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

On 5/2/2025 3:17 PM, Zaghadka wrote:

On Thu, 1 May 2025 02:18:22 -0000 (UTC), in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Ant wrote:
 

Since we're posting stuff a day early (well it's already May in some countries), I might as well do this too. :P
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Um, I barely played anything. I finally plaued my iPhone's thinking games (not Duo Lingo) this morning.

 Avernum (remake of Exile)
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I'm playing a VTT D&D campaign based on Exile III, and this is filling in
some lore gaps.
  Leisure Suit Larry Wet Dreams Don't Dry
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Hasn't lost its sense of humor. Even has a Boss Key. I finished it today.
Difficulty: Not hard. Heh. See what I did there?
 

So very tempting to equate things to difficulty.  I am resisting.

 Baldur's Gate III
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It's lost its luster, but every now and then I go back, run a combat, do
a few quests. I don't know why Baldur's Gate games seem to lose their
appeal as soon as you get to Baludr's Gate (for me), but that's my
experience.

Really I only liked Act I, but it's so good.  Act 2 is a slow slog with the turn based and endless enemies.  Act 3 is mostly wandering around town after the circus, and got bored before getting to anything interesting.  Also the proliferation of junk and inventory management finally drove me nuts and I quit before finishing it.
I never finished or even got very far in BG1 after many many attempts over the years either, but that's for completely different reasons.  I hate the way spells are handled, doesn't feel like AD&D at all, and wandering slowly through the wilderness/roads with tons of encounters turned me off.
I never even tried BG2 because I didn't finish BG1. I know it's supposed to be better.
Still all have the best of NPC party members.  Who can forget "Stop touching me!" "Go for the eyes boo!"  I don't remember any catchphrases from BG3 though now that I think on it. I made a Xena and Ash setup for PC and NPCs in BG1 too, that was fun.
-Justisaur
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