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DVDFab

2017-09-18

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https://www.dvdfab.cn/

An amazing (and amazingly-expensive) DVD ripper. Can work with other disks.

I've used this to back up my old DVD discs into .iso files.

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Sacred Citadel - (2013 game)

2017-08-15

dead, games, Glances, offline games, payware, proprietary software, side-scroller games, single-player games, software, sword and sorcery, sword and sorcery games, Windows 10 software, Windows software

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(on Wikipedia)
(archived)
http://www.sacred-world.com/citadel/

A basic side-scroller beat-em-up.

Swings between too-easy and too-hard.

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Just Cause 2 - (2010 game)

2017-08-15

dead, disliked, first-person shooters, games, payware, proprietary software, reviews, single-player games, software, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.justcause.com/

Spiderman, but with guns.

I get that this has some interesting core gameplay, but it's just not fun because the controls are too awkward.

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Sacred 3 - (2014 game)

2017-08-14

dead, disliked, games, multiplayer games, online games, payware, proprietary software, single-player games, software, sword and sorcery, sword and sorcery games, Windows 10 software, Windows software

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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.sacred-world.com/

Well-polished, and with solid mechanics, this is recommended for people who would, at a glance, like this sort of brawler. Ultimately, it's like Diablo 3. While a clone in many ways, it's quite a bit more fun and simple, with subtle extras that make it at least visually unique.

This would be ~~great~~ good, if it were free. It's just not for me, and I think my tastes have been changing lately.

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Risen 3 - Titan Lords - (2014 game)

2017-08-13

dead, disliked, games, Glances, payware, proprietary software, roleplaying video games, single-player games, software, sword and sorcery, sword and sorcery games, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Gameplay not as shown

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
http://risen3.deepsilver.com/

Slash a things and miss a lot. Get hit a lot. Uninstall.

What a shit fighting system. With a fundamental flaw as glaring as this, there's no way in hell I'll play this.

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http://store.steampowered.com/app/512250/
http://vilemonarch.com/oh-sir-insult/

Like scrabble with words, assemble phrases to do varying degrees of insult-damage.

This definitely should appeal to some people, but it doesn't appeal to me. I think this would be especially attractive to people with an Android phone.

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Directory Opus

2017-08-11

dead, disliked, file managers, freeware, Glances, GUI software, payware, proprietary software, utilities, Windows 10 software, Windows software

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gpsoft.com.au/

A file manager.

I have the full version and tinkered with it for a bit. Extremely configurable and capable, but I just don't need it. QTTabBar is fine.

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Galactic Civilizations III - (2015 game)

2017-08-10

4x games, dead, disliked, games, Glances, offline games, payware, proprietary software, software, Windows 10 software, Windows software

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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.galciv3.com/

A space expansionist 4x game.

The interface is generally sucky, making it hard to figure out what's going on.

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War for the Overworld - (2015 game) image

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/230190/
https://wftogame.com/

An awkward dungeon management game, with walls you can't dig out, rooms you build but don't know how much of or what size, and an interface that could only be inspired by a 1980s DOS game.

Absolutely not recommended.