VideoGame_Discussion

Topic The Official GameTZ Game Club December 2023 - Spider-Man Month

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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Spider-Man Miles Morales | Spider-Man 2
Initial Release Dates: 2020 | 2023
Platforms: PS4, PS5 | PS5
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 October 2023: Resident Evil 4 | Resident Evil 4 (2023)
image September 2023: Dead Space Franchise
image July 2023: New Super Mario Bros. Franchise
image June 2023: Mirror's Edge Franchise
image May 2023: Just Shapes & Beats
image March 2023: Metroid Prime
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

27-Jun-2023(#201)

benstylus wrote:

> Does the game feature 3D support through glasses or a special screen (or both)?

3. One of them does

Frank

27-Jun-2023(#202)

Renaissance2K wrote:

> Was the game first released on or after January 1, 2015?

4. No

SwiftJAB

27-Jun-2023(#203)

Was the game released before Jan 1, 1996?

Renaissance2K

27-Jun-2023(#204)

So, it's a game franchise with 2D glasses, but that supports stereoscopic 3D. It's either a really old 8-bit title with glasses compatibility (I don't think any of those were part of a franchise...) or a more modern franchise that had a 3DS entry.

There's quite a few of those...

6. Do the game's graphics use a hand-drawn or cartoon style (Rayman, Shantae, Binding of Isaac, etc.), as opposed to a pre-rendered (early Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario RPG, Killer Instinct) or pixelated (Shovel Knight, Cave Story, VVVVV, etc.) style?

Frank

* 27-Jun-2023(#205)

Renaissance2K wrote:

> So, it's a game franchise with 2D glasses, but that supports stereoscopic 3D. It's

> either a really old 8-bit title with glasses compatibility (I don't think any of

> those were part of a franchise...) or a more modern franchise that had a 3DS entry.

> There's quite a few of those...

> 6. Do the game's graphics use a hand-drawn or cartoon style (Rayman, Shantae, Binding

> of Isaac, etc.), as opposed to a pre-rendered (early Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario

> RPG, Killer Instinct) or pixelated (Shovel Knight, Cave Story, VVVVV, etc.) style?

6. Pretty sure it's a no. (I know the first used pre-rendered, but later entries might have gravitated away from sprites specifically, but retained an almost identical art style (free bonus)

benstylus

27-Jun-2023(#206)

It could be a DKC game, DKC Returns did have a 3ds entry and the early games were prerendered.

Is it a Donkey Kong Country game?

Having trouble thinking of other series that started as pre-rendered but moved away from it while also having an entry with stereoscopic 3d visuals.

Renaissance2K

27-Jun-2023(#207)

benstylus wrote:

> It could be a DKC game, DKC Returns did have a 3ds entry and the early games were

> prerendered.

> Is it a Donkey Kong Country game?

MY MONKEY IS READY.

Frank

27-Jun-2023(#208)

benstylus wrote:

> It could be a DKC game, DKC Returns did have a 3ds entry and the early games were

> prerendered.

> Is it a Donkey Kong Country game?

> Having trouble thinking of other series that started as pre-rendered but moved away

> from it while also having an entry with stereoscopic 3d visuals.

7. Nope

Renaissance2K

28-Jun-2023(#209)

Frank wrote:

> 7. Nope

MY MONKEY IS NO LONGER READY.

Bleed_DukeBlue

28-Jun-2023(#210)

This cracked me up lol.

Renaissance2K wrote:

> Frank wrote:

>> 7. Nope

> MY MONKEY IS NO LONGER READY.

Frank

28-Jun-2023(#211)

Mamma Mia!

PizzaTheHutt

28-Jun-2023(#212)

Is it a New Super Mario Bros. game?

Frank

28-Jun-2023(#213)

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

> Is it a New Super Mario Bros. game?

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I figured for July, any of the New Super Mario Bros. games will apply. I personally think I'm going to play 2. Since it's the most lackluster of the 4, it's also the only one I never went back to replay.

PizzaTheHutt

28-Jun-2023(#214)

I might choose New Super Luigi U. I 100% completed it back in the day but it is the only one I haven't revisited. With all of the Super Mario Maker I play I know it's going to take me time to adjust to the weird Luigi physics again, but all of the troll levels have made me a better player than I was back in 2013 when it originally released, so I'm curious if some of these levels will still feel as difficult as they did back then.

Renaissance2K

28-Jun-2023(#215)

Oh boy. I've beaten literally every game in the series (except for the Switch re-release, if that counts) and am super pumped to have a reason to pick them up again.

Slickriven

28-Jun-2023(#216)

I might be up for this. So New SMB Wii and New SMB U are different? I paid so little attention to the latter part of the Wii's life and really the whole of the Wii U's life that when I scored a copy of the Wii version from a relative offloading their system and then got the U title with my recent Wii U console pick up (also with Luigi U), I didn't really pay much attention and sort of thought they were the same game, only with the Luigi bit added in.

Renaissance2K

* 28-Jun-2023(#217)

New Super Mario Bros. - The O.G.

New Super Mario Bros Wii - Smooths out Mario's moveset; adds Yoshi, multiplayer, and a whole lot more content. And waggle. Probably the most challenging game in the series, but not exorbitantly so.

New Super Mario Bros. 2 - Turns out collecting coins wasn't as fun as Nintendo thought...

New Super Mario Bros. U - Similar mechanics to Wii, but all new, extremely well-designed levels. People compared this one to SMW at launch. Also, the first official appearance of Mario in HD.

New Super Luigi U - Remixes of U's levels with a 60-second time limit. And Luigi.

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - U + Luigi U on the Switch. I vaguely remember them adding a new Easy Mode character, too maybe?

SwiftJAB

28-Jun-2023(#218)

Nice! Good excuse for me to finally beat New Super Mario Bros U.

sinnie

29-Jun-2023(#219)

High on Life went 50% off on Steam so I'm probably gonna use July for a make up month if I can find some time for it!

Slickriven

29-Jun-2023(#220)

Thanks @Renaissance2K for the breakdown. I've got the Wii U and Luigi U options to pick from then.

Slickriven

1-Jul-2023(#221)

I got a jump start on... now this month's title since it's ~20 mins in. I started the Wii version and progressed far enough to beat the first world's boss.
I recall playing this many years ago and only getting like 2-3 levels in b/c I didn't love it, but also was playing with my maybe 10 year old niece at the time and she wasn't into it much either. Then she went home and I just didn't seek to play it more, but by then the Wii was an afterthought in my gaming preferences.
Holding the Wiimote sideways like that wasn't too fun. I know other games used that control scheme, but it cramped up my hands pretty good. Also having to go back and 'help' Toad trapped in ? blocks wasn't fun as I would get hit, drop him and then he would take damage and all of a sudden he was dead and I'm like why am I replaying this stinking level - would've been nice if you could get him from another block or not have to carry him, I might just ignore his cries for help.

All that said, I'm going to stick with it b/c it was still largely enjoyable and brought back plenty of NES and SNES Mario memories from my childhood. Plus I'm seeking an N titled game and a Wii game to beat this year/soon for the 'Beat a Game' thread and some personal goals.

PizzaTheHutt

1-Jul-2023(#222)

I remember the Bowser boss fight from NSMB Wii being one of my favorite Bowser battles in any Mario game.

For holding the Wii Remote sideways, I went and bought one of these shells that you put over the Wii Remote and it was so much better. I think they were like $10 at GameStop at the time.
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Feeb

* 1-Jul-2023(#223)

I have a pack of those I never opened. I’m pretty sure there’s a green one and a pink
One? Intended to use them for just that.

Renaissance2K

1-Jul-2023(#224)

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

> I remember the Bowser boss fight from NSMB Wii being one of my favorite Bowser battles

> in any Mario game.

There have been quite a few Mario games released since then, and this is still true. It's epic in a way Mario rarely is.

I got the jump on New Super Mario Bros. U on Switch and am sitting outside The Final Battle right now, so I'll take care of that later. In the meantime, while I wait for a chance to use my capture setup, I restarted the original New Super Mario Bros. on DS and used warp cannons to reach 8-1 fairly quickly.

If I wasn't about to go on vacation, I'd say that this month was starting to smell a little turtley.

Slickriven

1-Jul-2023(#225)

I had no idea such a Wiimote cover like thing existed, thanks Pizza, might seek to pick one up.

Frank

1-Jul-2023(#226)

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

> I remember the Bowser boss fight from NSMB Wii being one of my favorite Bowser battles

> in any Mario game.

> For holding the Wii Remote sideways, I went and bought one of these shells that you

> put over the Wii Remote and it was so much better. I think they were like $10 at

> GameStop at the time.

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I still have a sealed one of those floating around my controller drawer

Renaissance2K

1-Jul-2023(#227)

First! Finished New Super Mario Bros. U on the Switch.

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I remember this boss fight vividly from when I first played it on the Wii U. I remember being absolutely stumped about how to deal any damage, and I remember looking at Bowser's scales and thinking how great the game looked in HD, even though the design language hadn't changed all that much.

It's not quite as impressive ten years later, but it still looks nice on the Switch's OLED or - if you're a weirdo like me - on a CRT.

Frank

2-Jul-2023(#228)

If I have time today I will update the OP, give out Mirrors edge badges, and make the Mario badge.

BloodPuppetX

2-Jul-2023(#229)

Happy birthday, @Frank!

Renaissance2K

2-Jul-2023(#230)

Happy birthday, @Frank!

#2 is my mission for the month, the original New Super Mario Bros. on the DS.

https://twitter.com/Renaissance2K/status/167554052...

Way easier than I remember, but still a lot of fun. I was really missing Mario's spin move to lengthen jumps, though.

Slickriven

2-Jul-2023(#231)

@Frank You shouldn't update the OP on your birthday, do something fun instead.

Bleed_DukeBlue

2-Jul-2023(#232)

Happy Birthday @Frank! And I agree. Go do something fun!

sinnie

2-Jul-2023(#233)

Happy birthday Frank!

Slickriven

2-Jul-2023(#234)

Just pushed through world 2 of the Wii title and similar to when I tried SMW on the SNES not to long ago, 2D Mario games just aren't my bag anymore. World 1 wasn't too bad, outside of the few times I tried to rescue Toad and revisited levels, but world 2 was annoying. I did the effectively optional level 1 and died like 7 times before giving up. Then level 6, I think, wasn't too fun either. They're far from bad games, we all know this, but my frustration boils over way to easily in my 40s it seems with them.

I think my best bet is to do what I'm doing and only try 1 world at a time. I almost stopped after the first boss fight, but survived that. Fighting all the bosses so far has been relatively easy because they haven't really changed since what SMB3? I'm into the ice world 3 now. The controller isn't too bad if I stick to these shorter play sessions.

Frank

3-Jul-2023(#235)

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. It was actually a really bad day, but I made it.

Renaissance2K

3-Jul-2023(#236)

Really sorry to hear that. Birthdays definitely suck more and more as you get older. Source: I'm old.

#3 is New Super Luigi U on the Switch

https://twitter.com/Renaissance2K/status/167599277...

I'm out of games for which I don't have completion saves. I can either play through the same U games on the Wii U, which is kind of silly because they're identical, or I can revisit some of the other New Mario games that I've already beaten and go for 100%. I'm leaning towards the latter.

Frank

4-Jul-2023(#237)

So to be clear, were @PizzaTheHutt and @Renaissance2K the only two to complete Mirror's Edge last month?

PizzaTheHutt

4-Jul-2023(#238)

@Slickriven did as well in post 187

Slickriven

4-Jul-2023(#239)

Thanks @PizzaTheHutt, yes @Frank I beat my head against a wall and beat ME which I didn't like.

Renaissance2K

4-Jul-2023(#240)

Slickriven wrote:

> Thanks @PizzaTheHutt, yes @Frank I beat my head against a wall and beat ME which

> I didn't like.

Slamming into a wall is a key feature of Mirror's Edge.

Frank

4-Jul-2023(#241)

Everything should be up to date. If anyone's missing a badge, please lemme know.

Also, Happy 4th of July!