Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN NOVEMBER 2024?

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 09:46:43 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

Crookz: The Big Heist
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I've spoken about this before but as a quick recap it's an isometric/3D
stealth game based around, yes you guessed it, heists. The slight twist
is that it has a 70's disco theme - yes that's what I said! Certainly
worth checking out if you like that kinda thing even if it's not a game
that anyone is likely to think is a classic. Only £2.39p on Steam.
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XCOM:2
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I did get one game in the Steam sale but this one has been on my list of
I should probably play sometime and at £1.74, well why not now. I
haven't played more than a couple of missions but so far seems like good
solid XCOM fun and it's seriously can one of you at least hit the
target*. Hopefully the whole base building part won't be as distracting
as I found it in XCOM:1 although I do realise it wouldn't be a XCOM game
without it but then you have Laser Squad.

I think its not so much the RNG as the concealled RNG. It's one thing
when the random numbers say 'you hit' or 'you miss' but when the game
says "99% chance of hit" and then you miss ten shots in a row because
the game didn't show you that there wer -70% penalties... well,
there's something wrong with that.

I think XCOM2 was more transparent with regards to hit-percentages
than was its predecessor, but it's been a while since I played the
game. But XCOM (2012) was really annoying in that regard.

Fahrenheit 451
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I finally got around to reading this as it's always on those lists of
must read sci-fi books. I very much enjoyed it with its mix of a
dystopian future (all books to be burned) and commentary on US politics
at the time. Well worth a read with a downside that I found some of the
writing a bit clunky compared to modern standards.

Bradbury was one of those sci-fi writers were the idea took precedence
over the story and characters. His writing reflects that. It's very
work-a-day with little excess or flourish. It was fairly common
amongst authors of the genre of the time.