Hello boys and girls! Remember me? I'm the person who keeps
unnecessarily telling you about the free games you can get on Epic's
Game Store. And I'm back... which means there must be new free games
on the Epic Game Store. What a coincidence! Let's see what new free
games on the Epic Game Store we get this week!
* Evoland Legendary Edition https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/evoland-legendary-edition-5753ec
What's Evoland? It's a Zelda-like console-RPG. But like which Zelda
game, you might ask? The answer is: all of them. The game starts with old-school 8-bit visuals and 'evolves' to new visuals and gameplay as
you progress through your quest. It's a neat gimmick and one I'd be
more excited about if, you know, I enjoyed those games. But I don't,
so this is added to the "never gonna play list". Still, if that
particular niche is your thing, "Evoland" may be the game for you.
This "Legendary Edition" includes both the original "Evoland" and its
aptly named sequel, "Evoland 2".
* Fallout 3 GOTY https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/fallout-3-game-of-the-year-edition
"Fallout 3" doesn't really need an introduction, does it? It's
"Obsidian with guns", with all the highs and lows of a Bethesda RPG.
Of the 3D Fallout games, "Fallout 3" probably remains my favorite, if
only because they hadn't descended as deeply into the pseudo-50s theme
as they would in the later games. The lack of superfluous gameplay
modes - crafting, base-building - is a plus too. Still, if you aren't
a fan of Bethesda's open-world games, "Fallout 3" isn't going to
convince you otherwise. I'm happy too see it on Epic (even if I've no
need of the game, for all the obvious reasons) but can understand if
this makes it on some people's 'skip-it' list.
Wasn't that fun! I can't wait until next week when I can tell you what
new free games on the Epic Games Store are available for free on the
Epic Games Store. But you'll have to wait a whole seven days for that
to happen!
Hello boys and girls! Remember me? I'm the person who keeps
unnecessarily telling you about the free games you can get on Epic's
Game Store.
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:00:15 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello boys and girls! Remember me? I'm the person who keeps
unnecessarily telling you about the free games you can get on Epic's
Game Store.
I assure you it is necessary. Thank you for the reminder.
Thanks. I took both! Now, will I play them? :P
Hello boys and girls! Remember me? I'm the person who keeps
unnecessarily telling you about the free games you can get on Epic's
Game Store. And I'm back... which means there must be new free games
on the Epic Game Store. What a coincidence! Let's see what new free
games on the Epic Game Store we get this week!
* Evoland Legendary Edition
* Fallout 3 GOTY
Wow, Fallout 3! I played it, I hated the bugs and the crooked guns, then
got some straight guns and fell in love with it. And never looked back
once I was done with the game and the DLCs. I have thought about it a
few times though.
"Fallout 3" doesn't really need an introduction, does it? It's
"Obsidian with guns", with all the highs and lows of a Bethesda RPG.
Of the 3D Fallout games, "Fallout 3" probably remains my favorite, if
only because they hadn't descended as deeply into the pseudo-50s theme
as they would in the later games. The lack of superfluous gameplay
modes - crafting, base-building - is a plus too. Still, if you aren't
a fan of Bethesda's open-world games, "Fallout 3" isn't going to
convince you otherwise. I'm happy too see it on Epic (even if I've no
need of the game, for all the obvious reasons) but can understand if
this makes it on some people's 'skip-it' list.
On 20/10/2022 16:00, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
"Fallout 3" doesn't really need an introduction, does it? It's
"Obsidian with guns", with all the highs and lows of a Bethesda RPG.
Of the 3D Fallout games, "Fallout 3" probably remains my favorite, if
only because they hadn't descended as deeply into the pseudo-50s theme
as they would in the later games. The lack of superfluous gameplay
modes - crafting, base-building - is a plus too. Still, if you aren't
a fan of Bethesda's open-world games, "Fallout 3" isn't going to
convince you otherwise. I'm happy too see it on Epic (even if I've no
need of the game, for all the obvious reasons) but can understand if
this makes it on some people's 'skip-it' list.
If I put then in order of how much I enjoyed them it would be.
- FO:3
- FO:NV
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
/that puts it far enough down the list/
- F0:4
Objectively though I think that FO:NV is a better game, it's just that
FO:3 was more enjoyable to play as it had the novelty value that FO:NV didn't.
That reminds me, I must get around to installing the high resolution mod
for FO:2 to see if it can get the graphics to a level that doesn't make
my eyes bleed.
Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:00:15 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello boys and girls! Remember me? I'm the person who keeps
unnecessarily telling you about the free games you can get on Epic's
Game Store.
I assure you it is necessary. Thank you for the reminder.
Ditto. :)
If I put then in order of how much I enjoyed them it would be.<snip long gap>
- FO:3
- FO:NV
/that puts it far enough down the list/
- F0:4
Objectively though I think that FO:NV is a better game, it's just that
FO:3 was more enjoyable to play as it had the novelty value that FO:NV >didn't.
That reminds me, I must get around to installing the high resolution mod
for FO:2 to see if it can get the graphics to a level that doesn't make
my eyes bleed.
On 20/10/2022 16:00, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
"Fallout 3" doesn't really need an introduction, does it? It's
"Obsidian with guns", with all the highs and lows of a Bethesda RPG.
Of the 3D Fallout games, "Fallout 3" probably remains my favorite, if
only because they hadn't descended as deeply into the pseudo-50s theme
as they would in the later games. The lack of superfluous gameplay
modes - crafting, base-building - is a plus too. Still, if you aren't
a fan of Bethesda's open-world games, "Fallout 3" isn't going to
convince you otherwise. I'm happy too see it on Epic (even if I've no
need of the game, for all the obvious reasons) but can understand if
this makes it on some people's 'skip-it' list.
Objectively though I think that FO:NV is a better game, it's just that
FO:3 was more enjoyable to play as it had the novelty value that FO:NV >didn't.
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:21:54 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:00:15 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello boys and girls! Remember me? I'm the person who keeps
unnecessarily telling you about the free games you can get on Epic's
Game Store.
I assure you it is necessary. Thank you for the reminder.
Ditto. :)
Well, somebody's gotta do it, seeing as Ant has vacated his post as
the previous announcer. At least, I assume he's abandoned his duties.
I mean, I waited a full 30 seconds after the games were released to
see if he had sent out his own alert before I posted my own. That's
surely enough time, right? ;-)
But where do you put FO1 & FO2? That's the question. A lot of the
people who dislike the Bethesda games put the first two games on a
pedestal as high above FO3 as you put that game above FO4. When I
wrote that many put FO3 on their 'skip it' list, those were the sort
of people I was thinking of.
On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:28:07 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
If I put then in order of how much I enjoyed them it would be.
- FO:3<snip long gap>
- FO:NV
/that puts it far enough down the list/
- F0:4
Objectively though I think that FO:NV is a better game, it's just that
FO:3 was more enjoyable to play as it had the novelty value that FO:NV
didn't.
But where do you put FO1 & FO2? That's the question. A lot of the
people who dislike the Bethesda games put the first two games on a
pedestal as high above FO3 as you put that game above FO4. When I
wrote that many put FO3 on their 'skip it' list, those were the sort
of people I was thinking of.
But I can't really disagree with your listing. Everyone tells me that
FO:NV was the better game, but I enjoyed FO3 far more. There's a
number of reasons for this - not least of which is that I've /no/ appreciation for the 'Rat Pack' era and themes that influenced so much
of FO:NV's story - but given the choice, I'd much rather play Fallout
3 than its semi-sequel.
I'm not sure I'd rank "Fallout 4" quite as lowly as you but I can
understand the distaste. At best, it was an average game, seemingly
designed not to offend anyone. But it's repetitive quests, unexciting
(and increasingly fantastical) setting, and annoying crafting /
base-building all made the game a lot less than it could have been.
That reminds me, I must get around to installing the high resolution mod
for FO:2 to see if it can get the graphics to a level that doesn't make
my eyes bleed.
Try playing the original "Fallout" if you want some real ocular
abuse.* And that game really doesn't help itself by starting in its
worst setting, the caves, where the pixelated shadows do nothing
positive for its visuals.
My ranking is Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: New Vegas, and then Fallout 3.
I haven't played Fallout 4. I wouldn't put the first two games far off
the last two, and I enjoyed playing all four of them. If I had to put
a Fallout game at a remote distance from the others it would be Fallout >Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, as I found the game ended up being more
a puzzle game as the game progressed and never finished it.
I hate it when a strategy game or a tactical game ends up feeling more
like a puzzle game. Some of the missions in a RTS game can feel like
that sometimes.
Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> writes:
I found the constant karma death squads in FO:NV to be a lot more
annoying than FO3 for some reason. I think they were more frequent.
Almost made the game unplayable, since they were scaled to your level and
were the toughest combatants you faced.
I actually welcomed those, for the XP and loot. Wasn't my first play
through when I got them a lot. In that playthrough I made an enemy of
the Legion early, in that first little town you see them. I killed them
all which took some doing and despite leaving no witnesses somehow
Legion knew. I wasn't really happy about that but I guess it's the point
of the karma system.
I think the death squads stopped at some point, maybe when you reached
NV? Not sure. No problem when using fast travel either.
I found the constant karma death squads in FO:NV to be a lot more
annoying than FO3 for some reason. I think they were more frequent.
Almost made the game unplayable, since they were scaled to your level and were the toughest combatants you faced.
On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 19:47:31 -0000 (UTC), rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
(Ross Ridge) wrote:
My ranking is Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: New Vegas, and then Fallout 3.
I haven't played Fallout 4. I wouldn't put the first two games far off
the last two, and I enjoyed playing all four of them. If I had to put
a Fallout game at a remote distance from the others it would be Fallout
Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, as I found the game ended up being more
a puzzle game as the game progressed and never finished it.
I hate it when a strategy game or a tactical game ends up feeling more
like a puzzle game. Some of the missions in a RTS game can feel like
that sometimes.
* Evoland Legendary Edition https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/evoland-legendary-edition-5753ec
* Fallout 3 GOTY https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/fallout-3-game-of-the-year-edition
On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:28:07 +0100, JAB <no...@nochance.com> wrote:
If I put then in order of how much I enjoyed them it would be.
- FO:3<snip long gap>
- FO:NV
/that puts it far enough down the list/
- F0:4
Objectively though I think that FO:NV is a better game, it's just thatBut where do you put FO1 & FO2? That's the question. A lot of the
FO:3 was more enjoyable to play as it had the novelty value that FO:NV >didn't.
people who dislike the Bethesda games put the first two games on a
pedestal as high above FO3 as you put that game above FO4. When I
wrote that many put FO3 on their 'skip it' list, those were the sort
of people I was thinking of.
But I can't really disagree with your listing. Everyone tells me that
FO:NV was the better game, but I enjoyed FO3 far more. There's a
number of reasons for this - not least of which is that I've /no/ appreciation for the 'Rat Pack' era and themes that influenced so much
of FO:NV's story - but given the choice, I'd much rather play Fallout
3 than its semi-sequel.
I'm not sure I'd rank "Fallout 4" quite as lowly as you but I can
understand the distaste. At best, it was an average game, seemingly
designed not to offend anyone. But it's repetitive quests, unexciting
(and increasingly fantastical) setting, and annoying crafting /
base-building all made the game a lot less than it could have been.
That reminds me, I must get around to installing the high resolution mod >for FO:2 to see if it can get the graphics to a level that doesn't makeTry playing the original "Fallout" if you want some real ocular
my eyes bleed.
abuse.* And that game really doesn't help itself by starting in its
worst setting, the caves, where the pixelated shadows do nothing
positive for its visuals.
* Outer Worlds. O.K. it's technically not a Fallout game, but it's
by those who were involved, and it feels like Fallout universe in some
ways, it's much better than the majority of FO games in my opinion,
so I threw it in.
On 24/10/2022 17:15, Justisaur wrote:
* Outer Worlds. O.K. it's technically not a Fallout game, but it's
by those who were involved, and it feels like Fallout universe in some
ways, it's much better than the majority of FO games in my opinion,
so I threw it in.
Weird, a lot of the negative reviews were because it wasn't FO:NV (the
rest were from the anti-woke brigade). Personally I rather enjoyed it
even if it didn't support the gameplay style (random exploration) that FO:3/NV did. I put it in the same category as a Die Hard film, the early
ones at least. It's not a classic and nor is it going to form part of my 'gaming history'. What it is, an enjoyable romp!
I have got both expansions but I gave up on the first one as navigating
the map was just such a chore. Right so I'm here and I need to go here.
That shouldn't take long, oh there's a bloody great mountain in the way
that I can't seem to get past. Not fun at all.
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