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nonamesleft wrote:

I made sure to give you the special badge as well image

I considered making more animated badges... maybe in the future

Frank wrote:
Sweet! Thanks.

Man, that first boss fight is a real gut check.

Just finished the game's story mode a few minutes ago. According to Steam, it took me about 2 Hours.

There were some head against the wall inducing stages, but overall I'm glad this ended up the last minute choice

Frank wrote:
Wow. You already beat it? Nice.

I hope a nice amount of people beat this month's game. The more the merrier to potentially win that gift card.

nonamesleft wrote:

I didn't anticipate beating it so quickly. I had a couple hours that night, and decided to start it.

Little did I know that would end up being me plaything through the game in 1 sitting.

I won't be participating this month... got WAY too many already owned games to buy this for $20. At $5-10 I might have jumped. I put it on my Steam Wishlist so if a deal pops down the line I could make it a make-up option.

Slickriven wrote:

@MasterAMP might actually have a steam code he could sell for Extra Life. Not sure if he has any left though.

At this rate, looks like @Frank will get that 10 to Amazon. Though I think maybe @Renaissance2K is in middle of the game? (Your comment about the first boss being a gut check)

And with Tears of the Kingdom incoming, who has time to play both?

I started it. I'm not very far yet, and I doubt I'll beat it (no pun intended) before Zelda comes out, but I'm still making an attempt.

I'm thinking June should be another short game as well, since many of us will be knee-deep into Zelda.

Done!

Well, I know what soundtrack I'll be listening to tomorrow...

@Renaissance2K Good job! Now I know what soundtrack I'll be listening to :)

Anyone else playing this? The more people the merrier, on that 10 to Amazon gift card.

As much as I love the chance of winning a prize, I has almost no time to play on my vacation and will most likely be putting a pause on God of War to start playing Tears of the Kingdom with what little time I have.

I'll be off work next week, so I think I'll take some of that time to play this one.

SwiftJAB wrote:
I don't plan on winning the prize I myself put up for this month, but I have a similar situation, where I'm putting aside what I'm currently in middle of to play Tears of the Kingdom.

Enjoy your vacation!

citizen_zane wrote:
Go for it.

Now you guys know why I beat it quickly. Now nothing has to compete with TOTK

Frank wrote:
Ha. Yeah, you beat it in less than a day.

nonamesleft wrote:

If it's any consolation, it's been in my Steam library for 1-2 years.

nonamesleft wrote:

And done!

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I'm a bit mixed about this game. Firstly, I am not big fan of bullet hell games, which is kinda what this feels like. The rhythmic aspect and simplistic graphics remind me a lot of the Bit.Trip games, which is a plus for me. While there was a lot of music, it all had a club vibe to it, which wasn't that bad, but the tracks didn't really stand out to me. What I did really enjoy was the level design. Every level was distinctly different and not boring at all. My favorite part would have to be the overworld map. So interactive! I thought the ending was done very well.

I'd say that the story mode was a bit tough for me, so thank god for the casual mode, which wasn't too casual, but just right. Still died a few times.

If all you're going to play is the story mode, then it definitely isn't worth $20. However, it looks like story mode is only half the fun. I figured I'd check out the multiplayer mode. Since I played this at like 4 in the morning, no one in my house was awake, so I thought I'd try to play online. I truly didn't expect to find anyone to play with, but boy was I wrong! I played one level with another player right away, which was pretty cool! You can rescue each other if you lose all your health, which is nice. When we played the second level, we were joined by another player! The levels we were playing were different than the ones I played in story mode. Another interesting feature on the Switch is that you can scan up to 5 Amiibo a day to earn points, which seemed to be earned through playing challenges and other modes on the game. With these points, you can unlock other songs and levels, so it looks like there is more reason to keep on playing.

citizen_zane wrote:

I kept saying that to myself during my playthrough. "This is a bullet hell shooter without the shooting."

citizen_zane wrote:
Awesome. Good job. Nice pic, with that paper.

3 people beat it so far. Any more to potentially be entered for that 10 to Amazon?

We have exactly 2 weeks left. Plenty of time for people to jump in and beat it!

Renaissance2K wrote:

It's kinda funny, I've never really played a true bullet hell game but I really enjoyed this (and Project Arrhythmia). Maybe I'd like bullet hell shooters?

I was thinking of using this as a make up month for Death Stranding which I've had downloaded for at least 3 months now, but any time I am ready to start it I end up choosing to play something else instead.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

DS has been on my backlog for a couple of years now

I only have about two more months to play it. Then I've gotta decide if I want to keep PS+ Premium, downgrade to PS+ Extra, or just go back to the regular PS+ Essential (I'd lose free access to the game with this tier).

Frank wrote:

Same. Someone got it for me for Secret Santa and I couldn't get into it. It's just wild.

I just spent a lot of this month playing Dead Island 2 and I'm not quite done with it, but I'm wanting to try to do some make ups at some point, unless next month is on my list, lol.

C'mon people! We need more people to be eligible for the Amazon egift card. Free. Well, you'll need to beat the game, so you are spending time.

Great timing, the game just went on sale on Steam, down to $14 from $20.

Slickriven wrote:

It's currently on sale for the same price in the eShop as well. I feel like that might still be a little on the pricey side for how short it is.

Slickriven wrote:
Are you playing it? Any chance you'll qualify for the Amazon egift card? Would be great if yes.

nonamesleft wrote:

Sorry, it's still too pricy IMO for how short it is, like Pizza said. Plus I'm busy this evening, so I couldn't get to it if I wanted before the end of the month. It was a bit too obscure of a pick from Frank this time... Oh well not all selections can be bangers.

Slickriven wrote:
All good.

I think this month was tricky, since we all knew that Tears of the Kingdom was incoming. I'm thinking that Frank probably "had to" choose a shorter game in order to keep things manageable for those who would be playing Zelda.

Could just move the gift card to next month or say we need to make sure we have at least X number of people complete it to be eligible for this giveaway or it moves to the next month?

sinnie wrote:
Good suggestions.

Although, I don't think we necessarily need to have a minimum in order to qualify for a giveaway. That kind of takes away from the fun. Those who beat the game qualified by putting in the time/effort. Why add extra rules to it? That's just my thoughts on it.

I don't know. Maybe if there was some sort of mega prize, like a brand new console or something really sweet like a Chrono Trigger SNES cartridge, there would be some sort of minimum participant requirement. But I think if someone were to offer a prize like that, the prize alone would draw in a bunch of participants without even needing to specify any requirement.

My thought is that the gift card should go to one of the people who has the game beaten before June 1st. After all, they put in the time/effort. (It's not like I had specified any requirement when I offered the gift card)

Agreed @nonamesleft