I totally forgot it was Thursday. Well, obviously not 'totally',
seeing as I've remembered now... but usually I'm a bit more
on-the-ball. Oh well, I'm sure you'll none of you notice if I rush
through this announcement. ;-)
* The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition
Firstly, you may have this one already (Epic gave it away
back in December just passed). The game itself is essentially
"Starfield", albeit a bit more tongue in cheek and less focused
on quantity-over-quality. Whether you like it or not really
depends on whether its humor lands with you; gameplay-wise,
it's basically standard 'Bethesda-open-world', even if its
not made by Bethesda. A good game, in my opinion; not great,
but good.
* Thief (a.k.a., "Thief 4")
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/thief-5bb95f
This is the one where Garret, the eponymous thief, wears
eyeliner. It's... okay. I liked it's semi-open-world version
of the City, and some of the quests were fun... but it
lacked the atmosphere and FEEL of being a proper Thief game.
Combat was nerfed, so getting into a fight isn't as deadly
as it should be (and thus stealth became less of a necessity),
it had an awful end-game boss battle, and the overall story
was blah. But as a generic stealth-action game, it's fine.
It's just not Thief.
So, neither game are top-notch, but neither are stinkers either. And
they aren't retro-graphic'd Indies either, which is a very welcome
change. But I don't expect this beneficence to last; we'll be back to
the usual filler in a week or two, I'm sure. Anyway, you've got the
normal 7-day limit to claim these. Enjoy!
I totally forgot it was Thursday. Well, obviously not 'totally',
seeing as I've remembered now... but usually I'm a bit more
on-the-ball. Oh well, I'm sure you'll none of you notice if I rush
through this announcement. ;-)
* The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition
Firstly, you may have this one already (Epic gave it away
back in December just passed). The game itself is essentially
"Starfield", albeit a bit more tongue in cheek and less focused
on quantity-over-quality. Whether you like it or not really
depends on whether its humor lands with you; gameplay-wise,
it's basically standard 'Bethesda-open-world', even if its
not made by Bethesda. A good game, in my opinion; not great,
but good.
* Thief (a.k.a., "Thief 4")
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/thief-5bb95f
This is the one where Garret, the eponymous thief, wears
eyeliner. It's... okay. I liked it's semi-open-world version
of the City, and some of the quests were fun... but it
lacked the atmosphere and FEEL of being a proper Thief game.
Combat was nerfed, so getting into a fight isn't as deadly
as it should be (and thus stealth became less of a necessity),
it had an awful end-game boss battle, and the overall story
was blah. But as a generic stealth-action game, it's fine.
It's just not Thief.
So, neither game are top-notch, but neither are stinkers either. And
they aren't retro-graphic'd Indies either, which is a very welcome
change. But I don't expect this beneficence to last; we'll be back to
the usual filler in a week or two, I'm sure. Anyway, you've got the
normal 7-day limit to claim these. Enjoy!
I hope I will have time to play 'Thief'.
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 16:33 this Thursday (GMT):
I totally forgot it was Thursday. Well, obviously not 'totally',
seeing as I've remembered now... but usually I'm a bit more
on-the-ball. Oh well, I'm sure you'll none of you notice if I rush
through this announcement. ;-)
* The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition >> Firstly, you may have this one already (Epic gave it away
back in December just passed). The game itself is essentially
"Starfield", albeit a bit more tongue in cheek and less focused
on quantity-over-quality. Whether you like it or not really
depends on whether its humor lands with you; gameplay-wise,
it's basically standard 'Bethesda-open-world', even if its
not made by Bethesda. A good game, in my opinion; not great,
but good.
Wasn't that one of those "bombed on release but redeemed over updates"
games or am I thinking of a different space game?
I totally forgot it was Thursday. Well, obviously not 'totally',
seeing as I've remembered now... but usually I'm a bit more
on-the-ball. Oh well, I'm sure you'll none of you notice if I rush
through this announcement. ;-)
* The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition
Firstly, you may have this one already (Epic gave it away
back in December just passed). The game itself is essentially
"Starfield", albeit a bit more tongue in cheek and less focused
on quantity-over-quality. Whether you like it or not really
depends on whether its humor lands with you; gameplay-wise,
it's basically standard 'Bethesda-open-world', even if its
not made by Bethesda. A good game, in my opinion; not great,
but good.
So, neither game are top-notch,
On 4/4/2024 9:50 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 16:33 this Thursday (GMT):
I totally forgot it was Thursday. Well, obviously not 'totally',
seeing as I've remembered now... but usually I'm a bit more
on-the-ball. Oh well, I'm sure you'll none of you notice if I rush
through this announcement. ;-)
* The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition >>> Firstly, you may have this one already (Epic gave it away
back in December just passed). The game itself is essentially
"Starfield", albeit a bit more tongue in cheek and less focused
on quantity-over-quality. Whether you like it or not really
depends on whether its humor lands with you; gameplay-wise,
it's basically standard 'Bethesda-open-world', even if its
not made by Bethesda. A good game, in my opinion; not great,
but good.
Wasn't that one of those "bombed on release but redeemed over updates"
games or am I thinking of a different space game?
It's an awesome game on par with or better than Obsidian's Fallout NV
who also made this, since release. Reviews were very good, which is why
I bought it besides being a big Fallout fan. It did bomb sales wise, but that's because it came out as one of the first Epic exclusives before
anyone was really using Epic. It's barely a space game, it's a CRPG
like Fallout except on some different worlds in a late-capitalist
dystopia that's falling apart.
The only space game I know of that might fit "bombed on release but
redeemed over updates" is No Man's Sky. That still doesn't sound like
my type of game other than being a space setting, but it's on my
wishlist and who knows, I might buy it someday.
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On 4/4/2024 9:50 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 16:33 this
Thursday (GMT):
I totally forgot it was Thursday. Well, obviously not 'totally',
seeing as I've remembered now... but usually I'm a bit more
on-the-ball. Oh well, I'm sure you'll none of you notice if I rush
through this announcement. ;-)
* The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition >>> Firstly, you may have this one already (Epic gave it away
back in December just passed). The game itself is essentially
"Starfield", albeit a bit more tongue in cheek and less focused
on quantity-over-quality. Whether you like it or not really
depends on whether its humor lands with you; gameplay-wise,
it's basically standard 'Bethesda-open-world', even if its
not made by Bethesda. A good game, in my opinion; not great,
but good.
Wasn't that one of those "bombed on release but redeemed over updates"
games or am I thinking of a different space game?
It's an awesome game on par with or better than Obsidian's Fallout NV
who also made this, since release. Reviews were very good, which is why
I bought it besides being a big Fallout fan. It did bomb sales wise, but that's because it came out as one of the first Epic exclusives before
anyone was really using Epic. It's barely a space game, it's a CRPG
like Fallout except on some different worlds in a late-capitalist
dystopia that's falling apart.
On 4/4/2024 6:33 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I totally forgot it was Thursday. Well, obviously not 'totally',
seeing as I've remembered now... but usually I'm a bit more
on-the-ball. Oh well, I'm sure you'll none of you notice if I rush
through this announcement. ;-)
* The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition >> Firstly, you may have this one already (Epic gave it away
back in December just passed). The game itself is essentially
"Starfield", albeit a bit more tongue in cheek and less focused
on quantity-over-quality. Whether you like it or not really
depends on whether its humor lands with you; gameplay-wise,
it's basically standard 'Bethesda-open-world', even if its
not made by Bethesda. A good game, in my opinion; not great,
but good.
* Thief (a.k.a., "Thief 4")
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/thief-5bb95f
This is the one where Garret, the eponymous thief, wears
eyeliner. It's... okay. I liked it's semi-open-world version
of the City, and some of the quests were fun... but it
lacked the atmosphere and FEEL of being a proper Thief game.
Combat was nerfed, so getting into a fight isn't as deadly
as it should be (and thus stealth became less of a necessity),
it had an awful end-game boss battle, and the overall story
was blah. But as a generic stealth-action game, it's fine.
It's just not Thief.
So, neither game are top-notch, but neither are stinkers either. And
they aren't retro-graphic'd Indies either, which is a very welcome
change. But I don't expect this beneficence to last; we'll be back to
the usual filler in a week or two, I'm sure. Anyway, you've got the
normal 7-day limit to claim these. Enjoy!
Hmm. I have both of them already on Steam (and Thief I even paid for
instead of getting it in a bundle, only to realize it wasn't what I
wanted).
Maybe I finally should try to play The Outer Worlds to see if I'd like it. The problem is that in all that cheeky advertising it never really says
what it is even ABOUT.
On 4/5/2024 5:18 PM, Justisaur wrote:
* The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition
I do have to say that I don't really like first person perspective in
these games. I know I grew up with enough games that were like that, but
it feels limiting in comparison to 3rd person view.
Just a pet peeve of mine.
On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 15:56:27 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
On 4/5/2024 1:09 PM, Kyonshi wrote:
On 4/5/2024 5:18 PM, Justisaur wrote:
* The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition
I do have to say that I don't really like first person perspective in
these games. I know I grew up with enough games that were like that, but >>> it feels limiting in comparison to 3rd person view.
Just a pet peeve of mine.
I too prefer seeing my character. That probably goes all the way back
to 2d flat turn based RPGs for me. But for real time games it gives a
tiny bit more field of view, and I get to see all my gear and whatnot.
I know some FPP games have had mods to add it in, but really you have to
have a model with movements. Apparently OW only has an idle model which
you can see when you don't touch the controls for a minute.
I bounce between the two options. Being able to see my avatar is
important to making me feel immersed in the experience, but a
first-person view offers more intense moment-to-moment gameplay. The
best games are the ones that let you switch at will between the two.
That lets me play in TPP for ordinary activities (walking about,
picking up herbs, platforming) but zoom in for when I need to actually
LOOK at stuff, or for combat.
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