Path: ...!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 18:20:48 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JULY 2024? Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <1i3naj90mqqakd2jekrig0iflu0tpusmbc@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.9.6-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 18:20:48 +0000 Lines: 68 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-0rTGN6EF2BH6I3xELOHjqyC3PTvsE2xJ8xScxONx0ymvSU0ViHWcXAjRfjNWGxttUX6G1OJN8mHq5td!5HOo4xhAe+RKZU2TwByxi7+z8bCRg0vrVQz5f5r8F1J/5fOkMceOl0k140y0a7BEaVVo0DHYdEiu!8ziURPfn0nes7x0dbKNOtzMbx0QLVTrG X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 4222 Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > On Thu, 01 Aug 2024 19:28:26 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: > >Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > > > >> Did this month go by faster than the others? It seems like just a few > >> days ago we were doing the June iteration of this thread. I barely got > >> in any time to play video games too. How am I supposed to make a list > >> of games I've played when there's no time to play the games?!? > > > >It didn't seem fast to me. > > > > > >> Anyway, you all know the drill. Play the games, then tell us about > >> them, in as much or as little detail as you like. > > > >Duo Lingo's Spanish (Yo soy un hormigo.) since I finished its math. > >Geez, I forgot so much from both. :( I also played a few other thinking > >iOS games like XOXO (got too hard so I gave up and uninstalled it), > >Propel, Sapan, etc. > > > >In PC's Windows, I started playing Star Wars: The Old Repubilic since I > >never played it before as a SW fan. I kind of like Sony's Galaxies (RIP) > >back then like in 2003 when it was free or something. > >... > SW:TOR and SW:Galaxy are such different experiences though. > (although SW:Galaxy went through so many revisions where they > radically updated the gameplay that maybe isn't true with the later > versions? I only tried it when it was fairly new). > I preferred SW:TOR, but that's because it's possible to play the game > solo. It's not a very /good/ solo game, but it was fun to go through > the story, revisit some familiar locals, and whack at things with a > laser sword. Ah, I am still in the beginning on the dark side (it's fun to be evil!). I loved Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Jedi Academy, X-Wings, TIE Fighters, X-Wing Alliance, etc. I haven't played more for weeks and still in the tutorial! Geez, this game is huge too. :( > You could play SW:Galaxy solo too, of course, but... why? It was a > game very much designed around the community; if you didn't interact > with the MMO aspects of the game, there really was very little to do. > The quests and stories were dull and generic. TOR was an epic quest, > but its multiplayer aspects were mostly about gathering loot in > dungeon-runs. Galaxy was about 'living' in the Star Wars universe. It was OK. Thanks goodness it was a free week/trial/whatever back then for me. > Not saying the one was better than the other (although, as mentioned, > I always preferred the game with the stronger narrative) but they're > such different games that if you're going into SW:TOR remembering > SW:Galaxy, you should temper your expectations. ;-) Maybe SW:TOR is better for me. I want actions! -- "[T]hrough Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death." --Romans 8:2. D&W3! Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )