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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: FREE GAMES: "Arcade Paradise" and "Maid of Sker"
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:05:14 -0700
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On 7/19/2024 4:43 PM, Ant wrote:
> candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:05 this Thursday (GMT):
>>>
>>> We summon thee, oh ye fiends of Epic, in our weekly ritual! Bring unto
>>> us the unwanted games that we may add them -freely and with no
>>> obligation to anyone- to our libraries, that they may become bloated
>>> and untenable. Come, come, shower us with thine cursed beneficence!
>>> Tell us now, what hath thou in store?
>>>
>>>
>>> * Arcade Paradise
>>> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/arcade-paradise
>>>      "Arcade Paradise" is a game I wanted to enjoy a
>>>      lot more than I ended up doing. It's conceit is
>>>      that you're trying to transform an '80s laundromat
>>>      into, well, the eponymous arcade paradise. It's
>>>      part walking simulator, part business management,
>>>      and a lot of badly-made arcade games. And it's
>>>      the latter where the game really fails, because
>>>      advancement in the story (and the business!)
>>>      depends on how well you can master the arcade
>>>      games, which are all obvious knock-offs of better
>>>      known titles like Pac-Man, Centipede and Missile
>>>      Command. And I don't much enjoy playing those
>>>      games to begin with, much less the inferior
>>>      clones. Even if you can endure all that, the
>>>      narrative then screws you over and takes it
>>>      all away anyway. It's just a mess all around,
>>>      which is a shame because it captures the /feel/
>>>      of an 80s arcade quite well. Except for the
>>>      parts that are, you know, actually fun.
> 
>> Not into arcadey games myself, but that is a shame.
> 
>>> * Maid of Sker
>>> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/maid-of-sker-2ae24e
>>>      It's a first-person survival horror game; you
>>>      know the type. The sort where you're completely
>>>      defenseless against the monsters, where you're
>>>      barely able to stand even looking at them. The
>>>      type set in olden-times (1898 in specific for
>>>      "Maid"). The one where you stumble about looking
>>>      for crafting materials and bumping against
>>>      simplistic logic puzzles. It's basically a more
>>>      modern take on the "Amnesia" franchise. It's not
>>>      /bad/, per se, but it adds very little new to
>>>      the genre (this game's gimmick is that the enemies
>>>      are blind and rely on sound to find you... which
>>>      means you have to slooooowwwwwly walk everywhere)
>>>      and doesn't really do anything exceptionally well
>>>      either. Fine if you love the genre, but if you've
>>>      ever played any of "Maid's" competitors
>>>      ("Penumbra", "Amnesia", "Soma", and dozens of
>>>      others) then you might as well give this one a pass.
>>>
>>>
>>> You know the drill; you've got the usual 7 days to claim these games.
>>> No rush. And if you don't want these games? Don't worry; the fiends
>>> will be back with a new selection next week.
> 
>> Fiends?
> 
> Foes!

Foo Fighters!!

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