Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:11:33 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:11:32 -0400 Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 33 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-Vpi7pfidiNHhKAHT9PyZ7a627IKG3p14sbu/yIRVBKc2TgIi/7/PidMyguVmoABuwz5+jszkc20eCPE!WGdLqDZJ6mCyvRoXrV4N4sXE5oWKVdA/zIfwzflzqFbWORvhIwFlqma75ryJTCxJi98hokjJ X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2557 Oh gosh, it's Thursday. I am so behind on everything this week -you may have noticed I've barely even had time for Usenet- that I'm half-tempted to let somebody else do the usual announcement. But no, what would the neighbors think if I skimped out on this vital duty? So let's quickly cover this week's Epic freebie. Epic, whatcha got for us today? * The Spirit and the Mouse https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-spirit-and-the-mouse-42390b At heart, this one is a third-person puzzle/narrative game; not quite as simple as a walking-sim, not quite as difficult as something like "Portal", but somewhere in the middle. Still, it's a game more about atmosphere and story than it is about challenge. It's also what some have termed a 'cozy' game, with no real scare or threat; you're an adorable little mouse whose life-goal is just to help people and make a difference. It's very reminiscent of "Stray", in that its biggest the cute fuzzy protagonist doing a lot of non- threatening things. A deep game? A classic? No, but a fun way to spend a brief few hours between more 'serious' titles. I probably wouldn't ever pay for this, but as a freebie? I approve. Just the one game this week, but that's fine. So long as The Number grows and the game isn't terrible, I'm happy. Seven days is the number of days you've got to claim; no more and no less. Six days only if the first day has passed; eight days is right out. So I guess I'll see you all in a week.