Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zaghadka Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN FEBRUARY 2025? Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2025 07:34:03 -0600 Organization: E. Nygma & Sons, LLC Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: <39l6sj1qus59g2rp8i54uieb6gl7blt9s3@4ax.com> <5R6dnX9tTOX2_l76nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@earthlink.com> Reply-To: zaghadka@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:34:03 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="68b680937c0da8aeef96df214870d0b5"; logging-data="850718"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+oPlwiHrAgtFT11VK2dTXUnRKih66NSB4=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:EczkIbSF5xvRcVbp4zAC6yDyvKY= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 Bytes: 3249 On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 19:43:39 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant wrote: >Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >> On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:46:14 -0600, Zaghadka >> wrote: > > > >> >Stray! >> >`````` >> >Adorable. Kinda a walking sim with very little action so far. Cats are >> >very realistic. I'd call it a "third person exploration game." > >> The game is actually part of a genre called "narrative games", but >> often referred to as "walking sims". Key concepts include...well, >> walking obviously, but games where the focus is almost entirely on >> exploration with very little in the way of challenges such as combat >> or puzzles (usually none of the former and very little or extremely >> simplistic ones of the latter), a lot of focus on environmental >> storytelling, and a strong emphasis on atmosphere. > >> Similar games include "Dear Esther", "Gone Home", "Everybody's Gone to >> the Rapture", "35mm", "Firewatch", "Tacoma", and "The Vanishing of >> Ethan Carter" (amonst many more). The genre often dovetails with >> first-person puzzle games like "Talos Principle", "The Witness" and >> even "Portal", except those games gate your progress behind a variety >> of puzzles. > >> >Bonus: Any game where I can destroy a carpet by relentlessly padding at >> >it with my paws is okay by me. > > >> "Stray" is a wonderfully cute game, but its appeal (I think) lies >> almost entirely on the cuteness of its protagonist. Its story is >> fairly humdrum, and its other characters pretty forgettable. It does >> have nice some visuals and its atmosphere is pretty cool. But if you >> don't like cats I think a lot of what makes this game special will >> bypass you. > Absolutely for cat lovers. If you know cats, it is monumental how well they have captured cat behavior. Gratuitous keybords, both computer and piano, abound. >When will there be a Dog version? ;P I think "Dog Catcher Simulator" is already a thing. ;^P -- Zag This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)