11-Mar-19 8:11pm
#1

Frank

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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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Spider-Man Miles Morales | Spider-Man 2
Initial Release Dates: 2020 | 2023
Platforms: PS4, PS5 | PS5
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 October 2023: Resident Evil 4 | Resident Evil 4 (2023)
image September 2023: Dead Space Franchise
image July 2023: New Super Mario Bros. Franchise
image June 2023: Mirror's Edge Franchise
image May 2023: Just Shapes & Beats
image March 2023: Metroid Prime
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

Skipping Messages Here

31-May-23 6:41pm
#161

SwiftJAB

Agreed @nonamesleft

31-May-23 8:42pm
#162

Renaissance2K

Do we know what we're playing next month yet?

31-May-23 9:34pm
#163

Frank

Next month will be Mirror's Edge month. @PizzaTheHutt suggested the first one years ago, but I figured Catalyst as an option opens it up for anyone who's already beaten the first.

31-May-23 10:24pm
#164

Renaissance2K

Nice!

31-May-23 11:20pm
#165

Slickriven

I like that pick... It's one of those, I have the games, been meaning to play them, but this should give me the final light shove to actually finally play at least the first one, maybe both. Nice choice Frank/Pizza

31-May-23 11:21pm
#166

PizzaTheHutt

Awww crap

Since 2013 I've been playing through Mirror's Edge every year some time between February and April...except this year I didn't do it. Now I feel like I must. The last couple of times I played through it I did it in one sitting. I think it's barely a 6-7 hour game on the first playthrough, so it's still a fairly short game for those still busy with Zelda.

I played through Mirror's Edge: Catalyst once, I did enjoy it but not as much as the first game. Maybe next year I'll switch it up and play through that one again.

1-Jun-23 2:20am
#167

Bleed_DukeBlue

I actually would be up for trying a Mirror’s Edge game and have them in my backlog, but it’ll be tough to get much else done with Diablo IV and FF XVI. I’m so excited about this month.

1-Jun-23 4:12pm
#168

sinnie

I enjoyed the first one! I need to play the sequel... hmm..

1-Jun-23 6:52pm
#169

sinnie

Yeah I grabbed Catalyst on Steam for $20. Here's the time to beat for anyone on the fence. I'm gonna try to not be a completionist on it (unless I get distracted and just enjoy it too much.)

How long to beat?
about 8½ Hours
When focusing on the main objectives, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst is about 8½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 33 Hours to obtain 100% completion.

1-Jun-23 9:56pm
#170

PizzaTheHutt

I wish EA would retroactively add in achievements to their old games on Steam, like Mirror's Edge and Dead Space.

2-Jun-23 12:40pm
#171

nonamesleft

Has anyone other than @citizen_zane @Renaissance2K @Frank beaten May's game?

I wanted to pick the gift card winner. Just want to make sure all the names are in. (Will randomizer it or something like that)

2-Jun-23 6:08pm
#172

PizzaTheHutt

Finished up Mirror's Edge. I wanted to do this yesterday just to already have it done on the first day of the month, but the 2nd day is good enough. Once you've beaten it enough times you can get it down to like 4.5 hours (probably much less than that if you're one of those crazy speedrunners).
This is at the tail end of the ending cutscene just before the credits start to roll. I've been playing more PC games than usual lately and it has made me realize I desperately need a new monitor.

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2-Jun-23 7:55pm
#173

citizen_zane

I'm glad this game got selected. I've had this game for so long. I just looked at it and it's still shrink wrapped! It looks like I picked it up on clearnace from Target for $10 lord knows how many years ago now. This club gives me a reason to play it now!

3-Jun-23 11:07am
#174

sinnie

Started Catalyst this morning. I hate wall running and the load time sucks if you die. These games would be awesome in VR.

3-Jun-23 11:24pm
#175

nonamesleft

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F = Frank
R = Renaissance2K
C = citizen_zane

You won, @citizen_zane. I'll message you with that 10 to Amazon egift card.

4-Jun-23 12:49am
#176

Slickriven

Started on the first game tonight - not loving it so far - first person view is not a favorite of mine for platforming so I've missed a few too many jumps already. Also LB for jump and LT for slide feels goofy, might change that to A and X or something. Not loving the lack of direction either. I'm playing on PC with an X1 controller for now. I'll surely give it some more time and the change to controls could help, having a slight headache doesn't help.

4-Jun-23 10:01am
#177

citizen_zane

nonamesleft wrote:
{imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 1440 1823{imgt} F = Frank R = Renaissance2K C = citizen_zane You won, @citizen_zane. I'll message you with that 10 to Amazon egift card.
Awesome! Much appreciated.

4-Jun-23 4:19pm
#178

Slickriven

Another play session down and my opinion has barely moved. This game is hard to get to grips with for me. I couldn't change the input settings, so LB/LT are jump/crouch and thus I'm forced to get more used to that. They finally showed me, or I finally noticed that holding down B will aim Faith in the correct progression direction, so that helps a little. I'm still not great with timing of hitting the jump button, especially close to walls and I get you need to build a little momentum at times, but it's also been a touch difficult for me to sense that properly.
I did go back and redo the tutorial stage to better lock in some buttons like Y for disarm and RT for melee attack. I got to a section with 5 dudes with shotguns and they wrecked me until I redid the tutorial and knew what buttons to hit. Since I've had this game for SO long, I'm really glad I've waited to play it until this thread's selection, b/c I suspect that I would've already given up now as it's just not my cup o' tea.
But I did just pull up a walkthrough and see that I'm 36 mins into this guy's 106 min run, so I'm right around 33% and I surely won't keep up that video's pace, nor do I want to use it unless I get stuck but I am encouraged and a touch surprised that I'm already 1/3 in. I mean I knew it was short, but it's shorter than I expected - my game timer shows I've played 84 mins as I'm surely not as swift or focused as this video is. I've only collected like 3 of the clearly optional bags of at least 9 that I believe were present in the levels I've played, but I'm not interested in those currently.
I do feel a bit crummy again after playing, as the camera bob and FPS perspective doesn't jive with me. I don't think I could ever own an VR set, I'd get sick too easy. I guess I'll seek to limit my play sessions to short bursts to avoid this feeling and the checkpoint system is good as I've fallen or been shot to death likely 2 dozen or more times already.

6-Jun-23 1:50am
#179

Renaissance2K

I started Catalyst tonight. I can already tell that the game is going to drive me crazy by de-mystifying the abstract setting of the original and EA-ifying all the game mechanics, but it's nice to be running, sliding, and zip-lining again.

But not wall running. I never did get very good at it.

6-Jun-23 9:07am
#180

sinnie

Renaissance2K wrote:

But not wall running. I never did get very good at it.
Easily my most hated feature. I also am not a fan of the timed crap, or stuff you have to execute perfectly to proceed in the game.

7-Jun-23 9:37am
#181

citizen_zane

As much as I want to play this game, I'm having a real hard time pulling myself away from Zelda. Maybe my obsession will die down a bit as the month progresses.

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