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From: Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Free Game: "Outer Worlds" and "Thief"
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 08:18:37 -0700
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On 4/5/2024 1:49 AM, Kyonshi wrote:
> On 4/4/2024 6:33 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>
>> I totally forgot it was Thursday. Well, obviously not 'totally',
>> seeing as I've remembered now... but usually I'm a bit more
>> on-the-ball. Oh well, I'm sure you'll none of you notice if I rush
>> through this announcement. ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>> * The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition
>> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition
>>     Firstly, you may have this one already (Epic gave it away
>>     back in December just passed). The game itself is essentially
>>     "Starfield", albeit a bit more tongue in cheek and less focused
>>     on quantity-over-quality. Whether you like it or not really
>>     depends on whether its humor lands with you; gameplay-wise,
>>     it's basically standard 'Bethesda-open-world', even if its
>>     not made by Bethesda. A good game, in my opinion; not great,
>>     but good.
>>
>>
>> * Thief (a.k.a., "Thief 4")
>> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/thief-5bb95f
>>     This is the one where Garret, the eponymous thief, wears
>>     eyeliner. It's... okay. I liked it's semi-open-world version
>>     of the City, and some of the quests were fun... but it
>>     lacked the atmosphere and FEEL of being a proper Thief game.
>>     Combat was nerfed, so getting into a fight isn't as deadly
>>     as it should be (and thus stealth became less of a necessity),
>>     it had an awful end-game boss battle, and the overall story
>>     was blah. But as a generic stealth-action game, it's fine.
>>     It's just not Thief.
>>
>>
>> So, neither game are top-notch, but neither are stinkers either. And
>> they aren't retro-graphic'd Indies either, which is a very welcome
>> change. But I don't expect this beneficence to last; we'll be back to
>> the usual filler in a week or two, I'm sure. Anyway, you've got the
>> normal 7-day limit to claim these. Enjoy!
>>
>>
> 
> Hmm. I have both of them already on Steam (and Thief I even paid for 
> instead of getting it in a bundle, only to realize it wasn't what I 
> wanted).
> Maybe I finally should try to play The Outer Worlds to see if I'd like it.
> The problem is that in all that cheeky advertising it never really says 
> what it is even ABOUT.

Basically what I remember is you wander around solve a bunch of small 
community's/corporate overlords problems - one way or another, often 
involving violence, and not necessarily the way they want.  Essentially 
almost everyone has a lot of skeletons in their closet and only a very 
few if anyone has clean hands.  You're essentially the out of left field 
monkey wrench to decide their fates.

Much like Fallout 4, you wake up from cyrosleep and don't have any idea 
what's going on, and you discover what's up as you explore and talk to 
people.

-- 
-Justisaur

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