Board 8 > October Game of the Month Club ft. Her Story, Splatoon 2, and Golden Sun

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KCF0107
10/01/20 3:54:05 PM
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October's Games:
Her Story (PC/iOS/Android)
Splatoon 2 (Switch)
Golden Sun (GBA/Wii U)

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 selected 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 selected game after the drawing for next month's games but before the end of the month
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KCF0107
10/01/20 3:54:14 PM
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Just-for-Fun Top 20 Standings
KCF - 117
gameking - 106
Mr Crispy - 68
ArkOfTurus - 64
Lolo Guru - 59
KnightOfNee - 35
Cody - 31
MegamanX - 27
Arti - 23
scarletspeed - 23
Wickle - 17
Fenny - 16
tazzyboy - 14
Robazoid - 13
Suprak the Stud - 12
FakeAccount - 11
GreatPaul - 10
Shonen Bat - 10
MZero - 8
profDEADPOOL - 8
Wigs - 8

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

Additional noms this month
Abacus - 1
MMX - 1
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KCF0107
10/01/20 4:02:13 PM
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For the third consecutive month, we will be having a birthday poll! This time, it is TheArkOfTurus who put forth a pair of games

Hyper Light Drifter (PC/XB1/PS4/Switch/iOS)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/257850/Hyper_Light_Drifter/

vs

Kentucky Route Zero (PC/XB1/PS4/Switch)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/231200/Kentucky_Route_Zero_PC_Edition/

Hyper Light Drifter is a hand-animated action adventure game that the lead developer considers to be a cross between Diablo and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Kentucky Route Zero is a surreal, episodic point-and-click adventure about a truck driver traveling on the titular road and the people he meets (sorry if I'm not doing this any justice).

Same rules as always. Just vote for the one you wish to be featured next month. You are free to change or rescind your vote at any time. I wish for the birthday person to not vote and in general do not say things to influence the vote.
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KCF0107
10/01/20 4:05:53 PM
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I'm actually interested in this poll. However, because I would play either game, I probably won't end up voting lol. That would mean I would have gone the entire year without voting on any birthday poll.
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KCF0107
10/01/20 4:17:37 PM
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As a bit of a heads-up for those who play it, Her Story doesn't have a traditional ending. You will have to decide yourself when you feel that you have beaten it.
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ViolentAbacus
10/01/20 4:19:40 PM
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Started up Golden Sun last night, only played like 15-20 minutes though.

My vote is Kentucky Route Zero, only because it takes place in my State.

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KCF0107
10/01/20 4:26:55 PM
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I'm not planning on playing anything this month, so my nom will be an RNG selection from a small pool of Game Pass games

Journey to the Savage Planet
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TheArkOfTurus
10/01/20 4:44:33 PM
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ArkOfTurus has beaten Her Story

I think I found enough to consider it complete, anyway. I kind of liked the core gameplay concept (Hypnospace Outlaw was similar, in a sense, and I loved that,) but didn't really find the story all that compelling. Decent enough way to kill a couple hours, though.

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Cody11533
10/01/20 9:36:10 PM
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Tag, likely just Her Story for me this month. I need to think of a new game to make my regular nomination now.

I will also go ahead and vote for Hyper Light Drifter
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ViolentAbacus
10/01/20 9:41:54 PM
#10:


I'll nominate Mother as my first nomination. Was gonna do Earthbound, but it has already been a nomination.

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FakeAccount3000
10/01/20 10:21:49 PM
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KCF0107 posted...
As a bit of a heads-up for those who play it, Her Story doesn't have a traditional ending. You will have to decide yourself when you feel that you have beaten it.

Its your topic, but doesnt that mean it doesnt follow the rules of the club like that Pac-Man game someone nominated? Aka no Endless games.

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WickIebee
10/01/20 10:25:36 PM
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Oh good, I can play something this month. I'll try to get Golden Sun done.

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KCF0107
10/01/20 10:34:53 PM
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Her Story isn't an endless game. The entirety of the game is searching and watching archived interrogation videos. It is possible to watch everything, but it isn't neccessary.

Basically you should just watch as much until you reach a conclusion that you are comfortable with as the overarching story is intentionally ambiguous.
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Underleveled
10/01/20 10:36:39 PM
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Tag. Starting Golden Sun tonight, but currently also playing TLOU so I will probably switch between them every few days so as to not forget one or the other completely.

Also gonna play Splatoon 2. Is there a way to restart the campaign without deleting everything else? I played like halfway through when it first came out.

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ViolentAbacus
10/01/20 10:52:48 PM
#15:


Can't you just replay the levels you've already played?

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MegamanX
10/01/20 11:03:07 PM
#16:


Nominate Hypnospace Outlaw

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TheArkOfTurus
10/01/20 11:05:00 PM
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Underleveled posted...
Tag. Starting Golden Sun tonight, but currently also playing TLOU so I will probably switch between them every few days so as to not forget one or the other completely.

Also gonna play Splatoon 2. Is there a way to restart the campaign without deleting everything else? I played like halfway through when it first came out.

You might be able to create a second profile and play it as that. Worked for me when I wanted a fresh Smash Bros. save file.

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Underleveled
10/01/20 11:40:41 PM
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Both good ideas.

For Golden Sun I WILL be keeping a djinn location guide handy just so I don't miss any.

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Suprak the Stud
10/03/20 4:56:05 AM
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So I've found 75% of the files in Her Story thus far. I'm going for all of them, so it'll likely take me another couple of hours. Really interesting concept and I lost a couple of hours tonight just going through search words. Unlike Ark, I actually like the story and I think the actress here is surprisingly good so I'd definitely recommend it to people looking for a quick game to play through.

I do wish there was a way to organize the files though. You can save them to that bottom bar but organizing them is such a pain that there really isn't any reason to do it.

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Underleveled
10/03/20 6:21:02 PM
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Progress report on Golden Sun.

I have saved Tret, lifted the curse of Kolima, gotten my reward from McCoy, and just crossed Kolima bridge. This seems lile a good place to put it down for a day or two so I can keep going in TLOU.

Playtime: 4:46
Isaac, Garet, and Ivan are all level 12, Mia is level 13.
I have two djinn of each element, which constitutes all of them that you can have up to this point.

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Cody11533
10/04/20 9:26:43 PM
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Cody has beaten Her Story

Finished it 100% in about 4 hours, I really enjoyed that. It is a weird game, and I understand if that wouldn't be up someone's alley, but it was a hit for me. I'm the type of person who enjoys searching an archive to experience a story.

I would have liked a bit more of a conclusive ending, but with the ability to stumble on literally any clip from the go, it makes sense that they would be more open ended. You really grasp the scope of the story throughout the whole experience, the more you play the more context you have.

I liked the twin twist, I first caught it with their coffee/tea preference and felt clever. The story was alright, but I loved the presentation. It reminds me of The Return of Obra Dinn in that regard, where I would love to play more games in the genre.

Also the twin thing definitely had some similarities with the movie The Prestige.

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ViolentAbacus
10/06/20 10:17:41 AM
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Been playing a bit more of Golden Sun... Not real sure if I'm gonna finish it yet or not. We shall see! Have gotten distracted with the 3D All-Stars collection

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Lolo_Guru
10/06/20 2:05:39 PM
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Only reason I have yet to start Splatoon 2 is that Super Mario 35 and Animal Crossing have been taking my gaming time so far this month.
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FakeAccount3000
10/08/20 3:41:39 AM
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Super Mario 35 is addictive. Finally remembering where all the hidden 1up blocks and which bricks have stars in them is worth something. Ive played smb a ton since I was about six. Somehow I already got a 3rd place finish when I just started yesterday and can almost always manage top 10. Top ten gets a lot more competitive.

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KCF0107
10/09/20 1:38:22 PM
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Her Story is on sale for $5 USD on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/Her_Story/
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Suprak the Stud
10/09/20 3:18:51 PM
#26:


Suprak has beaten Her Story

I had actually been meaning to play this one for a while, and overall I think it was definitely worth playing. It is a really interesting game, and searching through a database for key words is more fun than this game had any right to be. The story was interesting, but I feel like either major interpretation leaves the game open for holes. Still, definitely had fun while playing it and I'd recommend it to anyone on the fence.

I don't really buy into the whole "split personality thing" that seems to be a popular fan theory. It doesn't really make sense with a lot of the information they provide, specifically the fact that one sister has an alibi which is why the cops bring up the sister thing in the first place. Plus the bruise on only one of them and other little things like that make a split personality hard to believe. It was actually a theory I was going with when I was maybe about 30-40% through the files, but when I finished everything I just didn't find it very well supported.

Of course that raises the issue of "how the hell is it possible their parents never checked their attic for like ten years" which I don't disagree with but I think it is more a case of just outlandish writing there.

Speaking of the tea/coffee thing, there was something interesting I caught but I don't know what to make of it. Eve always asks for black coffee. Hannah asks for tea with sugar. At the very end, "Eve" asks for coffee with milk and sugar. I have no clue what that means but I feel like it was intentional. Like Cody said one of the clues they are two people is their tea/coffee preference, so it would be weird for this to be some meaningless aside.

I was also toying with the idea that Eve is the great big murderer and that it is Hannah pretending to be Eve at the end so the real Eve could get away. There is some line where Eve says "we agreed to do anything to protect the baby" and there are hints that Eve possibly killed in the past (both her stepmother "accidentally" falling down the stairs and Hannah's parents dying from a death cap mushroom that she is insistent her father should've noticed). So maybe Eve could've killed the dude, it was Hannah that had an alibi, and they "switched" to protect Eve and the baby? But again, I feel like that doesn't quite fit either since it sort of goes against the reason Eve had an alibi in the first place. So I dunno. Fun story to follow, but I feel like there are some holes here no matter how you interpret it.

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pjbasis
10/09/20 3:35:10 PM
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I actually started Golden Sun like two weeks ago.

I remember loving the beginning as a kid but these slow starts just don't do it for me anymore.

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Underleveled
10/09/20 11:47:19 PM
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Progress report on Golden Sun.

Just got through Suhulla Gate. Everyone is level 23. I have 6/7 of each Djinn (skipped Crossbone Island for now). Playtime is 12:28.

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WickIebee
10/11/20 5:30:49 AM
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About a week in, and Golden Sun has been beaten.

First time actually beating it, I failed to beat Fusion Dragon and also Deathbeard before, but now I've collected all Djinn and completed the game. Feels good to have that done. Soon maybe I can finally actually beat the second game (also a case where I made it to the final boss but never beat it), but for now I've got other things I want to get done.

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Underleveled
10/12/20 6:02:43 PM
#30:


darkx has beaten Golden Sun

I'm in the same boat as Wick in that I had made it to the end before but never beaten the final boss.

Noms:
Star Fox Adventures
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure

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Underleveled
10/12/20 8:32:04 PM
#31:


So my next Switch game has gotta be Shantae and the Seven Sirens. I've been waiting for it forever and my physical copy finally arrived the other day. But I definitely have to get to Splatoon 2 this month. It would be a waste not to since I have it and the campaign is only a few hours.

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KCF0107
10/14/20 3:23:46 PM
#32:


Monthly Progress
Her Story - Ark, Cody, Suprak
Splatoon 2 -
Golden Sun - Wickle, darkx

Nominations
Abacus - Mother
Ark - Rakuen, Water Tastes
darkx - Star Fox Adventures, Rhapsody
KCF - Journey to the Savage Planet
MMX - Hypnospace Outlaw

Ark Birthday
Hyper Light Drifter - Cody
Kentucky Route Zero - Abacus
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Lolo_Guru
10/14/20 3:26:07 PM
#33:


I'm making good progress on Splatoon 2's story.

I finished the third boss last night, when all I had ever done with the story back when I first got the game was world 1.

The octo samurai roller boss is pretty creative, I love it. I also love how you get a pretty wide variety of weapons to use as you continue through the levels.
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TheArkOfTurus
10/14/20 3:39:18 PM
#34:


Nominate Rakuen and Where the Water Taste Like Wine

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Underleveled
10/14/20 6:23:46 PM
#35:


vote:
Kentucky Route Zero

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MegamanX
10/14/20 7:49:22 PM
#36:


2nd Nominate Trials of the blood dragon

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TheArkOfTurus
10/14/20 11:08:08 PM
#37:


Actually going to change those noms after thinking about it a bit more.

Nominate Sundered and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

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TheArkOfTurus
10/15/20 2:50:08 PM
#38:


Whoops, making one more change.

Remove Sundered, nominate Noita

Didn't know it was officially releasing this month.

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Lolo_Guru
10/17/20 2:20:51 AM
#39:


LoloGuru has beaten Splatoon 2.

To be fair, I think this is basically not a huge step up from Splatoon's story mode, but I haven't played that in forever. What I will say is that the big variety in weapons you can take is a much-needed boost for new players; learning the weapon types, and as the stages progress, giving food tickets for leveling faster is very welcome.
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FakeAccount3000
10/17/20 2:45:02 AM
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Nominate-
Mercenaries Saga: Will of the White Lions

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MZero
10/17/20 6:01:41 AM
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I have started Golden Sun

We'll see if I finish in time but I'll probably cut it pretty close

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Great_Paul
10/17/20 12:54:55 PM
#42:


Nominates Star Fox 64

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Cody11533
10/18/20 5:53:54 PM
#43:


Nominate: Outer Wilds and Super Mario Sunshine
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Underleveled
10/20/20 11:03:59 PM
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Underleveled posted...
So my next Switch game has gotta be Shantae and the Seven Sirens. I've been waiting for it forever and my physical copy finally arrived the other day. But I definitely have to get to Splatoon 2 this month. It would be a waste not to since I have it and the campaign is only a few hours.
Even though I haven't finished Shantae, I'm gonna put it on hold for a bit. I'd like to try and get Splatoon 2 in before the drawing.

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KCF0107
10/21/20 4:10:34 AM
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Drawing likely Sunday
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WickIebee
10/21/20 9:40:45 PM
#46:


I should actually nominate. I'll keep this couple of them:

Assassin's Creed II
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

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KCF0107
10/22/20 6:34:20 PM
#47:


Monthly Progress
Her - Ark, Cody, Suprak
Splatoon - Lolo
Golden - Wickle, darkx

Nominations
Abacus - Mother
Ark - Bloodstained Curse 2, Noita
Cody - Outer Wilds, Super Mario Sunshine
darkx - Star Fox Adventures, Rhapsody
Fake - Mercenaries Saga
KCF - Journey to the Savage Planet
MMX - Hypnospace Outlaw, Trials of the Blood Dragon
Paul - Star Fox 64
Wickle - Assassin's Creed II, Castlevania Circle

Ark Birthday
Hyper - Cody
Kentucky - Abacus, darkx

Drawing likely Sunday
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ViolentAbacus
10/22/20 7:19:04 PM
#48:


Well, I never managed to push myself past the really slow start in Golden Sun.

I may try to beat Her Story tomorrow.

Also, my second nomination will be Killer7

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Great_Paul
10/23/20 1:00:26 AM
#49:


ViolentAbacus posted...
Also, my second nomination will be Killer7

I really want this to be picked because it's one of my favourite games ever but I also don't want it to be picked because I'll be obligated to play it and I'm not sure how much time I'll have next month to do so.

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ViolentAbacus
10/23/20 10:17:24 AM
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Great_Paul posted...
I really want this to be picked because it's one of my favourite games ever but I also don't want it to be picked because I'll be obligated to play it and I'm not sure how much time I'll have next month to do so.

High praise! I'll probably play it next month if it's picked or not.

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