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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Marvels Midnight Suns
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 01:40:03 -0000 (UTC)
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kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote at 19:08 this Wednesday (GMT):
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 06:45:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> Gottfried Neuner <smaug@ereborbbs.duckdns.org> wrote at 22:53 this
>> Tuesday (GMT):
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2024, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 8 Jun 2024 14:29:18 +0200, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/7/2024 8:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>>>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 16:20 this
>>>>>> Thursday (GMT):
>>>>>>> * Marvel?s Midnight Suns
>>>>>>> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/marvels-midnight-suns
>>>>
>>>>>> Well, I don't like fighting games anyway.
>>>>
>>>>> I think it was on Humble just a while ago, wasn't it?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, back in January of this year. It came with a free "Doctor
>>>> Strange" DLC too. I wasn't particularly sanguine about that one
>>>> either, but at least it offered a substantial expansion in the form of
>>>> the DLC. Which is more than Epic is offering.
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't really describe "Midnight Suns" as a fighting game, though
>>>> (well, not anymore than any game with combat is a 'fighting game').
>>>> It's more akin to a tactical-strategy game, like "XCOM", "Jagged
>>>> Alliance" or "Phoenix Point". Yes, many of the combat manuevers are
>>>> melee attacks (supermen like going hand-to-hand when thumping other
>>>> supermen after all) but it's not like you're ordering each uppercut
>>>> and kick, Street Fighter-style. It's a game that has a lot of
>>>> potential and, in fact, was done quite well with the old "Freedom
>>>> Force" titles back in early 2000s. But "Midnight Suns" ruined its
>>>> gameplay with -you guessed it- grindy gameplay and lots of MTX.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I guess most games would be fighting games if you just put your
>>> standards right. Even chess is technically a big old fighting game
>>> between two groups of bodyguards protecting their respective... uh...
>>> target?
>> 
>> 
>> I always thought chess was about two warring nations trying to
>> assassinate the other's leader. I mean, why else would there be a King,
>> Queen, and Knight?
>> 
>> also this is totally just "every game is a puzzle game" but fighting
>> games lol
>
> was that a meme?


No idea.
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