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Topic: Pure Xbox Game Club - On Indefinite Hiatus

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Pastellioli

Seems like everyone is voting early now…I will vote for Conker’s Bad Fur Day again. Freaking love that game and I want an excuse to play it again now that I’ve finished a ton of other games that have been on my radar. Been always wanting to do a full second playthrough of it, though I might play the remake version if Bad Fur Day gets chosen.

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“Woah-shi! It’s a double Yoshi explo-shi!” - Yoshi’s Woolly World ad, 2015

If you’re curious, the character in my PFP is Flippy from Happy Tree Friends.

Xbox Gamertag: VividSkies1778

NintendoByNature

@Balta666 @ralphdibny yep I gave it a fair shake. No reason to continue on if nothing changing from here on out. Not a bad game by any means, but also not a good game. From what I've played, it's nestled right around a 6.5/10. Great gameplay and combat, just needed some more variety.

Now onward to still wakes the deep. Excited to see what this ones all about.

NintendoByNature

Pastellioli

@Balta666 sorry for replying late, fell asleep. The remake was released for the original Xbox, and is backwards compatible, so it can be played on the 360, One and the Series X and S, though it is separate from Game Pass. I bought it on the digital Microsoft store for $10.00 where I live, though I am sure some people are selling physical copies of it online. I’d recommend getting it if you can since it has better controls and is less repetitive than the original version. Bad Fur Day has a couple of moments that do frustrate me from how janky it is.

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“Woah-shi! It’s a double Yoshi explo-shi!” - Yoshi’s Woolly World ad, 2015

If you’re curious, the character in my PFP is Flippy from Happy Tree Friends.

Xbox Gamertag: VividSkies1778

oliverp

Yeah I think we should maybe give people some time to play Still Wakes the Deep before adding votes to next months game. Just my opinion (of course that does not mean that we cant write about ohter games eleswhere on the forum).

Handysugar05051

themightyant

I'll be frank, I have already finished Still Wakes the Deep but am replaying it for a few achievements and will be commenting as I go along.

I'll start by saying I think the gameplay is average at best, but I absolutely adore the writing, the voicework and the sense of place of this game, it just feels authentic. Verisimilitude - that sense of truthfulness - is REALLY important. We see far too much bad writing nowadays, with generic characters that don't feel either truthful or real, that it's a joy to experience characters that feel truly embedded in a time and place. They feel real.

I lived with a lovely but potty mouthed Scotsman for many years, a top lad, and this just brings me back to that, good memories. I really wish more games, or media in general, would give us authentic characters like this more often, it grounds the whole experience and elevates the rest so that the worse aspects, like the sub-par gameplay, matter less.

Mostly enjoying it a lot, even second time around.

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themightyant

themightyant

@AgentCooper Similar boat to you. I loved Dear Esther (I still dream about that cave) and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, though a little less so. This feels very much in line with those games. So won't be for everyone (I know you can say that about ANY game, but some are more niche)... but they are for me.

Like you I never got around to Machine for Pigs, horror just not my usual jam. Also didn't play Little Orpheus either so might try and give that a go.

themightyant

Balta666

@themightyant how would you rate it on horror scale? I am fine with games like Hellblade (but with max brightness) but not much more than that...

Balta666

themightyant

@Balta666 I didn't really find it scary at all - and I don't like horror - though there are a couple of moments that got my pulse elevated, these are few and far between.

themightyant

Balta666

@themightyant Humm, I will give it a try at least (need to check if they have some accessibility features for scaredy cats like myself 😅)

Balta666

oliverp

So while I dont want to give any promises, but given that Still Wakes the Deep seems to be quite a short game I might be able to play it this month.

Handysugar05051

Balta666

@BaldBelper78 hello there, I believe it is your first time here so welcome! If you'd like I can added you to the tag list so you know first hand the game chose each month and how to vote. You don't have to to stick around obviously. Cheers

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Balta666

Balta666

Unfortunately cannot download the game today because of the outage...

Balta666

ZeD

I finished this the other week. I really enjoyed the setting and it looked and sounded amazing. It was a great game to test my new TV and sound bar with 😂

For me, It had a similar story path as their other game, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. You learnt about your character and the environment as you progressed, coming to your own conclusions as you go.

Currently playing:
CoD MW2 🔫 | Series X

Xbox Gamertag: KratosRises3468

Balta666

I tried it for a bit but definitely way to stressful for my taste. Uninstalled 😂. Hope everyone else likes it though.

Balta666

ZeD

@Balta666 how far in did you get? It gets really stressful when things go quite wrong and you are navigating the under side of the oil rig! 😂

Currently playing:
CoD MW2 🔫 | Series X

Xbox Gamertag: KratosRises3468

Balta666

Almost an hour I would say. Just a bit after I got the lantern and I knew a crazy guy was lurking around

Balta666

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