Board 8 > Dec. Game of the Month Club ft. Guacamelee 2, Cloudbuilt, Batman, and Metroid

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MegamanX
12/10/19 2:59:47 AM
#51:


I'm changing my Digimon pick to Action Henk


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TheArkOfTurus
12/11/19 2:08:39 PM
#52:


Accidentally started another playthrough of Arcanum, and now that's all I feel like playing. Oops. I also have Code Vein coming in the mail, so I'm not sure if I'll get around to finishing Guacamelee 2 and Arkham Asylum after all (I'm two hours into the former, one into the latter.)

This is the third time I've tried playing Arkham Asylum, and the third time I've quickly found an excuse to play something else. I don't know why it keeps happening, it certainly doesn't seem to be a bad game, and I've enjoyed the combat in other games that have copied the style, but I can never seem to stick with it.


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KCF0107
12/12/19 7:40:00 PM
#53:


I never said this, but I suppose if voting for a birthday game matchup is tied by the time I draw, then I will have it be birthday person's choice.

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Cody11533
12/12/19 7:49:49 PM
#54:


So I could vote on your matchup, but would only be a tiebreaker for my own?
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KCF0107
12/12/19 7:55:19 PM
#55:


Yeah. I don't want the birthday person to vote on their own matchup because it might influence others to vote along with your choice to adhere to your "birthday wishes." I suppose a user could take advantage of that and nominate like Pokemon Sword/Shield and Superman 64 (I could be wrong and the users would vote for the joke/bad option), but I trust people to not be like that.

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gameking1230438
12/12/19 8:50:29 PM
#56:


I should beat Arkham Asylum this weekend. I'm right at the end. Been having a good time replaying this and have also gotten kind of addicted to getting all the Riddler trophies.

Just got the gravity suit in Super Metroid the other day too.

For my two noms I have, I'll go with Thumper and Super Castlevania IV.

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gameking1230438
12/12/19 9:00:30 PM
#57:


Oh yeah! Birthday games.

Spider-Man
Omensight

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KCF0107
12/12/19 9:51:33 PM
#58:


Monthly Progress
Guacamelee 2 -
Cloudbuilt - Ark, KCF
Batman - KCF
Super Metroid - Ark, Crispy

Nominations
gameking - Thumper, Super Castlevania IV
KCF - Mages of Mystralia, Slime Rancher, AER: MoO, Song of the Deep
MMX - Digimon Cyber Sleuth, Hey Pikmin

Cody Game Voting
RE2 - Paul, MMX
Spider-Man - MZero, Ark, gameking

KCF Game Voting
ECHO - Paul
Omensight - MMX, MZero, Ark, gameking

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KCF0107
12/13/19 12:14:20 AM
#59:


Correction, Action Henk instead of Digimon for MMX

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KCF0107
12/13/19 3:57:35 AM
#60:


Monthly Progress
Guacamelee 2 -
Cloudbuilt - Ark, KCF
Batman - KCF
Super Metroid - Ark, Crispy

Nominations
gameking - Thumper, Super Castlevania IV
KCF - Mages of Mystralia, Slime Rancher, AER: MoO, Song of the Deep
MMX - Action Henk, Hey Pikmin

Cody Game Voting
RE2 - Paul, MMX
Spider-Man - MZero, Ark, gameking

KCF Game Voting
ECHO - Paul
Omensight - MMX, MZero, Ark, gameking

Just to be safe and make sure I didn't forget again

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gameking1230438
12/15/19 12:02:51 PM
#61:


Gameking has beaten Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Had a good time going back to this. I really like how compact this game is compared to Arkham City. The metroidvania progression is great, and the Riddler trophies are so much less frustrating than in the sequel.

However, I prefer the combat in Arkham City so much more and I had a tougher time pulling off large combos with the more limited abilities in this game. The bosses also are pretty bad and mostly amount to waiting around until you can attack, fighting off waves of enemies, and repeating that several times. These got really frustrating playing through on hard mode.

Anyway, I also started playing Guacamelee 2 and my next nomination goes to Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

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KCF0107
12/15/19 6:53:54 PM
#62:


Guacamelee 2 is $5 on GOG

https://www.gog.com/game/guacamelee_2

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Great_Paul
12/16/19 2:58:13 AM
#63:


Nominate Crash Bandicoot 2: The Wrath of Cortex

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KCF0107
12/17/19 1:45:14 PM
#64:


I thought that I would check in again @Lolo_Guru since you requested to wait until you were more available. Again there is no rush as I don't care if we beat it before Christmas or not. We can even wait until after to start if need be.

With the exception of tomorrow, I am available any weekday, up to Christmas Eve, in afternoon/evening until 8-ish PM PT. I will probably be available nearly all this weekend as well.

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Suprak the Stud
12/17/19 3:16:12 PM
#65:


I have next Monday booked as an all day Super Metroid marathon day. I've actually never played the game before so I'm pretty excited.

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Great_Paul
12/17/19 3:27:41 PM
#66:


Suprak the Stud posted...
I have next Monday booked as an all day Super Metroid marathon day. I've actually never played the game before so I'm pretty excited.

I've never played it before either so I'm hoping to do the same sometime during the Christmas break.

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TheArkOfTurus
12/17/19 10:34:26 PM
#67:


ArkOfTurus has beaten Guacamelee 2

Well... It's more Guacamelee. Still fun (although some of the challenges you have to beat for the true ending left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I tend to like difficult 2d platformers, but Guacamelee 2's challenge platforming sections weren't great,) but not really much new to talk about.

I'm still not sure whether I'll get to Arkham Asylum or not. Still only played about 90 minutes of it, but maybe it'll hook me at some point. Honestly, though, four nominations already seems a bit excessive. I'd like to wait until after the drawing to beat it, regardless.

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Mac Arrowny
12/18/19 12:51:18 AM
#68:


KCF0107 posted...
I think that I may try out ranked and rush mode, then I will call it quits for the month.


If Rush mode is the one where you're super fast it's a lot of fun.
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KCF0107
12/18/19 2:24:45 PM
#69:


Drawing probably day after Christmas

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Suprak the Stud
12/19/19 1:44:14 AM
#70:


I should have Super Metroid done by the 26th but just in case I'll just nominate Baba is You for now.

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KCF0107
12/19/19 2:36:56 AM
#71:


Monthly Progress
Guacamelee 2 - Ark
Cloudbuilt - Ark, KCF
Batman - KCF, gameking
Super Metroid - Ark, Crispy

Nominations
gameking - Thumper, Super Castlevania IV, Life is Strange: Before the Storm
KCF - Mages of Mystralia, Slime Rancher, AER: MoO, Song of the Deep
MMX - Action Henk, Hey Pikmin
Paul - Crash Bandicoot 2
Suprak - Baba is You

Cody Game Voting
RE2 - Paul, MMX
Spider-Man - MZero, Ark, gameking

KCF Game Voting
ECHO - Paul
Omensight - MMX, MZero, Ark, gameking

Drawing the 26th?

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KCF0107
12/20/19 5:34:43 AM
#72:


https://store.steampowered.com/app/35140/Batman_Arkham_Asylum_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/534550/Guacamelee_2/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/262390/Cloudbuilt/

These are all available on Steam through winter sale for $5 USD. Do take note that this is the original Cloudbuilt version and not the Super renake/remaster.

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TheArkOfTurus
12/21/19 11:43:38 AM
#73:


Nominate Superhot, Titanfall 2, Hyper Light Drifter, and Grimm's Hollow

Superhot is free on the Epic Game Store right now. Might change my noms depending on what else they give away.

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KCF0107
12/22/19 2:39:18 AM
#74:


I tried ranked mode in Super Cloudbuilt. I got a B in the one level I felt I had the best chance at doing well. I was going to try rush mode, but it made it sound like I had to do several levels in one go, so I am holding off on doing that.

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KCF0107
12/22/19 10:26:45 PM
#75:


Monthly Progress
Guacamelee 2 - Ark
Cloudbuilt - Ark, KCF
Batman - KCF, gameking
Super Metroid - Ark, Crispy

Nominations
Ark -Superhot, Titanfall 2, Hyper Light Drifter, Grimm's Hollow
gameking - Thumper, Super Castlevania IV, Life is Strange: Before the Storm
KCF - Mages of Mystralia, Slime Rancher, AER: MoO, Song of the Deep
MMX - Action Henk, Hey Pikmin
Paul - Crash Bandicoot 2
Suprak - Baba is You

Cody Game Voting
RE2 - Paul, MMX
Spider-Man - MZero, Ark, gameking

KCF Game Voting
ECHO - Paul
Omensight - MMX, MZero, Ark, gameking

Drawing the 26th?

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TheArkOfTurus
12/23/19 11:27:40 AM
#76:


Change Titanfall 2 to Ape Out

Because it's also free, and because I realized I probably won't have PS+ next month. Whoops.

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Suprak the Stud
12/23/19 7:29:27 PM
#77:


Started playing Super Metroid! Im really enjoying it so far. It does almost everything that I love about Metroidvania titles, which is amazing since it came so far before the rest. Only two minor complaints so far. First, it really could use a fast travel system. Second, the jumping seems...off to me? A bit gummy I guess, and it just isnt fluid.

I happen to be playing Shantae Half Genie Hero at the same time, and this is really demonstrating the difference between a great Metroidvania and an ok Metroidvania.

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KCF0107
12/23/19 7:35:23 PM
#78:


Yeah, Half-Genie Hero was disappointing to me after Risky's Revenge and Pirate's Curse ended up being very good. A change in art style sapped it of not only its charm but was unable to hide the series' vanilla level design because of it. Level design might be the area that WayForward is weakest at

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KCF0107
12/25/19 10:50:41 AM
#79:


Drawing tomorrow

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Mr Crispy
12/25/19 10:52:29 AM
#80:


before I forget, Nominate Murasaki and Crystalis
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Cody11533
12/25/19 5:12:53 PM
#81:


I started Super Metroid this past weekend, made it to the part where it opens back up to her ship. Not a huge Metroidvania fan, but this game is fantastic. I'm surprised at how much fun it is to just play, I can see why this game is a classic in speedrunning. Comparing this to the original Metroid puts the NES game to shame.

I will nominate Her Story and Tacoma.

KCF Vote: Omensight, although both look interesting and have been added to my Steam list.
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KCF0107
12/26/19 1:10:48 AM
#82:


Monthly Progress
Guacamelee 2 - Ark
Cloudbuilt - Ark, KCF
Batman - KCF, gameking
Super Metroid - Ark, Crispy

Nominations
Ark -Superhot, Ape Out, Hyper Light Drifter, Grimm's Hollow
Cody - Her Story, Tacoma
Crispy - Muraski, Crystalis
gameking - Thumper, Super Castlevania IV, Life is Strange: Before the Storm
KCF - Mages of Mystralia, Slime Rancher, AER: MoO, Song of the Deep
MMX - Action Henk, Hey Pikmin
Paul - Crash Bandicoot 2
Suprak - Baba is You

Cody Game Voting
RE2 - Paul, MMX
Spider-Man - MZero, Ark, gameking

KCF Game Voting
ECHO - Paul
Omensight - MMX, MZero, Ark, gameking, Cody

Drawing hopefully in about 10-12 hours.

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Lolo_Guru
12/26/19 1:26:58 AM
#83:


Kcf, after work tomorrow morning and through to the end of Sunday is when I will have guacamelee 2 time.

I'm going to nominate Ring Fit Adventure. :O
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KCF0107
12/26/19 1:37:15 AM
#84:


I assume by tomorrow, you mean Thursday since you are Pacific Time. If you have an exact time in mind, I should be able to make it. Also, I believe that I heard you got a new gaming laptop/desktop? If so, I think you should definitely host as I would just be using a customized but certainly not gaming laptop, and I think that there would be fewer issues if the host has the superior device. Furthermore, I think Steam overhauled its chat function, so I would like to try using their voice chat instead of going straight to Discord chat.

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gameking1230438
12/26/19 10:43:58 AM
#85:


I beat Guacamelee 2.

I liked the first game and this was just more of that with a bit more polish. That's okay when the game is as fun as it is.

I should beat Super Metroid by today or tomorrow so my last nom will go to Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.

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Underleveled
12/26/19 10:51:37 AM
#86:


Nominate The Last Story

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KCF0107
12/26/19 12:44:50 PM
#87:


Nominations and changes are now closed. I will draw soon

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KCF0107
12/26/19 12:58:33 PM
#88:


And your January Games of the Month are...

AER: Memories of Old (PC/XB1/PS4)
SUPERHOT (PC/XB1/PS4/Switch/Oculus Rift)

As a result of the birthday voting, these games will also be featured:

Marvel's Spider-Man (PS4)
Omensight (PC/XB1/PS4/Switch)

Congrats to myself and Ark for having our games selected, and to Cody and myself for having January birthdays!

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KCF0107
12/26/19 1:02:54 PM
#89:


  1. AER: Memories of Old
  2. SUPERHOT
  3. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
  4. Crash Bandicoot 2
  5. Hyper Light Drifter
  6. Action Henk
  7. Tacoma
  8. Mages of Mystralia
  9. Song of the Deep
  10. Baba is You
  11. Slime Rancher
  12. Crystalis
  13. The Last Story
  14. Her Story
  15. Murasaki
  16. Ape Out
  17. Hey Pikmin
  18. Ring Fit Adventure
  19. Thumper
  20. Life is Strange: Before the Storm
  21. Grimm's Hollow
  22. Super Castlevania IV



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WickIebee
12/26/19 1:03:11 PM
#90:


Hopefully in 2020 I'll be back to this.

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KCF0107
12/26/19 1:10:12 PM
#91:


AER is $3 USD for PC via Steam or GOG
https://store.steampowered.com/app/331870/AER_Memories_of_Old/
https://www.gog.com/game/aer

SUPERHOT is $10 USD on Steam and GOG
https://store.steampowered.com/app/322500/SUPERHOT/
https://www.gog.com/game/superhot

SUPERHOT is $10 USD for PS4 and $16.75 USD for PSVR
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2613-CUSA09030_00-USSUPERHOTGAME00
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2613-CUSA09143_00-USSUPERHOTVRGAME

SUPERHOT is also available on Game Pass for PC and XB1

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TheArkOfTurus
12/26/19 1:13:32 PM
#92:


I'll probably try everything this month. Hadn't actually heard of AER before, but at $3 it seems like it's at least worth a shot.

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KCF0107
12/26/19 1:20:03 PM
#93:


Marvel's Spider-Man: GotY Edition is available for PS4 for $20 USD
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP9000-CUSA02299_00-MARVELSSMGOTY000

Omensight is available for $10 USD on Steam and GOG
https://store.steampowered.com/app/455820/Omensight_Definitive_Edition/
https://www.gog.com/game/omensight

A bundle with Omensight and Stories: The Path of Destinies is available for $7.50 USD for XB1 if you are a Gold subscriber (which is included in Game Pass Ultimate)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/stories-the-path-of-destinies-omensight-bundle/9p9b1b8f89r6?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

Omensight is also part of a Humble Bundle for $30USD that includes a bunch of games and stuff where all the proceeds go to a charity or charities of your choosing
https://www.humblebundle.com/yogscast/yogscast-jingle-jam-2019

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KCF0107
12/26/19 1:22:37 PM
#94:


TheArkOfTurus posted...
I'll probably try everything this month. Hadn't actually heard of AER before, but at $3 it seems like it's at least worth a shot.
It's one of my favorite games from 2017. It was in a Humble Bundle in 2018 I think, and I loved it so much that I bought it for XB1 and PS4 to support the developer. I was devastated when the company ended up folding earlier this year.

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Suprak the Stud
12/26/19 4:30:51 PM
#95:


I didnt care for AER but Ill probably replay it since its so short. Superhot is also a possibility since Ive wanted to play that in VR for a while!

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KCF0107
12/26/19 4:44:24 PM
#96:


I knew that I forgot something.

SUPERHOT VR is $17 USD on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/617830/SUPERHOT_VR/


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KCF0107
12/27/19 2:20:16 PM
#97:


@Lolo_Guru I found out that I will be out of town for most of tomorrow, so I think that we need to call off our co-op plans and just be on our own. It is unfortunate that our schedules couldn't align this month.

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Lolo_Guru
12/28/19 12:18:57 PM
#98:


Ok, I might still try out the steam play together with my brother, if I get the chance, but yeah, it's disappointing.

That said, I'm sure there'll be another chance for co-op, even if it ain't in 2019!

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Cody11533
12/28/19 10:43:41 PM
#99:


Cody has beaten Super Metroid.

That was a great game, probably my favorite one that I played for the first time from GotM.

Next month I will be prioritizing Spider-Man > Omensight > SUPERHOT, in that order.
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Great_Paul
12/29/19 6:31:20 PM
#100:


Starting Super Metroid. I should be able to beat it in time.

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