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  • FREE GAME: Bioshock Collection

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 26 12:41:21 2022
    Are we tired of all these freebies yet? Hell no! More free games for
    everyone!

    This week on Epic Game Store, we get:

    Bioshock: The Collection https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/bioshock-the-collection

    The name says it all; it's all three Bioshock games collected into one
    package, including all the DLC. Bioshock 1 & 2 are the remastered
    editions too.

    I always found that the Bioshock games overhyped and under-delivered;
    despite some nice artistic flourishes, their gameplay wasn't all the
    exciting and their narratives were fairly pedestrian (not to mention
    ham handed in their messaging). They were competently made, sure, but
    closer to B-list than A-list titles. Still, they're worth playing and
    if you don't have them in your library, well, now you don't have an
    excuse not to try them out. They aren't gonna blow your mind with
    their gameplay but you'll have a fun few hours mucking about in sunken
    Rapture or floaty Columbia. Definitely worth a grab.

    One week and counting down; get it before it's gone.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Thu May 26 13:50:00 2022
    On Thu, 26 May 2022 12:41:21 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    I always found that the Bioshock games overhyped and under-delivered;

    Overhyped or not, this is an impressive freebie.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Thu May 26 13:33:58 2022
    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 26 May 2022 12:41:21 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    I always found that the Bioshock games overhyped and under-delivered;

    Overhyped or not, this is an impressive freebie.

    Is this like the best freebie by Epic?
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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu May 26 19:19:32 2022
    On 26/05/2022 17:41, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    Are we tired of all these freebies yet? Hell no! More free games for everyone!

    This week on Epic Game Store, we get:

    Bioshock: The Collection https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/bioshock-the-collection

    The name says it all; it's all three Bioshock games collected into one package, including all the DLC. Bioshock 1 & 2 are the remastered
    editions too.

    I always found that the Bioshock games overhyped and under-delivered;
    despite some nice artistic flourishes, their gameplay wasn't all the
    exciting and their narratives were fairly pedestrian (not to mention
    ham handed in their messaging). They were competently made, sure, but
    closer to B-list than A-list titles. Still, they're worth playing and
    if you don't have them in your library, well, now you don't have an
    excuse not to try them out. They aren't gonna blow your mind with
    their gameplay but you'll have a fun few hours mucking about in sunken Rapture or floaty Columbia. Definitely worth a grab.

    One week and counting down; get it before it's gone.


    The first Bioshock I was very disappointed in but that was mostly my
    fault as I bought into all the hype surrounding it and within a couple
    of hours realised that it was basically just another shooter. Infinite I
    rather liked as I didn't have expectations as to what it was or more
    correctly wasn't.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu May 26 13:32:19 2022
    Woah!


    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    Are we tired of all these freebies yet? Hell no! More free games for everyone!

    This week on Epic Game Store, we get:

    Bioshock: The Collection https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/bioshock-the-collection

    The name says it all; it's all three Bioshock games collected into one package, including all the DLC. Bioshock 1 & 2 are the remastered
    editions too.

    I always found that the Bioshock games overhyped and under-delivered;
    despite some nice artistic flourishes, their gameplay wasn't all the
    exciting and their narratives were fairly pedestrian (not to mention
    ham handed in their messaging). They were competently made, sure, but
    closer to B-list than A-list titles. Still, they're worth playing and
    if you don't have them in your library, well, now you don't have an
    excuse not to try them out. They aren't gonna blow your mind with
    their gameplay but you'll have a fun few hours mucking about in sunken Rapture or floaty Columbia. Definitely worth a grab.

    One week and counting down; get it before it's gone.


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  • From PW@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Thu May 26 21:43:17 2022
    On Thu, 26 May 2022 12:41:21 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Are we tired of all these freebies yet? Hell no! More free games for >everyone!

    This week on Epic Game Store, we get:

    Bioshock: The Collection >https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/bioshock-the-collection

    The name says it all; it's all three Bioshock games collected into one >package, including all the DLC. Bioshock 1 & 2 are the remastered
    editions too.

    I always found that the Bioshock games overhyped and under-delivered;
    despite some nice artistic flourishes, their gameplay wasn't all the
    exciting and their narratives were fairly pedestrian (not to mention
    ham handed in their messaging). They were competently made, sure, but
    closer to B-list than A-list titles. Still, they're worth playing and
    if you don't have them in your library, well, now you don't have an
    excuse not to try them out. They aren't gonna blow your mind with
    their gameplay but you'll have a fun few hours mucking about in sunken >Rapture or floaty Columbia. Definitely worth a grab.

    One week and counting down; get it before it's gone.


    *-

    Claimed it. I think I was in the middle to end of BioShock and may
    have played most of the one before.

    Just checked my Steam library. Infinite is installed and it said I
    only played it 9 hours. Probably mostly on my last PC.

    -pw

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to Ant on Fri May 27 11:32:02 2022
    On Thu, 26 May 2022 13:33:58 -0500, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    Is this like the best freebie by Epic?

    My Epic library is too big now to check (thanks in large part to you)
    but I think so.

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 27 13:24:39 2022
    On Fri, 27 May 2022 11:32:02 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    On Thu, 26 May 2022 13:33:58 -0500, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    Is this like the best freebie by Epic?

    My Epic library is too big now to check (thanks in large part to you)
    but I think so.

    It sort of depends on how you define "best freebie".

    It's not the first time they've offered three games in one week (or
    even three games in one day).

    It's not even the best offering by price.

    And "best three games" is extremely subjective (as mentioned, I don't
    think the Bioshock games themselves are superlative examples of the
    genre, and other offerings have excited me more).

    Regardless, it is an extremely generous offering and one worthy of
    being added to anyone's library.

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri May 27 13:44:11 2022
    On Thu, 26 May 2022 19:19:32 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
    On 26/05/2022 17:41, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    This week on Epic Game Store, we get:
    Bioshock: The Collection
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/bioshock-the-collection

    The first Bioshock I was very disappointed in but that was mostly my
    fault as I bought into all the hype surrounding it and within a couple
    of hours realised that it was basically just another shooter. Infinite I >rather liked as I didn't have expectations as to what it was or more >correctly wasn't.

    Infinite's gameplay was more interesting, but its world building
    suffered. The first two games felt more alive. "Infinite" felt far
    more linear, funneling the player between setpieces and pop-up
    encounters and giving it a more funhouse feel as opposed to a world
    people actually lived in.

    The gunplay was more intense in the third game, though.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri May 27 16:58:10 2022
    On Thu, 26 May 2022 12:41:21 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Are we tired of all these freebies yet? Hell no! More free games for >everyone!

    This week on Epic Game Store, we get:

    Bioshock: The Collection >https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/bioshock-the-collection


    Would you kindly all download this?

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Fri May 27 15:37:08 2022
    On 5/27/2022 2:58 PM, Zaghadka wrote:
    On Thu, 26 May 2022 12:41:21 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Are we tired of all these freebies yet? Hell no! More free games for
    everyone!

    This week on Epic Game Store, we get:

    Bioshock: The Collection
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/bioshock-the-collection


    Would you kindly all download this?

    No.

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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