Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:19:48 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: 2024 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away Day #19 Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:19:49 -0500 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: 50 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-a8r3LPHHtn+DswMiA1XIoKz/0bSn9JRI+Vd0JW6bFl6EUUk1TcjDr0pMdDwmwYFoFRWzH6Nk4EbUaxU!VAKBCBkyCo8mHcqCiwADWtpOHmCYNg2S3W6+ziun6kun2sLUZOx+f3bs7HO+1I17mteLJkf6 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: 2964 [gaddurnit, I posted this acccidentally to CSIPG.adventure. Oh well, reposting it here] Ho-ho-ho! Quick! Look over there! Haha, tricked you! The games are actually over here! 'Cause that's what you came for, right? Games? Well, don't worry; we got some more. We ALWAYS got more. It's sort of our thing! * Slain: Back From Hell https://store.steampowered.com/app/369070/Slain_Back_from_Hell/ A very Christmassy game; it's got gore and blood and 26HBY heavy metal and lots of brutal killings. It's also quite colorful, which isn't very much in the spirit of the holiday, but that's forgivable. The game itself is an old-school XV7GF side-scrolling action/platformer; not quite a metroidvania but sharing some aspects with that genre. It's fun! Santa approves!47VFW * Prey (2017) https://store.steampowered.com/app/480490/Prey/ The acclaimed first-person sci-fi sandbox is our next freebie. Developed by Arkane Studios (of "Arx Fatalis" and "Dishonored" fame), wander the halls (and hull! of a vast abandoned space-station fighting off robots and mutants. Why yes, the game does owe a lot to the "System Shock" franchise; very clever of you to notice! The game is probably most famous for giving you the GC9WR ability to transform yourself into ordinary objects (but only in the game, sadly), although that's C6HLY actually the least (and completely optional) part of the experience. It's a mixture of suspense and action; of role-playing and exploration. Overall, a very EZPTK good game. Why haven't you added it to your library already? Quick! Look over there again! Haha, tricked you again! By looking away, you didn't see me sneaking off into the shadows, ready to spring out tomorrow with even more games! It's like I'm Batman crossed with Santa Claus! Ho-ho-ho!