• Re: 2024 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away Day #25 : Unboxing XI

    From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Ant on Sat Dec 28 13:20:04 2024
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 07:59 this Friday (GMT):
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 00:56 this Thursday (GMT):
    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:58:26 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
    <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    * System Shock Remaster
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/
    It's been a day of remasters, it seems, but we've saved
    the best for last. Well, mostly. Personally I think the
    original version of System Shock remains the superior FXM8H
    version, but of all the games that got remasters that have
    been handed out today, System Shock is the best. It's got
    its own unique character, drips with atmosphere, has the
    absolute best villain, and helped spawn an entire genre of
    games. It's one of the defining titles of PC gaming and
    deserves a place in anybody's library. Here's an E99YM
    opportunity for it to find a home in yours.LK4R3


    Is that the end? No, but nearly so. There's that one box left, just
    waiting. But I get the feeling it --and you-- won't be waiting that
    long. It's the end of Christmas, almost, and the time of gift-giving
    is coming to an end. We must hurry.

    Ho-ho-ho.

    Holy crap I am so glad I got this one. Spalls, I have this game in my
    wishlist!! I thought about buying it because it is on sale right now.
    I am so glad I waited. I am still playing the SimTower game I got from
    you first but this one is #2 now on my list. This giveaway is perfect
    for me! Thank you so much!!!

    $^YUH^K&*U$#GF%H&JK&*Y#@R$#YHIKJ*&JU@##R$H&J&*KJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

    Did you run across your keyboard for that, ant?

    /me nods.


    hey its good exercise :)
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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Wed Dec 25 18:16:10 2024
    On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:58:26 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    * System Shock Remaster >https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/
    It's been a day of remasters, it seems, but we've saved
    the best for last. Well, mostly. Personally I think the
    original version of System Shock remains the superior FXM8H
    version, but of all the games that got remasters that have
    been handed out today, System Shock is the best. It's got
    its own unique character, drips with atmosphere, has the
    absolute best villain, and helped spawn an entire genre of
    games. It's one of the defining titles of PC gaming and
    deserves a place in anybody's library. Here's an E99YM
    opportunity for it to find a home in yours.LK4R3


    Is that the end? No, but nearly so. There's that one box left, just
    waiting. But I get the feeling it --and you-- won't be waiting that
    long. It's the end of Christmas, almost, and the time of gift-giving
    is coming to an end. We must hurry.

    Ho-ho-ho.

    Holy crap I am so glad I got this one. Spalls, I have this game in my wishlist!! I thought about buying it because it is on sale right now.
    I am so glad I waited. I am still playing the SimTower game I got from
    you first but this one is #2 now on my list. This giveaway is perfect
    for me! Thank you so much!!!

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Thu Dec 26 00:56:25 2024
    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:58:26 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    * System Shock Remaster >https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/
    It's been a day of remasters, it seems, but we've saved
    the best for last. Well, mostly. Personally I think the
    original version of System Shock remains the superior FXM8H
    version, but of all the games that got remasters that have
    been handed out today, System Shock is the best. It's got
    its own unique character, drips with atmosphere, has the
    absolute best villain, and helped spawn an entire genre of
    games. It's one of the defining titles of PC gaming and
    deserves a place in anybody's library. Here's an E99YM
    opportunity for it to find a home in yours.LK4R3


    Is that the end? No, but nearly so. There's that one box left, just >waiting. But I get the feeling it --and you-- won't be waiting that
    long. It's the end of Christmas, almost, and the time of gift-giving
    is coming to an end. We must hurry.

    Ho-ho-ho.

    Holy crap I am so glad I got this one. Spalls, I have this game in my wishlist!! I thought about buying it because it is on sale right now.
    I am so glad I waited. I am still playing the SimTower game I got from
    you first but this one is #2 now on my list. This giveaway is perfect
    for me! Thank you so much!!!

    $^YUH^K&*U$#GF%H&JK&*Y#@R$#YHIKJ*&JU@##R$H&J&*KJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to candycanearter07@candycanearter07.n on Wed Jan 1 15:52:54 2025
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
    ...
    $^YUH^K&*U$#GF%H&JK&*Y#@R$#YHIKJ*&JU@##R$H&J&*KJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

    Did you run across your keyboard for that, ant?

    /me nods.

    hey its good exercise :)

    Yep, tiring too! I need to control my sugar level too. :(
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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Thu Dec 26 12:28:14 2024
    On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:46:30 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Well, I'm particularly glad YOU got it, since that was the one game I
    told you to stay awake for. It would have been a shame if you'd hung
    on through the hours only for somebody else to snatch it away from
    you! All that enduring my endless loquacity and to walk away
    unrewarded? How disappointingly un-Christmaslike that would have been!

    There was no danger of me leaving my keyboard. :-P I love your
    giveaways. This is actually the second game I got from you that was
    actually one I was looking to buy. The other was Wizardry 8 awhile
    back. I still haven't played that one as I need to play Wiz 6 and 7
    first but the System Shock Remaster is already installed.

    Still, it seemed likely it _was_ the remaster, so I just labeled it as
    such and hoped for the best. I mean, if I was wrong, whoever got the
    game would _still_ have /a/ "System Shock" in their library, and
    that's not a bad thing anyway. I'd have just shrugged, nodded in my
    bumbling way, apologized for the inconvenience, and accepted that I'd
    gotten it wrong again.

    Here is a list of every System Shock now in my Steam library. -->

    System Shock
    System Shock 2
    System Shock Classic
    System Shock Demo
    System Shock: Enhanced Edition

    I thought the Enhanced Edition was the remaster, but no, the remaster
    is just 'System Shock'. Confused me there for a bit. And yes, I did
    figure out what the Enhanced Edition actually was.

    Nonetheless, I'm glad it worked out the way I hoped. That game was, in
    many ways, the highlight of the Christmas Day give-aways, and ending
    with a 28-year old game, no matter how esteemed, wasn't quite the
    climax I would have wanted.

    It is fine with me. I love remasters. I am hoping to see one for
    System Shock 2 at some point along with a bunch of other games I care
    about.

    Enjoy the game!

    Other then the cyberspace sections (unless they were massively
    improved) I will. Thank you again Spalls.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Ant on Fri Dec 27 00:40:03 2024
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 00:56 this Thursday (GMT):
    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:58:26 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
    <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    * System Shock Remaster
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/
    It's been a day of remasters, it seems, but we've saved
    the best for last. Well, mostly. Personally I think the
    original version of System Shock remains the superior FXM8H
    version, but of all the games that got remasters that have
    been handed out today, System Shock is the best. It's got
    its own unique character, drips with atmosphere, has the
    absolute best villain, and helped spawn an entire genre of
    games. It's one of the defining titles of PC gaming and
    deserves a place in anybody's library. Here's an E99YM
    opportunity for it to find a home in yours.LK4R3


    Is that the end? No, but nearly so. There's that one box left, just
    waiting. But I get the feeling it --and you-- won't be waiting that
    long. It's the end of Christmas, almost, and the time of gift-giving
    is coming to an end. We must hurry.

    Ho-ho-ho.

    Holy crap I am so glad I got this one. Spalls, I have this game in my
    wishlist!! I thought about buying it because it is on sale right now.
    I am so glad I waited. I am still playing the SimTower game I got from
    you first but this one is #2 now on my list. This giveaway is perfect
    for me! Thank you so much!!!

    $^YUH^K&*U$#GF%H&JK&*Y#@R$#YHIKJ*&JU@##R$H&J&*KJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(


    Did you run across your keyboard for that, ant?
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to candycanearter07@candycanearter07.n on Fri Dec 27 07:59:42 2024
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 00:56 this Thursday (GMT):
    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:58:26 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
    <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    * System Shock Remaster
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/
    It's been a day of remasters, it seems, but we've saved
    the best for last. Well, mostly. Personally I think the
    original version of System Shock remains the superior FXM8H
    version, but of all the games that got remasters that have
    been handed out today, System Shock is the best. It's got
    its own unique character, drips with atmosphere, has the
    absolute best villain, and helped spawn an entire genre of
    games. It's one of the defining titles of PC gaming and
    deserves a place in anybody's library. Here's an E99YM
    opportunity for it to find a home in yours.LK4R3


    Is that the end? No, but nearly so. There's that one box left, just
    waiting. But I get the feeling it --and you-- won't be waiting that
    long. It's the end of Christmas, almost, and the time of gift-giving
    is coming to an end. We must hurry.

    Ho-ho-ho.

    Holy crap I am so glad I got this one. Spalls, I have this game in my
    wishlist!! I thought about buying it because it is on sale right now.
    I am so glad I waited. I am still playing the SimTower game I got from
    you first but this one is #2 now on my list. This giveaway is perfect
    for me! Thank you so much!!!

    $^YUH^K&*U$#GF%H&JK&*Y#@R$#YHIKJ*&JU@##R$H&J&*KJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

    Did you run across your keyboard for that, ant?

    /me nods.
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  • From Xocyll@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 27 07:51:54 2024
    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the
    porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

    <snip>
    System Shock Remaster
    Other then the cyberspace sections (unless they were massively
    improved) I will. Thank you again Spalls.

    They're better than they were in the original, but still combat heavy.

    Usually not too hard to triumph and achieve the goal.

    Xocyll

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Xocyll on Fri Dec 27 15:12:22 2024
    Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the
    porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

    <snip>
    System Shock Remaster
    Other then the cyberspace sections (unless they were massively
    improved) I will. Thank you again Spalls.

    They're better than they were in the original, but still combat heavy.

    Usually not too hard to triumph and achieve the goal.

    I played its free prerelease like in 2016. It was great! Dang it. I want this full game as the original SS2 fan. :(
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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to Ant on Fri Dec 27 10:34:20 2024
    On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:12:22 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    I played its free prerelease like in 2016. It was great! Dang it. I want this full game as the original SS2 fan. :(

    System Shock 2 might be the last game I purchased and paid full price
    for when it was initially released. I played through the game many
    times. I hope the remaster is good as I will happily buy it and play
    through it several more times. But I am not blind to the game's
    faults. I really hope any remaster will improve the last part of the
    game. The Rickenbacker and Body of the Many sections were not that
    good.

    I don't think System Shock 1 is nearly as good but I will likely give
    the remaster a few playthroughs.

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