On 1/8/2025 7:18 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Oops! I forgot to check HumbleChoice for new games were waiting for me
on Tuesday! Well, a day later (but hopefully not a dollar short),
let's go see what games are available this month.

* Against the Storm https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/
This one seems odd; a post-apocalyptic fantasy game that
seems one part "SimCity", one part "Civilization", one
part "Settlers", and a dash of "Timberborners" for style.
Honestly, I'm not sure what to make of it. It seems just
a bit too many genres mixed into one, and the presentation
looks just a little bit too "mobile game" for my taste.
Maybe it's good? I'm not sure I'll play it to find out.

I played the demo for this. Personally its _almost_ an interesting game
but it didn't quite gel for me. Oh, and its "rogue like" in that at
intervals all your settlements get wiped out and you have to start over,
just with some additional capabilities each time.

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dirty old man.

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On Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:18:08 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Oops! I forgot to check HumbleChoice for new games were waiting for me
on Tuesday! Well, a day later (but hopefully not a dollar short),
let's go see what games are available this month.

A number of interesting games in this list for me. I thought about
purchasing it this time around but I really have enough games to play
for now.

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* Fort Solis

"To my mind Fort Solis and Still Wakes the Deep share very positive
qualities Both have excellent graphics, sound, and voice-acting, along with unique and detailed locations -- a Mars base in FT, and a drilling platform
in SWTD) that provide an atmosphere and sense of immersion that really pull
you in, all in service of a story-based, horror thriller. But how the two
games achieve this couldn't be more different.

SWTD is more active and energetic, both in the pacing, the freewheeling
english isle language usage, and the physical puzzle solving,
well-integrated with the first-person perspective, in an exhilarating, more-or-less never seen before setting -- most players would probably pick
it first. But that is not a knock on Fort Solis, where the devs were going
for a completely different vibe: A moody, oppressive, human drama, in a
highly controlled environment with a closely-knit cast of characters. I very much wanted to see everything these characters -- and actors -- did, and explored everywhere to get 100% with all achievements (missed quite a few
with SWTD). In any case, both great games, and both fairly short, ~5 hours
for SWTD and ~11 hours for Fort Solis, and both highly recommended!"

rms

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Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

* Against the Storm >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/
This one seems odd; a post-apocalyptic fantasy game that
seems one part "SimCity", one part "Civilization", one
part "Settlers", and a dash of "Timberborners" for style.
Honestly, I'm not sure what to make of it. It seems just
a bit too many genres mixed into one, and the presentation
looks just a little bit too "mobile game" for my taste.
Maybe it's good? I'm not sure I'll play it to find out.

It's a rogue-lite city builder that plays a lot like an RTS without
combat. It's very much a PC game, something you need a keyboard and
mouse for. It doesn't really have anything in common with Civilization.

I really enjoyed it. In particular I found it has a really good
difficulty curve, where you need to play better and better to progress,
but I never felt overwelmed.

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