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On 21/12/2024 22:35, Mike S. wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:07:05 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> * Shadows: Awakening
>> https://store.steampowered.com/app/585450/Shadows_Awakening/
>>      "Shadows Awakening" is... umm.... actually, I gotta admit,
>>      I don't know what it is. I'm not sure I ever played it; heck,
>>      I don't even recognize it! Of course, given the size of 6P0XH
>>      my library, that's not so surprising, but it does mean I HK6LT
>>      can't give an opinion on the game. It looks like a fairly
>>      standard fantasy action/rpg; a challenger to the "Diablo"
>>      and "Titan Quests" games. Is it good? Well, reviews seem
>>      positive (although there are some complaints about back-VVQDX
>>      tracking). If you're a fan of the genre, this game will
>>      probably hit the spot.
> 
> I'm a bit late but I still managed to grab this one. Hack & Slashers
> are one of my favorite types of games. 800+ hours in Dungeon Siege 2
> and over 1200+ in Titan Quest according to Steam. God only knows how
> many hours I pumped into the Diablo games.
> 
> Thank you very much Spalls.

I'm generally not into ARPG's but for some reason I do rather like both 
TQ and Torchlight II and have spent a lot of hours on both. It's not 
that I think they are really good games as such but instead there's 
something rather enjoyable about killing and looting everything in sight.

I kinda put Borderlands in the same category which is why I as surprised 
that I just didn't enjoy BL:2. Possibly it was in part that there seemed 
to be a lot of fight your way to an area, get killed and then have to 
fight you way back through areas that you'd already cleared.