave: 1
Peace Frog: 1
SantaRPG: 1
SBell: 1
Steiner: 1
Tom Bombadil: 1
VintageGin: 1
Wiki: 1

Spreadsheet with history
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X8E8oqzES42W4S82j7WTfNnzNa8c3uXdSE1rnqYG7WM/edit?usp=sharing

Additional noms this month
Cody - 1
FakeAccount - 1
KCF - 1
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KCF0107
02/01/20 6:34:36 PM
#3:


And we have our second birthday game voting of the year. To celebrate MZero's birthday in March, he has put forth these two games for everyone to decide on:

Super Mario RPG (SNES/Wii/Wii U)

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Trials of Mana (SNES/Switch/PS4)

Just like the voting in December, go ahead and vote publicly in this topic, and you are free to rescind/change your vote up until the drawing.
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KCF0107
02/01/20 6:35:10 PM
#4:


And finally, Tacoma is available for Game Pass PC and XB1
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TheArkOfTurus
02/01/20 6:38:36 PM
#5:


Super Mario RPG

I've nominated Trials of Mana before, but I've tried it since, and just couldn't get into it. It's been awhile since I've replayed SMRPG, so why not?

Anyway, I bought OneShot. Will check that out sooner or later.

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KCF0107
02/01/20 6:41:00 PM
#6:


Well, maybe not finally. I am going to go ahead and kick off my nominations. I see stealth is an underrepresented genre in our history, so I'm going to nominate to kick things off:

Aragami
Hitman (2016)

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Great_Paul
02/01/20 6:41:16 PM
#7:


votes super mario rpg

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MegamanX
02/01/20 8:58:29 PM
#8:


I know it was last month but I beat AER woo, I didn't really like it. The flying was neat and unexpected. The dungeons were boring

Man trials of mana is unfortunate with the remake in april

votes mario rpg


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Mr Crispy
02/01/20 9:14:42 PM
#9:


tagging.

also I vote for Seiken Densetsu 3/Trials. if only to hopefully motivate me to finish it at some point. >_>
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KCF0107
02/01/20 10:46:54 PM
#11:


MegamanX posted...
I know it was last month but I beat AER woo, I didn't really like it.

:(
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MegamanX
02/01/20 10:54:19 PM
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KCF0107 posted...
:(

The graphics were great but I just couldn't get into the story. I liked the aspect of the ...three villagers telling you info to move on....except you just can fly in that direction anyway and still find where to go. the temples were just so slow with easy puzzles and tons of endless walking. I also glitched temple 2 and was stuck in my bird form which is supposed to be disabled. I had to restart the game for that to fix. This was a game that needed a combat system or anything to make it more engaging

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NFUN
02/01/20 11:07:22 PM
#13:


oneshot good play oneshot if there's a chance you'd actually like it

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MZero11
02/02/20 2:00:04 AM
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MegamanX posted...
Man trials of mana is unfortunate with the remake in april

...somehow I forgot that was a thing!

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KCF0107
02/02/20 8:48:28 PM
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My Nintendo Online trial runs out on the 7th, so I will try and get through Crystalis by then (as well as give me an excuse to go through Super Mario World, Kirby Super Star, and A Link to the Past again).
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TheArkOfTurus
02/02/20 10:29:33 PM
#16:


Played some OneShot. Made it to the third area. Seems very promising.

I don't appreciate it deleting my desktop wallpaper, though.

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TheArkOfTurus
02/03/20 9:20:11 PM
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ArkOfTurus has beaten OneShot including the second shot.

Really neat game. I don't know if I would have enjoyed it as much if I had played before the added content, though, I'm a little surprised to see that wasn't always there. One of the cooler games I never would have played without this topic series, though, very glad I did.

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Cody11533
02/03/20 9:30:00 PM
#18:


Tag, in for Tacoma this month.

I'll vote for Super Mario RPG.
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Lolo_Guru
02/03/20 9:32:04 PM
#19:


Had a few false starts on Crystalis.

(game overs where I forgot to save)

But I feel confident I'll remember to save more often now!

Kinda annoyed by all the enemies that the sword of wind doesn't work on in that cave you get the thing that makes your sword shot go to level 2.

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Mr Crispy
02/04/20 2:17:56 AM
#20:


well, it's an older action rpg, it may just be a stat thing, your stats might just be too low to damage them.

though, I think the mushrooms and the flying insects in the poison forest you can't actually hurt without getting the fire sword.

anyway, I just beat the nausicaa ripoff and got the fire orb.
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KCF0107
02/04/20 2:23:46 AM
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I started Crystalis earlier today. The people kept talking about a windmill. I wandered a little while until I found the windmill. It was one room, and I flailed around before coming to the conclusion that there's nothing I can interact with there.

I will give it a second shot, but with the combat kind of shitty (terrible hitboxes/poor attack ranges and running-and-swinging ALWAYS results in getting yourself damaged), I'm not liking my chances of sticking with it.
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Lolo_Guru
02/04/20 2:24:43 PM
#22:


As far as I can tell after playing Crystalis some more, it's basically required to level up as part of the progression.

But yeah, I nearly always use the charge shot when attacking rather than closing and swinging

Anyway, made it to second town. Boss of the end of the windmill cave was a rough fight.
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KCF0107
02/05/20 2:15:44 AM
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I am officially done with Crystalis. I made it through one boss before deciding it wasn't worth continuing. I will hopefully start OneShot within the next week. I might as well use the rest of my Nintendo Online trial for another excuse to go through Super Mario World and Kirby Super Star.
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paperwarior
02/07/20 4:35:40 PM
#24:


Crystalis complete. All in all I thought it was pretty good.

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Lolo_Guru
02/07/20 5:35:15 PM
#25:


Got the tornado bracelet and the teleport spell last time I played Crystalis.
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paperwarior
02/07/20 11:23:58 PM
#26:


A word of advice: Unequip bracelets to have level 2 charge as the max again.

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TheArkOfTurus
02/07/20 11:28:51 PM
#27:


Nominate Hyper Light Drifter and Kentucky Route Zero

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KCF0107
02/10/20 5:03:39 AM
#28:


Monthly Progress
Tacoma -
Crystalis - paper
OneShot - Ark

Nominations
Ark - Hyper Light Drifter, Kentucky Route Zero
KCF - Aragami, Hitman (2016)
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FakeAccount3000
02/12/20 3:53:17 PM
#29:


Nominate Super Mario Bros. (Yes, the original)

saving the other one until I think of something

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KCF0107
02/12/20 4:00:18 PM
#30:


SMB was featured last year, so you cannot nominate it. Well, I guess you can, but it won't be entered in the drawing. Lost Levels is still eligible though.
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FakeAccount3000
02/12/20 4:02:04 PM
#31:


How about Super Mario Bros. 3 then?

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KCF0107
02/12/20 4:29:58 PM
#32:


Super Mario Bros + 2 + 3 have all been done before. In the OP, there is a link to a spreadsheet that has a tab solely dedicated to listing all games that have been done before. Each column represents a different starting letter for game title (games beginning with "The" or "A" are listed under the first letter of their second word) and within each column, games should be in alphabetical order.

This project has been going on for over five years, and we've done close to 200 games.
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FakeAccount3000
02/12/20 6:15:03 PM
#33:


KCF0107 posted...
And we have our second birthday game voting of the year. To celebrate MZero's birthday in March, he has put forth these two games for everyone to decide on:

Super Mario RPG (SNES/Wii/Wii U)

vs

Trials of Mana (SNES/Switch/PS4)

Just like the voting in December, go ahead and vote publicly in this topic, and you are free to rescind/change your vote up until the drawing.
Do I get some sort of bonus if its my birthday?


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KCF0107
02/12/20 6:27:08 PM
#34:


If you wish to sign up for that "promotional event" all you have to do is PM me your birthday month.
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KCF0107
02/12/20 7:09:52 PM
#35:


That reminds me that I forgot to add the current voting results in my status update

Monthly Progress
Tacoma -
Crystalis - paper
OneShot - Ark

Nominations
Ark - Hyper Light Drifter, Kentucky Route Zero
KCF - Aragami, Hitman (2016)

MZero Voting
SMRPG - Paul, Ark, MMX, Cody
Mana - Crispy
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KCF0107
02/16/20 7:33:32 AM
#36:


Okay, I will for sure begin OneShot today.
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KCF0107
02/16/20 4:06:09 PM
#37:


"Emergency" Voting

It is FakeAccounts birthday tomorrow, but it is obviously too late to include it for this month. They chose March among the available months, prompting me to do the vote now. I apologize for the hastiness.

Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (PC/iOS/WII/DS/PS2/PSP/NES/plenty of obscure systems)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/223810/Ys_I__II_Chronicles/

vs

Mercenaries Saga: Will of the White Lions (???/Switch)
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/mercenaries-saga-chronicles-switch/

Ys is the first game in a long line of action-RPGs

Mercenaries Saga is a tactical RPG in the same vein as Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics. The product page in the link above says it was available on consoles for the first time with the Switch, but I cannot find what it came out on prior.
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TheArkOfTurus
02/16/20 4:14:32 PM
#38:


Mercenaries Saga

I could go for a new SRPG.

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NFUN
02/16/20 4:21:22 PM
#39:


Ys

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FakeAccount3000
02/16/20 8:53:31 PM
#40:


KCF0107 posted...
"Emergency" Voting

It is FakeAccounts birthday tomorrow, but it is obviously too late to include it for this month. They chose March among the available months, prompting me to do the vote now. I apologize for the hastiness.

Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (PC/iOS/WII/DS/PS2/PSP/NES/plenty of obscure systems)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/223810/Ys_I__II_Chronicles/

vs

Mercenaries Saga: Will of the White Lions (???/Switch)
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/mercenaries-saga-chronicles-switch/

Ys is the first game in a long line of action-RPGs

Mercenaries Saga is a tactical RPG in the same vein as Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics. The product page in the link above says it was available on consoles for the first time with the Switch, but I cannot find what it came out on prior.

Thanks again for letting me participate even though I was so late; I was prepared to have to wait until next year.

btw; I read in a review Mercenaries Saga was on 3ds prior to the Switch, but havent confirmed it.

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KCF0107
02/16/20 8:55:44 PM
#41:


I do a different special theme each year. Birthday is this years, so it wouldn't have happened next year, if I am still running this.
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KCF0107
02/17/20 2:49:47 PM
#42:


https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/killer-bundle-12?v=2232

Crystalis, as part of the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, is part of a bundle for Steam via Fanatical for $4.
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Great_Paul
02/17/20 2:57:16 PM
#43:


Nominate Lost Kingdoms II

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KCF0107
02/17/20 10:25:23 PM
#44:


Monthly Progress
Tacoma -
Crystalis - paper
OneShot - Ark

Nominations
Ark - Hyper Light Drifter, Kentucky Route Zero
KCF - Aragami, Hitman (2016)
Paul - Lost Kingdoms II

MZero Voting
SMRPG - Paul, Ark, MMX, Cody
Mana - Crispy

Fake Voting
Ys - NFUN
Mercenaries - Ark

Drawing in about a week
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Lolo_Guru
02/18/20 1:24:05 AM
#45:


k, I'm voting Trials of Mana, but would be happy with SMRPG anyway.

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MZero11
02/18/20 11:26:19 PM
#46:


I vote for Ys

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FakeAccount3000
02/18/20 11:36:56 PM
#47:


If I also get a normal nomination its Lego Harry Potter year 1-4.

As for the MZero one Im not really going to do either this month sorry, so whichever is fine.

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MegamanX
02/18/20 11:42:28 PM
#48:


I'm gonna nominate Sonic Adventure

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MegamanX
02/18/20 11:43:20 PM
#49:


Also voting Ys

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KCF0107
02/19/20 12:10:51 AM
#50:


FakeAccount3000 posted...
If I also get a normal nomination

You have two
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FakeAccount3000
02/19/20 11:14:50 PM
#51:


KCF0107 posted...
You have two
Oh wow, I better go check the list again ha ha, thanks.

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