GameClub 3 - Pick our next game!
Added 2017-06-27 09:32:59 +0000 UTCHello everyone! Welcome to the third GameClub - a community event where like-minded game fans, game designers, and game critics can get together and dive deep into a single game.
The rules are simple: we pick a game, play it, and then chat about it. Most of the discussion happens on Discord where you can chat without spoilers for a few weeks, and then jump in and really analyse every aspect of the game after that.
This time, I’ve picked five interesting games from the Steam Sale. The sale runs until July 5th so we’ve got some time to pick the game before the discount runs out.
Have a look at these games, and use the Patreon poll below to vote for the one that looks most interesting to you.
I’ll be back in a couple days with the winner.
Steam says: “A rogue-lite river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.”
Looks stylish and evocative. Available on PC, Mac, Xbox One, and PS4.
Steam says: “A surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun.”
I’ve heard this game is unique. Available on PC.
Steam says: “Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower! Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.”
This got recommended during the Sexy Brutale discussion. Available on PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, Vita, PS3, Xbox One, and Wii U!
Steam says: “My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.”
Described as the Dark Souls of car repair sims. Available on PC.
Steam says: “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer"
Free-flowing Metroidvania. A sequel is coming out soon, so a good time to check this one out. Available on PC and Xbox One.
Comments
What about something like last month where we do two? I'm semi-biased because I'm about 30 minutes away from finishing Ori already... :P
Kaleb Elwert
2017-06-28 03:09:57 +0000 UTCI agree, there seems to be an imbalance in coverage for Ori compared to the other games. I'd rather discuss one of the less covered games.
2017-06-27 20:03:07 +0000 UTCSame feeling regarding Ori. I was thinking the other day about playing the definitive edition, but I already played - and enjoyed - the first version. So many games to replay one. Oneshot on the other way...
Manuel Alcoba
2017-06-27 19:31:30 +0000 UTCOh come on, Ori might be great but it's already got enough attention. Oneshot needs the spotlight!
David Rodríguez Madriñán
2017-06-27 17:56:12 +0000 UTCLooks like Ori can't lose anymore. Too bad. It's an amazing game, but it was pretty well covered and I think that it doesn't really do anything unique; it's just an extremely well executed Metroidvania.
mooware
2017-06-27 17:40:02 +0000 UTCI haven't played it; I voted for it because I've been thinking about playing it. It's a good excuse.
Nathan Scott
2017-06-27 17:37:49 +0000 UTCI have Flame in the Flood, and have played it for an hour or so. But like so many, further play was sacrificed on the altar of personal creative endeavors. I'd love to give it another go.
Josh Foreman
2017-06-27 17:24:51 +0000 UTCI might have to just finally play The Flame in the Flood anyways. It was included in a Humble Monthly not too long ago and I've been meaning to give it a shot.
Matthew
2017-06-27 17:22:17 +0000 UTCI read that the combat style in Ori is a bit like Clicker Heroes in that you click on the monsters til they die, which will be sad if it's true.
2017-06-27 16:47:26 +0000 UTCGood thing I just played Ori! After the E3 announcement, I jumped right on that! Voted for OneShot because it looks interesting, but haven't purchased yet. Gameclub would be my excuse for pulling the trigger.
Marceline Leiman
2017-06-27 16:41:55 +0000 UTCToo many good choices darn it.
2017-06-27 16:39:31 +0000 UTCNever played Ori. Guess we might be seeing what the fuss is about.
2017-06-27 16:38:56 +0000 UTCWhy hear about Ori, a game that everyone talked a lot? While "The Flame in the Flood" e "One Shot" are great games, worth to learn more about why they're great.
2017-06-27 16:37:50 +0000 UTCI'm reaaaally surprised Ori gets so many votes, guys please vote for games you haven't already played! Don't be lazy :)
2017-06-27 16:26:50 +0000 UTCOne Shot is exceptionally good but I've already played it, so I cast my vote for Ori Just know that if OneShot doesn't end up being the gameclub game, you should all still play it because it's fantastic
Nicole Carter
2017-06-27 15:22:55 +0000 UTCEven though OneShot and Ori are doing emotional storytelling, I'd go with The Flame In The Flood, because it seems to be an interactive game where entities affect each other, resulting in emergent situations.
Vesselin Jilov
2017-06-27 15:15:22 +0000 UTCOnce again voting for "That game in my library that I haven't really committed to yet, so why not use this as an excuse" It's not seeming like it'll win, but we try.
2017-06-27 14:31:36 +0000 UTCI voted for ori. Been looking for an excuse to get it for a while anyway. Now i just gotta finish up darksiderss 2 really quick...
Dillon Braeges
2017-06-27 13:34:53 +0000 UTCThese all look like interesting games. I look forward to this month's choice!
Megabyte01
2017-06-27 13:20:07 +0000 UTCFrom someone who played it recently, I think we’ll also get good discussions out of focusing a game and removing bloat, about its Metroidvania structure, its platformer controls, and so on :)
Game Maker's Toolkit
2017-06-27 13:00:00 +0000 UTCGreat choices, Mark. The Flame and the Flood looks amazing, but it was a close call... So many good games!
Rich Stoehr
2017-06-27 12:47:25 +0000 UTCI like Ori a lot (although its a little long) but I don't know what makes it interesting for Game Club apart from the effect that graphical style and beauty impacts our opinion and experience
2017-06-27 12:41:43 +0000 UTCBeen waiting to get into OneShot for a long time, it doesn't look like it's going to win though (might still play that anyway)
2017-06-27 12:02:19 +0000 UTCThey’re all on sale right now :)
Game Maker's Toolkit
2017-06-27 10:20:07 +0000 UTCMy boss cites Ori as one of his favourite games, so voted for that so I can use it in a selfish bid to get on his good side and get a pay rise
Adam Russell
2017-06-27 10:19:37 +0000 UTCOri is on sale on Steam at the moment, which is why I grabbed it yesterday and why I voted for it!
Mark O.
2017-06-27 10:17:32 +0000 UTCVoted One Shot cause it's the only one I haven't played so I need to excuse to haha
2017-06-27 09:44:35 +0000 UTCFlame in the flood sound cool, too, tho
Ed White
2017-06-27 09:38:01 +0000 UTCOh man, I've been meaning to go back and finish Ori, since they announced the sequel. My friends love it, too! Would love to play this one with the club.
Ed White
2017-06-27 09:37:33 +0000 UTC
