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Topic The Official GameTZ Game Club March 2023 - Metroid Prime

Frank

* 11-Mar-2019(#1)

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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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Frank

21-Dec-2022(#161)

theJaw wrote:

> Frank wrote:

>> Renaissance2K wrote:

> |>> 42. Is it ...

> |>>

>> You got it, it's Super Mario World!!!

>> {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/ZaNWn6l.png 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.

Feeb

21-Dec-2022(#162)

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

sinnie

21-Dec-2022(#163)

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.

Frank

21-Dec-2022(#164)

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!

sinnie

22-Dec-2022(#165)

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?

Kommie

22-Dec-2022(#166)

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

citizen_zane

22-Dec-2022(#167)

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.

sinnie

22-Dec-2022(#168)

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.

citizen_zane

27-Dec-2022(#169)

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.

Frank

27-Dec-2022(#170)

citizen_zane wrote:

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

> {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/bmri60f.jpg 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!

BloodPuppetX

31-Dec-2022(#171)

I beat Yooka-Laylee for the make up badge:

https://ibb.co/hWsBts3

Frank

* 2-Jan-2023(#172)

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!

bonham2

2-Jan-2023(#173)

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

Frank

2-Jan-2023(#174)

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?"

Bleed_DukeBlue

2-Jan-2023(#175)

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.

sinnie

3-Jan-2023(#176)

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.

Frank

3-Jan-2023(#177)

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!

sinnie

3-Jan-2023(#178)

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.

Frank

3-Jan-2023(#179)

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.

Bleed_DukeBlue

4-Jan-2023(#180)

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

https://imgur.com/a/1fQeLRe

sinnie

4-Jan-2023(#181)

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/1fQeLRe

Nice, how many hours did it take you?

Bleed_DukeBlue

4-Jan-2023(#182)

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/1fQeLRe

> Nice, how many hours did it take you?

sinnie

4-Jan-2023(#183)

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/1fQeLRe

>> Nice, how many hours did it take you?

Nice

PizzaTheHutt

7-Jan-2023(#184)

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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PizzaTheHutt

15-Jan-2023(#185)

Another make up game, I finished Stray earlier.
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citizen_zane

16-Jan-2023(#186)

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

Frank

16-Jan-2023(#187)

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.

Slickriven

16-Jan-2023(#188)

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.

sinnie

17-Jan-2023(#189)

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.

Slickriven

24-Jan-2023(#190)

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.

Slickriven

24-Jan-2023(#191)

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.goo.gl/3CVR6xESsBqzBfBW7

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.

Frank

24-Jan-2023(#192)

@Slickriven badge earned

20 Questions for February may begin.

Frank

26-Jan-2023(#193)

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?

Slickriven

26-Jan-2023(#194)

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

SwiftJAB

26-Jan-2023(#195)

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

Frank

27-Jan-2023(#196)

Slickriven wrote:

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

1. No

Frank

27-Jan-2023(#197)

SwiftJAB wrote:

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

2. series of video games? No, there is only one game.

Renaissance2K

28-Jan-2023(#198)

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

Frank

29-Jan-2023(#199)

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.

citizen_zane

29-Jan-2023(#200)

Is it pixelated?

SwiftJAB

29-Jan-2023(#201)

Does the game feature a human protagonist?