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  • Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1)

    From Ant@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 14 01:57:07 2025
    XPost: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adve, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.advent, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure

    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. ;) --
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  • From Anssi Saari@21:1/5 to Ant on Fri Feb 14 16:15:39 2025
    XPost: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure

    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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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to Ant on Fri Feb 14 09:40:28 2025
    XPost: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adve, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.advent, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure

    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 01:57:07 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    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. ;)

    Made me instantly think of Maniac Mansion. Thanks for this one!

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sat Feb 15 23:50:08 2025
    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).

    <grumpy mode>

    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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