Just about free games as usual.

I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
newish games ;-)

I don't see anything I must have anyway.

-pw

On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:55:48 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, PW
wrote:

>Just about free games as usual.
>
>I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
>newish games ;-)
>
>I don't see anything I must have anyway.
>
I got a physics puzzle game called Relicta for about $2.

Almost all the characters are Indian women, which is unusual and pretty
cool. The graphics are mid.

I haven't gotten very far, but so far it has involved manipulating cubes
by polarizing them positively or negatively, using teleporters, and
negating gravity on them.

The physics are apparently tied to framerate because there is a warning
about letting that drop too low.

My card runs passive cooling at 60 fps, 1920x1080. You won't have to
worry about it, I think.

--
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:55:48 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

>Just about free games as usual.
>
>I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
>newish games ;-)
>
>I don't see anything I must have anyway.

Steam sales really aren't worth discussing anymore (IMHO). They are
both too frequent, and lack the excitment (and incredible discounts)
that once made them so notable. They also lack the frivilous
atmosphere and games that made each sale an Event. Now... they're just
things-that-happen.

That said, yeah of course I snagged a few games while they were
discounted. (It's what I do, after all). Most notably, I grabbed a
copy of Half-Life: Alyx, just so I could say I have it.

Also - somewhat regretably - "Monster Hunter: World". My saddness of
the latter has nothing to do with the game itself, but it was only
several days later that I realized that it was a Capcom game, and I've
been trying not to give that company my money anymore. Not after their
stance of "mods=piracy" and adding DRM to older titles. They're not a
company worth rewarding anymore. I really wish I'd noticed their
connection to "Monster Hunter" /before/ I hit the 'buy' button...
<sigh>

But overall, the Steam sale isn't exciting. None of the discounts are
so remarkable as to make me rush to finally get that game thats been
on my wishlist since forever. If I hadn't snagged "Half Life: Alyx"
now, I probably would have purchased it in a month or six, and ended
up paying the same price. In many ways, my purchases coinciding with
the "Spring Sale" were almost accidental.

On 3/21/2024 8:55 AM, PW wrote:
> Just about free games as usual.
>
> I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
> newish games ;-)
>
> I don't see anything I must have anyway.

I was tempted to buy Yakuza Kiwami 2 when it was down in the single
digits, but I didn't pull the trigger in time and it's back at $20.

Also tempting:
$13 - Day's Gone
$16 - NeiR:Automata

But really I've got too many on my plate, tons of free games to check
out, and ER DLC coming out Soon™.

--
-Justisaur

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On 3/21/2024 4:55 PM, PW wrote:
> Just about free games as usual.
>
> I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
> newish games ;-)
>
> I don't see anything I must have anyway.
>
> -pw

I looked and I just didn't find anything worth getting that I don't
already have.
Which I guess is a problem with my specific interests. They don't seem
to be that mainstream.

>Also tempting:
>$13 - Day's Gone
>$16 - NeiR:Automata

I've played both these, great games :)

rms

On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:43:33 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:55:48 -0600, PW
><iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
>
>>Just about free games as usual.
>>
>>I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
>>newish games ;-)
>>
>>I don't see anything I must have anyway.
>
>Steam sales really aren't worth discussing anymore (IMHO). They are
>both too frequent, and lack the excitment (and incredible discounts)
>that once made them so notable. They also lack the frivilous
>atmosphere and games that made each sale an Event. Now... they're just
>things-that-happen.
>
>That said, yeah of course I snagged a few games while they were
>discounted. (It's what I do, after all). Most notably, I grabbed a
>copy of Half-Life: Alyx, just so I could say I have it.
>
>Also - somewhat regretably - "Monster Hunter: World". My saddness of
>the latter has nothing to do with the game itself, but it was only
>several days later that I realized that it was a Capcom game, and I've
>been trying not to give that company my money anymore. Not after their
>stance of "mods=piracy" and adding DRM to older titles. They're not a
>company worth rewarding anymore. I really wish I'd noticed their
>connection to "Monster Hunter" /before/ I hit the 'buy' button...
><sigh>
>
>But overall, the Steam sale isn't exciting. None of the discounts are
>so remarkable as to make me rush to finally get that game thats been
>on my wishlist since forever. If I hadn't snagged "Half Life: Alyx"
>now, I probably would have purchased it in a month or six, and ended
>up paying the same price. In many ways, my purchases coinciding with
>the "Spring Sale" were almost accidental.
>
>

*--

I agree with you Spalls. Not exciting any more. I am probably too
old now to get excited this any longer.

-pw

On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:39:57 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 3/21/2024 8:55 AM, PW wrote:
>> Just about free games as usual.
>>
>> I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
>> newish games ;-)
>>
>> I don't see anything I must have anyway.
>
>I was tempted to buy Yakuza Kiwami 2 when it was down in the single
>digits, but I didn't pull the trigger in time and it's back at $20.
>
>Also tempting:
>$13 - Day's Gone
>$16 - NeiR:Automata
>
>But really I've got too many on my plate, tons of free games to check
>out, and ER DLC coming out Soon™.

*--

I am going to boot up Days Gone again tonight. I like it quite a bit
but have not played it very long.

-pw

On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:55:48 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

>Just about free games as usual.
>
>I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
>newish games ;-)
>
>I don't see anything I must have anyway.
>
>-pw

*--

I bought Cold Waters. Submarine game. Probably will just go into my
collection like baseball hats ;-)

On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:41:46 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:55:48 -0600, PW
><iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
>
>>Just about free games as usual.
>>
>>I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
>>newish games ;-)
>>
>>I don't see anything I must have anyway.
>>
>>-pw
>
>*--
>
>I bought Cold Waters. Submarine game. Probably will just go into my
>collection like baseball hats ;-)

"Cold Waters" has lingered on my Steam wishlist ever so long. But
every time it goes on sale, I see another, more interesting game to
buy instead, and I think to myself, 'Is "Cold Waters" /really/ worth
$n anyway?' Like you, I wonder, 'Isn't this just going to end up in
the never-gonna-be-played pile?'

So there it sits, perpetually stuck on the wishlist. I suppose
eventually I'll grab it (me being me), but only when it gets down to
an outrageously low price. So far, even $7 USD wasn't enough to
convince me.

The thing is, I've never really found naval simulation games all that
much fun. Their main allure is, I think, my nostalgia. "Silent
Service" was among some of the first computer games I ever owned, and
while I played that game quite a lot, that was largely because I only
had a limited selection of games at the time. Back when you only had a
handful of titles, even the terrible ones got a lot of play-time!
There were other sub-sims too ("Silent Hunter", "Harpoon", "GATO",
"Aces of the Deep", "Fast Attack", "SSN-21 Seawolf", "Jane's 688i
Hunter-Killer"... and that's just the subs. Surface ships got their
time too: "Jane's Fleet Command", "Man of War", "Aegis: Guardian of
the Fleet", "Dreadnaughts", "Destroyer", "USS Ticonderoga", and more)
and I dutifully purchased and played all those too... but never with
any great relish. I found all of them too slow-paced, too technical
for my liking.

"Cold Waters" is, apparently, more action-based than most, which is
why I've thought about giving it a chance. But still, the legacy of
disappointment I've had with the genre makes it a very hard sell...

PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote at 01:37 this Friday (GMT):
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:43:33 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:55:48 -0600, PW
>><iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Just about free games as usual.
>>>
>>>I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
>>>newish games ;-)
>>>
>>>I don't see anything I must have anyway.
>>
>>Steam sales really aren't worth discussing anymore (IMHO). They are
>>both too frequent, and lack the excitment (and incredible discounts)
>>that once made them so notable. They also lack the frivilous
>>atmosphere and games that made each sale an Event. Now... they're just
>>things-that-happen.
>>
>>That said, yeah of course I snagged a few games while they were
>>discounted. (It's what I do, after all). Most notably, I grabbed a
>>copy of Half-Life: Alyx, just so I could say I have it.
>>
>>Also - somewhat regretably - "Monster Hunter: World". My saddness of
>>the latter has nothing to do with the game itself, but it was only
>>several days later that I realized that it was a Capcom game, and I've
>>been trying not to give that company my money anymore. Not after their
>>stance of "mods=piracy" and adding DRM to older titles. They're not a
>>company worth rewarding anymore. I really wish I'd noticed their
>>connection to "Monster Hunter" /before/ I hit the 'buy' button...
>><sigh>
>>
>>But overall, the Steam sale isn't exciting. None of the discounts are
>>so remarkable as to make me rush to finally get that game thats been
>>on my wishlist since forever. If I hadn't snagged "Half Life: Alyx"
>>now, I probably would have purchased it in a month or six, and ended
>>up paying the same price. In many ways, my purchases coinciding with
>>the "Spring Sale" were almost accidental.
>>
>>
>
> *--
>
> I agree with you Spalls. Not exciting any more. I am probably too
> old now to get excited this any longer.
>
> -pw

Same, and I don't play very many "new" games.
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:50:54 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:41:46 -0600, PW
><iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:55:48 -0600, PW
>><iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Just about free games as usual.
>>>
>>>I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
>>>newish games ;-)
>>>
>>>I don't see anything I must have anyway.
>>>
>>>-pw
>>
>>*--
>>
>>I bought Cold Waters. Submarine game. Probably will just go into my
>>collection like baseball hats ;-)
>
>"Cold Waters" has lingered on my Steam wishlist ever so long. But
>every time it goes on sale, I see another, more interesting game to
>buy instead, and I think to myself, 'Is "Cold Waters" /really/ worth
>$n anyway?' Like you, I wonder, 'Isn't this just going to end up in
>the never-gonna-be-played pile?'
>
>So there it sits, perpetually stuck on the wishlist. I suppose
>eventually I'll grab it (me being me), but only when it gets down to
>an outrageously low price. So far, even $7 USD wasn't enough to
>convince me.
>
>The thing is, I've never really found naval simulation games all that
>much fun. Their main allure is, I think, my nostalgia. "Silent
>Service" was among some of the first computer games I ever owned, and
>while I played that game quite a lot, that was largely because I only
>had a limited selection of games at the time. Back when you only had a
>handful of titles, even the terrible ones got a lot of play-time!

You are right on the money Spalls!!!

>There were other sub-sims too ("Silent Hunter", "Harpoon", "GATO",
>"Aces of the Deep", "Fast Attack", "SSN-21 Seawolf", "Jane's 688i
>Hunter-Killer"... and that's just the subs. Surface ships got their
>time too: "Jane's Fleet Command", "Man of War", "Aegis: Guardian of
>the Fleet", "Dreadnaughts", "Destroyer", "USS Ticonderoga", and more)
>and I dutifully purchased and played all those too... but never with
>any great relish. I found all of them too slow-paced, too technical
>for my liking.
>
>"Cold Waters" is, apparently, more action-based than most, which is
>why I've thought about giving it a chance. But still, the legacy of
>disappointment I've had with the genre makes it a very hard sell...
>

I used to like some of the others a lot back in the day. I have a
couple on GOG.

But, I doubt I will play Cold Waters or any of them. Better games to
spend my time on but really haven't been playing much of anything
lately and haven't had the urge.

Thanks,

-pw

On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:56:44 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

>But, I doubt I will play Cold Waters or any of them. Better games to
>spend my time on but really haven't been playing much of anything
>lately and haven't had the urge.

One of the problems of allowing The Number to dominate your shopping
habits is that you end up with so many games that even the good ones
often get lost in the mess. Even if I /were/ intending to play "Cold
Waters", odds are high I'd forget about it next time I'm scrolling
through the library looking for my next gaming fix.

(and then, not finding anything interesting, end up driving a truck
again ;-)

Not that'll slow me down any. The Number must grow!

On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:45:59 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:56:44 -0600, PW
><iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
>
>
>>But, I doubt I will play Cold Waters or any of them. Better games to
>>spend my time on but really haven't been playing much of anything
>>lately and haven't had the urge.
>
>
>One of the problems of allowing The Number to dominate your shopping
>habits is that you end up with so many games that even the good ones
>often get lost in the mess. Even if I /were/ intending to play "Cold
>Waters", odds are high I'd forget about it next time I'm scrolling
>through the library looking for my next gaming fix.
>
>(and then, not finding anything interesting, end up driving a truck
>again ;-)
>
>Not that'll slow me down any. The Number must grow!

*--

I got your back Spalls!

-pw

On 21/03/2024 15:55, PW wrote:
> Just about free games as usual.
>
> I have always thought that I may be the only one here that buys new or
> newish games ;-)
>
> I don't see anything I must have anyway.
>

As others have said, sales are just so often now and the discounts
aren't that good so what's the point of looking at them as it's not as
though they won't be on sale again in the near future. Personally I also
steer clear of them so I don't want to get back into my old bad habit of
buying games that are a bargain and then only playing them for an hour
or sometimes not at all. That's not a bargain, that's a waste of money.