• FREE GAME: Rise of Industry

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 2 11:11:04 2023
    It's Thursday, and you know what that means! Tine for me to sneak in
    some new games. Oh sure, Epic /says/ they're the ones behind these
    generous give-aways, but it's really been me all along. You may thank
    me later.

    This week my munificence provides:

    * Rise of Industry
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/rise-of-industry-0af838
    The short description is that this is a managerial strategy game.
    Think something along the lines of "Transport Tycoon" , "Railroad
    Tycoon" or "A-Train" and you get the general idea. But this game is a
    bit less fixated on the business aspects and more on stringing
    together production chains, so in this regard it's akin to games like
    the "Settlers" or "Factorio" (albeit not as complicated as the latter, fortunately). So "Rise" sits in a little niche all its own, and it's a
    fine game, if you're into that sort of thing. Myself, I can only
    stomach that sort of gameplay for so long (I need a daily dose of
    violence in my video-gaming ;-) but even if the game doesn't engage
    me, I can still appreciate it for what it is.


    Give it a try. You may like it. Or not. You have seven days to decide.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Thu Mar 2 12:55:56 2023
    On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:11:04 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Give it a try. You may like it. Or not. You have seven days to decide.

    I would have guessed a SimCity clone from the screenshots.

    Exactly what you said here. I may like it, I may not. I really am not
    sure about this one. I may try it out soon. Thanks Spalls.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Thu Mar 2 20:59:09 2023
    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:11:04 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Give it a try. You may like it. Or not. You have seven days to decide.

    I would have guessed a SimCity clone from the screenshots.

    Exactly what you said here. I may like it, I may not. I really am not
    sure about this one. I may try it out soon. Thanks Spalls.

    Same.
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