Unsanctioned Unofficial Game Pass Game Club voting thread for cycle starting 5/2/2022

Hello and thanks for your interest in the Unsanctioned Unofficial Game Pass Game Club. If you don't know what it is you can see more about the Game Club here. There is also where you can suggest games for future cycles, though this current vote will stay with the games listed below.

To vote in this thread simply list your top two choices with one labeled choice 1 and the other labeled choice 2. Choice 1 gets 3 points and choice 2 gets 1 point. The game with the highest point count wins. If there is a tie then I will break it, but I will not be voting otherwise.

You can vote even if you have not participated in the Game Club (and voting does not obligate you to participate but we ask that you not vote if you have no interest in participating) and you do not need to vote to participate in this or future cycles. You are also free to vote for games you are interested in and not participate if that game does not win, though it's more fun if people are willing to try games they may not be initially interested in. To avoid "ballot stuffing" I may, at my discretion, throw out the votes from new accounts that don't have prior posting histories on this site, though if one or two people create new accounts to vote that's fine (provided you do not have another pre-existing account.)

Voting will close on the morning of May 2, 2022 when the next game will be announced. I will tabulate the votes then so you may change your vote at any time prior by editing your post. Please do not make multiple voting posts in this thread, though discussion is encouraged. You can feel free to campaign for the game you want to win and make arguments why it is the best choice.

If any game receives three or more votes (first or second place) it will be included in the voting for the next cycle. Any game that is nominated but doesn't receive 3 votes will not be eligible for the next cycle but can be re-nominated in future cycles.

NOMINATED GAMES:

Telling Lies (FMV investigation game, somewhat hard to explain but based around asking questions to try and figure out a central mystery, approx 4 hours long)

Carrion (Alien slime creature Metroidvania focused on puzzle solving and traversal challenges. Approx 4.5 hours long.)

Paradise Killer (3D investigation/visual novel game set in a psychadelic paradise at the end of the world. Approx 14 hours long.)

Exo One (Spherical space ship physics based exploration game. Approx 2 hours long.)

Olija (Cinematic action platformer with a dark story and an equal mix of combat/platforming. Approx 4.5 hours long.)

Procession to Calvary (Monty Python stylized 2D adventure game with lots of absurd humor. Approx 2.5 hours long.)

Choice 1 - Carrion

Choice 2 - Paradise Killer

1. Olija

2. Carrion

1. Exo One

2. Olija

I am going to leave voting open until this evening because we obviously have not gotten a lot of votes yet. I understand that the club has lost steam recently and this is my fault because I became lax in my duties after a life event I've talked about in prior posts.

As of my this post here Carrion and Olija are tied. If that remains the case I think I'll select Carrion because I think it's more interesting to talk about (I have rolled credits on both games in the last couple years and won't be playing them again, but I'm always up for discussion.)

There is also currently a (hopefully soon to be deleted) post linking to escort agencies in Bangalore but only nominated games are eligible and escort agencies are categorically ineligible because they are not video games nor, to my knowledge, are they available on Game Pass as Game Pass perks (unless the Indian version of Game Pass is extremely different from the North American version) so those votes will not be counted.

I choose voting violence :D

1) Paradise Killer

2) Telling Lies

(Woulda put Exo One second, but I'll spare us that - -")

@bigsocrates: no, it's not your fault. I, for example, sometimes struggle to keep up and had to skip some games. As silly as it sounds, two weeks can be quite short amount of time. Especially because we all, i believe, play another game or two alongside UUGPGC game during the same time window.

Like just recently i played Exo One, before it was nominated lol.

...and now I wanna talk about it so please duders, vote for it! :)

1. Exo One

2. Carrion

1. Paradise Killer

2. Carrion

I really want to finish paradise Killer. Maybe it will give me the bump I need to do so!

• Procession of Cavalry
• Carrion

Exo One

Procession to Cavalry

I've thought this was a cool concept for a community discussion from the beginning, and with the semester ending I'll have more free time to actually take part!

And it looks like Exo one is the surprise winner. Thanks for voting everyone!