Re: Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1)

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:42 this Friday (GMT):

On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:15:39 +0200, Anssi Saari
<anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:

ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) writes:

>

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1507530/Stellar_Mess_The_Princess_Conundrum_Chapter_1/
Free until 2/27/2025 10 AM PST (USA). Not my genre so it is a pass for me. ;)

>

Thanks, I'll take a look. I played a real retro point and click recently
(Rex Nebular).

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<grumpy mode>
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It's not the game that turns me off so much as the whole "chapter 1"
bullshit. Call a demo a demo; don't make it like you're giving me a
free game. Plus, the implication of a 'chapter 1' is a chapter 2, 3,
4, 5 and so forth. I'm so over episodic gaming. Not only don't I want
to buy my games in chunks, the format leads to a lot of problems with
repetitiveness and pacing. It makes for a less cohesive story and
gameplay.

[snip]


Agreed, naming something a "Chapter" makes it feel like it's trying too
hard to be a "cinematic experience" or whatever. You can put chapters
INTO a game, thats cool, but don't make a series and call each one a
chapter.
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