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On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:37:19 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson[snip]
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
And don't even get me started on "Portal". ;-)
Heh. :) Ah yes.. Portal... as in the game I played 35+ years ago on
my C-64. :-P
Thursday. Free games on Thursday. Free games on Epic on Thursday. What
can I say about the free games on Epic on Thursday that I haven't said already? Nothing, that's what. Let's just go see what the free game
is.
* Beholder
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/beholder-8c3b4c
The most notable thing about "Beholder" is that somehow
it hasn't been offered as a freebie on Epic yet, since it's
been free pretty much everywhere else as some point. The
game itself is more of a statement on Orwellian tyrannies
than something that's fun by itself; it reminds me a lot
of "Papers Please" in that it often feels more like
unpleasant work than fun entertainment. And joking about
how terrible it would be to live under oppressive
governments seems a lot less whimsical than it used to be.
It's a worthy bit of art, just not a very good game.
But it's free, and it makes The Number go up. So take it or don't;
you've got two weeks to decide, anyway.
More games next week.
On 11/21/2024 5:25 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Thursday. Free games on Thursday. Free games on Epic on Thursday. What
can I say about the free games on Epic on Thursday that I haven't said already? Nothing, that's what. Let's just go see what the free game
is.
* Beholder
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/beholder-8c3b4c
The most notable thing about "Beholder" is that somehow
it hasn't been offered as a freebie on Epic yet, since it's
been free pretty much everywhere else as some point. The
game itself is more of a statement on Orwellian tyrannies
than something that's fun by itself; it reminds me a lot
of "Papers Please" in that it often feels more like
unpleasant work than fun entertainment. And joking about
how terrible it would be to live under oppressive
governments seems a lot less whimsical than it used to be.
It's a worthy bit of art, just not a very good game.
But it's free, and it makes The Number go up. So take it or don't;
you've got two weeks to decide, anyway.
More games next week.
That's odd, it's the first time I see that game.
There also was the brief glimpse of hope it had something to do with the classic Eye of the Beholder series, but it seems not.
There also was the brief glimpse of hope it had something to do with the >classic Eye of the Beholder series, but it seems not.
It happens with other titles too; for instance, every time I read
about a new game with 'Outbreak' in the title, I think that maybe it
will be the much awaited sequel to "Codename: Outbreak" (a sort of
predecessor to STALKER, made by the same developers). Or whenever I
read about a new "MW" game, I think, 'Oooh, Mechwarrior!' but they're
talking about "Call of Duty Modern Warfare".
And don't even get me started on "Portal". ;-)