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Yooka-Laylee (PS4)

They were a little too faithful in replicating the earlier Banjo-Kazooie games, but I was very satisfied with the final product.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

@Wizardsfan1000

I am just letting you know that you have less than 48 hours to confirm your placement in S14.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

August 17th is just a few days away
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

bump
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Halo 5: Guardians (XB1)

I've owned this game for about five years now, so it's about damn time that I beat the campaign!

There's a lot to like about this game. There's a greater emphasis on using the superior Promethean and Covenant weapons, the game is absolutely gorgeous and at times has you going through some truly neat environments to fight in, there are some great quality of life changes such as the ability to pull yourself up from ledges, and while I have played almost exclusively classic multiplayer stuff, the new Warzone mode seems pretty rad even if I don't really have a handle on what is going on all the time lol.

Unfortunately, there's enough holding it back to where I would probably rank it only ahead of Reach among the seven major titles. While I liked the addition of the squads in the campaign, they don't seem to respond to your commands nearly as much as they should, whether it is entering vehicles, attacking a certain enemy, or reviving me or another teammate. The first three games superbly delivered an incredible sense of scale with an epic adventure while the next three (ODST, Reach, and 4) were more of a personal quest that totally paid off. 5 didn't seem to do either. I ultimately feel underwhelmed with the campaign. Like yeah, it's Halo and I had a ton of fun, but like I didn't accomplish or experience much.

While I do not put a whole lot of stock into video game plots/stories, I'm a little mad that not only did they just completely undo the emotional campaign from 4, but they are making Cortana the villain in this arc? I've been playing Halo for almost 20 years and have a strong attachment to her. It was sad to her go in 4, but I thought it was a proper sendoff. Now they brought her back and are likely to ask me "kill her" in this current arc. Fuck that. At this point, the only remotely reasonable hope is that there is some reconciliation in Infinite or the next game and there is another, bigger overarching villain to be revealed to take her place.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Oh cool, you really ended up liking the song as well. I figured it would score high in the other two categories, but this is definitely a divisive song in terms of likability. Did I finish the highest among those who only nominated one song?
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I think that I will make August 17th the deadline
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I will send out the final reminder PMs soon.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Getting closer to the deadline
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (XB1)

Great remake of arguably my favorite kart racer. While I am not a fan of the unlock system, I am especially disappointed that I can't just buy things I want and have to hope that they appear in the Pit Stop.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Indubitably
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Bump
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Indeed
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I think people are going to be upset with my semi-joke nom landing so high lol
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Still plenty of time to sign up!
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

There are so many games that we have yet to do and will never be featured that I feel like doing previous games would be a waste. More importantly, I don't really see what the point would be in allowing that.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Bump
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Final days of July
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I will send out the second wave of reminder PMs soon.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Bumpo
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Uh, the time loop was not meant to be a secret at all. It was part of the game's marketing.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

It's a fantastic adventure game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055540/A_Short_Hike/
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

A Short Hike was part of the itch.io racial justice bundle. I know many of us bought it, so many of you might own it through that.

Yooka-Laylee is on Game Pass for XB1
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I will attempt to do all three. I beat A Short Hike in December, so that has the lowest priority, but as its name suggests, it isn't long and should be able to do them all.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

1. A Short Hike
2. Yooka-Laylee
3. Crash Team Racing
4. Hypnospace Outlaw
5. Hylics
6. Assassin's Creed
7. Her Story
8. Chibi-Robo
9. Blacksad: Under the Skin
10. Wario World
11. CrossCode
12. Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
13. Cat Quest
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

And your August Games of the Month are...

A Short Hike (PC)
Yooka-Laylee (PC/PS4/XB1/Switch)
Crash Team Racing (PS4/XB1/Switch/PS3/Vita/PSP/PS1) (Original and Nitro-Fueled are eligible)

Congrats to Metalmind, gameking, and myself for having their games selected!
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Bump
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Noms and changes closed. I will draw momentarily.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Final call for noms and changes
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

For my final nom, I will do Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, and I guess if it wins, I will play as only the cat characters (Tiny, Pura, and any others that may be exclusive to the remake).

If this should win, my understanding is that the original 1999 version should still be eligible as this is a largely faithful remake that includes additional content from other Crash racing games.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

KCF has beaten Mulaka

It started out a by-the-numbers action-adventure game that as I mentioned before was reminiscent of Okami in many ways. As the game progressed and you gained more powers, they really ramped up the platforming aspects.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Mulaka (PS4)

It is very much budget Okami. It has less focus on combat and adventure but more on mythology and platforming.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Children
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (Vita)

Other than getting a Digimon from my uncle in the late-90s and watching a few episodes of the animation a few years later, I didn't much exposure to the franchise. It's hard not to compare this to Pokemon, but man the requirements to evolving some Digimon to higher forms are just stupidly arbitrary. I was planning on doing the tournaments, but I spent almost an hour on one of them, and in the final fight, I just got fucked up by a team of Digimon that kept healing and buffing each other every turn, so I think I'm done.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Fenny posted...

About 1/4 of the way through Sleeping Dogs. Still not used to driving on the left.

Look at this amateur adhering to traffic laws
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Monthly Progress
Sleeping Dogs - KCF
Silver Case - Silver Case
Mulaka -

Nominations
Ark - CrossCode
Cody - Her Story
Fenny - Giana Sisters: TD
KCF - Cat Quest, Blacksad
MMX - Hypnospace Outlaw
Paul - Chibi-Robo, Wario World

Drawing likely on Saturday
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I'm about 2/3 of the way through Mulaka. I'm realizing how much this game had to have been inspired by Okami. I can easily get through the remaining third in the next day or two as I have finally finished some things that were also occupying a lot of my time.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

bump
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Yours
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

My one nom is still around, but I can't imagine it will last too much longer
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Rayman > SMG2 > Portal 2 > ALBW > Celeste
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

late night bump
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Monthly Progress
Sleeping Dogs - KCF
Silver Case -
Mulaka -

Nominations
Ark - CrossCode
Cody - Her Story
KCF - Cat Quest, Blacksad
MMX - Hypnospace Outlaw
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Moonstruck
Lady
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Thank you to everyone who helped make what seemed impossible after last year a reality for me
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

lol. I'm cool with whenever
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I'm starting to come around to Mulaka's combat now. I mean, it is still the weakest part of the game, but I've actually liked the boss battles, and I've done better when it comes to certain enemies.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

For those who haven't been following along with the sign-up topic, Shonen has unfortunately decided to step down, but we have three new users signing up to take over the Pumpkins, Raiders, and Bengals.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Partizans
Endeavour
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I don't know what Square Enix did to warrant a boycott, but I'm pretty sure that they published Remember Me, and I will have my Nilin the Memory Hunter in a VGMC.
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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu