Re: What Have You Been Playing... In January 2025?

On Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:15:04 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 14:48:44 -0700, "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net>
wrote:
 

So, let's "Get The Party Started" like P!nk says! ;)

>
  I started Senua Hellblade 2 but set it down after 1/2hour and haven't
gone back to it as yet.  Mostly was reading/watching films last month!

 
"Hellblade 2" is on my "eventually wishlist". It's a game I want to
play, but am in no hurry to get. The original was an intriguing mix of
(fairly easy) Souls-like combat and walking-sim, and in terms of
gameplay wasn't particularly good. It's story was a bit anvilicious

Hi, I just had to mention:  I had trouble with "anvilicious" until I
found it on

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anvilicious

...threw me for a loop! ;)

Also, possessive "it" doesn't have an apostrophe, but I'm just
being pedantic. ;)  If I were more inclined, I'd cross-post to
alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe, which is a real newsgroup
(believe it or not).

Otherwise, keep up the good work...you are quite a wordsmith. :)

too,
but I enjoyed its attempt to create an atmosphere of mental uncertainty
that reflected its protagonists own viewpoint. Plus, I'm a sucker for
Nordic mythology.
 
But the original game ended conclusively enough that I think it didn't
warrant a sequel (and, in fact, that any sequel would weaken the impact
of the original's story), so I'm not thrilled that there even _is_ a
"Hellblade 2". I certainly don't expect the gameplay to be any better.
But I got enough enjoyment from the first to at least want to give the
second game a try.
 
Just not until it radically drops in price.

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