11-Mar-19 8:11pm
#1

Frank

This topic had many older posts which were moved here:

http://gametz.com/Vi...

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Welcome to The GameTZ Game Club! This is my attempt at forming an easy to get into book club type thing, but with games! Anybody, and everybody, is welcome to join in on the fun!

Rules:

- Each month a random game will be chosen, by myself, for the club to play. Games can vary from the beginning of gaming onward to current-generation platforms. There are no limitations!

- You have from the 1st of every month to 11:59PM EST of the final day to complete the designated game. 100% completion isn't required. The point of the club is to provoke game discussion, as well as give GameTZ veterans and new users a place to mingle!]

- For every game completed, post a picture as proof of your completion Example. This is essential in order to receive your badge and entry to the monthly raffle.

- You will be awarded with a badge each month you complete the game. All badges will be proudly displayed next to your name in the original post. As long as you "roll credits" the game is considered beaten!

- Some months will feature prizes! Every user to complete the game of the month will be thrown into a drawing to win prizes! Users will be assigned a number and users will be randomly generated at some point the following month.

- Prizes will vary. Prizes will beon a donation basis by either me or another member. Sometimes physical, sometimes digital. If you would like to contribute, drop me a message.

- If you don't own the game, and you have access to it on another platform, you're welcome to play it that way. Just make sure that it's the same version, to qualify for the prize or badge.

- If you do not want to participate in the games, but would like to join in on the conversations, please do!

- If you would like to join, just post here, and I'll add you to the list of users. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or criticism, please don't hesitate to post them!

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Game: Metroid Prime
Initial Release Date: Nov. 18th 2002 | Feb. 8th 2023
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Switch
Badge: Coming Soon

Badge Opportunities

image Platinum TZ - Just join the Game Club group and you'll be granted this complimentary first badge.

image Monthly - Complete the chosen monthly game to earn the badge.

image Previous Months - Complete any ONE badge of month’s past. (One additional per month)

image Gold TZ - Complete 20 or more games to receive the Gold TZ Badge.

image Contributor - Contribute a prize at least once to earn the contributor badge.

image Secret Santa - Participate in at least one GameTZ Secret Santa or High Roller Gift Exchange.

image Custom Badge There is no official way to receive one. So far only 3 have been granted

Members:

Past Months:

image February 2023: Cuphead
image January 2023: High on Life

image December 2022: Super Mario World
image November 2022: Bioshock 2
image October 2022: Death Stranding
image September 2022: Stray
image August 2022: Chernoblite
image July 2022: TMNT Franchise
image May 2022: Gris
imageApril 2022: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
image March 2022: Subsurface Circular
image February 2022: Crysis Franchise
image January 2022 : Marvel's Spider-Man

image November 2021: Ori Franchise
image October 2021: Until Dawn
image September 2021: Guitar Hero Franchise
image August 2021: Metroid | Metroid Zero Mission
image July 2021: Tetris Effect
image June 2021: Horizon Zero Dawn
image May 2021: Ghost Squad
image April 2021: Bioshock
image March 2021: LittleBigPlanet Franchise
image February 2021: MediEvil
image January 2021: Super Mario Galaxy

image November 2020: Oddworld Abe's Odyssey
image October 2020: Resident Evil 7
image September 2020: Batman: Arkham City
image August 2020: Trover Saves The Universe
image July 2020: Super Mario Land
image June 2020: Untitled Goose Game
image May 2020: Tacoma
image April 2020: Last of Us
image March 2020: Shovel Knight
image February 2020: Portal 2

image December 2019: Outer Worlds
image November 2019: Yooka-Laylee
image October 2019: Resident Evil 2 (2019)
image September 2019: Doom
image August 2019: Steamworld Dig
image July 2019: Journey
image June 2019: Super Mario RPG
image May 2019: Borderlands
image April 2019: Adventure Island

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24-Sep-22 9:42pm
#2

Frank

@PizzaTheHutt
1. No

@benstylus
2. Yes

@sinnie
No

24-Sep-22 10:19pm
#3

Renaissance2K

4. Is it distributed by a first-party publisher (Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft)?

25-Sep-22 9:35am
#4

SwiftJAB

Is it currently available on Game Pass?

25-Sep-22 11:11am
#5

sinnie

oh wow, not horror. Interesting!

26-Sep-22 12:58am
#6

Frank

Renaissance2K wrote:
4. Is it distributed by a first-party publisher (Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft)?4. No

SwiftJAB wrote:
Is it currently available on Game Pass?5. Yes (Had to look this one up myself

)

26-Sep-22 12:58am
#7

Frank

sinnie wrote:
oh wow, not horror. Interesting!
Was kinda sad not to do a horror game this year, since every other year was Resident Evil or Until Dawn or something, but Oh just you wait. It's appropriately timed I think (hint hint hint)

26-Sep-22 1:55am
#8

Renaissance2K

Assassin's Creed: Columbus?

Edit: Assassin's Creed: Pumpkin Spice

26-Sep-22 3:39am
#9

SwiftJAB

Is it Bugsnax?

26-Sep-22 11:19am
#10

Frank

It is none of those things.

Hint: Game is hard to explain from what I've gathered

26-Sep-22 11:36am
#11

benstylus

Does it mainly feature human protagonists?

26-Sep-22 12:25pm
#12

Frank

benstylus wrote:
Does it mainly feature human protagonists?6. Yes (as far as I'm aware)

26-Sep-22 2:30pm
#13

SwiftJAB

Was it released in 2022?

26-Sep-22 6:57pm
#14

Frank

SwiftJAB wrote:
Was it released in 2022?
7. Nope!

27-Sep-22 7:11pm
#15

sinnie

1. Not a horror game
2. Current gen and/or previous gen (PS4, etc)
3. Not Quarry, oops!
4. Not made by a first party publisher
5. It's on Game Pass
6. Human Protagonists
7. Not released in 2022

8. Do choices you make matter to the story and where things end up?

27-Sep-22 8:46pm
#16

Frank

sinnie wrote:
1. Not a horror game 2. Current gen and/or previous gen (PS4, etc) 3. Not Quarry, oops! 4. Not made by a first party publisher 5. It's on Game Pass 6. Human Protagonists 7. Not released in 2022 8. Do choices you make matter to the story and where things end up?
8. Nope. Plot has a linear course according to google

27-Sep-22 10:52pm
#17

Feeb

Is it a Metroidvania?

27-Sep-22 11:15pm
#18

Frank

Feeb wrote:
Is it a Metroidvania?
9. It is not.

Hint: PlayStation console exclusive

27-Sep-22 11:22pm
#19

Feeb

On gamepass??

27-Sep-22 11:41pm
#20

Frank

Feeb wrote:
On gamepass??
Remember GamePass is both PC and Xbox

27-Sep-22 11:43pm
#21

Feeb

Oh I thought you said PS exclusive. Confused.

I see what you did CONSOLE exclusive. You tricky B.

27-Sep-22 11:45pm
#22

Feeb

Guess- God of War 2018.

27-Sep-22 11:53pm
#23

Feeb

Ugh. Not a first party pub. Missed that.

28-Sep-22 12:28am
#24

Frank

Nope not God of War

Also, I'm going to stop counting guesses as a question, but I will still limit one guess a user. Although they can keep asking questions!)

28-Sep-22 10:09am
#25

Renaissance2K

10. Is the main character's likeness based on a real person?

28-Sep-22 12:37pm
#26

Slickriven

Is it Death Stranding?

28-Sep-22 2:30pm
#27

Frank

Renaissance2K wrote:
10. Is the main character's likeness based on a real person?
10. Yes

28-Sep-22 2:30pm
#28

Frank

Great question!!

28-Sep-22 2:31pm
#29

Frank

Slickriven wrote:
Is it Death Stranding?
Ding Ding Ding!

28-Sep-22 2:43pm
#30

Slickriven

I figured @Renaissance2K was thinking DS. I thought to ask if Norman Reedus was involved but once you said it was a PS exclusive and confirmed it was on GP I knew it 99% likely to be DS.
I guess I should at least try it but my goodness I felt it was for sure not my cup o' tea when it came out...

28-Sep-22 3:13pm
#31

Renaissance2K

40+ hours to finish? Gonna need a make-up month (or two) for this one.

28-Sep-22 3:13pm
#32

sinnie

Nice. I've been meaning to play that too. I guess now I will have to! I believe it is even compatible on the Steam Deck, so bonus there.

28-Sep-22 3:29pm
#33

Slickriven

Renaissance2K wrote:
40+ hours to finish? Gonna need a make-up month (or two) for this one.
Came here to say the same thing... I'm still not sure if I even want to give it a try and at 40+ hrs I might pass. It just looked so stupid to me when it dropped and in reviews. I don't love fetch questing nor walking sims either. I missed out of a few thus far in '22 including Sept's selection so life will go on even if I pass.

28-Sep-22 10:59pm
#34

Frank

I honestly know very little about it, but this was recommended by @sinnie a long while ago, and seems like a good alternative to the usual horror game for halloween.

I could be wrong.

29-Sep-22 6:12am
#35

benstylus

The only thing I know about the game is that you walk around a lot and Norman Reedus will punch you in the face if you stare at his crotch.

(I forget which outside xtra/xbox video I learned that from)

29-Sep-22 10:06am
#36

Renaissance2K

benstylus wrote:
The only thing I know about the game is that you walk around a lot and Norman Reedus will punch you in the face if you stare at his crotch.
Well, that's just the game being true to life.

29-Sep-22 10:31am
#37

benstylus

Renaissance2K wrote:
benstylus wrote:> The only thing I know about the game is that you walk around a lot and Norman Reedus> will punch you in the face if you stare at his crotch. Well, that's just the game being true to life.
I just don't expect that level of realism in my games.

29-Sep-22 11:29am
#38

Bleed_DukeBlue

This is perfect. I stopped playing Death Stranding awhile back and had been meaning to get back to it eventually. This was the push I needed. I'm still going to try to finish Stray before the end of the month, but it's been crazy, and I've been out of town.

3-Oct-22 5:05pm
#39

Frank

I almost went with Norman Reedus as the badge for this month, but I think the baby is a bit creepier

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3-Oct-22 5:07pm
#40

benstylus

Reedus the fetus

3-Oct-22 5:19pm
#41

sinnie

lol nice

3-Oct-22 6:05pm
#42

Frank

benstylus wrote:
Reedus the fetus
Reedus and a fetus

4-Oct-22 7:23pm
#43

SwiftJAB

Started Death Stranding today. This story is wild, haha. The production value is top notch. I stopped after the prologue. So far, playing this on the Steam Deck in Windows via Game Pass has been pretty good.

5-Oct-22 8:02am
#44

sinnie

I'm hoping to finish my quick play through of Dead Island before starting this month. But it's already flying by. Though I am having surgery 10/14 so I'm definitely bringing my Deck to the hospital to play. I should be able to do a lot then!

5-Oct-22 9:07pm
#45

Frank

Taking requests in to do a vote for November!

6-Oct-22 7:28am
#46

sinnie

Well... only because they're on my backlog:
Quarry
Uncharted The Lost Legacy (might be more appropriate post Halloween though)

6-Oct-22 10:56am
#47

SwiftJAB

Bugsnax!

7-Oct-22 4:20pm
#48

sinnie

With how long DS is, if we don't finish it we can just keep going and make it up in Nov right?

7-Oct-22 4:21pm
#49

SwiftJAB

HLTB has it slated as 40+ hours

Edit: fastest times at 16 hours

7-Oct-22 6:41pm
#50

sinnie

I thought I was further in my current game than I am. I am trying to book it and avoid side quests. But I might have to stop and jump on this.

7-Oct-22 7:36pm
#51

Bleed_DukeBlue

I beat Stray! It wasn’t something I would have considered worth full price, but, for a free PS+ game, it was worth a playthrough. There were some neat little moments like how you can pick up a record with your mouth and then DJ by scratching it with your claws on a turntable. The game was at its best when it just let you goof around being a cat.

Here’s my proof (pictures of the trophy popping when I completed the game, the credits, and a picture of my cat who looks like the cat from Stray and sat in my lap while I played:

https://imgur.com/a/...

8-Oct-22 12:33pm
#52

Frank

Voting is now open for November

https://forms.gle/qn...

I'll leave it open until Thursday the 20th. Whatever has the highest vote by then will be our winner.

8-Oct-22 12:56pm
#53

Frank

I filled the options up to 8 games, including games that were suggested months ago. I also added a section at the end to make suggestions for future months!

@Bleed_DukeBlue Earned his Stray badge

10-Oct-22 2:46pm
#54

Frank

Voting Results so far with 10 days remaining

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11-Oct-22 10:59am
#55

Slickriven

I was going to vote, but you forcing me to suggest another title for later caused me to close the tab... but I was busy at the time. Since we did Bioshock 1 already I'll have to vote some something else now to help sway the vote.

11-Oct-22 11:00am
#56

Bleed_DukeBlue

I just put something like “Let me think about it” when I got to that suggest another title part :)

Slickriven wrote:
I was going to vote, but you forcing me to suggest another title for later caused me to close the tab... but I was busy at the time. Since we did Bioshock 1 already I'll have to vote some something else now to help sway the vote.

11-Oct-22 11:02am
#57

Slickriven

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:
I just put something like “Let me think about it” when I got to that suggest another title part :)
Yeah I actually made a suggestion

11-Oct-22 11:08am
#58

Bleed_DukeBlue

Mine got picked last time (Chernobylite), and I made a suggestion this month, so I figured I’d step back for the next one.

Slickriven wrote:
Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:> I just put something like “Let me think about it” when I got to that suggest another> title part :)> Yeah I actually made a suggestion

11-Oct-22 11:15am
#59

BloodPuppetX

I suggested Return of the Obra Dinn again. It’s a great game!

11-Oct-22 2:34pm
#60

PizzaTheHutt

Slickriven wrote:
Since we did Bioshock 1 already I'll have to vote some something else now to help sway the vote.

I had suggested BioShock 2 specifically because we had played BioShock 1 last year. I thought it would be nice to return to and possibly finish the trilogy since they're such good games and we don't usually return to a series after we've played through one entry. I got no problem finishing them on my own though.

11-Oct-22 3:03pm
#61

Slickriven

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
Slickriven wrote:> Since we did Bioshock 1 already I'll have to vote some something else now to help sway the vote. I had suggested BioShock 2 specifically because we had played BioShock 1 last year. I thought it would be nice to return to and possibly finish the trilogy since they're such good games and we don't usually return to a series after we've played through one entry. I got no problem finishing them on my own though.
I started replaying Bio1 when it was selected, but unfortunately didn't find/make time to get very far. The whole series is excellent for different reasons and I wouldn't mind replaying 1 and 2. So if it wins I could try to replay it as I was playing via the 1/2 remastered release on my X1 - vs originally playing both on my 360.

17-Oct-22 4:14pm
#62

sinnie

Got to Death Stranding and I don't know... this one might just be too wild/artsy for me. I have no idea wtf is going on. This seems like a drunken acid induced nightmare.

17-Oct-22 4:50pm
#63

Frank

sinnie wrote:
Got to Death Stranding and I don't know... this one might just be too wild/artsy for me. I have no idea wtf is going on. This seems like a drunken acid induced nightmare.
lol yikes!

I've got it installed on my PC, but I've been far too busy between crap IRL and working on my Halloween video. I haven't had the time to actually sit down and play much of anything, besides to capture footage

3-Nov-22 11:42am
#64

Frank

Bioshock 2 is the month of November!

3-Nov-22 11:47am
#65

Slickriven

Doh, I started playing BioShock a 2nd time for this thread a while back and didn't get very far. I don't know if I should just move onto BioShock 2, though if I recall 2 was shorter and a touch easier.

I'm also likely just 1 more session away from finally finishing Crysis 2 that I had started before it was a selection for this thread, so that'll at least be a make up for me soon.

3-Nov-22 12:29pm
#66

SwiftJAB

Going to give it a shot on the Steam Deck. I don't think I'll be finishing Death Stranding, the amount of time to beat is just too much for me given the other games I'm interested in.

4-Nov-22 8:09pm
#67

PizzaTheHutt

Since I suggested BioShock 2 I feel obligated to play it. But I'm so hooked on Horizon: Forbidden West at the moment that I barely want to play anything else. I'll definitely try and make time for this though, I've already got it downloaded.

6-Nov-22 1:25am
#68

Slickriven

@Frank I just beat Crysis2 for a make up title. I'll post an image for proof tomorrow, had to take a pick of the achievement since there weren't any credits after the sort of anticlimactic ending.

7-Nov-22 5:56pm
#69

Renaissance2K

Well, it looks like GFWL has finally gone from being "in a vegetative state" to "really dead," so I'm not going to be able to ever get those last few BioShock 2 achievements from my original playthrough. Womp womp.

I'll start the Remastered version instead.

8-Nov-22 1:16pm
#70

Slickriven

Here's my proof of breathing Crysis 2.
https://photos.app.g...

15-Nov-22 3:38pm
#71

Frank

20 questions for December can begin! Next week's a busy one, so I'd rather get it out of the way early

15-Nov-22 6:02pm
#72

BloodPuppetX

Want it done quickly. Ok, is it Super Mario Bros?

Also, 2010 or later?

15-Nov-22 6:55pm
#73

Frank

BloodPuppetX wrote:
Want it done quickly. Ok, is it Super Mario Bros? Also, 2010 or later?

1. No

16-Nov-22 9:55am
#74

sinnie

oh so an oldie. lol

16-Nov-22 11:07am
#75

benstylus

Dors the game winter themed (not just having a winter season among other seasons, but a focus on winter) or include Christmas-y elements like Santa Claus?

16-Nov-22 12:01pm
#76

Frank

benstylus wrote:
Dors the game winter themed (not just having a winter season among other seasons, but a focus on winter) or include Christmas-y elements like Santa Claus?
2. hoho no! No Winter theming this year.

16-Nov-22 12:25pm
#77

SwiftJAB

Is it part of a series or multi-game franchise?

16-Nov-22 2:43pm
#78

Frank

SwiftJAB wrote:
Is it part of a series or multi-game franchise?3. Yes

17-Nov-22 5:25pm
#79

Frank

Hell, I'll give this one to you guys...

This franchise has had movies in the past.

18-Nov-22 4:32pm
#80

sinnie

Is it a fighting game

18-Nov-22 9:26pm
#81

Frank

sinnie wrote:
Is it a fighting game
4. It is not

18-Nov-22 9:29pm
#82

Frank

Recap:

1. It was not released in 2010 or later.
2. The game does not have explicit Winter/Christmas elements, excluding JUST having a winter season.
3. It is part of a series/multi-game franchise.
Hint: The franchise has had movies.
4. It is not a fighting game.

18-Nov-22 9:32pm
#83

Feeb

Heroine?

18-Nov-22 11:57pm
#84

SwiftJAB

Are there more than 2 movies released for this franchise?

19-Nov-22 12:08am
#85

Frank

SwiftJAB wrote:
Are there more than 2 movies released for this franchise?
5. More than 2? No, but there is a 3rd coming next year.

19-Nov-22 12:43am
#86

Feeb

Tomb Raider?

19-Nov-22 2:00am
#87

Renaissance2K

Frank wrote:
SwiftJAB wrote:> Are there more than 2 movies released for this franchise?> 5. More than 2? No, but there is a 3rd coming next year.
6. Does the main character do what Nintendont?

19-Nov-22 2:10am
#88

Frank

Renaissance2K wrote:
Frank wrote:> SwiftJAB wrote: |>> Are there more than 2 movies released for this franchise? |>> > > 5. More than 2? No, but there is a 3rd coming next year. 6. Does the main character do what Nintendont?
6. No way ðŸ˜‚

19-Nov-22 6:35am
#89

BloodPuppetX

Silent Hill?

19-Nov-22 8:02am
#90

benstylus

Frank wrote:
SwiftJAB wrote:> Are there more than 2 movies released for this franchise?> 5. More than 2? No, but there is a 3rd coming next year.
I want some clarification on this clue. Is it like Indiana Jones where there are really 4 but many fans say there are only 2 movies because they disavow Temple of Doom and the Shia Lebouf one? Or is it actually only 2 movies?

19-Nov-22 11:59am
#91

sinnie

I'm stumped. I cheated and read an article for upcoming video game movies and nothing fits.
I would guess something with Sonic but the 3rd movie has late 2024

Female protagonist?

19-Nov-22 12:04pm
#92

Renaissance2K

Frank wrote:
6. No way ðŸ˜‚
Is that a legit "No" or a callback to the Sonic & Knuckles bug screen?

19-Nov-22 12:05pm
#93

Frank

Legit no way xD

19-Nov-22 9:09pm
#94

Frank

sinnie wrote:
I'm stumped. I cheated and read an article for upcoming video game movies and nothing fits. I would guess something with Sonic but the 3rd movie has late 2024 Female protagonist? 7. No

Okay, the movie question is probably tripping people up. There was one live-action that was released worldwide, and one animated exclusive to Japan.

20-Nov-22 1:20am
#95

SwiftJAB

Super Mario Bros.

20-Nov-22 10:14am
#96

Frank

SwiftJAB wrote:
Super Mario Bros.
It's not Super Mario Bros.

20-Nov-22 2:06pm
#97

sinnie

Super Mario Sistas

20-Nov-22 2:08pm
#98

Frank

sinnie wrote:
Super Mario Sistas
The Great Giana Sisters would be a good pick, except it's not really easily accessible. Unless I went with Twisted Dreams... but nah

20-Nov-22 7:14pm
#99

sinnie

Well, I beat Untitled Goose Game today as my make up. I had beaten it before it was a choice here and got back to it.

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20-Nov-22 10:31pm
#100

Frank

sinnie wrote:
Well, I beat Untitled Goose Game today as my make up. I had beaten it before it was a choice here and got back to it. {imgt}https://i.ibb.co/nPX... 2016 1512{imgt} {imgt}https://i.ibb.co/xsg... 2016 1512{imgt}

21-Nov-22 8:01am
#101

citizen_zane

sinnie wrote:
Well, I beat Untitled Goose Game today as my make up. I had beaten it before it was a choice here and got back to it.
That would have been a hard call for me to make. While I was looking forward to the game for quite some time, once I got to playing it, it started to feel more like a chore that I was happy to be done with. I don't know if I could revisit it.

21-Nov-22 10:09am
#102

Frank

citizen_zane wrote:
sinnie wrote:> Well, I beat Untitled Goose Game today as my make up. I had beaten it before it was> a choice here and got back to it.> |> That would have been a hard call for me to make. While I was looking forward to the game for quite some time, once I got to playing it, it started to feel more like a chore that I was happy to be done with. I don't know if I could revisit it.
think I agree. I don't think I'd want to go back and replay it either. I did double dip when it came to GamePass, but not a full playthrough. There was a Gamepass Quest for getting 3 achievements, and Untitled Goose Game had a few quick ones.

Alright here's another hint. this game had a TV show adaptation.

21-Nov-22 10:47am
#103

PizzaTheHutt

Dang, I might've been the only one that enjoyed Untitled Goose Game.

21-Nov-22 10:48am
#104

Frank

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
Dang, I might've been the only one that enjoyed Untitled Goose Game.
I enjoyed it for a bit, but was pretty pissed about spending the full $20 on it

21-Nov-22 10:51am
#105

Feeb

I’m surprised that Stray was seemingly received worse than UGG.

21-Nov-22 11:19am
#106

Frank

Feeb wrote:
I’m surprised that Stray was seemingly received worse than UGG.
I enjoyed stray more than ugg

21-Nov-22 11:24am
#107

Feeb

I did as well.

21-Nov-22 12:33pm
#108

Slickriven

UGG was a fitting acronym for the game. I didn't hate it, but it and Tacoma were 100% games I would've never bothered to finish were they not for this thread.

21-Nov-22 1:22pm
#109

Renaissance2K

Untitled Goose Game is good web fodder and decent fun if you treat it like a sandbox. It's the main "quest" that was a bit of a bummer.

Stray was the opposite. You're going to feel somewhat limited if you roleplay as "cat gone amok" but the main quest is much better put together.

21-Nov-22 2:12pm
#110

sinnie

We love the Goose game in my house. Well my oldest does. I didn't wanna play it either, but it's fun finding new glitches and fun things to do to terrorize the town. We still need to 100% it so maybe we'll do it since it seems to be the current obsession.

I think my favorite is holding onto things that are big (like fertilizer bags, or trash can lids) and dropping them down the well while holding onto them. The game glitches and sends you flying. It's pretty funny. It takes team work to get it done sometimes.

21-Nov-22 10:30pm
#111

Bleed_DukeBlue

I had a similar experience with UGG and Stray. Both started out charming and then wore out their welcome fairly quickly for me.

22-Nov-22 8:01am
#112

BloodPuppetX

Back to the GotM questions, is it a 2D side scroller? I’m assuming it’s probably a Mario game.

22-Nov-22 8:07am
#113

Frank

BloodPuppetX wrote:
Back to the GotM questions, is it a 2D side scroller? I’m assuming it’s probably a Mario game.
8. Yes it is a side scroller

22-Nov-22 1:25pm
#114

Renaissance2K

Frank wrote:
It's not Super Mario Bros.

Ohhhh, you clever beast, you. We're looking for a sidescrolling "Super Mario" game that doesn't end in Bros. That narrows things down considerably...

9. Is it a Super Nintendo game?

22-Nov-22 1:26pm
#115

Frank

Renaissance2K wrote:
Frank wrote:> It's not Super Mario Bros.

Ohhhh, you clever beast, you. We're looking for a sidescrolling "Super Mario" game that doesn't end in Bros. That narrows things down considerably... 9. Is it a Super Nintendo game?
10. YESSSSS

22-Nov-22 1:27pm
#116

Renaissance2K

42. Is it

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22-Nov-22 2:45pm
#117

Frank

Renaissance2K wrote:
42. Is it ...
You got it, it's Super Mario World!!!

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22-Nov-22 2:56pm
#118

PizzaTheHutt

Haven't played that in years. At least it is easily accessible since I assume most of us have a Switch and pay for the online service, if you don't already have another way to play it.

With all the Super Mario Maker that I play, because it only uses New Super Mario Bros. physics I sometimes have difficulty adjusting back to the way the 8 and 16-bit Mario games play, so this will be interesting for me.

22-Nov-22 3:13pm
#119

Frank

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
Haven't played that in years. At least it is easily accessible since I assume most of us have a Switch and pay for the online service, if you don't already have another way to play it. With all the Super Mario Maker that I play, because it only uses New Super Mario Bros. physics I sometimes have difficulty adjusting back to the way the 8 and 16-bit Mario games play, so this will be interesting for me.
I've been wanting an excuse to play through it again. I'm not sure if I've ever actually beaten the SNES version since I only played it at the neighbor's, and played through the GBA version as a kid.

That said though, playing it on SNES across the street was honestly one of the things that cemented me as the gamer I am today. I owe it to myself to at least beat the original game. Plus this gives me a chance to see how many of the starworld paths I can find in a normal playthrough

Plus it had to be Mario, why muck up the 1 Mario game a year trend I've had going since 2019. If this was the "FrankTZ Game Club" there would be a LOT more Mario

22-Nov-22 3:28pm
#120

Renaissance2K

I've been neglecting this club, and I'll be spending most of December working on my annual video, but I'll figure out a way to squeeze this in. I consider it my favorite Mario game.

I played through the GBA version last year and took it to 100% a few months ago, so it's probably time to beat the OG SNES version.

22-Nov-22 4:43pm
#121

PizzaTheHutt

I'm still working my way through BioShock 2. Not sure if I'll finish it before the month ends, but I'm trying.

22-Nov-22 5:24pm
#122

Frank

@Renaissance2K You've only missed like 2 games in the 4 years I've been running this, no sweat buddy.

@PizzaTheHutt I wouldn't rush it. If you're having fun just keep playing till you finish. That's why everyone can make up a game any month now. Trying to relieve the stress of rushing through

23-Nov-22 12:28am
#123

Slickriven

Cool pick. I too haven't touched that wonderful game in a LONG time. For me the best SNES title was LttP and I have lots of fond memories of playing DKC, but SMW was a true gem and I will certainly give it a go after not getting on board with too many others this year. Will give me another reason to bust out my SNES classic.

24-Nov-22 11:09am
#124

sinnie

I'm surprised we didn't do this one already, lol.
I picked up a Hallmark SNES ornament and it plays the first level music and it has me itching to play so I might if I find time!

1-Dec-22 5:56pm
#125

Renaissance2K

FIRST!

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I remember playing this with a friend back in the day, and him remarking that the SMW "The End" screen was the greatest graphics he'd ever seen. My, how far we've come.

1-Dec-22 6:13pm
#126

SwiftJAB

Nice!

1-Dec-22 8:15pm
#127

PizzaTheHutt

I'm right at the end of BioShock 2. I tried to finish it before the buzzer (11:59pm last night) but I couldn't do it. So if I finish it tonight and technically it'd be a make up badge since it's December now, but can I still earn the badge for beating SMW as well? Or is it one badge per month? Other than the TMNT month over the summer I don't recall anyone going for more than one badge in a month.

1-Dec-22 10:21pm
#128

Frank

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
I'm right at the end of BioShock 2. I tried to finish it before the buzzer (11:59pm last night) but I couldn't do it. So if I finish it tonight and technically it'd be a make up badge since it's December now, but can I still earn the badge for beating SMW as well? Or is it one badge per month? Other than the TMNT month over the summer I don't recall anyone going for more than one badge in a month.
Oh no, you're welcome to cash in the makeup for Bioshock 2 and play Super Mario World. Essentially, if you have badges up for grabs, you can earn 2 a month (one makeup and the current game of the month)

2-Dec-22 10:41am
#129

PizzaTheHutt

I'll be cashing in on that BioShock 2 badge then.

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2-Dec-22 2:20pm
#130

Frank

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
I'll be cashing in on that BioShock 2 badge then. ...
Right on! You're only 2 badges away from the Gold TZ badge

4-Dec-22 1:24pm
#131

citizen_zane

I done did it.

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This is the first time I've ever played this game on a large tv with surround sound speakers. It really enhanced the experience.

4-Dec-22 7:51pm
#132

Frank

citizen_zane wrote:
I done did it. {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 1239 929{imgt} This is the first time I've ever played this game on a large tv with surround sound speakers. It really enhanced the experience.
You actually played it similar to I... only I opted to go emulation. I ended up playing through it yesterday and today, using some of the Star Road shortcuts.

I played using a modified BSNES that allowed the game to upscale with near ultra-wide resolutions.

Playing it in HD with an 8bitdo was amazing, but at the end of the day, it's still SMW... Which happens to be one of my favorite games of all time

7-Dec-22 12:44am
#133

Slickriven

I may have to look up some short cuts as the last 45 mins of my life were crazy frustrating. I loved SMW as a kid and I'm certain I beat it back in the day, but wow was I rusty just playing it now. I had a save-state of just overall progress on my SNES classic and seemingly I was 5-6 levels in and was playing 2-player. Well it took me at least a dozen lives from both bros to advance maybe 5 levels including the first castle and I basically rage quit on a haunted house after just failing it a few too many times.

I don't recall it requiring so much precision, dang. I do want to beat this so I will collect myself and go back to it another night. I was thinking I'd beat it without seeking out the warps, but if it continues to frustrate me that much, I will give up on that and just push to beat it fast, especially since I don't know how much time I'll get to spend on it as later in the month I'm sure to get busy with holiday things and such.

7-Dec-22 2:39pm
#134

Frank

Slickriven wrote:
I may have to look up some short cuts as the last 45 mins of my life were crazy frustrating. I loved SMW as a kid and I'm certain I beat it back in the day, but wow was I rusty just playing it now. I had a save-state of just overall progress on my SNES classic and seemingly I was 5-6 levels in and was playing 2-player. Well it took me at least a dozen lives from both bros to advance maybe 5 levels including the first castle and I basically rage quit on a haunted house after just failing it a few too many times. I don't recall it requiring so much precision, dang. I do want to beat this so I will collect myself and go back to it another night. I was thinking I'd beat it without seeking out the warps, but if it continues to frustrate me that much, I will give up on that and just push to beat it fast, especially since I don't know how much time I'll get to spend on it as later in the month I'm sure to get busy with holiday things and such.
I honestly didn't have any issues. I think the gameplay is still on-point.

8-Dec-22 4:38am
#135

citizen_zane

One more and I will earn the gold badge! Maybe that should be my goal to earn by the end of the year.

8-Dec-22 9:15am
#136

Frank

citizen_zane wrote:
One more and I will earn the gold badge! Maybe that should be my goal to earn by the end of the year.I'm not sure which badges you have yet to earn, but it totally sounds doable

14-Dec-22 7:20pm
#137

BloodPuppetX

I beat Super Mario World on NSO:

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15-Dec-22 11:47am
#138

sinnie

Hmm... are we doing recommendations for next years picks, or what?

15-Dec-22 2:08pm
#139

Frank

sinnie wrote:
Hmm... are we doing recommendations for next years picks, or what?
Sure I'm game to have January be a community vote.

Drop me some suggestions either in topic or DM!

15-Dec-22 3:17pm
#140

Bleed_DukeBlue

I would like to nominate an Ogre Battle month in which you could play Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen (SNES), Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (N64), Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia (Neo Geo Pocket Color), Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Super Famicom/Saturn/PlayStation), Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fortune (PSP), Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis (Game Boy Advance), or Tactics Ogre: Reborn (Switch, PS4, PS5, Steam).

Frank wrote:
sinnie wrote:> Hmm... are we doing recommendations for next years picks, or what? > > Sure I'm game to have January be a community vote. Drop me some suggestions either in topic or DM!

15-Dec-22 3:57pm
#141

Renaissance2K

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:
Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fortune
Quick, somebody make Wheel of Fortune into a tactical RPG.

15-Dec-22 4:08pm
#142

Frank

Renaissance2K wrote:
Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:> Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fortune Quick, somebody make Wheel of Fortune into a tactical RPG.
If only wheel of fortune had a campaign

15-Dec-22 4:22pm
#143

sinnie

Sweet.
I'm just gonna throw my wishlist up here so I have a reason to buy more stuff, lol

Dying Light 2
Resident Evil 3 and RE Village
Mass Effect series
Fallout 4 (time for a replay)
As Dusk Falls
Ghostwire Tokyo
High on Life -- another Rick and Morty game, bound to be tons of offensive fun
Uncharted The Lost Legacy (though I'm in the middle of this one on the Steam Deck now, lol)
Uncharted 4

15-Dec-22 4:46pm
#144

Frank

sinnie wrote:
Sweet. I'm just gonna throw my wishlist up here so I have a reason to buy more stuff, lol Dying Light 2 Resident Evil 3 and RE Village Mass Effect series Fallout 4 (time for a replay) As Dusk Falls Ghostwire Tokyo High on Life -- another Rick and Morty game, bound to be tons of offensive fun Uncharted The Lost Legacy (though I'm in the middle of this one on the Steam Deck now, lol) Uncharted 4
My vote already goes towards one of those

15-Dec-22 4:51pm
#145

sinnie

lol nice

15-Dec-22 6:12pm
#146

Frank

I'm going to make the poll exclusively your recommendations this month (not mine), so if anyone else wants to throw some recommendations down, please do.

I'm going to pick 5 for the final poll.

15-Dec-22 6:42pm
#147

SwiftJAB

Bugsnax :D

15-Dec-22 8:14pm
#148

BloodPuppetX

I’ll nominate Cuphead.

15-Dec-22 8:56pm
#149

Feeb

BloodPuppetX wrote:
I’ll nominate Cuphead.
👍

15-Dec-22 9:40pm
#150

EB

I finished Super Mario World today. I’ll pm my picture to you @Frank.

17-Dec-22 10:31am
#151

BloodPuppetX

Gonna try to beat Yooka-Laylee for the makeup game. Only $4 in the eShop!

17-Dec-22 10:55am
#152

Frank

BloodPuppetX wrote:
Gonna try to beat Yooka-Laylee for the makeup game. Only $4 in the eShop!
Sale end: 01/04/23. The game is well worth the money. The Switch version actually runs really well as well!

19-Dec-22 12:53am
#153

Frank

Voting for January is live

https://forms.gle/Ei...

I'm thinking I'll leave the vote go until the morning of New Year's Eve.

20-Dec-22 4:58pm
#154

sinnie

oohh I wanna vote for High on Life but my backlog went Uncharted. I'm probably fine with either in 2023 though.

21-Dec-22 3:50pm
#155

Frank

Tie breaker so far between Cuphead and High on Life.

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If it comes to a tie, I'll pick one of them for January, and the other can be February's game (even though I did already have something picked out).

21-Dec-22 5:37pm
#156

Bleed_DukeBlue

I’ll switch my vote from ogre month to High on Life.

Frank wrote:
Tie breaker so far between Cuphead and High on Life. {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 802 339{imgt} If it comes to a tie, I'll pick one of them for January, and the other can be February's game (even though I did already have something picked out).

21-Dec-22 6:02pm
#157

Frank

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:
I’ll switch my vote from ogre month to High on Life. Frank wrote:> Tie breaker so far between Cuphead and High on Life.> > {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 802 339{imgt}> > If it comes to a tie, I'll pick one of them for January, and the other can be February's> game (even though I did already have something picked out).> >
Go ahead and revote. I was able to remove your entry

21-Dec-22 6:20pm
#158

PizzaTheHutt

I just started Super Mario World today. I hope to have it finished in a few days, playing through one world per session. I never beat this as a kid without a Game Genie, but thanks to playing so many troll levels in Super Mario Maker I feel I'm a much better player than I was back then.

21-Dec-22 6:31pm
#159

theJaw

Frank wrote:
Renaissance2K wrote:> 42. Is it ...> > You got it, it's Super Mario World!!! {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 300 209{imgt}
I’ve beaten this game a million times, what’s one more? My #1 all time favorite. Maybe I’ll finally complete a game for this thread!

21-Dec-22 7:09pm
#160

Bleed_DukeBlue

Done. I was actually planning on playing High on Life anyway, so that works out!

Frank wrote:
Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:> I’ll switch my vote from ogre month to High on Life. > > Frank wrote: |>> Tie breaker so far between Cuphead and High on Life. |>> |>> {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 802 339{imgt} |>> |>> If it comes to a tie, I'll pick one of them for January, and the other can be> February's |>> game (even though I did already have something picked out). |>> |>> Go ahead and revote. I was able to remove your entry

21-Dec-22 7:15pm
#161

Frank

theJaw wrote:
Frank wrote:> Renaissance2K wrote: |>> 42. Is it ... |>> |>> > > You got it, it's Super Mario World!!!> > {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 300 209{imgt}> > I’ve beaten this game a million times, what’s one more? My #1 all time favorite. Maybe I’ll finally complete a game for this thread!
Do it! For its time, it's as close to perfect as a 2D Mario platformer could be.

21-Dec-22 8:33pm
#162

Feeb

Super Mario world is a top 5 all time no doubt. Great stuff.

21-Dec-22 9:22pm
#163

sinnie

Steam Sale is tomorrow so I'm hoping High on Life is even 10% off. But knowing it's coming up I'll probably grab it either way.

21-Dec-22 10:44pm
#164

Frank

sinnie wrote:
Steam Sale is tomorrow so I'm hoping High on Life is even 10% off. But knowing it's coming up I'll probably grab it either way.
You don't have GamePass for PC? I believe it's on there!

22-Dec-22 10:18am
#165

sinnie

Frank wrote:
sinnie wrote:> Steam Sale is tomorrow so I'm hoping High on Life is even 10% off. But knowing it's> coming up I'll probably grab it either way.> > You don't have GamePass for PC? I believe it's on there!
Nope I pretty much just use Steam. I hate having different programs and like all my stuff in one place. What is it free on there or something?

22-Dec-22 10:23am
#166

Kommie

"free" is an odd choice as you still have to pay a premium to access it.

22-Dec-22 10:30am
#167

citizen_zane

I had started Until Dawn in the past, but didn't quite finish it, so I've started it over this month and hope to finish it within the next couple of days. It bothers me the few times that I've messed up on a quick time button press and someone dies. Some of those decisions are also really tough. I'm curious to see the results of some of them.

22-Dec-22 11:00am
#168

sinnie

Oh yes, subscription based. See, I don't have the time to get my money's worth out of something like that. I'd actually save money by buying games outright.

27-Dec-22 9:35am
#169

citizen_zane

I've just completed Until Dawn, my twentieth game!

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I can't believe how many people I let die! I'm guessing some of them were inevitable and just bad luck guesses, but I know for certain that there were at least a few that I could have avoided. Part of me wants to play it again and be a total dick with some of my decisions. Overall, I enjoyed it a quite a bit. It did a good job of creating tension and suspense.

27-Dec-22 11:52am
#170

Frank

citizen_zane wrote:
I've just completed Until Dawn, my twentieth game! {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 4160 3120{imgt} I can't believe how many people I let die! I'm guessing some of them were inevitable and just bad luck guesses, but I know for certain that there were at least a few that I could have avoided. Part of me wants to play it again and be a total dick with some of my decisions. Overall, I enjoyed it a quite a bit. It did a good job of creating tension and suspense.
Earned yourself both the Until Dawn and Gold TZ badge. Congrats bud!

31-Dec-22 8:58pm
#171

BloodPuppetX

I beat Yooka-Laylee for the make up badge:

https://ibb.co/hWsBt...

2-Jan-23 2:22pm
#172

Frank

Everything is up to date, including badges earned and this month's update.

Next month's game is also already chosen. We can do a vote in February for March's game if you guys would like!

Happy New Year!

2-Jan-23 2:32pm
#173

bonham2

I already started this one, but it's hard to play during the day when my kids are around because the language is terrible.

2-Jan-23 2:34pm
#174

Frank

bonham2 wrote:
I already started this one, but it's hard to play during the day when my kids are around because the language is terrible.
Definitely don't play this around your kids.

My mom was over and overheard some of the dialog. She was like "Is that Rick & Morty?"

2-Jan-23 5:40pm
#175

Bleed_DukeBlue

Yeah. I only play it when the kids are asleep with my headphones on. It’s pretty funny though.

bonham2 wrote:
I already started this one, but it's hard to play during the day when my kids are around because the language is terrible.

3-Jan-23 2:56pm
#176

sinnie

Well my one kid is only partially verbal. If he starts saying some of this crap I won't even care because it's talking, lol. The other is 8 months so not gonna worry.
Didn't go on sale but I'll be grabbing it on Steam and hopefully playing on the Deck.

3-Jan-23 3:03pm
#177

Frank

sinnie wrote:
Well my one kid is only partially verbal. If he starts saying some of this crap I won't even care because it's talking, lol. The other is 8 months so not gonna worry. Didn't go on sale but I'll be grabbing it on Steam and hopefully playing on the Deck.
You're in for a treat. Definitely Squanch Games' best work yet!

3-Jan-23 6:29pm
#178

sinnie

Frank wrote:
sinnie wrote:> Well my one kid is only partially verbal. If he starts saying some of this crap I> won't even care because it's talking, lol. The other is 8 months so not gonna worry.> > Didn't go on sale but I'll be grabbing it on Steam and hopefully playing on the Deck.> > > You're in for a treat. Definitely Squanch Games' best work yet!

Nice, I enjoyed the other one we did a while back.

3-Jan-23 7:15pm
#179

Frank

This one is way better. Humor is more out there, and the gameplay (while completely different) is much better. Still just average gameplay, but the humor and story make it worth it.

4-Jan-23 3:02am
#180

Bleed_DukeBlue

I finished High on Life tonight. That was a blast. It was hilarious and didn’t overstay its welcome.

https://imgur.com/a/...

4-Jan-23 10:27am
#181

sinnie

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:
I finished High on Life tonight. That was a blast. It was hilarious and didn’t overstay its welcome. https://imgur.com/a/...
Nice, how many hours did it take you?

4-Jan-23 11:33am
#182

Bleed_DukeBlue

I didn't really keep track, but I think around 10?

sinnie wrote:
Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:> I finished High on Life tonight. That was a blast. It was hilarious and didn’t> overstay its welcome. > > https://imgur.com/a/... Nice, how many hours did it take you?

4-Jan-23 7:54pm
#183

sinnie

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:
I didn't really keep track, but I think around 10? sinnie wrote:> Bleed_DukeBlue wrote: |>> I finished High on Life tonight. That was a blast. It was hilarious and didn’t |>> overstay its welcome. |>> |>> https://imgur.com/a/...> > Nice, how many hours did it take you?> >
Nice

7-Jan-23 5:14pm
#184

PizzaTheHutt

Alright, finally got around to finishing up Super Mario World. That took way longer than expected. I originally was going to do one world per day and they just felt super short and then I wound up just not touching the game for a few weeks.
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15-Jan-23 8:41pm
#185

PizzaTheHutt

Another make up game, I finished Stray earlier.
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16-Jan-23 8:34am
#186

citizen_zane

Stray is one that I would love to play some day. I'll just have to wait for a good sale.

16-Jan-23 5:33pm
#187

Frank

citizen_zane wrote:
Stray is one that I would love to play some day. I'll just have to wait for a good sale.
I honestly respect that. I wouldn't have played it myself, had my buddy not bought it.

He's like family, so we use Steam's family share feature. Very convenient, because it's made me play games I otherwise wouldn't have bothered even looking into.

16-Jan-23 8:38pm
#188

Slickriven

I finally got around to starting this today, only got to beat the first bounty but was enjoying it. Reminded me of Trover and overall was fun, though I didn't love that bounty fight as the grapple/swinging wasn't great. The dialog was fun, especially after getting the knife. I'll likely push this one to the top of my priority list for the rest of the month. I've been wanting to play it and was stoked it got picked as some extra motivation, but I just messed around with some other titles on my XSX and been playing on other systems as well.

17-Jan-23 1:37pm
#189

sinnie

It's been a chaotic month for me so I'm probably gonna have to make this one up even though I recommended it. I can't wait to get into it though.

24-Jan-23 10:14am
#190

Slickriven

Made some good progress in my last 2 sessions in the game, like Trover, the voice of Kenny and some NPCs is starting to annoy me but the game is still decently enjoyable. I'm working on the 7th bounty so I'm nearing the end. Some things have been fun and funny, others not so much but I suppose that's to be expected.
Looking forward to finishing this, this weekend.

24-Jan-23 7:58pm
#191

Slickriven

Ended up not waiting until the weekend, I beat this just a little bit ago - forgot to take an image during credits, so image here is of my earned Achievement: https://photos.app.g...

Game was fun, glad the thread pushed me to beat it now vs. waiting as I was able to run through it and revisit some areas looking for chests (before the final battle) in like 8 days, while I may not have pushed that much otherwise. Game was a bit buggy for me. Like some enemies spawning or falling into the floor. But the biggest one that sucked the 2 times it happened was the respawn failing b/c I feared my save was busted. First time was near the end of a longer session last night where I triggered a fight that I didn't want to, so I opted to pause > reload last checkpoint, well that kicked me to the main menu/screen, thought that was odd, so I hit continue, screen cycled and back to main screen, uhh... ok Load > my save... back to main... Fudge, it better not be screwed up... killed the game and restarted, and thankfully it was fine. The 2nd time was concerning as it happened in the fight against the final boss after I died. I didn't stress too much and killing the game and restarting was enough to resolve it.

24-Jan-23 10:40pm
#192

Frank

@Slickriven badge earned

20 Questions for February may begin.

26-Jan-23 11:56am
#193

Frank

Nobody up to guessing next month's game?

What if I told you that one person who completes February's badge will be randomly selected to win a prize?

26-Jan-23 12:01pm
#194

Slickriven

1. Was the game initially released during the current generation's time period?

26-Jan-23 4:28pm
#195

SwiftJAB

2. Is the game part of a video game series?

27-Jan-23 11:35pm
#196

Frank

Slickriven wrote:
1. Was the game initially released during the current generation's time period?
1. No

27-Jan-23 11:36pm
#197

Frank

SwiftJAB wrote:
2. Is the game part of a video game series?
2. series of video games? No, there is only one game.

28-Jan-23 12:48am
#198

Renaissance2K

3. Was the game originally released on or after January 1, 2010?

29-Jan-23 11:59am
#199

Frank

Renaissance2K wrote:
3. Was the game originally released on or after January 1, 2010?3. Yes

1. The game was not initially released during the current generation's time period.
2. Part of a series, but not a series of games.
3. Originally released on or after January 1, 2010.

29-Jan-23 1:51pm
#200

citizen_zane

Is it pixelated?

29-Jan-23 5:02pm
#201

SwiftJAB

Does the game feature a human protagonist?

29-Jan-23 5:28pm
#202

Frank

citizen_zane wrote:
Is it pixelated?4. No

SwiftJAB wrote:
Does the game feature a human protagonist?5. Humanoid, but not human.

29-Jan-23 5:44pm
#203

nonamesleft

It's been too long since I've beaten a game for this thread.

Not counting PC, is the game a specific console exclusive?

29-Jan-23 6:17pm
#204

Renaissance2K

7. Is the main character an android or robot?

29-Jan-23 9:05pm
#205

Frank

nonamesleft wrote:
It's been too long since I've beaten a game for this thread. Not counting PC, is the game a specific console exclusive?
6. No it is not "currently" an exclusive. Wink Wink

29-Jan-23 9:07pm
#206

Frank

Renaissance2K wrote:
7. Is the main character an android or robot?Nope!

29-Jan-23 10:35pm
#207

nonamesleft

Frank wrote:
nonamesleft wrote:> It's been too long since I've beaten a game for this thread.> > Not counting PC, is the game a specific console exclusive? 6. No it is not "currently" an exclusive. Wink WinkHmmmm. Then I'm thinking maybe it was an exclusive and then got ported, or something along those lines.

29-Jan-23 10:37pm
#208

Feeb

Is it’s story and cast based on real historical mythology?

29-Jan-23 10:57pm
#209

Frank

Feeb wrote:
Is itÃ‚'s story and cast based on real historical mythology?
8. I don't believe so!

29-Jan-23 11:01pm
#210

Feeb

This one is intriguing!

30-Jan-23 9:27pm
#211

Renaissance2K

9. Was it available on an Xbox console at launch?

30-Jan-23 9:50pm
#212

Frank

Renaissance2K wrote:
9. Was it available on an Xbox console at launch?
9. Yes

30-Jan-23 10:14pm
#213

Renaissance2K

10. Is the main character an anthropomorphic inanimate object?

30-Jan-23 10:25pm
#214

Feeb

Oh wow. It’s a dick game.

31-Jan-23 1:07am
#215

Frank

Renaissance2K wrote:
10. Is the main character an anthropomorphic inanimate object?
10. YEESSS

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31-Jan-23 1:52am
#216

Renaissance2K

Is it

Cuphead

31-Jan-23 2:05am
#217

Bleed_DukeBlue

Oh please not Cuphead. That game nearly gave me carpal tunnel by the time I beat it last year. It’s hard enough on simple mode, but then you have to raise the difficulty and beat everything on regular mode to be able to unlock the last area (Inkwell Hell) and roll the credits. Some of the bosses on regular took me literally hundreds of attempts before I beat them. The final bosses (and some of the ones before you get there) are brutal.

31-Jan-23 2:13am
#218

Slickriven

I'm only still on the first island/area in Cuphead after buying it early last year but sucking at it. So I would be up for giving it some more attention, though I suspect that I might not complete it in the month because I stunk at it.

31-Jan-23 1:56pm
#219

Frank

@Renaissance2K
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Next month was recommended in by @EB who has also kindly offered to give away a $10 gift card to one lucky participant who collects the Cuphead badge.

I myself never actually finished it either, and I've always felt shameful because of it. While I don't include myself in the prize raffle, since I'm the host, I am looking forward to trying to play through it again and actually finish it!

31-Jan-23 2:07pm
#220

Feeb

Cuphead is one of those games where the more you play the angrier and worse you get. I’ve Gotta set an attempt / night limit on those for me to succeed.

31-Jan-23 2:38pm
#221

PizzaTheHutt

I never finished it either. Around the time it released on Switch the dev team said they were going to patch in Xbox Live achievement support into the Switch version, so I set the game aside expecting them to follow through on it. Nearly four years later and they have never mentioned it again. I'm fine playing it without achievements, it just would have been nice to have something to show for completing a ridiculously hard game, but I still never went back because I was sidetracked by so many other games in the meantime.

31-Jan-23 4:49pm
#222

nonamesleft

Feeb wrote:
This one is intriguing!
Feeb wrote:
Oh wow. It's a dick game.What did you initially think it was?

31-Jan-23 4:50pm
#223

nonamesleft

Frank wrote:
@Renaissance2K {imgt}https://cdn.cloudfla... 616 353{imgt} Next month was recommended in by @EB who has also kindly offered to give away a $10 gift card to one lucky participant who collects the Cuphead badge. I myself never actually finished it either, and I've always felt shameful because of it. While I don't include myself in the prize raffle, since I'm the host, I am looking forward to trying to play through it again and actually finish it!

What's the cuphead badge?

31-Jan-23 4:51pm
#224

Frank

nonamesleft wrote:
Frank wrote:> @Renaissance2K > {imgt}https://cdn.cloudfla...> 616 353{imgt}> > Next month was recommended in by @EB who has also kindly offered to give away a $10> gift card to one lucky participant who collects the Cuphead badge.> > I myself never actually finished it either, and I've always felt shameful because> of it. While I don't include myself in the prize raffle, since I'm the host, I am> looking forward to trying to play through it again and actually finish it!

> What's the cuphead badge?
You'll have to wait until tomorrow... Or at least until later tonight when I make it.

31-Jan-23 4:53pm
#225

nonamesleft

Frank wrote:
nonamesleft wrote:> Frank wrote: |>> @Renaissance2K |>> {imgt}https://cdn.cloudfla... |>> 616 353{imgt} |>> |>> Next month was recommended in by @EB who has also kindly offered to give away> a $10 |>> gift card to one lucky participant who collects the Cuphead badge. |>> |>> I myself never actually finished it either, and I've always felt shameful because |>> of it. While I don't include myself in the prize raffle, since I'm the host, I> am |>> looking forward to trying to play through it again and actually finish it!

|>> > What's the cuphead badge? You'll have to wait until tomorrow... Or at least until later tonight when I make it.

Ohhhh, that's what you meant. I wasn't rushing you or anything. I misunderstood. I thought there was an in game cuphead badge to collect.

31-Jan-23 4:59pm
#226

Frank

Nope, just the one for completing the game for the club.

31-Jan-23 5:04pm
#227

nonamesleft

Looking forward to playing this one again. Was a good challenge. Personally, I found the

dragon

to be one of the most challenging bosses. Took me many tries to defeat.

31-Jan-23 8:56pm
#228

BloodPuppetX

I beat Cuphead + the DLC last month (also nominated it for this club), so I'll try to do it on Expert difficulty this time. There is a trick that lets you summon the genie for double health if you're having trouble.

https://gameranx.com...

I probably died to Grim Matchstick the most. Almost certainly would have been the robot if not for this cheat. (I used it for this boss and two of the later run and gun stages just to get them out of the way lol.)

31-Jan-23 9:13pm
#229

Renaissance2K

I just played through the first level, and hoo boy, I better get the pain meds ready.

1-Feb-23 12:11pm
#230

nonamesleft

BloodPuppetX wrote:
I beat Cuphead + the DLC last month (also nominated it for this club), so I'll try to do it on Expert difficulty this time. There is a trick that lets you summon the genie for double health if you're having trouble. https://gameranx.com... I probably died to Grim Matchstick the most. Almost certainly would have been the robot if not for this cheat. (I used it for this boss and two of the later run and gun stages just to get them out of the way lol.)Grim Matchstick was also one of the most difficult for me. Took me a long time to beat.

1-Feb-23 5:27pm
#231

nonamesleft

Was looking forward to replaying Cuphead.

I turned on my Switch Lite, ready to play, and oh wait the Switch was out of battery, of course.

I'm a big fan of the Switch Lite, but a disadvantage to not having the system docked is the battery potentially being dead when you're about to play a game.

1-Feb-23 7:58pm
#232

nonamesleft

I beat the vegetable boss. Wasn't difficult at all (I know that the others are much more difficult)

1 down.

1-Feb-23 8:56pm
#233

Renaissance2K

Slowly but surely making progress. Really scared about some of the later levels if I'm already having this much trouble with the first world.

1-Feb-23 9:57pm
#234

nonamesleft

Renaissance2K wrote:
Slowly but surely making progress. Really scared about some of the later levels if I'm already having this much trouble with the first world.I wonder which bosses you'll find to be more challenging and which less. There were some that based on the progression of the game should have been difficult and were easier for me, but others that I would have thought would have been more difficult but turned out to be much easier.

1-Feb-23 10:09pm
#235

Feeb

nonamesleft wrote:
Renaissance2K wrote:> Slowly but surely making progress. Really scared about some of the later levels if> I'm already having this much trouble with the first world.> > I wonder which bosses you'll find to be more challenging and which less. There were some that based on the progression of the game should have been difficult and were easier for me, but others that I would have thought would have been more difficult but turned out to be much easier.
Hardest for me are the jumping platform boss fights. Need 4 eyes and 8 hands.

1-Feb-23 10:22pm
#236

nonamesleft

Feeb wrote:
nonamesleft wrote:> Renaissance2K wrote: |>> Slowly but surely making progress. Really scared about some of the later levels> if |>> I'm already having this much trouble with the first world. |>> |>> > I wonder which bosses you'll find to be more challenging and which less. There were> some that based on the progression of the game should have been difficult and were> easier for me, but others that I would have thought would have been more difficult> but turned out to be much easier. Hardest for me are the jumping platform boss fights. Need 4 eyes and 8 hands. :)

One of the most difficult for me was that platforming water stage. Took me many many tries.

1-Feb-23 11:13pm
#237

Feeb

The dragon where you have to jump on loving clouds. Yikes.

1-Feb-23 11:19pm
#238

nonamesleft

Feeb wrote:
The dragon where you have to jump on loving clouds. Yikes. Oh yeah, that one was very difficult for me. I think I beat the dragon two weeks after I first encountered it.

2-Feb-23 1:32am
#239

citizen_zane

Initially I was thinking that Cuphead would be great for me and my daughter to play together, but after reading a little bit about the two-player mode, I think it would be a bad idea. Apparently when you play in two-player mode, the amount of damage that each player does is cut in half. This means that both players need to be really good in order to beat this game. Yikes.

2-Feb-23 6:01pm
#240

nonamesleft

citizen_zane wrote:
Initially I was thinking that Cuphead would be great for me and my daughter to play together, but after reading a little bit about the two-player mode, I think it would be a bad idea. Apparently when you play in two-player mode, the amount of damage that each player does is cut in half. This means that both players need to be really good in order to beat this game. Yikes.Wow. Sounds like a good challenge.

2-Feb-23 6:05pm
#241

nonamesleft

I beat the frog duo after a couple of tries. I spent my first four coins on the spread upgrade. That shot is a beast if you can get close enough to the target.

My previous playthrough, I think that Spread was one of the last items I bought. I highly recommend it. It can make things trickier, being up close, but it really packs a punch.

3-Feb-23 4:03am
#242

EB

I’m a decent way through Cuphead (about halfway through Isle Three). Got most of the way through it a couple years ago but never finished it, so started a new save and the first half of it or so wasn’t too bad. It’s starting to really kick me now though. I hadn’t heard of the Genie thing until someone here posted it. Saved me during Dr Kahl’s Robot, that one is so hard.

4-Feb-23 2:03am
#243

Slickriven

Yep I still am barely mediocre at this game. I had only beat 3 of the first island's bosses when I played this around April. I had been sort of stuck on the 2nd optional level and really didn't bother with it this time. Went to face the orange flower and that took a bunch of tries, but I got it.
Next I faced the 2 guys that turn into a huge cash register, they were actually rather easy for me, taking a handful of tries. That opened up the 2nd island and I went to the candy lady first. Did a good dozen tries before I even got to her final phase and that sucked so I walked away.
Then I tried the genie and faced him on simple difficulty and beat him quickly, but then I changed to regular and after around 8 tries got him too.
Game is challenging for sure, facing the candy lady again will suck, just too many things to hit you from so many different directions, with some hard to spot. Not sure if I'll want to nor get to put in the time this month to beat the 9 or so remaining bosses, this is a game where it feels wise to set an attempts limit on myself and then turn it off.

5-Feb-23 4:01pm
#244

nonamesleft

I keep getting out on the forest/tree stage that has the mosquitos flying around. Last time also that stage took me awhile.

5-Feb-23 5:15pm
#245

Renaissance2K

Made it to the third island. That bee level stings a bit.

Heh.

5-Feb-23 5:51pm
#246

nonamesleft

Renaissance2K wrote:
Made it to the third island. That bee level stings a bit. Heh.:)

5-Feb-23 5:54pm
#247

nonamesleft

Just beat the first flying stage, Hilda. Almost got a perfect score. I would have just needed to do 2 of those parry moves, but I was purposely destroying the little ships in order to focus on the boss, and those little ships release the pink things. I guess I could have parried the pink stars later on, but I dodged them instead.

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5-Feb-23 5:54pm
#248

nonamesleft

@Renaissance2K You're already up to the third island? Very nice! Is this your first time playing Cuphead?

5-Feb-23 6:50pm
#249

Renaissance2K

nonamesleft wrote:
@Renaissance2K You're already up to the third island? Very nice! Is this your first time playing Cuphead?
Yeah, I bought it a long time ago but never got around to it.

5-Feb-23 7:10pm
#250

nonamesleft

Renaissance2K wrote:
nonamesleft wrote:> @Renaissance2K You're already up to the third island? Very nice! Is this your first> time playing Cuphead? Yeah, I bought it a long time ago but never got around to it.Impressive to have gotten so far so quickly on your first run with this not so easy game.

5-Feb-23 7:45pm
#251

Renaissance2K

Well, that was satisfying. Took me some ungodly number of attempts to finish the bee boss, and then managed to get her before she hit her final form.

5-Feb-23 10:23pm
#252

Slickriven

This game's sole reason for existing is to cause me to want to break my controller. I went back and did the 2nd Run'n'Gun level that caused me to quit on this ~9 months ago and for a simple level it still took me yet another 15+ tries. Was satisfying to finally beat it and the 5x coins were useful I suppose. I then did the 2nd museum level and that wasn't too bad.
Then I did the candy lady and did better against her today vs. my last try, I'd guess after another only maybe 8 tries I got her which opened up a new area, I first took the hidden 'shortcut' and tried another Run'n'Gun level where you ended up on the ceiling - the frigging duck got me so many times. I actually decided to switch up the controls to make LT shoot, so I could hold that in all the time and moved dash to X which let me be a touch better at that level but I still didn't complete it <sigh>. So I went back and faced the 2 other boss levels I gained access to - against the flying dragon in the sky and the birdhouse one. Dragon was easy in his first phase, but that 2nd, what a PITA - I could reach the 2nd phase generally w/out issue but in 10+ tries I couldn't get past his 2nd phase. In the birdhouse fight, I did rather well against his first 3 phases, then couldn't really do his 4th and the one time I did finally get it, I didn't survive his final phase - ugg.

I like the use of LT for fire and I'm getting used to X for dash, but my pinky got sore pretty quickly holding down LT constantly - I'm likely gripping the controller too tight, this game is flarking frustrating. I'm 'glad' I've got the first island fully done now, but it hardly feels like I'm getting better at it overall.

5-Feb-23 10:25pm
#253

Feeb

Slickriven wrote:
This game's sole reason for existing is to cause me to want to break my controller. I went back and did the 2nd Run'n'Gun level that caused me to quit on this ~9 months ago and for a simple level it still took me yet another 15+ tries. Was satisfying to finally beat it and the 5x coins were useful I suppose. I then did the 2nd museum level and that wasn't too bad. Then I did the candy lady and did better against her today vs. my last try, I'd guess after another only maybe 8 tries I got her which opened up a new area, I first took the hidden 'shortcut' and tried another Run'n'Gun level where you ended up on the ceiling - the frigging duck got me so many times. I actually decided to switch up the controls to make LT shoot, so I could hold that in all the time and moved dash to X which let me be a touch better at that level but I still didn't complete it <sigh>. So I went back and faced the 2 other boss levels I gained access to - against the flying dragon in the sky and the birdhouse one. Dragon was easy in his first phase, but that 2nd, what a PITA - I could reach the 2nd phase generally w/out issue but in 10+ tries I couldn't get past his 2nd phase. In the birdhouse fight, I did rather well against his first 3 phases, then couldn't really do his 4th and the one time I did finally get it, I didn't survive his final phase - ugg. I like the use of LT for fire and I'm getting used to X for dash, but my pinky got sore pretty quickly holding down LT constantly - I'm likely gripping the controller too tight, this game is flarking frustrating. I'm 'glad' I've got the first island fully done now, but it hardly feels like I'm getting better at it overall.

This is a winning post. 👊🏻

6-Feb-23 12:50am
#254

Renaissance2K

The fact that each level takes less than two minutes is what makes it palatable. If I was losing ten minutes of progress every time a robotic duck stepped on me, I'd probably have given up by now.

6-Feb-23 1:37am
#255

SwiftJAB

I love that this game is getting some great discussion. I haven't played it yet and not sure if I'm going to be able to fit it in this busy month, but I sure do enjoy hearing y'all talk about your experience with it.

6-Feb-23 2:03am
#256

Slickriven

I agree with you @Renaissance2K it's frustrating though when everything, every level takes so dang many tries. I'm also playing a Metroidvania with similar mechanics (8 Doors) and some sections and some bosses are difficult, but I'm making progress. I just beat a recent boss in that game and it took me around 8 tries, each try was around 2 mins, but I made decent progress leaning his attacks and 8 or so attempts wasn't too bad.
With Cuphead because there's nothing but boss fights or the nearly as annoying r&g levels it just doesn't feel like I'm hardly making any overall progress. Since you've gotten past me onto island 3 already, that's maybe not the case for you and hey I'm happy to hear some folks can beat these levels unlike me. I might have to try to beat the bosses on their simple difficulty to at least get familiar or exposure to their general patterns and phases. I did the genie that way and then noticed that on regular his health was likely higher, but each phase had more things to account for in the higher difficulty level. But I at least could expect things a touch better I suppose.

6-Feb-23 3:40am
#257

EB

Here’s something I never really thought I’d get to say: I finished Cuphead yesterday!

Had a lot of fun with it despite the challenge. Bought the DLC and got a good chunk into that yesterday too.

6-Feb-23 7:45pm
#258

Slickriven

Drip-drip of progress... I think the key for me is to not get sucked in to the whole 'just one more try' pull.
I fired this up tonight and beat 2 levels. First I faced the birdhouse again and was going to try on Simple difficulty, but his opening egg attack acts differently and I nearly died right away, so I figured that I was better off with him on Regular. And after reaching his final phase and eating it quickly due to his stretched out form, across the bottom of the screen, I remembered that I had a different weapon and tried that when I reached his final form a 2nd time. I got further but still died - grr but was doing way better with the new weapon and on the next try I got all the way to his final form with either no or just 1 hit and I got him - Woot!
Next I did the first RnG level in the carnival and the opening section where you bounce on the trampoline was annoying at times, but after maybe 8-10 tries I was getting the hang of it and completed that one too. Then I faced the roller coaster clown and wasn't a fan, so after 3-4 failures I quit for the time being, but got sucked back in and got better with him, 1st phase is easy enough, 2nd sucks, 3rd's not too bad and I've only hit his 4th phase a few times and with only like 1 stinking HP left. I'm up to 183 deaths according to the water fountain - <sigh>

I was at 28% before yesterday's progress, then 38% after yesterday. Today got me to 45% which sounds about right with 3/5 bosses and 1/2 RnG levels completed.

6-Feb-23 11:20pm
#259

Slickriven

Sorry for more updates, but I've unlocked the 3rd island - woohoo!
Clown took a handful of tries and I realized that using different weapons was wise and I switched to the spread-shot and that was very useful in phases 2-4 as he's close/stationary in at least 2 of those.
Dragon took me longer, I used the glob-shot on him initially in his 2nd/3rd phases but realized that it was decently effective in all 3 actually. Took a few too many deaths in his final phase but having to continually jump forward to the right while shooting back to the left was annoying.

I only faced the 2 newest bosses once each really and now I'm kind of bummed about the choices I've made with my coins. I only have the glob and spread weapons and the ship really needed another weapon I'm guessing since the gob wasn't great and you need to distance yourself from him at times, thus the spread isn't ideal either. Bee was another challenge with the platforms.

Oh and the King-Dice song is really good.

6-Feb-23 11:29pm
#260

nonamesleft

Slickriven wrote:
Sorry for more updates, but I've unlocked the 3rd island - woohoo! Clown took a handful of tries and I realized that using different weapons was wise and I switched to the spread-shot and that was very useful in phases 2-4 as he's close/stationary in at least 2 of those. Dragon took me longer, I used the glob-shot on him initially in his 2nd/3rd phases but realized that it was decently effective in all 3 actually. Took a few too many deaths in his final phase but having to continually jump forward to the right while shooting back to the left was annoying. I only faced the 2 newest bosses once each really and now I'm kind of bummed about the choices I've made with my coins. I only have the glob and spread weapons and the ship really needed another weapon I'm guessing since the gob wasn't great and you need to distance yourself from him at times, thus the spread isn't ideal either. Bee was another challenge with the platforms. Oh and the King-Dice song is really good.The dragon took me many tries. The glob shot was surprisingly effective against him once I tried it. You just need to calculate the arc of the shot. But it's pretty strong when you hit.

6-Feb-23 11:34pm
#261

Renaissance2K

I haven't been offered the glob shot yet, and I feel like I'm missing out.

6-Feb-23 11:56pm
#262

Slickriven

I need to figure out what weapon to use against the ship since I'm not sure the glob-shot will work great.
@nonamesleft I found I could actually hit the dragon from almost anywhere with the glob so long as I was higher up, him filling the left or right sides of the screen meant so long as I was high enough up, the arc would reach the far side of the screen and hit him down low.

I figure the glob should work okay with the Bee, and it did in the first phase, it was just a challenge avoiding the other stuff and not falling.
But I only tried each once so we'll see.
Stinks that you can't earn more coins, or can you replay the RnG levels and collect the coins over again?

7-Feb-23 12:12am
#263

nonamesleft

Slickriven wrote:
I need to figure out what weapon to use against the ship since I'm not sure the glob-shot will work great. @nonamesleft I found I could actually hit the dragon from almost anywhere with the glob so long as I was higher up, him filling the left or right sides of the screen meant so long as I was high enough up, the arc would reach the far side of the screen and hit him down low. I figure the glob should work okay with the Bee, and it did in the first phase, it was just a challenge avoiding the other stuff and not falling. But I only tried each once so we'll see. Stinks that you can't earn more coins, or can you replay the RnG levels and collect the coins over again?I'm pretty sure that you can't collect the coins in the RnG levels more than once.

Coins in this game aren't super easy to accumulate.

7-Feb-23 1:02am
#264

Slickriven

Yeah I went in and verified that coins can't be re-collected, crummy. But after verifying, I knew the 5x from the 2nd island's 2nd RnG level would be rather helpful so I tried that again and looked up a YT vid on how the heck to actually avoid the dang ducks. Dashing forward in that section could give you a gap btwn the end of the first ceiling car-train and the first duck, then dash like crazy again on the ceiling and you can void out the 2nd duck entirely!
So I did that and after maybe 8 tries I finally got that dang level, yea! So islands 1&2 are fully complete now. I then decided to use some Google assistance and watched a clip against the ship and picked up some pointers and spent some coins on the Roundabout shot, which was listed as the 2nd best weapon, behind the spread. I then faced the ship a good 10 times and couldn't get him, I think I got a little too impatient, but with things coming along the pier/ground, from him, the falling barrel and his 'called in buddies' it gets chaotic and some times you basically can't avoid taking a hit.
I've been using the +1 health charm this whole time, but I think I might need to use the no-damage dash one and rely on dashing more against the Captain with that charm. We'll see, I really disliked this pick initially, but now I'm getting determined to beat it.

@Renaissance2K the glob-shot is actually called the Lobber.

7-Feb-23 2:03am
#265

Renaissance2K

Bob Loblaw's Glob Lobber?

7-Feb-23 8:52am
#266

nonamesleft

Renaissance2K wrote:
Bob Loblaw's Glob Lobber?

Bob Gargantuan Loblaw's Garbling Large Glob Lobber.

Should cost 3 or 4 coins at the shop.

7-Feb-23 9:02am
#267

nonamesleft

@Slickriven

Roundabout shot is pretty great. I think that was the first one I bought the first time I played the game. It made the battle against the frog duo much easier.

Dash invincibility is a kind of niche, but it can be very useful strategically. But your timing has to be spot on.

Would you like to know a neat trick regarding the Captain battle? It's a minor spoiler though.

Great job so far by the way. Keep those updates coming.

7-Feb-23 10:08am
#268

Renaissance2K

How do y'all use your super attacks? Do you use the normal special attacks as your meter fills, or do you wait until it's full to use the EX attack?

When I wait, I feel like I end up wasting a lot of charge as I wait for a window to open up.

7-Feb-23 11:32am
#269

nonamesleft

Renaissance2K wrote:
How do y'all use your super attacks? Do you use the normal special attacks as your meter fills, or do you wait until it's full to use the EX attack? When I wait, I feel like I end up wasting a lot of charge as I wait for a window to open up.I occasionally use the regular special attacks, but I usually wait.

7-Feb-23 12:00pm
#270

Slickriven

The top-end supers don't generally feel all that effective, so I agree with @Renaissance2K that they can feel like a waste. They take too long to fill up. I purchased and switched to the one that puts you on the other plane, basically preventing you from taking any damage, but it lasts like what 4 seconds?
One thing's for sure, the game makes you feel very under powered. The strong attacks, if used before becoming a super only his 3 times. Granted I really want to see boss's health meters.
I did consider buying the charm that will cause the meter to fill up on its own, but wasn't sure about the effectiveness of that.

@nonamesleft sure I'll take a pointer on the captain, I'm not sure there's much story to spoil but you can PM me if you want, vs posting in here.

7-Feb-23 1:32pm
#271

nonamesleft

@Slickriven Sure. I'll PM you. It's not a story spoiler, but rather something that's cool to figure out during that battle.

7-Feb-23 9:04pm
#272

Slickriven

Made some progress, finally got the captain ship beat. Had to change my approach and switch to the basic gun after the cannonballs started coming out, vs being right up close with the spread shot. I also learned how to avoid his bubble attack which helped.
Note if you're ducking underneath an attack, do not switch weapons as that will force you out of the duck enough to take damage.
After getting him that opened up access to the 1 RnG level and the sea-queen/Medusa boss. I tried her only like 3 times as she stunk. I then went to that RnG level and nearly snapped my controller. I used the one weapon that fires lime green 'frisbees' and really liked that weapon as it took out the flying fish in one shot. I could get through 75% of that level reasonably alright but the final part with the octopus you had stay on was crazy challenging.
Thankfully I eventually got that final stupid section. I then went to the final mausoleum and had to get better at the parry to beat that. With that done I spent some coins and then called it quits.
Slow grind...

7-Feb-23 9:47pm
#273

Feeb

Slickriven wrote:
Made some progress, finally got the captain ship beat. Had to change my approach and switch to the basic gun after the cannonballs started coming out, vs being right up close with the spread shot. I also learned how to avoid his bubble attack which helped. Note if you're ducking underneath an attack, do not switch weapons as that will force you out of the duck enough to take damage. After getting him that opened up access to the 1 RnG level and the sea-queen/Medusa boss. I tried her only like 3 times as she stunk. I then went to that RnG level and nearly snapped my controller. I used the one weapon that fires lime green 'frisbees' and really liked that weapon as it took out the flying fish in one shot. I could get through 75% of that level reasonably alright but the final part with the octopus you had stay on was crazy challenging. Thankfully I eventually got that final stupid section. I then went to the final mausoleum and had to get better at the parry to beat that. With that done I spent some coins and then called it quits. Slow grind...
Sounds like you’re making pretty fast progress. I need to play this more. Liked it but I only got passed the first plant dude I think.

7-Feb-23 10:00pm
#274

Slickriven

Feeb wrote:
Sounds like you’re making pretty fast progress. I need to play this more. Liked it but I only got passed the first plant dude I think.
I'd say it's more been perseverance, I'm only up to 65% according to the save record. I'm seeing more boss contracts to collect on the 3rd island, when compared to the first 2 <sigh>
It's 100% frustrating at times and I think anyone who plays it should only do maybe 8-10 runs at a time otherwise you can get SO ticked at failing over and over.

I only have 1 contract in island 3 so far and have tried 3 other bosses at least once.

7-Feb-23 11:18pm
#275

Slickriven

I should learn to take my own advice... I just spent far too long against I'll call it the Cat & Mouse boss. First phase wasn't too bad, 2nd was a touch difficult to avoid taking damage though it shouldn't have been but I would make a wrong move and a lot of the screen is filled by him. 3rd phase also wasn't too bad, but too many times I'd take my last hit before taking him down, I saw the progress bar so close to done after death it was annoying.
So now I've got 2 contracts from the final island.

8-Feb-23 1:30am
#276

Slickriven

This. Game. Has. Sucked. Me. In.
Did another session, got my 3rd contact of the 3rd island, the Theater lady. She wasn't really too bad. Took a handful of tries to get used to/good against her 1st & 2nd phases, 3rd was easy to pick up her patterns and once I got to the 4th it only took me like 3 times to get her. Frisbee weapon was good against her and the cat & mouse, that's my favorite weapon right now.
Beating her opened another area and I found a shortcut so I've now tried all levels on the 3rd island. The huge robot dude wasn't fun as there was a ton going on the try to keep track of. The final RnG level didn't seem difficult but I didn't get too far on my only maybe 5 tries, need to figure out what weapon will work best, possibly the one I don't have yet - Chaser.
Also the battle against the train guy was interesting, only tried him once. I'm now at 285 deaths, good grief. Plus I've resorted to pausing and restarting a level if I've taken a hit or two a bit too early in a fight, especially once I've felt like I know what to do in the earlier phases of a fight and just missed a jump or dodge. There's really little point in taking 1, or especially 2-3 hits early in a fight and keep pressing on, better to cut losses, save time and restart.

8-Feb-23 1:31am
#277

Feeb

Boss.

8-Feb-23 11:04am
#278

Renaissance2K

I just had a panic moment and thought I deleted my Cuphead save after I swapped my SD card out of my Switch; the Analogue Pocket just got PC Engine CD support, and my Switch barely has any content on it after picking up a Steam Deck.

Fortunately, the save was stored in the cloud. Pretty sure that's the first time Nintendo Switch Online ever did something right.

8-Feb-23 1:55pm
#279

nonamesleft

@Slickriven Great progress! Keep it up. That robot boss took me awhile, but there was at least one boss in the 3rd island that I defeated almost immediately. I'm considering it beginner's luck. I don't know what happened.

The frisbee weapon is great. It was my go to weapon the first time I played the game.

The train boss can be tricky but once you notice certain patterns, it's not very difficult, imo. Though maybe that's the case for any game?

I do the reset thing on the RnG levels specifically. Nothing quite like getting out right at the end with just 1 hp. Happened to me against that giant mosquito.

8-Feb-23 1:56pm
#280

nonamesleft

Renaissance2K wrote:
I just had a panic moment and thought I deleted my Cuphead save after I swapped my SD card out of my Switch; the Analogue Pocket just got PC Engine CD support, and my Switch barely has any content on it after picking up a Steam Deck. Fortunately, the save was stored in the cloud. Pretty sure that's the first time Nintendo Switch Online ever did something right.Thank goodness. Would you have restarted had it been deleted?

8-Feb-23 2:41pm
#281

Slickriven

Sweet! I took a 7 min break from work and... beat the giant bee boss. She might have gone down the fastest for me. I only faced her 3 times just now and I want to say like only 5-7 more in prior sessions. 1st and 2nd phases the frisbee worked best because its return arch could land if you just kept firing while you were forced to jump around on the platforms. Allowing yourself to drop down low infront of the cop, firing away, then climbing and dashing over him caused me to take him out quickly. Then I switched to the lobber shot for the final phase since she's nearly 100% below you. I'm stunned that I beat her after just 3 tries today.

Was planing on taking a 15-20 min break, but since I took her down so swiftly I decided to just stop there and live on the high of some success,

8-Feb-23 3:42pm
#282

Renaissance2K

nonamesleft wrote:
Renaissance2K wrote:> I just had a panic moment and thought I deleted my Cuphead save after I swapped my> SD card out of my Switch; the Analogue Pocket just got PC Engine CD support, and> my Switch barely has any content on it after picking up a Steam Deck.> > Fortunately, the save was stored in the cloud. Pretty sure that's the first time> Nintendo Switch Online ever did something right.> Thank goodness. Would you have restarted had it been deleted?
Unclear. On one hand, getting back to the third island probably wouldn't take as long because I've figured out the bosses/levels by now, and know to look for the Bob Loblaw bullet in the shop.

On the other hand, I tend to get really discouraged when I lose progress and need to take a break.

9-Feb-23 2:03pm
#283

Slickriven

Played a little just now, got the final RnG stage, wasn't too bad, the frisbee is pretty good here. I nearly missed 2 coins on my first attempt where I got pretty far, so failing that run didn't bother me. Final section, the frisbee was a must. With all coins now collected, I couldn't afford 2 upgrades, which is a crummy design IMO.
After that I gave the robot 4 or so more attempts and couldn't even manage to get past his first phase, grrr. So I tried the sea queen and on my first run I reached her final stage and was feeling decent, but the turn you to stone attack sucked and did me in. On the next handful of attempts I could barely get back to her 2nd phase, that damn seahorse stinks, but I think shrinking helped.
With just 3 bosses left in the 3rd island, plus whatever's upcoming in the final area, I'm now at 80% on my save.
The only difference btwn the two playable characters is their color, correct? I've been using the blue mugman up until this last season when I just randomly decided to switch things up.

9-Feb-23 2:36pm
#284

Slickriven

Heh, jumped back on my system to check something with achievements and decided, well I'm here, let's take 1 shot... And I beat the sea queen and got an A-. That's my 4th A ranking.
I can confirm that if you shrink when the stupid seahorse is spewing water that makes it a lot easier to escape the stream. I didn't do anything else except for check my percentage and I'm now at 83%.
2 bosses left on island 3. I'm feeling like the robot is going to suck more since his attacks can take up so much of the screen. But I've only faced the train guy once so who knows how I'll feel about him after a handful of attempts. I've tried to avoid looking ahead, so while based on achievements I'm aware of some things to expect in the final area, I'm curious to learn the details. Once I get there I'll likely stick my casual updates like this into spoiler tags. I don't think I've really spoiled anything so far since merely mentioning bosses doesn't give away any of the near non-existent story, but I figure the final section ought to be discussed differently.

How's everybody else's progress going?

9-Feb-23 5:39pm
#285

nonamesleft

Slickriven wrote:
Played a little just now, got the final RnG stage, wasn't too bad, the frisbee is pretty good here. I nearly missed 2 coins on my first attempt where I got pretty far, so failing that run didn't bother me. Final section, the frisbee was a must. With all coins now collected, I couldn't afford 2 upgrades, which is a crummy design IMO. After that I gave the robot 4 or so more attempts and couldn't even manage to get past his first phase, grrr. So I tried the sea queen and on my first run I reached her final stage and was feeling decent, but the turn you to stone attack sucked and did me in. On the next handful of attempts I could barely get back to her 2nd phase, that damn seahorse stinks, but I think shrinking helped. With just 3 bosses left in the 3rd island, plus whatever's upcoming in the final area, I'm now at 80% on my save. The only difference btwn the two playable characters is their color, correct? I've been using the blue mugman up until this last season when I just randomly decided to switch things up.I believe there's no difference other than the red for Cuphead and the blue for Mugman. I used Cuphead mainly last time. Using Mugman now.

And regarding the robot, yeah, not an easy battle. Good luck!

9-Feb-23 5:52pm
#286

nonamesleft

@Renaissance2K You asked about those super attacks. I just used it against the giant mosquito in the RnG tree stage. Once I hit the bug with it, it was so easy to defeat. I think it's worth holding onto the super attacks fully charged, as opposed to using the smaller ones.

I hope the following wasn't a mistake, but I just spent 4 coins on the Charge weapon. I had a couple of other options, and was tempted to go for lobber because I know it's good, or the extra heart, but I figured I'd try something new. I just beat the last stage of the first island.

9-Feb-23 6:07pm
#287

Slickriven

Speaking of supers, what does the 3rd one even do? I had it equipped when I tried the last RnG level and fired it off a few times, seeing the large ghost-like guy appear and move forward, but I wasn't fighting a boss, so it hardly hit anything.

9-Feb-23 8:24pm
#288

nonamesleft

Slickriven wrote:
Speaking of supers, what does the 3rd one even do? I had it equipped when I tried the last RnG level and fired it off a few times, seeing the large ghost-like guy appear and move forward, but I wasn't fighting a boss, so it hardly hit anything.Maybe I just used that one wrong the first time around, but I honestly found the first super you get to be the most effective and simplest to use. I hardly used any other.

9-Feb-23 10:16pm
#289

Slickriven

I am starting to fear that the robot might be the end of the road for me... I played again recently and beat the train. Train wasn't horrible but F those dang flying pumpkins and their dropped bricks. First phase wasn't too bad as long as I could time the parrying of those bricks. 2nd phase the bricks were more detrimental, but I eventually learned a few things about timing and placement to avoid taking any hits. 3rd phase was about the easiest, but cart placement was key and I used the frisbee weapon while facing the opposite direction and hit him on the return trip.
That final phase though was rough to avoid damage with a good bit going on. On my victorious attempt I stunningly hit the final phase with a full super meter and zero damage taken, and I still took 2 hits but beat him. Doing so granted me access to the final area but I need all contacts to do anything there, so it was time to go back to the robot.
I tried the robot a good dozen plus times and I'm not sure how to do his final phase. Getting to that phase without damage was about impossible for me. I think in the few times I reached that final phase I only had either 1 or 2 hits and just couldn't navigate all of the stinking stuff going on there...

I'm going to have to watch some people play that section to see if I can hone in on any sort of pattern or path to follow, but dang it just seems so erratic, plus the stuff that passes in the foreground blocking your vision royally sucks.
If I get this far and get stuck I'll be really ticked.

9-Feb-23 10:20pm
#290

Renaissance2K

You mean the Iron Giant robot, or is there another horrible one coming?

9-Feb-23 10:23pm
#291

Slickriven

Yes, @Renaissance2K, the Iron Giant looking mech is nearly impossible for me so far.

9-Feb-23 11:38pm
#292

Renaissance2K

He's brutal. He's who I'm working on right now. I can get him almost all the way to the line, but can't quite seal the deal.

I keep telling myself I just need to focus on dodging during his last phase, hold the trigger down, and just hope for the best. It's the first phase that drives me nuts, though. The secondary hazards that unlock as you start to destroy his pieces are all maddening, especially those bombs with the splash damage.

10-Feb-23 12:14am
#293

Slickriven

Holy Moly, I just got that SoaB!!! And I got my 6th A ranking (also got against the train and sea queen).
I watched a few YT vids and got some pointers. I fully agree Ren2k, that first phase was frustrating for sure. It just felt like TOO much was going on and taking up your space. I also forgot to use my supers against him, but one vid suggested that you use the ultimate-super against his head after the body's done and that with like 1 more bomb hit will blitz that phase. I also changed my focus in the first phase. Initially I was focused on the 2 lower hit areas as those planes sucked, but I switched to getting the laser first, then the chest and lastly belly. I learned to dodge or destroy the planes and delaying the seeker/splash damage bombs was key, plus the ultra against his 2nd phase meant I only faced like 4-5 of those in my victorious run.
My biggest pain point in the final phase was how to dodge all that chaos, but sticking back and 100% focusing on dodging while just hoping/presuming that my shots were landing was my best approach. Then firing off a super when he switched his 2 diamonds. I didn't try to parry any of the pink since I'm not great with parrying anyhow, plus spotting the pink from the red wasn't easy and I'd rather not get hit vs. trying to gain a super.
Now it's time to visit the final area.

10-Feb-23 9:38am
#294

nonamesleft

@Slickriven Good luck on that final area.

10-Feb-23 9:39am
#295

nonamesleft

Renaissance2K wrote:
He's brutal. He's who I'm working on right now. I can get him almost all the way to the line, but can't quite seal the deal. I keep telling myself I just need to focus on dodging during his last phase, hold the trigger down, and just hope for the best. It's the first phase that drives me nuts, though. The secondary hazards that unlock as you start to destroy his pieces are all maddening, especially those bombs with the splash damage.Even though he's not easy, and when I first fought him I was stuck for a long time, I think it might have actually taken me more tries to defeat the Dragon.

10-Feb-23 12:01pm
#296

nonamesleft

It turns out that the Charge weapon is pretty solid. It really packs a punch. You have to be on target with the aim, but it's pretty great. It's how I beat that flower boss on the first island.

10-Feb-23 1:25pm
#297

Slickriven

So I've got into the final area, at first I was like fudge this gonna suck. But after heading to YT to get some pointers my recent 2nd attempt went decently well. I didn't complete anything yet but I was able to consistently reach the final phase of the level I'm doing. I just need to get the parry timing down in that phase and I think I can get it.

10-Feb-23 1:43pm
#298

Renaissance2K

I haven't played in a few days (since wiping out my SD card) but I loaded the game up today and beat that damn robot on the first try. Whoever suggested to save my super for the flying head mode gets 3 Internet points.

Knocked out the last Mausoleum and one of the run and gun stages after that, enough to finally get the Lobber.

10-Feb-23 1:48pm
#299

nonamesleft

Renaissance2K wrote:
I haven't played in a few days (since wiping out my SD card) but I loaded the game up today and beat that damn robot on the first try. Whoever suggested to save my super for the flying head mode gets 3 Internet points. Knocked out the last Mausoleum and one of the run and gun stages after that, enough to finally get the Lobber.Nice! That robot battle is a frenzy. Chaos. Feels good to leave it behind.

10-Feb-23 5:53pm
#300

Slickriven

Woohoo I'll take those internet points, need to find a place to cash them in...
I finally got the first level of the final section, it was tough but I switched to the auto-parry charm and started to figure certain things out, was crazy elated to beat it. Onto the next one!

10-Feb-23 7:02pm
#301

Frank

I love hearing you guys fight through this one, but I just don't think I have the fight in me right now. Too many other games to play, and things to do.

11-Feb-23 1:22pm
#302

Slickriven

Boom! Beat this game... this might be the most challenging game I've ever beat.

I died 353 times according to the fountain in the 2nd island. I also went back and re-beat the very first boss with my better weapons and took a C- grade to an A. Strangely I didn't earn the 1 achievement for beating the next to last boss so I'll need to decide if I want to replay him, he wasn't the most difficult to beat, but he was in the top 5, so I'm not sure if I care...
Proof:

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Please pick something less stressful/demanding/time consuming next month @Frank

11-Feb-23 6:58pm
#303

nonamesleft

Slickriven wrote:
Boom! Beat this game... this might be the most challenging game I've ever beat. I died 353 times according to the fountain in the 2nd island. I also went back and re-beat the very first boss with my better weapons and took a C- grade to an A. Strangely I didn't earn the 1 achievement for beating the next to last boss so I'll need to decide if I want to replay him, he wasn't the most difficult to beat, but he was in the top 5, so I'm not sure if I care... Proof: ...Awesome job beating this challenging game!

Please pick something less stressful/demanding/time consuming next month @Frank

11-Feb-23 6:58pm
#304

Frank

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