Re: FREE GAME: Floppy Knights

On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:44:01 -0500, Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:51:55 -0500, Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com>
wrote:

candycanearter07 wrote:

Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com> wrote at 20:06 this Sunday (GMT):

It's not too bad.  Reminds me of Incubation, one of my favorite games of
all time.

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I've never heard of it, and it doesn't seem to be on steam. What's the
game like?
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1997: Very unforgiving, fairly successful, spawned an expansion.  The
player controlled several soldiers with powerful rifles, bayonets:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubation:_Time_Is_Running_Out

 
 From what I recall, it was sort of a cross betwen "XCOM: UFO Defense"
(for its turn-based tactical combat) and "Alien Breed" (for its
visuals, style, and slightly more action-oriented gameplay), mixed
with a hefty dose of Slavjank.
 
I remember that shooting the enemies would result in them exploding in
a huge burst of blood of gibs. That was pretty much the most memorable
thing about the game.
 

I must have gotten further in it than you.  There started appearing
bigger enemies that could only be wounded from the rear.  At its root it
was a puzzle game like said on wikipedia.org, but a puzzle game with a
small amount of wiggle room based on how well you have done thus far -
everything carries over to the next map.  I guess what I liked about it
was how challenging it was, and the visuals you mentioned.

I honestly can't say. I remember I played it. I don't remember if I
finished it. Looking at it now, I can imagine it was a game that got
short shrift from me but, then again, I used to be a lot less picky
with what games I played. I endured a lot of early 2000s Slavjank  ;-)

But honestly, I got Incubation mixed up with Odium mixed up with
UFO:Aftershock mixed up with probably a dozen other similar games
released in that era. None of them really left a favorable impression.