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rms wrote:
>> What have you been playing... IN SEPTEMBER 2016?
>
>     After completing Witcher2, I've put off starting another big RPG,
> and picked out a few titles from scrolling through the steam backlog:
>
>     Tron 2.0!
> This game is 13yrs old! but looks and plays beautifully on modern
> machines, thanks to the 'vector graphics' neon artstyle, that's intended
> to look retro, and also to some dedicated fans and their unofficial
> patch & launcher (refer to the steam community guide for installation).
> I ran it at 1440p with no issues, and no glitches.
>
> Most definitely a platformer, and you'll be spamming the quicksave
> button -- I'd strongly suggest playing on Easy. But the real draw here
> is the writing. So many tongue-in-cheek computer jokes and jargon
> wordplay, that you'll be chuckling repeatedly, and there's a
> light-hearted tone that makes coming back for another gameplay session a
> joy; it strikes me as a very young-adult friendly game. The musical
> score is also well-done. Highly recommended!

I gave this a try a couple years ago. I don't remember the platforming, 
but I remember collecting stuff, and blocked off points you had to come 
back to after collecting something else, and I just wasn't in the mood 
for it at the time.  I'll have to give this another try.  I see it's 
still installed.

Now that I've got kids I appreciate the more kid friendly stuff, I keep 
having to put headphones on so the kids don't hear all the swearing in 
the usual games I play, and I don't like doing that either as I have to 
keep an ear out for misbehavior and headphones cover that up.

>     SOMA
> I'll be vague to avoid any spoilers here, but SOMA is basically a really
> good science fiction novella, put into interactive game form.  The
> underwater base environments are believable, and the several deep-sea
> excursions your character takes are immersive and visceral.  There are
> some affecting end-of-life scenes, and numerous discussions between
> characters on the nature of being. The science fiction setting and
> touches of dark humor are a good vehicle for drawing the player in to
> the discussion, and instilling empathy for others.
>
> Memories of a world lost forever are in every found personal item, and a
> pervasive melancholy is a constant undercurrent, but still there's a
> touch of, if not hope, then wonder?  This is a title that will stay with
> you for a long time:  Highly recommended!
>

I've wondered about these 'interactive story' games, There's an awful 
lot of highly rated ones on Steam, though mostly Anime (which I haven't 
had more than a passing interest in, which left me a long time ago) but 
I'm usually trying to figure out how to get out of cut-scenes and into 
the action.

- Justisaur