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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Crookz: What I miss about games
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:18:44 +0000
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Well in my quest to find a game to play one handed, until my arm heals, 
I noticed this mentioned on the Shadow Gambit discussion board on Steam 
I picked it up and it reminded me of a thread about an ex-Big Cheese 
from Sony talking about the death of mid-budget games.

So the set-up is it's a stealth/tactics game based around a performing 
heists but with a stereotypically 70's disco/heist movie vibe. The 
graphics even for a ten year old game are more than acceptable and the 
gameplay of working out how to get items, disable (or avoid) cameras, 
get keys to open doors etc. is enjoyable. The over the top characters 
and not being a game that takes itself seriously also helps.

Is it a great game, no but it's a solid and most importantly enjoyable, 
game. That's kinda what I miss about gaming today, the almost vacuum 
that's been created between triple-A titles and indie titles. Yes there 
are obviously still games like this produced (Shadow Gambit is one of 
them) but there just seem less and less.

Oh well!