Board 8 > July B8 Game of the Month Club ft. A Hat in Time, Firewatch, Inside

(+) Yeah! (+)

Oh hey

an excuse to pull out my gameboy color next month

nice
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Always down for Dragon Quest!

I better hurry up and finish Hat yikes
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For DQ3 I think the PS4 and 3DS versions are Japan only. iOS/Android are probably the easiest way to play it nowadays, and GBC is the version with the most content.

I'll probably play the SNES version since I've only played the GBC one before.
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Inside is $10 I think with XBL Gold for those wanting to do that in the final week of July.
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Oh good, the Switch version of Minit is releasing on the 9th.
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I'm in for Dragon Quest III. Probably it for me this month.
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Meh, nothing for me again this month.
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Forgot to make my noms. Oh well. I'll definitely play Minit next month. Maybe Dragon Quest if I get around to it.

In other news I beat A Hat in Time tonight.
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Cody11533 posted...

Cody has beaten Firewatch

Played through it in one sitting, that was a good time.

The game was a lot more tense than I expected, I just signed up to watch for fires, not experience paranoia and conspiracy! I think my favorite bits were the first couple days where we were basically doing our job and exploring most of the area for the first time. The latter half of the game with the mounting tension and mystery was interesting but rather stressful for me. At times I thought it might have went legitimate horror, although it never did.

Mystery-wise, I was satisfied with how it wrapped up. There were three main aspects: the teens, the Goodwins, and Wapiti Station. The teens ended up being a red herring, as did the government study at Wapiti. The crux of the story ended up being Brian's tragic death and Ned messing with you using the other story aspects to fuel your paranoia. In the moment, like Henry and Delilah, I was totally believing in a conspiracy (being followed/listened to was creepy). Obviously in hindsight things make sense, but in the moment I enjoyed getting caught up in it all.

I appreciated the story as well. After all the tension and mystery, the emotional climax of finding Brian's body was a wave of emotions that made me legitimately pause for a few moments. It felt like a rather mature game, forsaking anything supernatural or too out there for a depressingly real conclusion. Henry and Delilah were enjoyable throughout, and they too had a mature, realistic end as well in that they seemingly parted ways at the end to go back to their flawed lives. Despite the flirting, there was no fairy tale romance.

I really enjoyed the gameplay loop of exploring. I think I'm going to go back and do the audio tour mode eventually, I really liked the world of Firewatch. Also I need to find the turtle, I never found it :(

I liked Firewatch. Very interesting storytelling experience, and great lines from the two main characters.

(Didn't beat it this month, but I've played it in the past.)
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I'll play Firewatch later this year when it hits on Switch.
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bump
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Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition for PC is $8.57 USD via Green Man Gaming
https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/ori-and-the-blind-forest-definitive-edition/

It will be a Steam key

Deal is only good for about 12 more hours. It might just be a flash sale, but if not, I'm sorry that it took me so long to be aware of this.
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Can my toaster play that
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I'm no computer expert, but my gut says no.
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To heck with The Parade imo
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I might have failed that act more than any other in the game.
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MZero has beaten A Hat in Time

Just made it!
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Final two days of July
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Final day
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In the end I won't be finishing either game

I will play them both next month at some point though
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