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  • Prime Gaming: Sept 14 2023

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 22 12:15:09 2023
    Oops, I forgot to do the Prime Gaming Announcement last week. But the
    question is, does it matter? Did we all miss out on some great and
    exciting games? Or is it just the usual filler? Let's find out.



    * Ozymandias (requires GOG)
    "The Bronze Age Empire Sim". An Indie 4X
    strategy game set in the bronze age Middle East
    (extra paid-for DLC unlocks play in other regions).
    It's a smaller, streamlined Civilization, designed
    so that a campaign can be completed in an hour or so.
    Good if that's what you want, but I prefer something
    with more meat on its bones.

    * Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy
    A "tactical RPG", whatever that means. Mostly, it
    seems to mean extremely limited animation and
    options. Doesn't look very entertaining, and I can't
    say I care much for the art style.

    * Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
    Chess crossed with rogue-like mechanics... and a shotgun.
    Novel enough that it's worth looking at just to
    experience its weirdness, but I'm not sure it's
    something I'd enjoy playing for long.

    * Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outerspace
    An Indie-developed, retro-graphics action/platformer.
    Not my cuppa at all. Also, it doesn't work with
    mouse/keyboard. Meh.



    I mean, not a TERRIBLE selection of games, but really, nothing
    exciting either. If your selection of games is struggling to reach
    mediocrity, maybe you need to think about investing a bit more into
    the service, Amazon?

    Until next week. Unless I forget again.

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  • From Werner P.@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 22 18:45:38 2023
    Am 22.09.23 um 18:15 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:



    I mean, not a TERRIBLE selection of games, but really, nothing
    exciting either. If your selection of games is struggling to reach mediocrity, maybe you need to think about investing a bit more into
    the service, Amazon?

    Until next week. Unless I forget again.

    Prime gaming is mostly bottom of the barrel anyway, but hey... its free
    (at least if you pay for prime)

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  • From Metal Guru@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri Sep 22 13:58:57 2023
    On 9/22/2023 12:15 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Oops, I forgot to do the Prime Gaming Announcement last week. But the question is, does it matter? Did we all miss out on some great and
    exciting games? Or is it just the usual filler? Let's find out.
    * Ozymandias (requires GOG)
    * Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy
    * Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
    * Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outerspace

    While we're on the subject there's also: "The Night of the Rabbit", free
    on GOG.com right now and "Lonely Knight" on Steam:

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940370/Lonely%5C_Knight/

    Both purely for the game number's game, I'd assume (haven't checked).

    --
    Has anyone tried unplugging the United States and plugging it back in?

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Werner P. on Fri Sep 22 13:35:15 2023
    On 9/22/23 11:45, Werner P. wrote:
    Am 22.09.23 um 18:15 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:



    I mean, not a TERRIBLE selection of games, but really, nothing
    exciting either. If your selection of games is struggling to reach
    mediocrity, maybe you need to think about investing a bit more into
    the service, Amazon?

    Until next week. Unless I forget again.

    Prime gaming is mostly bottom of the barrel anyway, but hey... its free
    (at least if you pay for prime)

    I didn't know it existed.
    --
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    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 22 15:23:40 2023
    On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:58:57 -0400, Metal Guru <MetalGuru@IsItYou.com>
    wrote:

    While we're on the subject there's also: "The Night of the Rabbit", free
    on GOG.com right now and "Lonely Knight" on Steam:

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940370/Lonely%5C_Knight/

    You need to put these announcements in their own threads or nobody
    will see them :-)


    "Lonely Knight" is interesting. It has some impressive looking visuals
    and details, but reviews indicate the fighting mechanics are poor. But apparently it's designed by a single person. And, not to diminish the
    talent of its lone developer, "Lonely Knight" showcases how powerful
    modern game engines are, that a single developer can create something
    so (visually) spectacular.

    Forty years ago, garage developers were struggling to whip out games
    that had four-color graphics. Twenty years ago, you'd need a
    hundred-person team to make something look this good. Now? One guy
    (albeit with the aid of the thousands at Epic). Give him a handful of
    friends to help him in areas he is weak, and "Lonely Knight" might be
    worth playing...

    Yet, meanwhile, the thousand-strong teams at Ubisoft and Activision
    managed to pump out the same pabulum time and again...


    Both purely for the game number's game, I'd assume (haven't checked).

    Yes, The Number is important. All praise The Number! May it ever grow!
    ;-)

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Werner P. on Sun Sep 24 09:18:51 2023
    On 22/09/2023 17:45, Werner P. wrote:
    Am 22.09.23 um 18:15 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:



    I mean, not a TERRIBLE selection of games, but really, nothing
    exciting either. If your selection of games is struggling to reach
    mediocrity, maybe you need to think about investing a bit more into
    the service, Amazon?

    Until next week. Unless I forget again.

    Prime gaming is mostly bottom of the barrel anyway, but hey... its free
    (at least if you pay for prime)

    Most months I find one or two games that I would have considered buying
    if they were on sale at the £5 mark but the last couple of months seems
    to have been rather poor. Saying that I've still got a large backlog of
    games from it that I haven't got around to playing.

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