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Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN MAY 2025?
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 13:00:11 -0000 (UTC)
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Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote at 15:17 this Tuesday (GMT):
> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> What Have You Been Playing... IN MAY 2025?

For some reason, the original message isn't showing up, just the
replies, soo.. I'll just put my response here.

A lot of Modded Balatro, as usual (it's now my 5th most played game??),
and also I apparently had Doom 2016 in my library all this time so I've
been playing that and it's been fun :D I'm up to Argent Tower
(Destroyed)


> Pretty much just Star Wars Outlaws, had a business trip in May and was
> tired after it what with the jet lag. There's a rhythm mini-game for
> lock picking in Outlaws and I learned I can't do that when I'm
> tired. Also in May, two long weekends and of course, it's spring even
> here so it means some garden work.
>
> Finally finished Outlaws, at least the main plot. Oh look, second DLC
> came out. Not in a rush to get that or the first one for that matter but
> it's a definite maybe, in a sale.
>
> Star Wars Outlaws felt like an old sock. Comfortable, doesn't irritate
> too much. Great Star Wars ambiance on one hand, silly video game tropes
> on the other. I think the most ridiculous is that, among other things,
> you're picking up hull armor for your space ship, in pocket sized bits!
> Crazy.
>
> Still, it's mostly OK. Main plot twist wasn't what I thought, it managed
> to surprise.
>
> One thing I haven't experienced before, I wasn't always sure if I was
> supposed to keep sneaking around or just shoot everything in sight. The
> sneaking was fun anyways and alarms didn't propagate far and they could
> be turned off so there was always the thought you can just keep
> sneaking. With the shooting, in some areas enemies seemed to be on
> eternal spawn so shooting everything in sight wasn't the best idea if
> you wanted to collect loot or complete some objective.
>
> Amusingly, with the freshly released second DLC they added two
> no-brainer features: you can now shoot your blaster while riding your
> speeder bike. You can also keep a pickup weapon as long as it has ammo
> and even assign a hot key to it. Good things to be sure but feels
> stupid, why wasn't that possible to begin with? Made me wonder if in the
> future more weapons can maybe be picked up or you might even be able to
> ride someone else's speeder bike.


Well, at least it's not a BAD game?
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