Board 8 > January Game of the Month Club ft. AER, SUPERHOT, Spider-Man, and Omensight

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Monthly Progress
AER - KCF
SUPERHOT - Ark, Cody
Spider-Man - Ark
Omensight - Cody, KCF

Nominations
Ark - Gardens Between, Hyper Light Drifter, The Hex
KCF - Blossom Tales, Gato Roboto, GRIS
NFUN - OneShot
Paul - Lost Kingdoms II, Silver Case

Drawing maybe Saturday, if not Sunday
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Oh hey Ive been playing Spider-Man this month, sign me up! I even just started this month. Hopefully it counts even though I didnt notice this before?

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FakeAccount3000 posted...

Oh hey Ive been playing Spider-Man this month, sign me up! I even just started this month. Hopefully it counts even though I didnt notice this before?

Yep, sure, it's open to whoever whenever. Feel free to nominate a game (or two if you beat Spider-Man before the deadline,) too.

I restarted Omensight, and made it to Ratika's stage. Decided to take a break, checked when the game manually save, and read a dev post saying it saves after phases. It did not. Looking at a playthrough, I was almost done the level. I feel that this game hates me on a deeply personal level.

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Yeah, there is no signing up or anything. All users are free to participate through playing games, discussing games, and/or nominating games at their personal convenience and desire (also assuming that nominations follow the rules).

While it is most desirable that one starts and finishes a particular game in the calendar month, which is what you said is the case, the only requirement to get full credit (aka both a fake point and a nomination for the drawing) is to beat one of the games during the month.
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TheArkOfTurus posted...

I restarted Omensight, and made it to Ratika's stage. Decided to take a break, checked when the game manually save, and read a dev post saying it saves after phases. It did not. Looking at a playthrough, I was almost done the level. I feel that this game hates me on a deeply personal level.

Yeah, in Stories: The Path of Destinies, the game did not save story progress during runs, so when I played Omensight, I made sure to only quit when I came back to the tree. That being said, XP and uh, I already forget the "currency" in the game should be saved even if you quit in the middle of a day. That goes for cumulative stat-based achievements, if that is your sort of thing.
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I am 69% (nice) done with Spider-Man. I am loving this game, it has cost me a fair bit of sleep this week because I don't want to stop playing it.

Story Spoilers: Helping build Doc Ock sucked, had a real sense of foreboding as I completed every last objective in that lab for the experience. His reveal on the raft though was nice, I was surprised how quickly he went from normal to Doc Ock.
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I'm only at 40%, and I have to assume that side stuff is doing the heavy lifting there.
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Nominate Chasm

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Oh, I recently earned a trophy that said I had just wrapped up Act 1, so I assume that I am still a ways off in Spider-Man
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Nominate Trace Memory

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Gameking has beaten Spider-Man.

Had a lot of fun with this one and should get the platinum this weekend, something I rarely do. I'll come back to the DLC once I go through SUPERHOT though.

I think I'll go ahead and nominate Resident Evil 2 and Dragon Quest.

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Which RE2?
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For anyone who missed the Steam winter sale, the Lunar sale is offering AER, SUPERHOT, and Omensight at the same prices:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/331870/AER_Memories_of_Old/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/322500/SUPERHOT/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/455820/Omensight_Definitive_Edition/

That's $3 USD for AER and $10 USD for the others.

I don't know when the sale started, but it ends on the 27th.
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I'm referring to the remake.

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Gonna go ahead and dump all my nominations before I miss the deadline.

Nominate:
Her Story
Pyre
Tacoma
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
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Nominate: Crystalis
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Monthly Progress
AER - KCF
SUPERHOT - Ark, Cody
Spider-Man - Ark, gameking
Omensight - Cody, KCF

Nominations
Ark - Gardens Between, Hyper Light Drifter, The Hex
Cody - Her Story, Pyre, Tacoma, Spyro 2
Crispy - Crystalis
darkx - Trace Memory
gameking - Resident Evil 2 (2019), Dragon Quest
KCF - Blossom Tales, Gato Roboto, GRIS
MMX - Chasm
NFUN - OneShot
Paul - Lost Kingdoms II, Silver Case

Drawing probably tomorrow
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nominating Baba is You
And Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

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Last call for noms and changes
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Noms and changes are closed. I will draw momentarily
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And your February Games of the Month are...

Tacoma (PC/XB1/PS4)
Crystalis (PC/XB1/PS4/NES/Switch/GBC)
OneShot (PC)

Congrats to Cody, Crispy, and NFUN for having their games selected!
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1. Tacoma
2. Crystalis
3. OneShot
4. Hyper Light Drifter
5. Pyre
6. Lost Kingdoms II
7. Her Story
8. Trace Memory
9. Gardens Between, The
10. Hex, The
11. GRIS
12. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
13. Resident Evil 2 (2019)
14. Silver Case, The
15. Dragon Quest
16. Chasm
17. Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
18. Gato Roboto
19. Baba is You
20. Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
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Tacoma is currently on Game Pass for PC and XB1

Tacoma is on sale for $10 USD on Steam until the 27th
https://store.steampowered.com/app/343860/Tacoma/

OneShot is currently $6 USD on Steam until the 27th
https://store.steampowered.com/app/420530/OneShot/
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I'll look into OneShot. Probably won't feel like replaying Tacoma or Crystalis.

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Hard maybes

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you made a typo, crystalis was on the NES not SNES.

and yeah there's also the gbc version (it changes the order of some things, as well as the plot/cutscenes/music)

But I should also point out that it's also in the SNK 40th anniversary collection, so you can also play it on the PS4, Xbone, Switch, and PC. (and the 40th anniversary collection is 50% off on steam as part of the lunar sale https://store.steampowered.com/app/865940/SNK_40th_ANNIVERSARY_COLLECTION/ )

and it's also free on Switch's NSO NES application.
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Ok I'll prolly do Crystalis and Tacoma

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Looks like nothing for me again next month.

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Debating whether to buy OneShot or two other games I had my eye on with the remainder of my Steam wallet.
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In for Tacoma next month.

My Spider-Man progress has been distracted by the KH3 DLC.
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Should I give AER a go with what's left in the month? Is it able to be finished fairly quickly?

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It is 3-4 hours or so
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I guess AER being on sale had nothing to do with the Lunar sale and is still on sale for almost 48 hours
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Whoops, didn't nominate. But don't have a reason to push towards playing any of next month's stuff. Ah well.

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Cody has beaten Spider-Man.

Really good game. Finished at 79%, I'm gonna go back and clean up the rest once I finish up the KH3 DLC. So much sequel-bait! Miles! Harry! Every villain that is still around!
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Man, Spider-Man is going on longer than I thought it would. I am still on Act 2 apparently.
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I finally reached Act 3.

I actually assumed that they were building up for Doc Oc to be a villain in a sequel
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KCF0107 posted...

I finally reached Act 3.

I actually assumed that they were building up for Doc Oc to be a villain in a sequel

I thought the same thing! That reveal on the roof was great. Boy did I feel annoyed for doing every mini game in his lab, I was helping that jerk!
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Haha good to know I wasn't the only person to think that.

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End of game Spider-Man spoilers:

I thought the Doc Ock character arc was pretty great, with him being the final boss. You get to see his downfall and what Peter saw in him, as well as his motivations for breaking bad. That reveal hurts because of all the time the player spends working with him.
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Oh man, I am running out of time to finish Spider-Man
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I did 50% of AER tonight, the flying parts are great. the temple parts are ok

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I got the Spider-Man platinum, game is beaten! Am I too late to get a nomination?

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Cody11533 posted...

End of game Spider-Man spoilers:

I thought the Doc Ock character arc was pretty great, with him being the final boss. You get to see his downfall and what Peter saw in him, as well as his motivations for breaking bad. That reveal hurts because of all the time the player spends working with him.

Yeah, and the bit on the side of the building where Pete really was laying into him and you were dodging and just punching the heck out of him; dare I say it, epic.

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KCF has beaten Spider-Man

I have never read any super hero comics, and I have only watched a handful of the movie genre outside of the Reimi/Nolan flicks, but this was a great game. Open world was the perfect size, and traversing and engaging in combat with Spider-Man made me feel like a super hero. I was particular impressed with the wide range of options and versatility in combat.

I would have never guessed that the voice of Doctor Octopus did both Mordin Solus from Mass Effect 2/3 and Victor Valente from The Darkness II.
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FakeAccount3000 posted...

I got the Spider-Man platinum, game is beaten! Am I too late to get a nomination?

For this month. You get an extra one next month if you want.

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Not finishing Aer til tomorrow/feb. Its ok

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