Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Justisaur Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: What difficultly level do you play one? Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:24:18 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <45jl8jp74gjpmqfsqrdh86pdttvkivf7im@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:24:19 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b2edee2ab7907c4f084a138c46a431da"; logging-data="1884247"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19MkuXFrcJ6ti+/SLulk4kWE/GNY4Mirfs=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:BSKjKQgY/m1DWATujTGpQZMcbUk= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2541 On 7/10/2024 5:55 AM, Mike S. wrote: > On Mon, 08 Jul 2024 15:41:08 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson > wrote: > >> Still, I've never made any real attempt to replay the expansion. I've >> gone through the original numerous times, but that one trek through >> "American Revolt's" levels were enough for me. These days, given its >> reputation for difficulty, I don't even /try/. > > I want to play Syndicate again at some point as I only went through it > once and after all these years, it will feel almost fresh to me. I > will keep Xocyll's advice in mind about Gauss guns and see if the > expansion is as hard as I remember it being. IIRC I used the weapon that let you hack people into fighting for you extensively. I don't remember if I ever played the expansion though. I did play #2 and got stuck fairly early and only replayed it much later after internet was well established to look up how to get past that spot, and finally beat it. I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as the original, something in the changes just lost the magic for me, possibly the lack of the hacking people being there or effective. I always love charming things. -- -Justisaur ø-ø (\_/)\ `-'\ `--.___, ¶¬'\( ,_.-' \\ ^'