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From: Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN FEBRUARY 2025?
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2025 07:34:03 -0600
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On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 19:43:39 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant
wrote: 

>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:46:14 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>
>
>
>> >Stray!
>> >``````
>> >Adorable. Kinda a walking sim with very little action so far. Cats are
>> >very realistic. I'd call it a "third person exploration game."
>
>> The game is actually part of a genre called "narrative games", but
>> often referred to as "walking sims". Key concepts include...well,
>> walking obviously, but games where the focus is almost entirely on
>> exploration with very little in the way of challenges such as combat
>> or puzzles (usually none of the former and very little or extremely
>> simplistic ones of the latter), a lot of focus on environmental
>> storytelling, and a strong emphasis on atmosphere.
>
>> Similar games include "Dear Esther", "Gone Home", "Everybody's Gone to
>> the Rapture", "35mm", "Firewatch", "Tacoma", and "The Vanishing of
>> Ethan Carter" (amonst many more). The genre often dovetails with
>> first-person puzzle games like "Talos Principle", "The Witness" and
>> even "Portal", except those games gate your progress behind a variety
>> of puzzles.
>
>> >Bonus: Any game where I can destroy a carpet by relentlessly padding at
>> >it with my paws is okay by me.
>
>
>> "Stray" is a wonderfully cute game, but its appeal (I think) lies
>> almost entirely on the cuteness of its protagonist. Its story is
>> fairly humdrum, and its other characters pretty forgettable. It does
>> have nice some visuals and its atmosphere is pretty cool. But if you
>> don't like cats I think a lot of what makes this game special will
>> bypass you.
>
Absolutely for cat lovers. If you know cats, it is monumental how well
they have captured cat behavior. Gratuitous keybords, both computer and
piano, abound.

>When will there be a Dog version? ;P

I think "Dog Catcher Simulator" is already a thing. ;^P

-- 
Zag

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