Alright. It's been a couple of weeks; I can't keep putting it off.
Let's get this thing done and then we can move on to more interesting
stuff.
This time on Amazon Prime Gaming we get:
* Fallout 2 (via GOG)
I guess Amazon (and GOG) didn't get the memo
about Bethesda deciding to resell their old Fallout
games in an overpriced bundle. There's nothing
wrong with "Fallout 2"; sure, it's old and creaky,
but it's got good bones and fan-patches can help
with some of the more problematic issues. But
given how often "Fallout 2" has been offered as
a freebie, is there anyone out there who doesn't
own a copy yet?
* SCARF
Part walking sim, part 3D platformer, part
puzzle game, "Scarf" is a fairly casual explorer
whose greatest sin is its lack of originality.
Whether it's "Abzu", "Rime", "Journey", "Eastshade",
they're all fairly similar Indie titles and
Scarf fails to differentiate itself. If you've
never played any of these, well, I suppose
"Scarf" might appeal. But if you have experienced
these games, the sense of ennui and familiarity
will probably keep you from finishing it.
* Gravitar Recharged (via Epic)
Another old-school arcade game with neon-glow
visual remasters. Personally, I find these old-
school games just too simplistic for my tastes, but
that's because I prefer games for story and setting.
If its the challenge of the gameplay that grabs
you, you'll probably get a kick out of these
releases.
Three up, three down. Nothing horrible but nothing in the least bit
exciting either. But I guess that's par for the course with Prime
Gaming these days.
Until the next time we have to do this...
* Gravitar Recharged (via Epic)
Another old-school arcade game with neon-glow
visual remasters. Personally, I find these old-
school games just too simplistic for my tastes, but
that's because I prefer games for story and setting.
If its the challenge of the gameplay that grabs
you, you'll probably get a kick out of these
releases.
On 13/03/2024 00:05, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Alright. It's been a couple of weeks; I can't keep putting it off.
Let's get this thing done and then we can move on to more interesting
stuff.
This time on Amazon Prime Gaming we get:
* Fallout 2 (via GOG)
I guess Amazon (and GOG) didn't get the memo
about Bethesda deciding to resell their old Fallout
games in an overpriced bundle. There's nothing
wrong with "Fallout 2"; sure, it's old and creaky,
but it's got good bones and fan-patches can help
with some of the more problematic issues. But
given how often "Fallout 2" has been offered as
a freebie, is there anyone out there who doesn't
own a copy yet?
I already have this on Steam but I may pick it up anyway. Not quite sure
why as I must have started it about four times and every time about an
hour in the visuals start getting to me. I keep meaning to look for a
mod that means the graphics don't make my eyes bleed!
On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:05:20 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Until the next time we have to do this...Oh dear god, you're not even having fun any more? It's becoming a chore?
I'm beginning to worry that you have the gaming form of nymphomania.
On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:05:20 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Until the next time we have to do this...Oh dear god, you're not even having fun any more? It's becoming a chore?
I'm beginning to worry that you have the gaming form of nymphomania.
On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:22:14 +0200, Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
* Gravitar Recharged (via Epic)
Another old-school arcade game with neon-glow
visual remasters. Personally, I find these old-
school games just too simplistic for my tastes, but
that's because I prefer games for story and setting.
If its the challenge of the gameplay that grabs
you, you'll probably get a kick out of these
releases.
I did like Gravitar as a kid and was just thinking of playing it again
in MAME the other day... I also liked the somewhat similar game Thrust
on the C64. I think a couple of those Recharged games were freebies on
Epic, Centipede and some lesser known arcade, black widow maybe? But
those versions just sucked, they didn't seem to capture anything from
the originals. Plus the art style doesn't really please me.
Amazon has - through Epic - offered "Recharged" versions of the
following arcade games: Asteroids, Black Widow, Breakout, Caverns of
Mars, Centipede, Missile Command, Yars... and now Gravitar. They all
follow the same basic concept: take a classic arcade game, update the
visuals with lots of bright, almost neon colors, and 'revitalize' the gameplay with lots of new mechanics while trying to keep what made the originals so intoxicating.
Not being a fan of classic arcades, I can't judge if they've managed
the latter. I didn't find the games all that enjoyable in the early
80s, and I don't have much fun with them now. But is my lack of
enthrallment a problem with the remake, or just because arcades aren't
my thing?
But in my - probably biased and cynical - opinion it looks like the developers too often go overboard with unnecessarily complicated new mechanics. I think the appeal of the originals were its simplistic
gameplay were easy to learn, and the real fun was mastering them as
they got faster and faster. These new games - in my uneducated, unappreciative opinion - feel too 'kitchen sinked'. Too much has added willy-nilly just for the sake of adding stuff, without understanding
the underlying allure of the base game.
Alright. It's been a couple of weeks; I can't keep putting it off.
Let's get this thing done and then we can move on to more interesting
stuff.
This time on Amazon Prime Gaming we get:
* Fallout 2 (via GOG)Now I have it on GOG too. Wee.
* SCARF
* Gravitar Recharged (via Epic)These too.
On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:02:11 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:05:20 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Until the next time we have to do this...
Oh dear god, you're not even having fun any more? It's becoming a chore?
I'm beginning to worry that you have the gaming form of nymphomania.
If I don't do it, then Ant will and get the Internet Points. Dare we
entrust a Formicidae with that sort of power?!?!?
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