Space Pirates and Zombies – (2011 game)

2013-03-22

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

A too-complex RTS game.

aka S.P.A.Z.

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https://www.pathofexile.com/

A free-to-play 2.5D action semi-rpg game. Get gear, assign your abilities, explore and kill. Procedurally-generated areas and special “maps” give end-game replayability.

While straightforward to get into, it becomes atonishingly complex and unashamedly hard. They are also committed to keeping the game “hardcore” and not stooping to the level of appeasing the filthy casuals who ruin other games. This includes not avoiding pay to win.

Its developers care about their game more than any other developer for any other game I’ve played or have even heard of. Other than the little things, the game gets major updates every three months. Major as in expansion-quality new stuff.

Their community participation is strong.

NOTE – It has been bought out by China.
Replaced by Path of Exile 2 – (2024 game)

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https://www.swtor.com/

Yet another MMO, but this one is set in the Star Wars universe. Because light sabres, yo.

Conclusion: Amateur night.

This would have been great in the late nineties. Right now, the voiceovers are fantastic but the quest interactive cutscenes are ugly. The choices are sometimes vague and unforgiving. There is spectacular effort with all the rendered videos, but that just took away from resources for the game itself.

Star Wars – The Old Republic, on Linux?

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PlaneShift

2009-02-16

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https://sourceforge.net/projects/planeshift/
https://www.planeshift.it/

A free MMORPG that I never got working. I didn’t try very hard though.

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Orcs Must Die! 2 – (2012 game)

1023-09-16

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was robotentertainment.com/games/omd2

Run around as a dude killing stuff, all the while building traps to massacre hordes of enemies.

Mad fun.

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Orcs Must Die! – (2011 game)

1023-09-16

entertainment, games, liked, offline games, payware, proprietary software, single-player games, software, tower defense games, try harder, windows 11 software, Windows games

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was robotentertainment.com/games/orcsmustdie

I remember shoulder-surfing to see what it was like, but I never tried it.

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Fortnite꞉ Save the World – (2020 game)

1022-07-30

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https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/save-the-world

I dunno, it cost money so I didn’t buy it.

2022-07-30 – (not played)

2022-07-30 – (not played) ∞

This is my first use of Epic

The website sucks. It was hard to figure out how to get the launcher.
The launcher pops up ads; fuck off.
The launcher does not have “save the world” in it.
Wikipedia showed me https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/save-the-world
The top-right is a download link, which is not obvious.
That download link gives me something that just tries to install the launcher.
Clicking “In Library” does not install the game. How do I install things?
I had to go to my library, search there, and install from there.
Trying to install it gave me a damned popup about connecting other accounts; fuck off.
I can’t control my download speed?
What does “Operations” mean?
Oh, settings lets me fiddle with things.