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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 11:51:53 -0700
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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,

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