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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Prime Gaming - June 2025 - Prime Day Bonus
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:38:57 -0400
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:27:37 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

>On 09/07/2025 18:29, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> * Football Manager 2024 (via EPIC)
>>      It's... well, it's a football (that's 'soccer' to you
>>      Yanks) manager. I thought that would be obvious from the
>>      title. You manage the teams -the overall strategy, the
>>      business, the trades- rather than play the games. I guess
>>      people enjoy these things. Not me. You may already have
>>      this one on Epic, though (it was an Epic freebie last
>>      September)
>
>I'm a football fan but these games leave me rather cold as they feel 
>more like work than fun with the amount of complexity in them.

I think they're for people who get a kick out of the stats and such.
Arguably, its a more intellectual take on the game since you aren't
just clicking buttons to make a goal, but actually thinking about
strategy and what not. It's basically a spreadsheet game. Which I
/should/ appreciate but never got into. Anyway, the genre has a loyal
fanbase so theyere are obviously a lot of people who are into that
sort of thing, and I'm fine with that. 

But, like you, I don't think I'll ever play them myself.