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General Gaming / Shocktober III: Season of the Witch
« on: September 30, 2022, 12:47:28 PM »
.When does this start?
Shocktober begins right now, and will last the entire month of October, ending after Halloween night.
What should I play?
Anything that falls under the classification of a "scary" game. Survival horror, action horror, a horror-themed FPS, anything with zombies, etc. In the interest of having fun, this can be more of a loose definition of what defines a scary game, and constitute anything that is more-or-less "spooky themed". If you're not sure, just check out the previous years' threads [2021] [2020].
You can think of this as another Backlaugust if you want -- You've probably got horror games in your backlog, and it's time to play them. How many games you want to play is up to you, whether that's just one game or a few games. Any platform, doesn't matter. They can be new games, old games. Even horror games you've already beaten long ago and want to replay. You don't have to choose all of your games up front; you can if you want, but it's fine to just take it one-game-at-a-time.
Who should participate?
Do you:
- Enjoy scary games?
- Have at least one horror game in your backlog?
- Plan on buying a new horror game?
- Really love Halloween?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you should do this!
The purpose of this is a little less about seeing how many games we can beat, but for everyone to share in the experience of playing something scary. A good horror game can be a tough thing to get all of the way through to the end, but with some moral support from the rest of the community that's going through the same thing, maybe we can all make it back into the light by November! That's what it comes down to -- having fun, and being scared shitless. And being scared shitless is a lot more fun when being scared shitless as a group.
One last thing -- for your fellow NWR-er who hasn't played every game, try using spoiler tags whenever possible for anything major that's story-related, or just in general anything that should not be spoiled.
Examples of games that count as Horror:
Anything remotely spooky, scary, or Halloweeny. You getting Bayonetta 3? That counts. You planning to play some mutiplayer Luigi's Mansion 3? You sucked yourself right into a game that counts for Shocktober. Are you just planning to do the Halloween event in Animal Crossing? Come on in. You could even pick a spooky game from the Switch SNES online games and sign up to play it online with someone on BShy's new thread. As we prepare for the return of the umbra witch, let's all have some scary fun
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so I had to go home and order them for pick up next week. I got to repeat the tutorial that was at the beginning of the Splatfest demo they had recently, but that was quick so no big deal. After getting to level 2 in Turf war you open up the weapons shop and using the special tickets from having a Splatoon 2 save I scored a Splattershot Pro. I am still trying to figure out the angle shooter sub weapon, but the crab special is really fun. After I hit level 4 I opened up the other shops. I played the card game and it is okay, but not something I will spend much time on. Of course, Salmon Run is now 24/7 so I spent a little time in there and the new bosses are pretty cool. One big difference is the Ranked mode, which is not two different Anarchy modes that I have not played yet. I will report back once I check those out. Until then...stay fresh 
