• FREE GAME:Wolfenstein: The New Order

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 2 11:18:23 2022
    Okay Epic, what do you have for us THIS week? You've been very coy
    about it, hiding it behind the "mystery game" tag for the last seven
    days; how very unusual and, well, mysterious! But time is up and all
    must be revealed. This week's freebie is:

    Wolfenstein: The New Order https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/wolfenstein-the-new-order

    Oh? Is that it? Look, don't get me wrong; W:TNO was a fine game (if
    severely over hyped), with some entertaining gunplay... but its hardly
    worth being so secretive about it. I mean, it's not a GREAT game; its
    story and characters are trashy even taking into account the game
    steals a lot from pulp-SciFi, and the gameplay starts to feel pretty
    repetitive as the game progresses. It felt very paint-by-numbers by
    the end. Worth playing? Yeah, I guess. Worth getting? Well, it's free
    so why not. Worth getting excited about? Not in the least.

    Oh well. It's a free game; I shouldn't complain too much. If you're
    interested in getting a copy for yourself, you got seven days to claim
    it.



    (huh, Epic is hiding next week's game behind the 'mystery' tag too. I
    guess that's their new thing now)

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  • From Ross Ridge@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Thu Jun 2 16:36:13 2022
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    (huh, Epic is hiding next week's game behind the 'mystery' tag too. I
    guess that's their new thing now)

    It's probably only for the duration of their "Epic Games MEGA Sale",
    which ends June 16. So only one more, maybe two, mystery games and then
    it should go back to normal.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Jun 2 15:28:01 2022
    Ooh, I haven't played this!

    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Okay Epic, what do you have for us THIS week? You've been very coy
    about it, hiding it behind the "mystery game" tag for the last seven
    days; how very unusual and, well, mysterious! But time is up and all
    must be revealed. This week's freebie is:

    Wolfenstein: The New Order https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/wolfenstein-the-new-order

    Oh? Is that it? Look, don't get me wrong; W:TNO was a fine game (if
    severely over hyped), with some entertaining gunplay... but its hardly
    worth being so secretive about it. I mean, it's not a GREAT game; its
    story and characters are trashy even taking into account the game
    steals a lot from pulp-SciFi, and the gameplay starts to feel pretty repetitive as the game progresses. It felt very paint-by-numbers by
    the end. Worth playing? Yeah, I guess. Worth getting? Well, it's free
    so why not. Worth getting excited about? Not in the least.

    Oh well. It's a free game; I shouldn't complain too much. If you're interested in getting a copy for yourself, you got seven days to claim
    it.



    (huh, Epic is hiding next week's game behind the 'mystery' tag too. I
    guess that's their new thing now)


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  • From rms@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 3 20:00:30 2022
    I mean, it's not a GREAT game;

    Boy I sat down and was about to rant about how I hated the '60s
    characters and confronting your dad, but woops! that was the 3rd game in
    this new series, The New Colossus. The prequel, The Old Blood, was more
    like the older wacky nazis+magic formula which appealed to me more, but TNO
    is a good game. I wish they'd given away Youngblood instead, as I haven't played it and am unwilling to pay for it :)

    rms

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 4 13:01:09 2022
    On Fri, 3 Jun 2022 20:00:30 -0600, "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net>
    wrote:

    I wish they'd given away Youngblood instead, as I haven't
    played it and am unwilling to pay for it :)

    Give it a year; it'll show up eventually.

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