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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: If You Could Get Just One Game This Christmas...
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:00:52 -0800
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On 12/15/2024 9:13 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
> If you could get just ONE game this holiday season, what would it be?
> New or old, doesn't matter. Whether it's an old classic you never got
> your chance to play, or the latest release (or even some game just
> announced that won't actually be out for a year or three), which games
> tops your list?
> 
> Given the nature of the newsgroup, obviously PC games are preferred,
> but so long as you limit it to digital games (no tabletop here, but
> arcade machines are fine ;-), we wanna hear it.
> 
> 
> 
> So, this is a tough one for me, since most games I WANT I usually get
> in short order. A month ago, "Mechwarrior 5: Clans" probably would
> have topped that list. Then I bought it (and played it), so it got
> bumped.
> 
> Of those that are left, well, I have a hard time choosing, so I'm
> going to immediately break my own rules about it being ONE game and
> offer a selection.
> 
> 
>      - "Kingdom Come: Deliverance II" is definitely up there, even
>        though I know very little about the game other than I quite
>        enjoyed the original.
> 
>      - "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024", even though right now it's
>        just too buggy and expensive for a game I know I won't play
>        very much.
> 
>      - The next five years of expansions for "American Truck
>        Simulator" rank pretty highly. I want to roam the entire
>        country and waiting for the next state to drop every other
>        month is /agonizing/
> 
>      - Oh, and "Bedlam 2: Absolute", a sequel to 1996 DOS shooter
>        which apparently came out but there's very little information
>        about the game and I've never seen it. There's a gap in my
>        collection. It hurts, it hurts!
> 
> 
> Oh, and so many more. My wishlist is overflowing, Santa!
> 
> What's on the top of your most-wanted?

Looking at my steam wishlist:

#1 GTA 2.  I've never played it, and it isn't legally available 
anywhere. Well perhaps if I bought a used PS and the physical game, 
which isn't really very expensive, but it'd require more effort than 
buying a digital version if it were available.

I've got 178 other games on my steam wishlist.  There's a few that stand out

#2 Noita - I've seen and read things that make me think it's a game I 
might like, but it's a side scroller which puts me off.  Indy, 
rogue-like and low res, but you can apparently combine different types 
of magic to make countless different spells and destroy the environment 
as well as enemies and yourself.

#3 High on Life - looks like my kind of weird game on the one hand, on 
the other it seems aimed at those who enjoy altered consciousness which 
isn't me.

#4 Nuclear Throne - Steam version.  Yes I have the Epic version, but I 
don't have the Steam version, there's some online challenge stuff with 
the Steam version.

#5 Cult of the Lamb - $12 sale seems just a bit too much for something 
I'm not sure if I'm going to like.  The idea seems cool, but the type of 
game isn't really my thing.

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