Board 8 > May's Game of the Month Club ft. Star Wars Jedi, Sonic, and Kraken Academy

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KCF0107
05/01/22 8:25:41 AM
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Mays Games:
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (PC/XSX/PS5/XB1/PS4/Stadia)
Sonic Adventure 2 (PC/Dreamcast/360/PS3/Gamecube)
Kraken Academy!! (PC/XB1/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 usually on the 25th
- 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
- You have 9 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
05/01/22 8:26:03 AM
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Just-for-Fun Top 20 Standings
KCF - 145
gameking - 116
ArkOfTurus - 86
Mr Crispy - 83
Lolo Guru - 70
Cody - 50
KnightOfNee - 35
MegamanX - 28
Arti - 23
scarletspeed - 23
Wickle - 22
darkx - 18
Fenny - 16
ViolentAbacus - 17
FakeAccount - 15
GreatPaul - 15
MZero - 14
Suprak the Stud - 14
tazzyboy - 14
Robazoid - 13

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
05/01/22 8:26:42 AM
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Star Wars Jedi is available via EA Play/Game Pass Ultimate

Kraken Academy is available on Game Pass

Star Wars is $9.99 USD for PS4/PS5
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0006-PPSA02198_00-RESPAWNSWBIRDDOG

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Great_Paul
05/01/22 9:37:06 AM
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Will be starting Sonic 2 soon.

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TheArkOfTurus
05/01/22 11:29:46 AM
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Kraken Academy seems like something I'd enjoy, I'll probably end up giving it a shot.

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ViolentAbacus
05/01/22 9:30:57 PM
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In for Sonic Adventure 2. May be in for Star Wars

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Cody11533
05/01/22 10:18:04 PM
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Tag for Star Wars

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FakeAccount3000
05/02/22 4:05:10 AM
#8:


Just started Jedi Fallen Over

I think I know why he fell over too, the camera keeps trying to look up from below. I angle it again to be from slightly above looking down, give seconds later I'm looking from below again. Pain in the ass.

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FakeAccount3000
05/02/22 4:10:39 AM
#9:


Actually a lot of times in general the camera just suddenly pivots like "hey buddy you're gonna look over here now". Made me fall off a cliff.

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FakeAccount3000
05/02/22 4:11:16 AM
#10:


Ohhh this might be the busted controller lol, forgot I got warned about that.

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FakeAccount3000
05/02/22 4:31:02 AM
#11:


Man poor Prauf, dude deserved better.

deflecting blaster shots back is fun already

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FakeAccount3000
05/02/22 4:39:38 AM
#12:


This game is the love child of Uncharted and Star Wars.

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FakeAccount3000
05/02/22 5:19:12 AM
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Ogdo Bogdo is murdering the fuck out of me but I keep trying.

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Underleveled
05/02/22 1:59:44 PM
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FakeAccount3000 posted...
This game is the love child of Uncharted and Star Wars.
Oh... Maybe I'll look into it.

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KCF0107
05/02/22 2:02:17 PM
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It's made by Respawn who have done excellent work with Apex Legends and Titanfall

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KCF0107
05/02/22 9:55:10 PM
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I have no attachment to Star Wars having seen none of the movies and only played three games, most recently like 15 years ago, but I had been interested in Fallen Order because of Respawn.

I liked the intro segments from a gameplay standpoint, but once things opened up on this new planet, it's starting to feel more like other what they call Souls-like games in that combat is a little bit cumbersome and unintuitive at times. I got my ass handed to me by some frog-like creature, but I'm chalking that up to me going to a place I was underleveled for.

We'll see if I stick with the game.

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FakeAccount3000
05/03/22 12:20:10 AM
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KCF0107 posted...
got my ass handed to me by some frog-like creature, but I'm chalking that up to me going to a place I was underleveled for.
That's Ogdo Bogdo isn't it? Thing was kicking my ass. I almost killed it though.


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FakeAccount3000
05/03/22 3:34:18 AM
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Ha, got the bastard. Thank you parries.

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ViolentAbacus
05/03/22 1:40:31 PM
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Started up Sonic Adventure 2, have done 2 levels for the heroes and 1 for the villains. So far the only real complaint is the Knuckles and Rouge segments


KCF0107 posted...
I have no attachment to Star Wars having seen none of the movies and only played three games, most recently like 15 years ago, but I had been interested in Fallen Order because of Respawn.

I liked the intro segments from a gameplay standpoint, but once things opened up on this new planet, it's starting to feel more like other what they call Souls-like games in that combat is a little bit cumbersome and unintuitive at times. I got my ass handed to me by some frog-like creature, but I'm chalking that up to me going to a place I was underleveled for.

We'll see if I stick with the game.

This is the same reason that I'm not sure if I'll beat it or not.

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andylt
05/03/22 2:45:45 PM
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Heads up for Fallen Order, when you get a choice between two planets to go to you should choose Zeffo if you don't want a big step up in difficulty. Dathomir is way harder, I almost quit the game there but went to the other one and it was much more manageable.

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Great_Paul
05/03/22 11:28:28 PM
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Started Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and finished the first 4 levels in the hero story.

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KCF0107
05/03/22 11:30:24 PM
#22:


My condolences

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FakeAccount3000
05/04/22 3:35:16 AM
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KCF0107 posted...
My condolences
Wat

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FakeAccount3000
05/05/22 4:15:25 AM
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Annoying bullshit; a save point right before a boring elevator ride. So I have to do it again every time I die. Thanks planet Zeffo.

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FakeAccount3000
05/06/22 3:16:30 AM
#25:


The AT AT part in Wookieland was neat.

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KCF0107
05/06/22 6:46:05 AM
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I'm up to the point in Fallen Order where I made a return to Zeffo for a second tomb. I'm definitely liking the exploration aspects more than the combat, though they could tone down all the sliding sections. My main issue right now with combat is how finicky the parry system seems to be. I'm on the second difficulty level, which has the parry timing bar pretty high, but it seems like it has different standards based on it being a projectile or melee attack.

I'm pretty early in Kraken Academy, but I love how dumb and goofy it is. The humor is much better than the characters I have to say, but at least the main character and kraken stand tall. They have these QTE events that honestly just seem like toss-ins, and they aren't even remotely interesting. There had to have been dozens of different and basic alternatives that could been more fun.

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Seanchan
05/06/22 10:28:20 PM
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Started on Fallen Order. I have to say, it's a real trip jumping to this right after 150+ hours of Elden Ring.

It's taking my brain and fingers a bit of time to get used to the different controls. Not to mention that you can't just hold block and then attack; instead you have to let off block before you can swing. Parrying seems to be mucho important.

I finished the first planet. Beat that big frog thing. Went to Zeffo based on the advice in the topic.

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KCF0107
05/07/22 2:05:25 AM
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KCF has beaten Kraken Academy

I really got into the loop of things, no pun intended, as I blasted through this in I think under 3 days (I think it is between 6-10 hours). You can tell this is definitely a freshman effort from a developer (Happy Broccoli), but it is greater than the sum of its parts with its excellent tone and humor.

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KCF0107
05/07/22 2:06:13 AM
#29:


Speaking of which, Kraken Academy is on sale on Steam for $11.69 USD
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1158220/Kraken_Academy/

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KCF0107
05/07/22 2:12:14 AM
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i might as well get the ball rolling on some nominations:

Toem
No Straight Roads

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FakeAccount3000
05/07/22 3:52:54 AM
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KCF0107 posted...
I'm up to the point in Fallen Order where I made a return to Zeffo for a second tomb.
Same. Second Sister was kicking my ass for a bit there.

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Seanchan
05/08/22 11:30:46 PM
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I finally made my way off Zeffo, after taking out an AT-ST first.

I might be calling this a little early but...I'm not sure this is a good game. There's a certain jank to the experience that's very offputting.
  • Combat so far has been unsatisfying; I cannot get a good feel for the parry timing.
  • The platforming can be frustrating. I was trying to make a jump onto a rope and failed multiple times because I felt the game was asking for more precision than I had. Give me a bit of "auto aim" with that! There was another part, during a sliding section, where I had to jump and then use an updraft to land on a higher section of track. I had to do this a half dozen times before the game decided to land me on the track, rather than short or on the track but then slide me backwards.
  • I've run into some bugs as well. One time I just fell right through the floor of the ship. During one of the ball puzzles, you're supposed to turn on/off the wind to move it. Well I did something just wrong that caused the ball to enter a dead zone, forcing me to have to restart from a checkpoint.
I'm going to continue playing in the hopes it improves as I get more powers and more familiarity. But I'm going to try real hard to fight my natural instinct and keep on the critical path.

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FakeAccount3000
05/09/22 2:18:12 AM
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I like how when I press a button that's what happens. It's a bit retro that way maybe. Or possibly I'm just talking out my ass. I remember Batman Arkham etc games being a bit hard to get into as too many things made Batman preform elaborate maneuvers... then again, I guess this has a few of those. I dunno, I guess I like it being more simple?

I do know there are quite a lot of moves that unlocked but you're not much behind where I am.

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WickIebee
05/09/22 3:24:28 AM
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I found myself earlier realizing I continue to gain more reasons to not like Green Forest. Just to randomly say about Sonic.

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KCF0107
05/09/22 11:24:01 PM
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I'm now up to Dathomir in Fallen Order, just getting to the first meditation point there. I had to lower the difficulty to story for one fight because the ninth sister is such a slog, and I died twice when she was at low health and just wanted it to be over lol.

I've actually had little issue with platforming up to this point. I've found it to be very responsible and intuitive. That being said, I have fallen a couple times when I needed the force pull and I was apparently not in range, so maybe that that specific platforming element is a bit finicky.

I've been lucky to only encounter one bug to my knowledge and it was quickly fixed. It was just where my feet and ankles sunk beneath the metal floor somewhere, but it corrected itself once I exited the room.

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KCF0107
05/11/22 6:06:40 PM
#36:


Dathomir felt like a slog. I think that I am getting toward the end of the game. The Nightsister joined the crew. Normally this is a game that I would try to find as many of the secrets as I can, but the souls-like nature and lack of fast travel meant I just grabbed what I could find and had no plans of coming back to grab what I couldn't/didn't get before.

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JONALEON1
05/11/22 7:51:58 PM
#37:


Beat Kraken Academy

I didn't hate it but nothing particularly stood out to me, even with its quirkiness. I did get a slight smirk at the Ace Attorney parody though. Characters were shallow and gameplay is whatever. Wish there were more gameplay like the final and semi-final segments though.

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KCF0107
05/12/22 3:29:24 AM
#38:


KCF has beaten Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

My entire experience with Star Wars up to this point is three video games from the 90s and 00s (Shadows of the Empire and the first two Battlefronts). To that degree, since I was never a fan of the franchise, the story and its characters just didn't do much for me, and I expected as much going in. As someone who would not claim to be a fan of souls-like games, this was one of the more interesting ones from a combat perspective. While still being sluggish and unweildy at times, I largely adapted to it. I found fighting creatures to be a lot more fun than the human or humanoid ones. I think the exploration aspects of it were probably the best part, but unfortunately the souls-like design choices that utilized that made it not worth trying to search for everything on a second or third trip.

I think Respawn did a good enough job here given it combined a genre I have a hard time getting into and a franchise that I don't have much interest or experience with. I still vastly prefer their earlier/concurrent works in Apex Legends and the Titanfall games, but I wouldn't be opposed to playing a sequel (assuming it also came to EA Play lol).

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KCF0107
05/12/22 3:31:27 AM
#39:


For my final nom, I choose Ghost of a Tale

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FakeAccount3000
05/12/22 4:18:55 AM
#40:


Yeah the ninth sister was a real pain. I'm on Dathomir now myself.

Might as well get my first nomination over with; it's the usual King's Quest 2015

probably going to finish star wars in the next couple days for my second.

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ViolentAbacus
05/12/22 12:55:05 PM
#41:


I finished the heroes side in SA2. Been taking a break because of Bugsnax.

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KCF0107
05/12/22 5:01:49 PM
#42:


If somebody here wanting to play Kraken and/or Fallen Order has never subscribed to Game Pass Ultimate previously I have a two month code courtesy of Discord that I can give to you. I'm not sure if EA Play includes cloud versions, but you should have access to both titles on console and PC at any rate.

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FakeAccount3000
05/13/22 2:17:48 AM
#43:


Can't say I didn't appreciate that surprise encounter at the end of Fallen Order. Although the plot twist was kind of predictable.. still, not a bad game overall.

Beaten Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order

Nominate Infliction Extended Cut


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KCF0107
05/13/22 5:40:21 AM
#44:


Monthly Progress
Star Wars - KCF, Fake
Sonic -
Kraken - KCF, JONA

Nominations
Fake - King Quest '15, Infliction
KCF - TOEM, No Straight Roads, Ghost of a Tale

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Seanchan
05/14/22 10:31:31 PM
#45:


Still working on Fallen Order. Beat Ninth Sister and have gone back to Dathomir for the 2nd time.

There's no fucking way I'm getting everything in this game. It's such an annoyance to try navigating around these enormous fucking planets. On my 2nd trip to Zeffo, finding my way alllll the way back to my ship was a nightmare. Just give me some waypoints at least!

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KCF0107
05/14/22 10:34:53 PM
#46:


Yeah no fast travel or not being able to click a custom point on the map with some navigation gave me no desire to do any sort of collectible hunt.

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Underleveled
05/15/22 12:41:18 PM
#47:


I did end up beating Golden Sun: The Lost Age this morning. I got to a point where I knew I wasn't going to make it by the end if the month without sacrificing work and sleep (I'd actually already been sacrificing sleep for it) si I decided to finish it at my own pace and enjoy it.

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TheArkOfTurus
05/15/22 1:00:53 PM
#48:


ArkOfTurus has beaten Kraken Academy

The humor was way more miss than hit for me, and that's pretty much all it had going for it outside of the general weirdness of the world (which was interesting, at least.) Didn't hate it, but I don't think this'll leave much of an impact on me.

I started Sonic Adventure 2, but I don't think I'm going to work up the urge to play much more.

Nominate Everhood and Cave Story

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Underleveled
05/15/22 1:11:09 PM
#49:


I'll support Cave Story

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KCF0107
05/15/22 4:10:16 PM
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What the hell, I'll support Everhood

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