Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN FEBRUARY 2025?

On Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:39:03 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant
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Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 19:43:39 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:46:14 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Stray!
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Adorable. Kinda a walking sim with very little action so far. Cats are
very realistic. I'd call it a "third person exploration game."

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The game is actually part of a genre called "narrative games", but
often referred to as "walking sims". Key concepts include...well,
walking obviously, but games where the focus is almost entirely on
exploration with very little in the way of challenges such as combat
or puzzles (usually none of the former and very little or extremely
simplistic ones of the latter), a lot of focus on environmental
storytelling, and a strong emphasis on atmosphere.

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Similar games include "Dear Esther", "Gone Home", "Everybody's Gone to
the Rapture", "35mm", "Firewatch", "Tacoma", and "The Vanishing of
Ethan Carter" (amonst many more). The genre often dovetails with
first-person puzzle games like "Talos Principle", "The Witness" and
even "Portal", except those games gate your progress behind a variety
of puzzles.

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Bonus: Any game where I can destroy a carpet by relentlessly padding at
it with my paws is okay by me.

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"Stray" is a wonderfully cute game, but its appeal (I think) lies
almost entirely on the cuteness of its protagonist. Its story is
fairly humdrum, and its other characters pretty forgettable. It does
have nice some visuals and its atmosphere is pretty cool. But if you
don't like cats I think a lot of what makes this game special will
bypass you.

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Absolutely for cat lovers. If you know cats, it is monumental how well
they have captured cat behavior. Gratuitous keybords, both computer and
piano, abound.

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When will there be a Dog version? ;P

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I think "Dog Catcher Simulator" is already a thing. ;^P

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Prove it. :P  I want an ant game too. Oh wait, we need more. :^b

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3404470/Animal_Spa/

Closest I could come up with. Bathhouses have an unsavory reputation, but
I imagine this is where animal control takes all the strays.

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Zag

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