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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:41:16 -0500, Jhulian Waldby
<wichitajayhawks@msn.com> wrote:

>Kyonshi wrote:
>> On 10/1/2024 5:27 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> 
>>> What Have You Been Playing... IN SEPTEMBER 2024?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 
>> Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Which I just finished (in October). Finally. 
>> It's playtime was creeping up on my logged playtime for Civilization 5, 
>> and though I know that one is missing a sizeable part due to Steam 
>> library shenanigans, that still is a rather long time I spent with one 
>> game.
>> 
>> Well, when I say finished, I managed to get the Atlantis questline done.
>> I also managed to get the best possible result with the family 
>> questline, reuniting the whole family with nobody dying at all (allowing 
>> me to use all four as special lieutenants on the Adrestia).
>> Only after finishing it I realized that this is not necessarily 
>> something everybody manages.
>> 
>> It was a pretty good game, even if a bit uneven in some parts. I noticed 
>> design and detailing of different areas seem to have been done by 
>> different people, as the quality of voice acting and look of some 
>> locations changed drastically between places.
>
>Sid Meier's Civilization V.  Thing's getting pretty hot.  Seems like 
>there is reason to go back to Civ IV even though 2K didn't prepare 
>achievements for it.  Gonna have a few games of Civ IV and see what's 
>necessary to keep it running smoothly.  For reference, this is the last 
>Civilization that used squares.  Civ V and VI both used hexagons for 
>position.  I think Civ IV also allows stacked military units.

<wipes lips> Oooh, you mentioned Civilization! I sure could go for
some of that.

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I'm not an addict, you're the addict!


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But just one more turn, okay? C'mon, have a heart! It's only 4AM!