Monthly in a Month #50: The Mythical Edition

I'm doing a google doc for this event.... Maybe this is not needed but this data can be used elsewhere if anyone needs it... Also it could show what is needed for finishing/beating the game or any one wondering if the game can be played in this event and if can what is needed(100% achievements for example)..
work in progress google doc, also anyone interested can help me with this in some way. Will do about 20min daily updating, so in time it will be up to date with all the needed information.
Note: it doesn't have all the games but will add them later on. (it has most of them)
Also I will add any base game or gold pack etc.(when I remember). As by default you only need to finish base game, so doesn't matter what version you have as far as I understand? (monthly had Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Chaotic Great Edition but if you have base game only, all good still?)

On the side note I think I'm going to manually add steamID and then do a script to get the correct name out of steam. Not sure if I can write a script about hltb but if anyone needs I can do other things also, like if the game has steam trading cards.

I have some time, therefore I'm gonna try!

question regarding steam family share games since its out of beta(sorry if asked already), can we use steam family share games? Game is still played through steam and playtime/achievements are tracked(they do disappear from website after some time, but always show in client(so SS requirement prbly), or will personally owing it be required.

1. A Case of Distrust (August 2020 Humble Choice). This game was completed 100%.

2. Finding Paradise (May 2019 Humble Monthly). This game was completed 100%.
3. Ghostrunner 2 (July 2024 Humble Choice). This game was beaten. The achievement that shows the game completion is called "Un-Resurrected"
4. Mr. Shifty (January 2018 Humble Monthly). This game was beaten. The achievement that shows the game completion is called "Drop like a Stone"
5. The Shapeshifting Detective. This game was completed 100%. (September 2020 Humble Choice).
6. Void Bastards (July 2020 Humble Choice). This game was beaten. The achievement that shows the game completion is called "Sorted"

gonna try

These two months were heavy on Supermassive games. I can't fully recommend The Dark Pictures Anthology (it's fine, but it could be better), but The Quarry is actually pretty good.
Figment 2 was a bit of a disappointment if compared to the first one, maybe because it's more action-packed than puzzle-packed, but it is still a solid game, and the musical elements are as good as before (I'm in love with the song of Choir of Disregarded Opinions).
McPixel 3 was a blast, Sos Sosowski is a legend. I think playing the original McPixel before this one would enchant the experience.
What for Biomutant — it deserves a 'mixed' rating. It had so much potential, but it's awfully boring, so better steer clear of it. I didn't believe it, had to try it myself, and now I regret my decision to win it.

Sep 2024 Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy | Guardians of the Galaxy
Sep 2024 Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles | The Corruption Goddess
Aug 2024 Sifu | Furious Fists
Aug 2024 Blacktail | Baba Yaga
Aug 2024 High On Life | Legendary Bounty Hunter
Oct 2024 Jusant | Water Piper

I haven't seen anyone play this for Monthly (apologies if someone has), and since Pathologic 3 is getting some hype: What will count for Pathologic Classic HD? Is one protagonist's scenario enough or all three?

Any ideas/hints about what we're getting next month? Iirc, it's a 1-month event, right?

*Descenders has the career mode with 4 regions each ending with a boss jump. The achievement "Made It" is for doing a boss jump in last region - Peaks. But there is also secret 5th region - Volcano, but it requires extra efforts to unlock. If I need to beat Volcano too, please let me know. But I'll probably just drop the game and try to beat something else 'cause I barely managed to beat Peaks.

Btw are people able to reach the barter site? I am getting the message: "Did Not Connect: Potential Security Issue. Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to barter.vg because this website requires a secure connection.".
I am on Firefox, but tried on Edge and Chrome as well and same thing. Maybe a license that expired? Just want to see if other people have the same thing.

Used the site plenty of times before to check games for the challenge and never had an issue before.

I thought for sure I had created a post in the thread. Getting old!

Just adding a few notes about the games I played in case anyone is interested. I'll start with the games I liked less to get them out of the way.

You Suck at Parking was... honestly a nightmare. I was so frustrated, I ended up literally rage-quitting and uninstalling at least 5 times and abandoned the game entirely for almost a month before deciding to give the last levels a go, and another and another and oh boy, what did I get myself into??
I imagine the game is more fun in multiplayer but I wouldn't know as I was not able to find a single multi player session no matter how long I queued. The single player campaign though is just torture. I thought the low completion rate on the campaign achievements was due to people getting it just for multiplayer and not getting into the solo levels but no, it's because the solo campaign levels are random and frustrating and so difficult at times, it's one of those games that make you wish the devs would upload a video of their gameplay just to see if they even tried to play their game at all or just are sadists.

Mediterranea Inferno was... I really don't know how to describe it. It was like reading a beautifully drawn graphic novel, written by someone with extreme psychological disorders while on drugs. I forced myself to finish it (I wish I hadn't as the end is extremely triggering) but I will not play it again, nor would I recommend it.

All in all 2 out of 6 is not a bad negative ratio so let's move on to the games I enjoyed.

The Cosmic Shake was pretty fun. A couple of levels were frustrating and some achievements didn't unlock properly (I realized as I was entering my data here that the ending achievement hadn't unlocked when I completed the game over a month ago and I had to do the last boss battle twice before it finally did unlock) but it was still a good 3D platformer with combat element although the level bosses were very uneven.

I just adored Honey I Joined a Cult! I ended up spending my entire September playing it. Well, mostly playing it as the game kinda runs on its own for about a third of the campaign, once you've set everything up and are waiting for numbers and events to align to launch an ending. It was a nice management game with a refreshing perspective and a lot of humor but the idling and waiting felt a little grindy. Not grindy enough that I didn't do three gameplays concurrently, mind you, but too grindy to 100% it and that's saying a lot since I had 3 campaigns running.
And you can't even really play it as a idler because the game pauses every in-game day for a daily recap so you have to click to continue.

Eldest Souls was a beautiful experience. It was challenging, yes but in a great way. You get killed. A lot. But you learn from it and once you have paid attention to the patterns and skills of the bosses, you can get through them and improve. It was also gorgeous pixel art, and had a very intriguing story. I wish the story had been more developed because the lore begged to be delved into more fully but it was already very interesting to explore.
Interestingly, I started a NG+ to see if I could complete a few sidequests that are mutually exclusive and ended up doing another play-through entirely.... and discovering a DLC that was kinda hidden in the game so well that I didn't even encounter it during my first play-through.
So if you play it, do try every door and pick every item or you'll miss out on 3 more bosses. I feel though that they were hoping to do more as the DLC feels like it's left open-ended.

Fashion Police Squad was just a hilarious classic shooter. I haven't had this much fun with an FPS in a while. They really committed to their premise and went at it from every angle. The game does suffer from an insane difficulty ramp-up about 2/3 through though and I had to change the difficulty to the easiest to finish the game. And even that was hard. But all in all, it was fun.

I put off the last game until the last day but here we go.

List of games:

Lego 2K Drive from June 2024

achievements - "Sky Cup Champion"

2K Drive is a solid if relatively safe kart racer, all things considered. Having your vehicle transform into offroad or boat form as needed on the fly was a nice touch that made veering off course more forgiving, but it does make it weirder that there are occasionally weeds strewn about that massively slow you down. The humor was a bit 50/50 hits and misses, but it's always nice to hear Dave Fennoy's (Lee Everett in TWD) voice.

Train Valley from October 2016

achievements - "Japan"

The builder/tower defense style management of Train Valley quickly gets hectic, but is mostly manageable with some help from guides. Not normally into tower defense but this is enough of a deviation to make it more interesting for me.

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector from June 2024

achievements - "Decapitate the Devourer"

I've stayed away from Warhammer tabletop due to laziness and frugality, but I feel Battlesector offers a pretty good approximation of it as long as the enemy programming and unit pathing cooperate.

Bravery and Greed from May 2024

achievements - "Hero"

It's a roguelike with decent depth, but I do wish there were more community resources for the game, as figuring builds out on my own could be daunting before finally lucking out on a won run.

You Suck at Parking from September 2024

achievements - "All spots taken"

YSAP's art and music are incredibly charming, which helps smooth over the annoyance of the game's later obstacles. Difficulty gets a bit too masochistic for my tastes, but I understand it's a fine line, and my instinct to go for perfectionism at first is a detriment to just beating the game if not controlled properly.

Unpacking from November 2023

achievements - "No place like home"

Indie games have made significant strides in telling stories without direct exposition, although I do wonder if this game could have gotten even better at it by eliminating the small amount of expository text that does exist. I was mildly tired of the cleaning and sorting gameplay by the last one, but I am messy in real life, so that tracks. But I do have a newfound appreciation for the difficulty of sorting bras.

Omno - August 2022 - The Asendant
Paratopic - June 2019 - Achievements trigger only at the end of the game (the summary)
Path of Giants - December 2020 - Archaeologist
Frog Detective 1 - December 2020 - ANSWERED THE CALL
If Found - May 2022 - Ending screenshot and achievements
Tiny Echo - June 2017 - Delivery Done