Board 8 > Nov. Game of the Month Club ft. Metroid Dread, SaGa Frontier, and Forgotten City

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KCF0107
11/01/21 2:17:45 AM
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Novembers Games:
Metroid Dread (Switch)
SaGa Frontier (PC/PS4/Switch/PS/iOS/Android)
The Forgotten City (PC/XBX/XB1/PS5/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 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 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 featured 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 featured game after the drawing for next month's games but before the end of the month
- As a special feature for 2021, you have 11 supports you can use throughout the year. Your only limitations are that you can't support your own nomination, and you can only use one support per game per month
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KCF0107
11/01/21 2:18:06 AM
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Just-for-Fun Top 20 Standings
KCF - 138
gameking - 116
ArkOfTurus - 82
Mr Crispy - 77
Lolo Guru - 68
Cody - 43
KnightOfNee - 35
MegamanX - 28
Arti - 23
scarletspeed - 23
Wickle - 22
Fenny - 16
darkx - 15
GreatPaul - 14
Suprak the Stud - 14
tazzyboy - 14
Robazoid - 13
MZero - 12
FakeAccount - 12
Shonen Bat - 12

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

Additional noms this month
Cody - 1
Crispy - 1
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KCF0107
11/01/21 2:19:05 AM
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The Forgotten City is on Game Pass for console, PC, and cloud
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TheArkOfTurus
11/01/21 4:30:06 PM
#4:


I plan to play all three games, but I'm going to nominate

Monster Rancher 2

early, because I'm unreasonably excited for this rerelease.

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Lolo_Guru
11/02/21 12:17:53 AM
#5:


Starting with T260 in SaGa Frontier. This has been on my back burner for awhile; glad it was chosen. Liking it quite a bit so far.

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TheArkOfTurus
11/02/21 10:21:42 PM
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ArkOfTurus has beaten The Forgotten City

I was extremely intrigued by the concept, but the execution felt a bit shallow, and the writing wasn't quite good enough to really make it great. Enjoyed it well enough (it hooked me enough to beat it in two days,) but I'm not sure I'd recommend it to anyone at full price.

I guess I also beat SaGa Frontier (Blue's scenario), but since almost all of it (everything except the final dungeon.) months ago, it probably shouldn't count. Started Fuse's scenario, though.

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Mr Crispy
11/03/21 1:22:30 AM
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I haven't gotten that far yet, but from what I understand the thing about Fuse's story is that he has 7 "case files", and each time you pick him you get a case file at random out of whatever characters you've finished (basically, a harder version of that character's final boss so it's oriented towards NG+ and carrying over data). So I think you would have to finish all 7 other characters and all 7 case files to "properly" finish Fuse's scenario.

Anyway I started up Riki's scenario (I was originally planning on starting with Asellus since she has the most new content in the remaster, but I decided I wanted to get a certain battle out of the way asap). Got the merchant, thief, warrior, and healer rings.

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TheArkOfTurus
11/03/21 2:30:53 AM
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Mr Crispy posted...
Fuse's story

Yeah, Blue was the last original scenario I needed to finish. I didn't use new game plus until after my third scenario, but hopefully levelling up the important characters in other scenarios is enough to cover that.

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KCF0107
11/03/21 8:00:05 PM
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I will probably start Forgotten City in the coming days
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TheArkOfTurus
11/05/21 4:47:58 PM
#10:


Nominate Inscryption

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KCF0107
11/06/21 1:07:33 AM
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I ever-so-briefly played Forgotten City. I wasn't under the impression that combat was in the game, or at least a focal point, so when it came to choosing my background, I didn't really consider soldier or the one that gave you 50% more health or whatever they called it. I ended up going with archeologist over fugitive.
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Cody11533
11/09/21 3:03:26 PM
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I beat Metroid Dread last night, but I started it back in October. Would that count for the recently beaten waiver?
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Seanchan
11/09/21 3:27:29 PM
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I started and finished Dread last month, so I guess I can apply for that recently beaten waiver.

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KCF0107
11/09/21 6:41:12 PM
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Cody11533 posted...
I beat Metroid Dread last night, but I started it back in October. Would that count for the recently beaten waiver?

No, because you didn't beat it last month. Whether you are comfortable with not beating it from start to finish this month is up to you. The only rule is that you have to beat the game the month it is featured to get "full credit." In the past, I can recall two games in which I did not beat a game from start to finish.

The first was Fallout: New Vegas where I resumed from an old spot that I had saved where the plot branches. I did all the remaining routes that I hadn't done, and then I started a new game to loop around to where I was when I made the save.

The second was Dragon Warrior III where I resumed where my 15+ year-old save was a few hours into the game and just finished the remaining 20+ hours.
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Cody11533
11/09/21 7:47:24 PM
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Noted, thanks for the clarification! I was considering doing another run so I may jump back in this month to at least loop back to about where I started in November. As far as I can recall this is the first time I've run into this question.

As a fairly mediocre to average Metroid player, the latter half of the game and especially the final boss was pretty tough. Fun game though!
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Cody11533
11/10/21 7:05:38 PM
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Cody has beaten Metroid Dread

Had some time today and went back from the beginning to complete the loop. Much quicker the second time around lol. It's a very fun game to play, Samus controls great.
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KCF0107
11/13/21 4:31:58 AM
#17:


Monthly Progress
Metroid - Cody
Saga -
Forgotten - Ark

Nominations
Ark - Monster Rancher 2, Inscryption

Supports

*people who applied for a recently beaten waiver do have their points in the spreadsheet, but I don't include them in progress reports to make things easier
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Cody11533
11/14/21 9:30:16 PM
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Nominations: Spyro: Year of the Dragon, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
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KCF0107
11/17/21 6:15:02 AM
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The usual drawing date will fall on Thanksgiving, so I will instead be drawing the 24th
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ViolentAbacus
11/17/21 11:28:57 PM
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I was thinking about starting up Saga Frontier but we'll see!

Nominate XIII

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TheArkOfTurus
11/19/21 2:47:18 AM
#21:


ArkOfTurus has beaten Metroid Dread

Fantastic game. I never enjoyed the EMMI sections, and I wish there were a few more great bosses (because the few that were great were really great) but I loved it, overall. Kneejerk reaction is that this is probably my favorite Metroid game, although I'll need to let it sit.

Probably not going to end up playing SaGa Frontier. I just can't get into the way the Fuse scenario is laid out at all, and I beat all the other scenarios recently enough that I don't think I'll want to replay them.

Nominate Unpacking

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KCF0107
11/19/21 6:30:07 AM
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Monthly Progress
Metroid - Cody, Ark
Saga -
Forgotten - Ark

Nominations
Abacus - XIII
Ark - Monster Rancher 2, Inscryption, Unpacking
Cody - Spyro: Year of the Dragon, Star Wars Fallen Order, Spider-Man Miles
KCF - Redout

Supports
KCF - Spyro

Drawing Wednesday

*people who applied for a recently beaten waiver do have their points in the spreadsheet, but I don't include them in progress reports to make things easier
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KCF0107
11/19/21 6:32:44 AM
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I will go ahead and toss another support toward Sypro's way

I will also go ahead and nominate hopefully my first of two noms with Redout
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Great_Paul
11/19/21 7:17:05 AM
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This is our last month to use our supports right?

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KCF0107
11/19/21 7:32:32 AM
#25:


No, through December before they get reset in 2022
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Cody11533
11/19/21 10:15:53 PM
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Gonna remove Star Wars and nominate Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. I've heard good things and it got a decent black Friday deal.

Also I really wish Marvel used subtitles on their newer video games lol.
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Underleveled
11/19/21 10:22:03 PM
#27:


I'll support GotG

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KCF0107
11/22/21 2:54:13 AM
#28:


I finally dedicated a decent amount of time to Forgotten City. A lot happened, so I'm just going to say things:
  • I upset Sentia and the gladiator Dominus
  • The latter stopped me from entering a cistern because someone supposedly died by an unknown entity, and I later discovered that a man locked up for everyone's sake has a key to the place, or something like that.
  • Equitia inferred that people came to the city in a similar fashion
  • I found a woman, Iulia, poisoned to death, seemingly indicating she wasn't murdered/someone found a workaround the Golden Rule, and that the real local doctor locked herself in a palace.
  • Fabia claimed to see someone with a weapon nearby and proceeded to have a building collapse on her
  • I discovered a secret area below a shrine-like place, leading me to a mysterious older man who would speak once I figure out the god responsible for the Golden Rule
  • The aforementioned person with a weapon claims to be an assassin sent by the emperor to kill everyone in this so called cult, and he triggered the Golden Rule. I died because the brightness was poor and didn't know there was nothing beneath me. I made it back to the loop the second time.
  • Sentilla's lover committed suicide by jumping off a ledge


I stopped after listening to the disembodied voice and jumping off the same ledge into a pool of water with a skeleton at the bottom that is apparently the other candidate in the election.

There is a lot to take in already, and if there's like 24-ish people in this city, I maybe haven't even met half in addition to a lot of places I haven't explored yet. The game has definitely got my attention now.

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Great_Paul
11/22/21 7:02:27 AM
#29:


Nominate Doom 1993

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ViolentAbacus
11/22/21 11:50:29 AM
#30:


Great_Paul posted...
Nominate Doom 1993

I'll use my last support and Support Doom 1993

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Great_Paul
11/22/21 11:51:28 AM
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Hopefully this time well finally get it selected.

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Underleveled
11/22/21 12:14:21 PM
#32:


Nominate Kingdom Hearts II

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Great_Paul
11/22/21 1:08:05 PM
#33:


Support Spyro

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MZero
11/22/21 7:13:29 PM
#34:


Support Doom

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Lolo_Guru
11/23/21 12:45:05 AM
#35:


What consists of bearing saga Frontier? Is one character's story enough to call it completed?
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TheArkOfTurus
11/23/21 12:54:50 AM
#36:


Lolo_Guru posted...
What consists of bearing saga Frontier? Is one character's story enough to call it completed?

I'd personally count one character's story, but it's a judgment call.

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KCF0107
11/23/21 6:06:53 AM
#37:


Monthly Progress
Metroid - Cody, Ark
Saga -
Forgotten - Ark

Nominations
Abacus - XIII
Ark - Monster Rancher 2, Inscryption, Unpacking
Cody - Spyro: Year of the Dragon, Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man Miles
Darkx - Kingdom Hearts II
KCF - Redout
Paul - DOOM

Supports
Abacus - DOOM
Darkx - GotG
KCF - Spyro
MZero - DOOM
Paul - Spyro

Drawing tomorrow

*people who applied for a recently beaten waiver do have their points in the spreadsheet, but I don't include them in progress reports to make things easier

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MZero
11/23/21 8:45:00 AM
#38:


Nom Sonic Colors

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Great_Paul
11/23/21 9:03:07 AM
#39:


Oh hey, I just bought that game during Black Friday sales.

Support Sonic Colours

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KCF0107
11/23/21 8:37:14 PM
#40:


Now that I know my items transfer over between loops, and I can make conversations go quickly with retaining info, I'm willing to take more risks and whatnot. Well, I chickened out going into the cistern without a weapon, but other than that, I'd been willing to see what I can do. I will probably steal the antidote for Iuvia and Aurelia's key and open her chest in the next loops, and then talk to the guy below the city about Pluto maybe being the god behind all this, but first I want to get this golden bow first. I'm in the temple, but I don't know if I should shoot this beehive or there's another way to get the bow.

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MetalmindStats
11/23/21 10:45:55 PM
#41:


I will Nominate Hexcells and Support Doom.

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Mr Crispy
11/24/21 11:25:50 AM
#42:


yes, I would also consider finishing one character story as beating SaGa Frontier.

on that note, I Finished SaGa Frontier with RIki on friday.

I had a lot of trouble with his final boss this time, what with a lot of attempts ending when someone got charmed or getting hit by Oscillation. I guess it probably would have went better if I had spent more time preparing for the fight or maybe not split up my efforts rotating the party as much as I did (trying to build up Emelia and Annie for NG+ reasons).

I'll try to find time to try to finish up one or two more characters this month.

Nominate: Murasaki, OFF, and Fire 'n Ice
Support: Spyro

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TheArkOfTurus
11/24/21 11:36:05 AM
#43:


Support: OFF

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KCF0107
11/24/21 2:24:53 PM
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Last call for noms, supports, and changes

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KCF0107
11/24/21 4:12:22 PM
#45:


Nominations, supports, and changes are now closed. I will draw soonish

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KCF0107
11/24/21 4:27:35 PM
#46:


And your December Games of the Month are...

DOOM (1993) (PC/XB1/PS4/Switch/iOS/Android/360/Xbox/PS3/GBA/SNES/Saturn/PS/seemingly everything)
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (PC/XSX/PS5/XB1/PS4/Switch)
Unpacking (PC/XSX/XB1/Switch)
Spyro: Year of the Dragon (PC/XB1/PS4/Switch/PS)

Congrats to Paul, Cody, and Ark for having their games selected!

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KCF0107
11/24/21 4:28:33 PM
#47:


  1. DOOM (1993)
  2. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
  3. Unpacking
  4. Spyro: Year of the Dragon
  5. DOOM (1993)
  6. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
  7. XIII
  8. Sonic Colors
  9. DOOM (1993)
  10. Inscryption
  11. Redout
  12. Murasaki
  13. Sonic Colors
  14. OFF
  15. OFF
  16. Spyro: Year of the Dragon
  17. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  18. Spyro: Year of the Dragon
  19. Spyro: Year of the Dragon
  20. Fire 'n Ice
  21. Hexcells
  22. Monster Rancher 2
  23. DOOM (1993)
  24. Kingdom Hearts II

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Underleveled
11/24/21 4:32:16 PM
#48:


Aww yeah, time to continue GotG!

I MIGHT give Unpacking a go as well.

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ViolentAbacus
11/24/21 4:32:29 PM
#49:


Definitely in for DOOM. May try out Guardians as well

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KCF0107
11/24/21 4:34:51 PM
#50:


DOOM and Unpacking are on Game Pass for console, PC, and cloud gaming

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is on sale for $14 USD on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/996580/Spyro_Reignited_Trilogy/

Ultimate DOOM (it is the original DOOM with more levels) is on sale for $2 USD on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2280/Ultimate_Doom/

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is on sale for $39 USD on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1088850/Marvels_Guardians_of_the_Galaxy/

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is on sale for $14 USD for XB1/XSX
https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/spyro-reignited-trilogy/bwhfznsl0pb5

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is on sale for $39 USD for XB1/XSX
https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy/9pgll77c201j

DOOM (1993) is on sale for $1.50 USD for XB1/XSX
https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/DOOM-1993/9PLZPHBNHTMF

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is on sale for $20 USD for Switch
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/spyro-reignited-trilogy-switch/

DOOM (1993) is on sale for $2.50 USD for Switch
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/doom-1993-switch/

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is on sale for $39 USD for PS4/PS5
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-PPSA01748_00-DXM0000000000001

I will edit this to add any more sales I find across other platforms

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