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Xtlm
12/26/22 1:16:15 AM
#151:


Voltch got me

Spelunky 2
Katana ZERO
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Holy poo, THANK YOU Voltch!!!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas day!

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KCF0107
12/26/22 6:45:06 AM
#152:


And with that I have it down as everyone having received their gifts. Secret Santa is on the left, ordered by when they signed up, while the recepient is on the right:

KCF -> mccheyne - Hades, Chrono Trigger. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor + War
RikkuAlmighty -> TheRock- Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster, Persona 4 Golden
swirldude -> azuarc - Bug Fables, Shovel Knight: Shield of Hope, Tomomi
ChaosTony -> swirldude - Sonic Frontiers
changmas -> Eddv - Farthest Frontier
ViolentAbacus -> ESY - Bayonetta, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Yakuza 0, Spelunky 2, Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell
MZero -> Arti - Pony Island, Cypher, Zwei: The Arges Adventure + Ilvard Insurrection
TheRock -> PrivateBiscuit - Cult of the Lamb, Neon White, GRIS, Golf With Your Friends, Metro Last Light
psaltery -> Wicklebee - Dragon Age: Origins, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Valheim
azuarc -> changmas - CrossCode, Renowned Explorers + More to Explore DLC, Dex, Papers, Please
AriaOfBolo -> ViolentAbacus - Wildermyth, SanctuaryRPG, Planetarian HD
MetalmindStats -> Mr_Crispy - Paradise Killer, Sayonara Wild Hearts , Touhou Luna Nights
voltch -> Xtlm - Spelunky 2, Katana ZERO, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
ESY -> MZero - Okami, Castlevania Advance Collection, Anarcute
HBJDubs -> KCF - Rabi-Rabi, Broken Reality, Overboard!, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd
Isquen -> MetalmindStats - Graveyard Keeper, Subnautica, Rune Factory 5
Wicklebee -> RikkuAlmighty- Little Busters, HyperDimension Neptunia Re;Birth1
mccheyne ->Llarian - Monster Prom, Amnesia: Memories, DRAMAtical Murder
DreamEater -> voltch - Unpacking, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel I-III
Mr_Crispy -> Isquen - Slay the Spire, Timespinner, Tales of Maj'Eyal
PrivateBiscuit - DreamEater -> Dwarf Fortress, Assassin's Creed Valhalla + DLC
Eddv -> ChaosTony - Caves of Qud
Arti -> HBJDubs - CHAOS;CHILD, Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish
Llarian -> psaltery - Life is Strange: True Colors
Xtlm -> AriaOfBolo - Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell, Touhou Mystia's Izakaya, Monolith, eXceed 3rd, The Vagrant, Castlevania Advance + Anniversary Collection

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KCF0107
12/26/22 6:45:16 AM
#153:


If any of this is incorrect, let me know. Assuming I am correct, Spelunky 2, Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell, and Castlevania Advance Collection tie for the most gifted item at two apiece. I only have records from 2019 to present, but here are the most gifted item or items in each year and how many:
- 2022: Spelunky 2, Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell, and Castlevania Advance Collection (2)
- 2021: Yoku's Island Express, A Hat in Time, Inscryption, and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (2)
- 2020: Hades (6)
- 2019: The Talos Principle and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (3)

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azuarc
12/26/22 9:31:08 PM
#154:


KCF -> mccheyne -> Llarian -> psaltery -> Wicklebee -> RikkuAlmighty -> TheRock -> PrivateBiscuit -> DreamEater -> voltch -> Xtlm -> AriaOfBolo -> ViolentAbacus -> ESY -> MZero -> Arti -> HBJDubs -> KCF

swirldude -> azuarc -> changmas -> Eddv -> ChaosTony -> swirldude

Mr_Crispy -> Isquen -> MetalmindStats -> Mr_Crispy

At a glance, I think that's all the chains?

KCF0107 posted...
2020: Hades (6)

Hey, I gifted that!

KCF0107 posted...
2021: Yoku's Island Express

Hey, I received that!

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AriaOfBolo
12/27/22 12:05:49 AM
#155:


oh ya go my hades

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KCF0107
12/27/22 2:02:44 AM
#156:


KCF0107 posted...
I only have records from 2019 to present

Okay, I was wrong. I have records from 2018 to present and misattributed 2018's secret santa to 2019. Here is the real list:
- 2022: Spelunky 2, Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell, and Castlevania Advance Collection (2)
- 2021: Yoku's Island Express, A Hat in Time, Inscryption, and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (2)
- 2020: Hades (6)
- 2019: West of Loathing and Battle Chasers: Nightwar (2)
- 2018: The Talos Principle and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (3)

I gave out and received Talos Principle in 2018, gave out Battle Chasers in 2019, and I have given out or received Yoku, Hades, and Trails in the Sky SC but not in their "banner" years.

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DreamEater12
12/27/22 8:52:26 AM
#157:


I don't think I have given or received the most gifted in either year I have done.

May have. Who knows.

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mccheyne
12/27/22 4:02:09 PM
#158:


Can't tag you for some reason, but Azuarc, already done two expeditions so far (still 3 more to go I believe), and it is super cool! Very much enjoying Renowned Explorers!

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azuarc
12/27/22 7:21:19 PM
#159:


Glad you're enjoying. It's a game meant to be replayed, so don't worry about going all-in on your first game unless you know you're gonna be one-and-done.

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changmas
12/28/22 4:47:01 PM
#160:


I 'finished' Papers, Please today! Or finished enough to get one "real" ending, which is where I'll stop I think. It was really interesting how the game really did accomplish putting me in a position where I was feeling nervous about that ticket printing and telling me what tiny thing I missed. I enjoyed it as an 'experience' but not so much as a game - the gameplay is truly pretty monotonous and the lore isn't quite there to back it up enough, but it was worthwhile doing one time, I think. I'm not interested enough to go back and get every ending or every achievement, but I appreciate the one playthrough for what it was: a unique experience unlike any other game I've played

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Xtlm
12/30/22 1:00:03 AM
#161:


I just beat Katina Zero

What a wild ride! Very fun.

I usually don't care about stories in games, but this one had me hooked. I got some questions lol

I hope the DLC happens, apparently it's been several years promised now...lol

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azuarc
12/30/22 1:11:13 AM
#162:


Xtlm posted...
I just beat Katina Zero

I decided this was a game I should actually pay attention to. Maybe I'll pick it up during the sale.

I've done a fair bit of gaming, but not a ton with my gifts yet. I played Shovel Knight for a little while, but the controls aren't very tight and I just wasn't up for that. Didn't get to Bug Fables yet because I also bought Cosmic Star Heroine, and I can only play one JRPG at a time. Tomomi, though...that was an interesting experience.

So, Tomomi is made by a Japanese developer. The action/cancel are on the wrong buttons and the game defaults to Japanese. But right out of the gate I encountered two problems. The first is that it defaults to Japanese, and the options menu is not immediately available. I eventually found it by fumbling around in the menus, but that was a little iffy. And then I get into the game and...there's no jump button. This is a metroidvania, and it does have a jump button, but all my controller can do is walk left and right. I get a tutorial prompt to hit jump and...well, it told me to hit space. Turns out NONE of the controls are bound to the controller. I thought it was just impossible to play, but I commented in the steam forums and a dev wrote back that I just need to configure my key bindings for controller inputs...which is lol. I had already decided I was walking away from the game, but two days later I came back to try it, and it's actually pretty decent. Very snappy controls, everything happens very quickly. You definitely feel in control of the game with your character, and when you screw up, it's your fault. So yeah, it's not a bad game. I just didn't think so for the first 10 minutes.

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DreamEater12
12/30/22 7:28:37 AM
#163:


Speaking of renowned explorers.

I failed my first run through, but did learn from it.

I went on to complete a full 5 expeditions in the adventure mode. It is a strangely addictive gameplay loop. Would recommend anyone give it at least a shot.

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azuarc
12/30/22 12:39:02 PM
#164:


I think I said this somewhere else, though it might have been in a PM, but my go-to team if I want a fairly easy experience is Anna as captain with Kiwi and Dolores, and you stick to all the islands. (Usually I go Aztec 3rd.)

Do not be afraid to do a not-five-star mission for your fifth, though. You need to be well-situated to handle those.

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mccheyne
12/30/22 5:18:33 PM
#165:


Yeah I lost because I did a 4* mission as my second last one, and was definitely not ready for that. Lost at the boss.

Went with Viktor as captain, with Phillipe and Kwame

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