Monthly in a Month #11: The Delivery edition

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dammit cj I want a break! Lets see what I can dig up XD

So, I feel like a dumbass now. This topic got me looking through my games, and it turns out I had one monthly that I completely forgot to redeem.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if their are a couple other months I missed so... Time to check everything. And most likely feel like a even bigger dumbass.

Edit - eye r beeg dumdum.

So, clarification on something.

Some of the games released through Monthly/Choice are compilation releases. For games like that (Example, Mega Man Legacy Collection), would each individual game count as a completion, or would you need to do the full set for one completion?

Thanks for more great giveaways :)

This is a nice idea, I love creative setups for GAs like this. I mean I'm not participating but I wanted you to know that I appreciate what you're doing here. (And yes I'm late with noticing this initiative if this is number 11 and I'm only seeing it now.)

Not sure I'll have enough time to beat it this time, but we'll see.

Update #1 (03 January): Beaten Serial Cleaner.
Update #2 (12 January): Beaten Sniper Elite 3.

Thanks SG Zoidberg c:
Thinking about what to play, will edit soon

Crying Suns (canceled/given up)
Yakuza KiwamiThank you
Yakuza 0 Awakened and Unleashed
Yakuza Kiwami 2 Thank you!
Vampires: The Masquerade Damned if you Do
Frog Detective 1 Answered the Call
Frog Detective 2 Snitch/Fibber

It's about time I join the event again!
Lets go!

X-Morph Defense - 18/40 - Beaten - Choice December 2019
NAIRI: Tower of Shirin - 20/20 - Completed - Monthly July 2019
Aegis Defenders -26/31 - Beaten - Choice December 2019
Path of giants - 17/17 - Completed - Choice December 2020
SYNTHETIK - 14/27 - Beaten - Monthly November 2019
Darksburg - 20/69 - Beaten- Choice November 2020

Let's see if I can do this again:

• Dead Island Definitive Edition November 2018 Humble Monthly #37 Achievements
• Warhammer: Chaosbane January 2021 Humble Choice Achievements
• Felix the Reaper ( for some reason the acheivements only popped when ending the game, so they are mostly at the same time, if needed I made a screenshot of the credits) achivements, June 2020 Humble Choice #7
• Planet Alpha (previously idled for about 1h), end credits since no real ending achievment October 2019 Humble Monthly #48
• Youropa November 2020 Humble Choice #12 achievements
• Late Shift March 2019 Humble Monthly #41 Achievements

Thank you for another event 😊

Will try again:

Shining Resonance Refrain: beaten
The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game: beaten
one piece burning blood : beaten
deleveled: beaten

One step from eden: beaten
-Attached screenshot: screenshot for one step from eden

aaero: beaten
-Attached screenshot: screenshot for aaero

Thanks again for the event~

Will try this month:

• Truberbrook - [Completed]
• Youropa - [Beaten] [Screenshot]
• Little Misfortune - [Completed]
• The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse - [Beaten] [Screenshot]
• Felix The Reaper - [Beaten]
• The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game - [Completed]

Happy new year!!

1. Evergarden November 2019 Monthly #49 Completed(21/21) / Leaderboard / 10.2h
2. Stories Untold September 2017 Monthly #23 Completed(13/13) / Screenshot / 4.1h
3. Tiny Echo June 2017 Monthly #20 Completed(6/6) / Screenshot / 1.5h
4. One step from eden December 2020 Choice #13 Beaten(8/35) / Screenshot / 10.5h
5. Path of giants December 2020 Choice #13 Completed(17/17) / Screenshot / 4.9h
6. Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York September 2020 Choice #10 Beaten(23/28) / 4.4h

Does completing a 20% store discount count?
3rd question: I have a few games with 1 achievement, but they are virtually unplayed. Would they qualify?

please don't ever stop this madness.

• don't escape: 4 days to survive
• deleveled.. fuck, this game was difficult. haven't been that frustrated since i played 'celeste'.
• not tonight
• dandara: trials of fear edition
• super daryl deluxe
• emily is away too

i just realized that the games that i'm playing this month mostly qualify for HB monthly. i guess i'll join for the fun.

starting a new job tomorrow... let's see if i can still find time to play my games :)

1. Youropa - Beaten
2. The Beast Inside
3. Gris - Completed!

ok, that'll be all for this month...I hope I'll be able to finish the beast inside, but I don't think I'll manage more games this month...

Heh, it's kinda funny how these events affect on my playing schedule. 'Cause I'm not interested in Yakuza games, now I have to avoid HB games for a month just to leave them for the next events.

Probably won't have enough time this month but leaving this here in case I do.

1st time I try this event. I'm choosing games I wanted to play anyway. I doubt I will make it in time, but let's see:

1. Jan 2021: Deleveled | Played
   The puzzle part wasn't too hard; I liked how, as you progress, new mechanics are added, without changing the base concept of the game. I liked the platforming part more though, even if some levels ended being kind of frustrating due to how small some "success windows" are. It would have been a lot easier if I didn't decide to 100% it.
2. Aug 2020: Wargroove | Played
   Very childish story-telling. Nice pixel art and character design. I've completed the main campaign and the puzzles; kinda time consuming, but it never felt repetitive even if it easily could have been. It presented a good challenge in the first acts, then it became oddly easier for me. The hard mode in arcade was stupidly almost impossible, I didn't bother with that.
3. May 2020: XCOM 2 | Played
   It's the game I enjoyed the most out of the six. Played the whole campaign on veteran (which is normal mode). I liked the gameplay, the story and most of all the character name/appearence customization. I regret not owning the WoTC DLC. But still I'm satisfied with the game.
4. May 2018: RUINER | Played
   Simple story, not so simple gameplay. It took me a while to understand how to play decently, what skills to use, what weapons, etc. I managed to beat it in hard mode and I'm happy with that. I really liked the music.
5. Oct 2017: Orwell | Played
   Well, interesting concept. There's not really much you can do a part from reading and finding clues, so sometimes I felt kind of bound to do certain things, but in the end I've been enthralled by the story unfolding as you find new clues. Knowing who's behind the crimes I didn't feel the urge to replay it for different endings.
6. May 2017: Undertale | Played
   Really nice concept. Nice message. Some really bad jokes (in a good sense) and funny mockery to other genres. I played thruogh it once and ended up with a "neutral" run. I guess I'll replay it soon and try a "pacifist" one (edit: I couldn't wait and got to the "real pacifist" ending and I must say it's one of the best endings I've ever seen in a video game).

This is will be a very nice month for my backlog

Hey CJ, thanks for doing this, this will be my first attempt=)

Some thoughts:
Out of the two detective games, I enjoyed Frog Detective 2 more, though even that lags behind the amazing first game, still, can't wait for part 3! Sherlock had its moments, but there were some unfun mechanics that dragged the whole experience down, still the one case with the accident that they just stumble into was really awesome, wish all the rest carried the same creativity. Disclaimer: I have yet to play the other sherlock games by the developer.
Path of Giants very light puzzle game, sadly quite short, with great chill music, I really enjoyed this.
GRIS I was massively disappointed by this game, the art style is nice, so is the music, but it is very lacking as a game. Expected more out of this title, as it stands I think I agree with one internet comment I read after I finished it, that it would have been better as a short film.
Smile For Me very light puzzles and list fetch quests to satisfy npc-s, with an interestingly shaping narrative, where you are getting more and more 'in the know' as you are playing, music is nice, the voicework is unique (to some level) and I enjoyed my time until the ending. Small spoilertalk: I did not like any of the endings though, while the bad ending was intentionally unpleasent, I did not find the secretive good ending all that much better
Call of Duty WWII I was very curious about this for a while now, as I always figured the world war era COD games were good in their days. While this was not a game changer by any means, the campaign did follow some similar settings to Saving Private Ryan (though it is pretty sudden that chapter 1 is D-Day Normandy straight away) and also Band of Brothers (with regard to the especially the winter level), and while the story was not at all satisfactory (or interesting) the setting and the scenarios carried the game until the finish line. The gameplay itself... well, it is COD. One interesting take is that they did away with the cover health regeneration and you actually have to use health kits (which you can stack up like Max Payne did with the pain killers). Semi-noteworthy: while playing this I also had some memories popping up about Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, but when I searched for it I was surprised to see that was a game released in 2008. Time flies, huh.