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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... In December 2024?
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 12:11:17 -0800
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On 1/1/2025 7:36 PM, rms wrote:
>> What Have You Been Playing... IN DECEMBER 2024?
> 
>    Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
> Coming out just a short while ago, this title has already been chosen as 
> GOTY by Eurogamer among others, and I'll join in the acclaim.  You 
> basically play through an Indiana Jones movie plot from a first person 
> perspective, which is a big factor in increasing immersion, and you 
> explore tombs in exotic locations, solve puzzles, gather clues, and 
> fight a whole lot of nazis -- and let me tell you, the combat system is 
> great fun after you learn the mechanics (learning the parry move is 
> critical, and timing is generous so its easy to pull off); you can 
> target different parts of the body, push enemies off ledges & such:  
> After awhile you can take on a whole camp full of fascistas, with just 
> your fists and the odd bottle or shovel you pick up. I put 50+ hours 
> into it, 100%'ing it to boot, and enjoyed all of it.   (If you attempt 
> 100% also, and run into an apparent bug with missing notes, go to the 
> fountain of Confession in the Vatican and take/re-take a picture of the 
> statue, that fixed the bug for me and several others).  It is on PC 
> Gamepass, and is well worth a month's sub for a playthrough.

That does sound like something I'd enjoy and playing a new AAA game for 
a month for PC Gamepass price is amazing.  Going to go do that now.

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-Justisaur

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