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  • Re: Prime Gaming 18 July 2025

    From Lane "Stonehowler" Waldby@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri Jul 18 18:59:14 2025
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:


    * Endless Space 2 Definitive Edition (via Amazon)
    I'll be frank; I'm having a hard time remembering anything
    specific about this one. It was another in a long run of 4X
    space games, but between it and games like "Stellaris" or
    "Sins of a Solar Empire" I'd be hard pressed to say what makes
    this one any different. Reviews seem to indicate it lacks some
    of the depth of those other games, which make it a good starting
    point for people new to the genre. Sounds good to me, I suppose.

    My current space 4X is Master of Orion 2, which includes the Trilarians
    and Elerians.

    It won out over Space Empires IV: Deluxe (not very visually appealing)
    and Ascendancy (extremely poor AI).

    Neither of these are action - one of these days I'm going to pick up
    Homeworld again because I enjoyed it in the 1990s.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sat Jul 19 12:08:33 2025
    On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:12:10 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:


    * Endless Space 2 Definitive Edition (via Amazon)
    I'll be frank; I'm having a hard time remembering anything
    specific about this one. It was another in a long run of 4X
    space games, but between it and games like "Stellaris" or
    "Sins of a Solar Empire" I'd be hard pressed to say what makes
    this one any different. Reviews seem to indicate it lacks some
    of the depth of those other games, which make it a good starting
    point for people new to the genre. Sounds good to me, I suppose.


    I've enjoyed other entries in the ENDLESS series, so I snagged this one.

    I have the non-definitive version on Steam.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Mon Jul 21 14:20:05 2025
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 22:12 this Friday (GMT):


    As I type this, I have an image in my head of that kid from the
    Simpsons crying, "Stop, stop; he's already dead!"* because, yeah, it
    seems like I've been doing these silly Prime Gaming announcements a
    lot recently. But don't blame me; it's Amazon's fault for having a
    mid-month sale that disrupted our regular schedule! I'm just trying to
    get us back on track!



    * Besiege (w/DLC) (via Amazon)
    This is one of those games that's less about the gameplay
    and more about just fucking around with the physics engine
    and watching it do silly stuff. Use the provided tools to
    build various siege engines and use them to attack your
    targets, watching the buildings fall apart from the impact
    of your cannons and trebuchets. It's not a very deep game,
    I guess, but it's satisfying in short bursts.


    * Endless Space 2 Definitive Edition (via Amazon)
    I'll be frank; I'm having a hard time remembering anything
    specific about this one. It was another in a long run of 4X
    space games, but between it and games like "Stellaris" or
    "Sins of a Solar Empire" I'd be hard pressed to say what makes
    this one any different. Reviews seem to indicate it lacks some
    of the depth of those other games, which make it a good starting
    point for people new to the genre. Sounds good to me, I suppose.



    That's it this time; not very many games but that's only to be
    expected given that it's only been a few days since the last update.
    But we'll be back to our usual schedule after this (Amazon willing!)
    so Prime will have two weeks to recharge the line-up.

    Until then,.









    * video of what's in my head
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcZzlPGnKdU


    Wow, is the Amazon well running dry, or are my interests that narrow?
    Neither game looks super fun.
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