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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Once Upon A Jester
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 11:53:03 -0700
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On 9/5/2024 11:51 AM, Justisaur wrote:
> On 9/3/2024 11:03 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>
>> Another day, another freebie. I really was hoping somebody else would
>> announce this one though, since I'm not excited about it at all. Oh
>> well, beggars can't be choosers
>>
>>
>> * Once Upon A Jester
>> https://www.gog.com/en/game/once_upon_a_jester
>>     I admit it; the main reason I dislike this one
>>     is the art style. It's got a primitive, almost
>>     surreal style similar to... oh, what's the cartoon
>>     called? "Adventure Time"; that's it. I really
>>     dislike it. Sure, it's judging a book by its cover,
>>     but video games are a visual medium and if the
>>     visuals are displeasing it's going to have a huge
>>     effect on my opinion on the rest of the game. Which
>>     is, apparently, a fairly standard -if charming and
>>     goofy- point-n-click adventure. I'm sure it's fine;
>>     it's just not for _me_. Maybe you'll like it more?
>>
>>
>>
>> You've got two days to decide. It's free on GOG until then.
> 
> I love Adventure Time, reminds me of my early D&D days.
> 
> I also loved this game too, here's what I had to say about it:
> 
> This is a "Charming" game. I assume it's from an EU country based on the
> accents, though I can't quite place them. You (easily) try to figure
> out what the locals in a town want a play about, and then put on said
> play with choices during the play and some challenges usually with
> 'press the button when the moving line is on the color on the meter'
> games, which I had a lot of trouble with. I turned the difficulty down
> to minimum, better but I still had trouble. I finished it in one day.
> It felt like a college student theater/game project, it was a bit
> bizarre, but fun.
> 
> Since it's free, get it, play it,
> 

Ah damn, I was too late, it's $7.49 now.

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