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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?B?U2FtdWVsIFPDtmRlcmJlcmc=?= <samuel@samuelsoderberg.se> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic Subject: Re: Game Drought Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 10:55:36 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: <vgkqn8$3604h$1@dont-email.me> References: <vg2erf$37o6d$1@dont-email.me> <vgihcm$2mc56$1@dont-email.me> <bhnpijdogspu10praji986te2n6qefdlsn@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 11:55:36 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f3bacf1691b366b4397284291bdf1a7c"; logging-data="3342481"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19W+8kmsxIZvcAlyKy5zB03HDD746G2zxw=" User-Agent: Usenapp for MacOS Cancel-Lock: sha1:m0OPf9Q7Nl4W0QCrGv30oIzQVMA= X-Face: dIH)<5GjmMj-~N1fWOK;S0eA$3:|}]oIe5#UD@uR;G^t.1ui"h8'XnIX!]r6exk~V\I33t` $"aT\ruB-A91U3\If@.;c^bX'o1*d3o2IDi/:2!`R;{-OJdXuDpjXP>r}M*pG[Zk3.2P>&8_6szl@g w%|LL8F9sJKJ4S2)?HRhcAhXN(0zUX'OJEJ%~&YNosL|ZAk)0i}$\_\?IQ6l1$pC5@~YPj%qPzb6>5 [blu?+U7,6!fn'=1K-U<;8R^-bo]/[ X-Usenapp: v1.27.4/d - Full License Bytes: 2906 On 7 Nov 2024 at 16:43:39 CET, "Spalls Hurgenson" <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 14:04:06 -0000 (UTC), Samuel Söderberg > <samuel@samuelsoderberg.se> wrote: > > >> Also, one of my brothers gave me UFO 50 as a birthday gift: >> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/UFO_50/ >> ...it is not a strategy game, but if you do not love UFO 50, you do not love >> games. > > Strange, I do not love "UFO 50" but I do love video games. I must be a > some sort of paradox. I'd better off myself before I destroy the > universe. It's such a bother when that happens; I don't want to have > to go through it again. ;-) > > But seriously, 8-bit style games do nothing for me. More so if they're > themeatically based on console titles. My formative computer gaming > years were spent with flight-sims, RPGs, adventure and strategy games; > platformers, shooters and sports titles were never my that important > to me. And I've embraced the increased complexity that each generation > of tech has allowed games. I've no desire to go back to such simple > fare as passed for entertainment in the early 80s. "UFO 50" does not > scratch any itch for me. Even the few games in the collection that > matched up to my gaming in that era aren't going to do it for me; I'd > much rather play a modern version of those games and not some > throwback. > > I do not like "UFO 50". It's got nothing I want from a game... or even > 50 games. To each their own! Did you play Seaside Drive? Cyber Owls? Okay, just checking. :)