• More FREE GAMES: "Ashes to Ashes", "Their Land", "Street Sense 2", "Cat

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 16 12:48:22 2023
    Some low-rent Indie titles, but free is free. Don't expect the world
    from them, but some of them look novel and might be worth the time.


    * Ashes to Ashes
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2381010/Ashes_to_Ashes/
    Spell-slinging zombie cowboys; now there's something you don't say
    everyday. Go on the usual vengeance quest in this... first person
    shooter? I'm not sure. Looks a bit rough around the edges, but might
    be interesting. It's labeled "free to play" though, so be careful

    * Their Land
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2430990/Their_Land/
    First-person action adventure exploring an island of mystery and
    danger. Lots of negative reviews, but those seem mostly due to poor optimizations (valid) and people being upset that the game doesn't
    include multiplayer (which, apparently, the developer hinted that it
    might). But if you can get the game to run and enjoy single-player, it
    looks like it might be worth it

    * Street Sense 2
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2279470/Street_Sense_2/
    A very basic open-world sandbox driving game. There doesn't seem to be
    any point to it beyond the joy of driving around, but hey, that's
    pretty much what I do in the American Truck Simulator game, so I'll
    give it a shot.

    * Cat-Aclysm
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2431320/Cataclysm/
    A top-down action/adventure. Guide a cat-thing in its quest to start a revolution and take over the city.

    * Exorsite
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2257940/Exorsite/
    A third-person shooter crossed with an RTS that lets you jump between
    the units under you control as you lead them to victory against an
    army of ghosts and demons. Very early access.



    (there's a number of other freebies circulating on Steam too, but
    those tend to be 'prologues' to as-yet-unreleased main games and I'm
    not gonna push their marketing for 'em).

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  • From rms@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 16 12:42:23 2023
    Got 'em all! Thanks Spalls

    rms

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sat Jun 17 06:33:17 2023
    On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:48:22 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:


    Some low-rent Indie titles, but free is free. Don't expect the world
    from them, but some of them look novel and might be worth the time.


    * Ashes to Ashes
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2381010/Ashes_to_Ashes/
    Spell-slinging zombie cowboys; now there's something you don't say
    everyday. Go on the usual vengeance quest in this... first person
    shooter? I'm not sure. Looks a bit rough around the edges, but might
    be interesting. It's labeled "free to play" though, so be careful

    This looked pretty good, and there was a major performance patch listed
    on the store page, so I grabbed it.

    Thank you, Sir!

    --
    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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