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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 12:35:20 -0700
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On 9/7/2024 9:16 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 11:49:17 -0500, Altered Beast <j63480576@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> It's probably better to err on the side of "too big."  I played Zelda:
>> Breath of Life and found it about right.  I ended up going to a website
>> to discover the location of two shrines I was missing in running over
>> the area.  Breath of Life did it really well, but that is about as AAA a
>> game as you can find, being Zelda.  You know they did some research on
>> the matter.
> 
> YMMV. I've grown increasingly tired of all these huge-for-the-sake-
> of-being-huge games. Partly because I just don't want to dedicate 500
> hours to exploring every nook and cranny. But also because -in order
> to fill out all these aforementioned nooks and crannies- developers
> are increasingly turning towards procedural generation and the result
> is just boring grind. I'd much rather a smaller, better paced
> adventure.
> 
> But that's just me. The nice thing about modern video gaming is
> there's a game to suit EVERYBODY'S taste these days. ;-)
> 
And some that suit nobody's taste but the one person who created it.

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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.