Board 8 > March Game of the Month Club ft. Red Dead, Portal 2, Super Mario RPG, and Ys

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Gameking has beaten Portal 2.

I'm off work for the next two weeks, so I've got plenty of time to kill. Portal 2 was great. Glad this got me to finally play it.

I'm not sure if I'll get to Undead Nightmare this month. I want to play through the main game first, so we'll see.

My two noms will go to Thumper and Nioh.

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Yeah, you will definitely want to play through RDR before Undead Nightmare.
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GOG spring sale, Ys is on sale for 4.49
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KCF0107 posted...

Yeah, you will definitely want to play through RDR before Undead Nightmare.

Seconded. It's set at the end of it and has a ton of callbacks. It's for fans of the original game. It's a direct sequel in a way.

On Mario RPG I'm making my way up to Nimbus land now.

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Wickle has beaten Ys 1

For me, I have... 5 hours listed on Steam, missed a lot of what could be done. Really disliked two of the bosses and how they were designed. Dunno much else to point out.

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I have been bad at updating this month, but as I mentioned at one point in the current or previous topic, I am going through Portal 2's co-op campaign instead of single-player. I had played a little bit of it previously, but I started from scratch with a new person. I am officially further than I was in my previous attempt and have done some of the Excursion Tunnels test chambers.
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I havent done many updates for Mario RPG, but I completed it! A friend and I actually have two TVs side by side, two sneses(?) and two copies of Suowr Mario RPG. Theyre still in the factory but did way more side quests than me >_>

Mario RPG complete!

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MZero11 posted...

5 star pieces in SMRPG and not really sure where to go next!

@MZero11 If youre still unsure you can go back to Frogfucius for advice at any time iirc.

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I figured it out, but thanks! I'm in the Marshmallow Kingdom now

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started mario rpg

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Nominate: Rayman Legends and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky
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How long does Mario RPG take? If I started it now could I theoretically finish by the end of the month? Or should I just wait for the new cycle because I'd be cutting it too close?

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It's a ... two-day game if you have the time to devote to it.

As in I've beaten it in two days/a weekend quite a few times before.
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Howlongtobeat claims an average of 17 hours.

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I stopped for the day at Nimbus land

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Cody has beaten Portal 2

Marvelous game, expanded on the original without overstaying its welcome. Possibly the best writing and voice acting in any game I've played.

Nominate Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage and Her Story
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Monthly Progress
RDR Undead - Fake
Portal 2 - Wickle, Metalmind, gameking, Cody
SMRPG - Fake
Ys I - Fake, Wickle

Nominations
Ark - Kentucky Route Zero
Cody - Spyro 2, Her Story
Crispy - Rayman Legends, Pokemon Mystery: Explorers
gameking - Thumper, Nioh
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nominates Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

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Nominate Chasm

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Feels weird knowing I have three noms, but slightly unsure what to do with them. Well, I may know what to do with one... I'll keep looking for now.

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I will nominate Deiland and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (FC).

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Drawing will be tomorrow or Thursday
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I don't know if I am going to beat Portal 2 (and definitely won't Undead Nightmare) by the drawing, so I am going to use random.org for my nomination.

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
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Mario RPG is beaten
Fun Story:
my first time playing this game it was one of my first rpgs and I didn't get random battle to level up so I ran from a lot and skipped a bunch. I then got to the sunken ship and got crushed by the squid (I was lvl 10), so instead of grinding in the ship.....I went back to booster tower and grinded on enemies for 1 EXP after school for a month. My tv was so shitty that it didnt get sound for 45 mins after the picture was on.

I grinded to lvl 18 then ran thru the game all the way to Factory where I ran into issues (still avoiding stuff so I was only lvl 22 for the final boss). I didn't beat the game

So I came back a year later and started from the beginning fighting everything on my way and finally beat the game. But I was and still am really bad with final bosses so the final boss fight took almost 4 hours.

Nominate Mario Rabbids

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Last call for noms and changes
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Noms and changes are now closed.

I will draw momentarily
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And your April Games of the Month are...

Chasm (PC/XB1/Switch/PS4/Vita)
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Switch)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (FC) (PC/PSP/PS3/Vita)

Congrats to MMX and Metalmind for having their games selected!
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1. Chasm
2. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
3. Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (FC), The
4. Deiland
5. Rayman Legends
6. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky
8. Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
9. Kentucky Route Zero
10. Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
11. Her Story
12. Nioh
13. Thumper
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Already played Trails, dropped Mario+Rabbids, and not interested enough in Chasm to buy it. Looks like a nothing month for me, unless I own Chasm on something without realizing it.

I'm finally replaying Portal 2 (up to chapter 7), though, so at least I should get something done this month.

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Never saw noms were done today, and partially was waiting on Fake. Would have put 2/3 noms down. Welp. Ah well.

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Yeah, like 95% of the time, the drawing is on the 25th. Other 5% is 26th or 24th.
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That feels worse since like... I remember it being the 22nd like it was yesterday. Where I checked this topic, checked if Fake did nominations, and then was like "I still got time"

Lol me. Not angry at anyone in this case, it's just a little funny.

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Either way, in news that's not "wah I didn't get to nom"

Finally another push for me to replay Trails.

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I think im playing all 3 wow

Edit: Well trails is last priority? but maybe it isnt?

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I own Mario + Rabbids, so I should probably do that.

I have no desire to replay Trails FC, but maybe I will finally begin SC.
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KCF0107 posted...

I own Mario + Rabbids, so I should probably do that.

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KCF0107 posted...

Noms and changes are now closed.

I will draw momentarily

Oops, crap. Do I lose unused moms?

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Wait I thought I HAD nominated stuff

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FakeAccount3000 posted...

Id do it first because the lifeblood of portal is running gags but okay :3

You can time blocks in super Mario rpg, but you cant avoid all damage a lot of the time like in Mario and Luigi, just reduce it.

Also I just beat ys1! About 8 and a half hours, plus probably another hour or two of deaths that didnt go on the timer lol.

Do I get to submit my nominations for next month now or later? Because I want to nominate Ys 2: Ancient Ys Vanished Final.

Yeah I mentioned it ages ago, @KCF0107 Did I nominate it wrong? Also you even responded... it was post 28

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That was an error on my end. You will get an extra nom for the next drawing.
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And yes noms are use it or lose it.
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@KCF0107 Casual suggestion; Perhaps have more games than usual chosen this month because a lot of us wont be able to go out and buy games due to social distancing/lockdowns/scarcity of income

i have none of those sad face

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You are not the first one to suggest that.

If people really want, I can do another drawing, but include Ys II, @WickIebee if he wants to submit some noms, and anyone else who forgot, and add one more game to April.
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Sounds good to me, except why not just have six games for once? This probably wont ever happen again, a pandemic is kind of a once in a less than a lifetime thing.

You can cap bonus nominations at 3 so it doesnt get out of hand if someone beats them all.

Incidentally, I nominate these regardless if Im allowed to use my nominations now:

Ys2
Mercenaries Saga: Will of the White Lions
Gris
Ittle Dew 2+
Borderlands

3 bonus for beating ys1, Mario rpg and Red dead, plus one normal nomination

Thanks for letting me have one more chance to use them, Ive never done this before so Ill be more careful going forward.

I could have sworn Borderlands was already chosen but I didnt see it on there? Maybe I read it wrong.

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Maybe I'll finally finish TitS

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Okay, as a special one-time deal, April will be a five-game month, so when I re-draw, two more games will be added.

I intend to draw sometime before I go to bed tonight or Saturday morning at the latest.
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ArkOfTurus has beaten Portal 2

Enjoyed it enough that I saw it through despite currently having five other games I want to focus on! Fantastic game, not much else more to add that hasn't already been said.

Do I need to use my nomination now since we're doing that extra drawing? I was hoping to save it for next month, because I still have those five games (plus Final Fantasy VII remake.)

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You don't have to use it now
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Probably won't use my bonus, hell, I already have a game for next month so I'll be satisfied in general and won't really need to use all three noms for the secondary drawing. Thank you for this, however.

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

That's the one thing I still need to continuously nominate so I eventually beat it. And basically the only thing I can think of nominating.

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I'll nominate Kirby and the Crystal Shards

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