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  • Live Your Fantasy! Fantasy General II free Free FREE!

    From rms@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 10 11:40:06 2025
    Worth a look:
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/1025440/Fantasy_General_II/

    rms

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Jul 15 08:35:42 2025
    On 14/07/2025 16:40, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    The question is: is this the sort of game for which there is a market?
    I'd argue no; gamers these days want more hands-on control, and more
    action. Even in 1994, wargaming was on a decline because of this. But
    if you_like_ wargames? Those old games still work their magic.

    The definitely still a market for these type of games, even though it's
    not mass market (was it ever really), from the more casual right up to behemoths. One of the good things about them is you can get a lot of
    value out of a single game and they tend to be periodically updated with
    new DLC so you got something new to try.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Justisaur on Tue Jul 15 19:20:02 2025
    Justisaur <[email protected]> wrote at 01:53 this Monday (GMT):
    On 7/11/2025 7:48 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:40:06 -0600, "rms"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Worth a look:
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/1025440/Fantasy_General_II/

    I had to grab this one simply because it is apparently a follow-up to
    the 1996 classic "Fantasy General", originally created by the
    venerable Strategic Simulations Inc (SSI). That game itself was a
    follow-up to "Panzer General" (it used the same underlying engine),
    which revitalized traditional war-games, making them much more
    accessible to the average gamer. "Fantasy General" wasn't as novel or
    exciting, but I remember it was well-made and had a good soundtrack.

    Is this sequel anything like its 30-year old predecessor? I've no
    idea. It's not made by thes same people, but it does seem to use the
    same setting. But I'm mainly grabbing it out of nostalgia... because
    I'm just as vulnerable to that as the next person ;-)



    Same. I enjoyed Fantasy General. It's probably too old to enjoy for me anymore though.


    It's only too old to enjoy when you say it is.
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    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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