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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:56:21 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> >Mr Rob <noemailformethx@jsjsaiiowppw.com> wrote:
> >> On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:20:33 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> >> >Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:

> >> >> Spalls, I am seeing a lot of gibberish characters in your post and
> >> >> even in your subject header. I don't know if this is a problem on my
> >> >> end or yours.

> >> >I was thinking he did that on purpose.

> I know naught of what you speak. Maybe it's that my post started with
> 4 hos ("ho-ho-ho-ho") instead of the usual three; is that the problem?
> I guess I got a bit excited. Extra hos will do that. Other than that,
> the post looks completely ordinary to me. ;-)

> >> Do you think Spalls might actually really be Shodan?
> >> How did we miss this?

> I am not an AI! I'm barely an I!

I am an AI bot! /me bot dances.


> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZMD_eCpEo
> >Also, she called me an insect which is true! SS2 rocked except its ending.

> IIRC, that final end sequence was made on the rush after a disk-crash
> erased the original. So I'm a bit forgiving of its lack of depth. 

I never knew that. Where did you read that?


> >I need to play that SS1 remake. I briefly played its prerelease version 
> >back in 2016 or so. It was beautiful and easier to play. So much better 
> >than the original DOS version.

> I was actually underwhelmed with the remake. Now, to be fair, I never
> really was that thrilled at the 1996 original either (it was
> okay-not-great). But in my opinion, the remake hewed too closely to
> the original game, and its dated mechanics weren't any more fun just
> because it had some improved QOL and better visuals.

> My personal take-away was that of all the games, the "Redux" version
> was the best one to play; the remaster looked like a 2024 game but
> played like one from 1996, and this mixture of old and new was
> aggravating. There were so many things they had the opportunity to fix
> and improve, and they didn't! But with the Redux you never were
> confused that you were playing an old game, so its creaky mechanics
> were more forgivable.

Hmm. I thought this version was supposed to fix the original game's issues. I don't remember having that 
problem with its prerelease test or whatever it called in 2016.


> Still, if you want to give the game a try, sure, why not? I wonder if
> there's any chance it will be a freebie during the 2024 holiday
> giveaway. I guess we'll just have to wait and see ;-)

I noticed there is a demo now. I can try that too if I don't get the full game.  :-P


> <-End of Line->
> <beep>

ERROR /me re(start/boot)s you.
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