Board 8 > Oct. B8 Game of the Month Club ft. Bully, Mega Man, Advance Wars, and Oxenfree

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October's games:
Bully (PC/iOS/Android/360/PS3/Xbox/PS2/Wii)
Mega Man 6 (PC/PS4/XB1/3DS/GC/PS2/Xbox/NES/PS)
Advance Wars (GBA)
Oxenfree (PC/Linux/iOS/Android/XB1/PS4/Switch)

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 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 can receive up to three more nominations in a month for each chosen game that you beat
- Each game you nominate has to be different from both your and other users' noms 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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Standings of Fictional Fun
KCF: 57
gameking: 49
Mr Crispy: 34
Lolo Guru: 33
ArkOfTurus: 27
KnightOfNee: 25
Arti: 21
MegamanX: 17
Fenny: 14
tazzy: 14
Robazoid: 13
Suprak the Stud: 10
profDEADPOOL: 7
Shaduln: 7
Wickle: 7
BetrayedTangy: 5
Eddv: 5
Korayashi: 5
Johnbobb: 4
trdl23: 4
scarletspeed: 3
Akira: 2
Bane of Despair: 2
JDTAY: 2
LordoftheMorons: 2
paperwarior: 2
PhantomBanon: 2
TomNook: 2
agc: 1
Azp2k32: 1
greengravy: 1
Kain66: 1
SantaRPG: 1
shadosneko: 1
SHINE: 1
Tom Bombadil: 1
Wiki: 1
windfish: 1

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

Additional noms this month
Fenny - 1
scarlet - 1
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For just over 18 hours remaining, you can nab a Steam key of Oxenfree plus five other games for just under $8 on Humble

https://www.humblebundle.com/very-positive-bundle-2
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Lolo, I have you down as having beaten MM6. Coincidentally, KCF has beaten Mega Man 6 too. I decided to knock that out this afternoon.
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Definitely doing my own nom in Advance Wars... And of course, I'll... start with the other nom I was going with last month of

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team
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I realize now that I had just enough space to add "6" to Mega Man in the title. Oh well
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Nominate: Super Mario Odyssey

I'm going to be playing it in November whether it gets chosen or not so might as well.
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Bully on ps4 too!
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I just finished up The Walking Dead season 1 tonight, so it seems like a good time to switch over to Bully, since they're both on the 360.
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Advance Wars is on the Wii U VC as well
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KCF0107 posted...

For just over 18 hours remaining, you can nab a Steam key of Oxenfree plus five other games for just under $8 on Humble

https://www.humblebundle.com/very-positive-bundle-2

Picked up the bundle.

Starting with Bully, however. Really want to knock out the Scholarship Edition at 100% first. Got through the first Chapter and pulled a ton of the collectibles (all tombstones, all pumpkins, 20 rubber bands, 5 or 6 G&G cards).
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I'll start Advance Wars this weekend. I'll nominate Cloudbuilt again. Still need to think about my other nom.
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Cloudbuilt has to be the most-nominated game at this point, and you left for over a year.
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What can I say, I'm dedicated to obscure Steam games I know very little of. The gameplay and art style do look interesting.
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scarletspeed7 posted...

Starting with Bully, however. Really want to knock out the Scholarship Edition at 100% first. Got through the first Chapter and pulled a ton of the collectibles (all tombstones, all pumpkins, 20 rubber bands, 5 or 6 G&G cards).

Whoa, that's a lot of collectibles. I have 1 rubber band so far.

I'm probably not aiming to get everything though. I'll find them as I come across them, when I feel like exploring.
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Started Advance Wars today, and finished Field Training (I wanted that gold bar, ahaha~)
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Yesterday I progressed none of the main story and mostly did side jobs in Bully. Collected more items and really just wasted a few hours on things like the paper routes.
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FYI Nee, nothing for 100% completion is missable in the game, so you can go through the game however you want and leave the rest for post-game.

The only thing that I know is truly missable is a mission during the fall, but it doesn't affect completion percentage.
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I have about 4% completion right now, mostly just going to classes and wandering around.

There are some things in here that immediately remind me this is a Rockstar game, like some of the random passing insults and the way kissing girls works.
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Will probably knock out Advance Wars or Bully over the weekend, though I could be underestimating their lengths even though I have gone through them before.
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Into Chapter 3. Finding collectibles is so much easier with Geography 2 and 3 completed though!
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are there any good guides for ac tfb?

because eh maybe I could pick up my save file and finally finish it off.
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I can't decipher your acronym(s)
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Bumpers
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Advance Campaign The Final Battle.
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What is that?
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Finished the main story mode of Bully; still have a batch of little side things to do so I can round out that 100%.
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KCF0107 posted...

What is that?

the final map in advance wars, on hard mode

depends on who you got helping you
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Mega Man 6 clear.
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tag
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Started AW. Finished the field training.
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I played a little more Bully. I got through Halloween, finding all the tombstones and pumpkins. It helped to notice that there was no timer for some of it, so I could run around and get some collectibles during that.
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Well, I started Advance Wars again last night. I am so used to Dual Strike, that I had to re-adjust to the basics.
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bump
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Fenny has beaten Advance Wars. Ended up with 731 points and Rank B. Apparently I missed the Sonya missions and the bonus Eagle mission.
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Bully 100% complete.

Man, screw the Carnival games.
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I have beaten the game three times, including twice at 100%, and I am honestly coming up blank when you said carnival games
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The shooting one in particular. The only one you can consistently earn tickets on.
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I am so behind this month. I will definitely do Oxenfree, and I should be able to do one of Bully/Advance Wars before the drawing deadline, but to do both will probably take me to the end of the month.
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bump
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Mega Man 6 complete!

Had more fun with these bosses than with Mega Man 5, personally. Still, Mega Man games are always a blast. Relatively short, but enjoyable nonetheless.
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I don't know why I haven't started any of the other games this month... slacking even worse than KCF.
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Don't think any of this is required to just beat the game, but I went and did all the go kart races and got high scores on all the arcade games in Bully.

The one Sumo game, I showed up earlier in the day to start it, and it was past curfew when I left the park, whoops. And of course they always have a policeman stationed right at the exit, so I nearly got caught.
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I plan to get more Advance Wars and Oxenfree done today and hopefully both done by tomorrow.

I'm on Mission 9 in Advance Wars, and I basically haven't started Oxenfree, but I heard that takes 4-5 hours to beat.
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The carnival games are pretty dumb. I did play the shooting one a bunch and got a lot of the gift shop item though.

Also, every class except Shop and Photography are completed. I should probably get moving on the story some more, as I'm still on chapter 2.

I also managed to clip my way through the carnival gates using the bike, which would be cool if it was more than $1 to get in, and you couldn't jump over the gates as well.
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Oxenfree is that short? That's a relief. I was afraid Advance Wars would be the last I could get done this month.
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https://howlongtobeat.com/ is a good resource if your curious how long a game may take you
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I am totally not beating Oxenfree today unless I do it late at night.
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I have slightly above a 60% game completion rate in Bully at the halfway point of the month, so I think I'm on good pace with this one.
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Monthly Progress
Bully - scarlet
MM6 - Lolo, KCF, paper, scarlet
Advance Wars - Fenny
Oxenfree -

Nominations
Fenny - Cloudbuilt
Lolo - Super Mario Odyssey
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