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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN MARCH 2025?
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 21:30:02 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:29 this Monday (GMT):
> On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 12:27:59 +0200, H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
>>> What Have You Been Playing... IN MARCH 2025?
>
>>- The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe.
>>Probably spent 2-3 days. Saw a ton of different endings and routes, but
>>I forgot completely about it once the weekend was over.
>
> I love Stanley. It's a funny game and the forethought of the
> developers was quite impressive... but it's a one-trick pony, really.
> After you've gone through it once, and then maybe doubled back a few
> times to see how the alternatives work, it's got nothing to keep you
> coming back.
>
> In many ways it reminds me of "Exit 8"; a cool concept that on its own
> is quite impressive, but it's not really enough to carry an entire
> game. I wish more developers would learn from games like that and use
> its ideas to flesh out their own creations, but in some ways it feels
> more like a tech demo than a stand-alone piece.


Its replay value comes from thinking about its philosophy :D
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