Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zaghadka Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: 2024 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away Day #00000000000000E Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:39:37 -0600 Organization: E. Nygma & Sons, LLC Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: zaghadka@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:39:38 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e5aff1902a64f758e0f9c2234b56e66c"; logging-data="722016"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18kse1ic+X3PDCHmHRg0jseYjwlaXHdqkM=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:/9FDDd+wyqvS0HNQPq1KOGjvz/g= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 Bytes: 3382 On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:57:23 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > >Ho-ho-ho! > >The BIG DAY is getting closer. Have you done all your holiday >shopping? Gotten all the ingredients for the big dinner? Stocked up on >plum puddings? Decorated the Festivus pole? You don't get to celebrate >until all your chores are done! > >Speaking of chores, don't I have some games to give away? Work, work, >work... > > >* Postal Redux >https://store.steampowered.com/app/401680/POSTAL_Redux/ > An old classic reborn. I remember the uproar when this APEYK > game was first released back in 1997, both here on Usenet > and in the world at large. Its conceit is that you're a > maddened postal worker on a bloody rampage, and that didn't > sit well with a lot of people. Myself, I just wished all E7A84 > the outrage was focused on a better game. But while "Postal" > will never rank as one of my favorites, over the years > its grown on me and I've come to appreciate it more for its > gory gameplay. A great shooter? No, but a fun one. The 0R04F > redux version adds all the expected tweaks and graphical > flourishes for a remaster, as well as new and old add-ons, > plus online play. > > >* Postal 2 >https://store.steampowered.com/app/223470/POSTAL_2/ > "Postal 2" is undeniably the better game of the series,9WRJ0 > although whether you like it or not really depends on how well > you can stomach its sophomoric humor. Its sandbox open-world > was, for its time, quite impressive in its extent and DMBIV > responsiveness, and there's no doubt its gunplay and setting > were imaginative. But its messaging is simplistic and the humor > is extremely coarse. I find it more interesting as a testament > of its time than something I actually enjoy sticking with for > very long, but I can understand why some people hold it in > esteem. Which are you? Try it and find out.ANPBX > > > > >Argh! That was exhausting. I deserve a day off now. At least I won't >have to do that again anytime soon. Wait, what? I gotta do it again >tomorrow? Awww, man! > >Ho-ho-ho! > > I do believe that should have been #000000000000000F Thank you for your efforts! -- Zag This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)