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

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 19:00:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 18:46 this Friday (GMT):

On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 16:40:02 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:27 this Friday (GMT):

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What Have You Been Playing... IN OCTOBER 2024?

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Lots of bug fables and UFO 50. I think i've talked about bug here
before, its a paper mario styled game but with bugs and its super
charming and the fandom is pretty small actually.

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The only "Bug" game I remember was the attrocious mascot-platformer
published by Sega back in the mid-90s. ;-)

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? which one?

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"Bug!".

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No, really, that was the name of the game. It was an early
3D-platformer featuring an eponymous insect as the protagonist. It
came out for Windows and Sega Saturn.

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It was pretty poor, at least on PC. Surprisingly, it wasn't so much
the visuals or controls that I disliked, but just the general
aesthetics and style of gameplay. Replaying it today, I'm a bit more
forgiving -on a technical front, I think it's actually sort of
impressive - but I still don't like the music, level design or visual
style. Nonetheless, I guess it sold well enough, since it got a sequel
("Bug Too!").

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I mostly recall it because it was one of the earlier games released
specifically for Windows95, and it did nothing to convince me that new
OS would ever be a worthwhile OS for gaming. With games like "Bug!",
is it any wonder I stuck with DOS for so long? ;-)

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Did it even have an ant? ;P