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On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:16:56 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:

>* Doom 4 (new)
>If Doom 3 was a reboot of the original Doom, then Doom 4 (or Doom
>2016, or DOOM, or whatever I am supposed to call it) feels like a
>reboot to Doom 2. For all its gory and fast-paced action, the first
>Doom game was equally drenched in atmosphere; with its (at the time
>very sophisticated) lighting effects, it was at times a genuinely
>creepy game, with moments of quiet suspense that inevitably lead to
>balls-to-the-wall gunfights as soon as you crossed some invisible
>trigger. Doom 2, on the other hand, forsake much of this flavor in
>favor of gimmicky levels and a focus on the gameplay. Personally, I
>consider the former the better game, but I can understand the appeal
>of the second.

[snips]

>In the end, I found Doom 4 a mixed bag. Like Doom 2, I can understand
>its appeal to some people, but it felt far too one-dimensional for my
>taste; even Doom 3 - for all its problematic monster closets - felt a
>fresher and more interesting game. 

>And that's me, for this month. A mix of new and old games, generally
>impressed on the technological front and disappointed by gameplay and
>setting. Alas, that's more and more the usual for games these days...
>
>Anyway, enough of my muttering. Now it's your turn: 
>
>What Have You Been Playing... IN NOVEMBER 2016?
>

Rocksmith Remastered is it.

 I haven't played a regular PC game in a few months. I bought the
necessary missing Skyrim DLC (Hearthfire, blech) to get the upgraded
version, but still haven't fired it up yet.

When Doom was $20, I almost crumbled. The amount of melee killing in
demos stuck with me as something I really didn't want to do, so I sat
there a second and the impulse passed. Maybe as the weather really
turns and I have more inside time, I'll revert to old habits. This is
probably the longest stretch where I haven't played console/computer
games since I got my drivers liscense. 

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!