Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!ereborbbs.duckdns.org!.POSTED.p4fc72992.dip0.t-ipconnect.de!not-for-mail From: Kyonshi Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Shadows Awakening Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 01:58:44 +0200 (GMT+02:00) Organization: ereborbbs.duckdns.org Message-ID: References: <3a0b7jdcu8hkv54ltub8eupqomh47kif3j@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 23:58:44 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: ereborbbs.duckdns.org; posting-host="p4fc72992.dip0.t-ipconnect.de:79.199.41.146"; logging-data="4484"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ereborbbs.duckdns.org" X-Newsreader: Mod.PiaoHong.Usenet.Client:2.02.M16 Bytes: 2240 Lines: 32 Spalls Hurgenson Wrote in message: > > When is a Thursday free-game give-away not a Thursday free-game > give-away? When it's not on Thursday, duh! It also helps that this > time the freebie is on GOG. > > > * Shadows Awakening > https://www.gog.com/en/game/shadows_awakening > It's a top-down action-RPG with a fantasy setting. Not > a bad game, but honestly, there's nothing novel about > it either. It's a run-of-the-mill, solidly-made Diablo- > clone. But it's nothing more than that. The sort of game > you're happy to grab (and maybe even play) when free, but > -except for diehard fans of the genre- nothing you'd ever > actually PAY for. > > > Anther free game; hey, that's not a bad start to a weekend. Better > than a kick in the teeth (then again, most things are). You've got > slightly less than three days to add this game to your library, if > you're interested. > > > Yeah so I started it and it's... milquetoast at best. There are some nice designs in there and the soundtrack is almost good. But the game is quite plodding and predictable. It's one of those games that make you really value the work good level designers put into games, because the ones who worked on this were mediocre. It's not bad. Just mediocre.