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>Don't know when it ends, but Shadow Warrior: Special Edition is available
>for free at the Humble Store today.
>https://www.humblebundle.com/store

    Got it, thanks!  Free is good!

rms

On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:45:44 -0500, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Don't know when it ends, but Shadow Warrior: Special Edition is available
>for free at the Humble Store today.
>
>https://www.humblebundle.com/store

Wow! This one is $50!! Thanks Zag!!!

On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:45:44 -0500, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Don't know when it ends, but Shadow Warrior: Special Edition is available
>for free at the Humble Store today.
>
>https://www.humblebundle.com/store

Even if you already own the Shadow Warrior remake, this is worth
snagging because the "Special Edition" includes a bunch of DLC that
the base game does not come with.

Okay, the DLC isn't really much to write home about - soundtrack,
artbook, some pointless weapon skins - but why let free stuff go
wasting?

Personally I wasn't that impressed with the game when I first played
it back in 2013 - it lacked character - but it's not really a bad game
and at the price offered, well worth what you pay for it ;-)

Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Don't know when it ends, but Shadow Warrior: Special Edition is available
> for free at the Humble Store today.

> https://www.humblebundle.com/store

You should mention this is 2013 and not classic DOS version. I thought 
this was the original SW!

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ANT...@zimage.com (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Don't know when it ends, but Shadow Warrior: Special Edition is available
>> for free at the Humble Store today.
>
>> https://www.humblebundle.com/store
>
>You should mention this is 2013 and not classic DOS version. I thought 
>this was the original SW!

He did if you read the whole message.

Did you really think he waited until 2013 to play the original 1997
game?

Also I don't think the original had any pointless paid DLC, but it has
been years since I played it (not since it was new.)

Xocyll
-- 
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of 
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr 

On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 06:53:15 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@gmx.com> wrote:

>ANT...@zimage.com (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
>spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>Did you really think he waited until 2013 to play the original 1997
>game?

Not everyone played the original when it came out and - with the glut
of constant new releases available every month - there's little
incentive for many to go back and play an older game. So it is quite
likely that somebody may have waited until recently to experience the
original Build-engine title.

Still, if somebody is more interested in the first game but doesn't
feel $10 is a worthy investment - something I find completely
understandable, since with a lot of older games I only play them for a
few minutes before the old-school game-design (keycards!) and
interface drive me to distraction - then they need only wait. The
original is often given away as a freebie by digital storefronts; at
one time or another, I have seen it offered for free on GOG,
HumbleBundle, and Steam. 

(In fact, just looking I see that the original unmodified Shadow
Warrior (1997) is free on Steam right now. The slightly updated
"Shadow Warrior Redux" cost $9.99)

(On further study, I've learned that it's free on GOG as well and the
current holders of the copyright - Digital Devolver - have announced
the classic version will be permanently free. But the redux updates
are excluded from that offer. Of course, with a little work you can
nearly the same results by using the datafiles of the free version
with an open-source port of the engine so whether the update is worth
$10 is arguable.) 

Personally, I was even less a fan of the original games - classic or
redux - than I was on the 2013 reboot. Although it had a lot of
interesting gameplay features - it pushed the Build engine to its
limits - and the same irrevent tone and humor of the othe Build-engine
games - I mostly remember it for its tedious level design and
uninspired combat.  The reboot isn't much better in these regards but
at least it has better visuals.

Still, if you are a fan of the franchise, it's a great to be able to
pick up the titles without having to pay a dime ;-)
 
> Also I don't think the original had any pointless paid DLC, but it has
> been years since I played it (not since it was new.)

The original game received two official expansion packs - "Twin
Dragon" and "Wanton Destruction". Both were released as free
downloads. 

On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 21:17:41 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant
wrote: 

>Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Don't know when it ends, but Shadow Warrior: Special Edition is available
>> for free at the Humble Store today.
>
>> https://www.humblebundle.com/store
>
>You should mention this is 2013 and not classic DOS version. I thought 
>this was the original SW!

Original SW is free on GOG.com right now. It's been a giveaway several
times. I already had a copy, so I didn't notice.

-- 
Zag

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spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

>On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 06:53:15 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>>ANT...@zimage.com (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
>>spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>>Did you really think he waited until 2013 to play the original 1997
>>game?
>
>Not everyone played the original when it came out and - with the glut
>of constant new releases available every month - there's little
>incentive for many to go back and play an older game. So it is quite
>likely that somebody may have waited until recently to experience the
>original Build-engine title.
<snip>

Yes but A, that's not you and 
B this bit you also typed ...

>The original game received two official expansion packs - "Twin
>Dragon" and "Wanton Destruction". Both were released as free
>downloads. 

Since your original post also mentioned getting the DLC for free as a
reason to maybe get it, it _had_ to about the remake, since it's the one
that had DLC that cost money.

Xocyll
-- 
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of 
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr 

On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 05:35:00 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@gmx.com> wrote:

>Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
>entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
>say:
>
>>On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 06:53:15 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@gmx.com> wrote:
>>
>>>ANT...@zimage.com (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
>>>spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>>
>>>Did you really think he waited until 2013 to play the original 1997
>>>game?
>>
>>Not everyone played the original when it came out and - with the glut
>>of constant new releases available every month - there's little
>>incentive for many to go back and play an older game. So it is quite
>>likely that somebody may have waited until recently to experience the
>>original Build-engine title.
><snip>
>
>Yes but A, that's not you and 
>B this bit you also typed ...

Ah, I see your confusion.

Although I stated I played the game in 2013 and it added DLC, the
poster "Ant" - who requested clarification on which version was free -
was /not/ responding to that post; he was responding to the original
post by Zaghadka.  


>>The original game received two official expansion packs - "Twin
>>Dragon" and "Wanton Destruction". Both were released as free
>>downloads. 

>Since your original post also mentioned getting the DLC for free as a
>reason to maybe get it, it _had_ to about the remake, since it's the one
>that had DLC that cost money.

Yes, but that's not the post Ant was responding to ;-)

I'm actually replaying Shadow Warrior 2013 now; it's not as bad as I
remember. The sword-play is more fun than I recall, but the levels are
- though pretty - rather lackluster.

Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

>On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 05:35:00 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>>Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
>>entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
>>say:
>>
>>>On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 06:53:15 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@gmx.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>ANT...@zimage.com (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
>>>>spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>>>
>>>>Did you really think he waited until 2013 to play the original 1997
>>>>game?
>>>
>>>Not everyone played the original when it came out and - with the glut
>>>of constant new releases available every month - there's little
>>>incentive for many to go back and play an older game. So it is quite
>>>likely that somebody may have waited until recently to experience the
>>>original Build-engine title.
>><snip>
>>
>>Yes but A, that's not you and 
>>B this bit you also typed ...
>
>Ah, I see your confusion.
>
>Although I stated I played the game in 2013 and it added DLC, the
>poster "Ant" - who requested clarification on which version was free -
>was /not/ responding to that post; he was responding to the original
>post by Zaghadka.  
>
>
>>>The original game received two official expansion packs - "Twin
>>>Dragon" and "Wanton Destruction". Both were released as free
>>>downloads. 
>
>>Since your original post also mentioned getting the DLC for free as a
>>reason to maybe get it, it _had_ to about the remake, since it's the one
>>that had DLC that cost money.
>
>Yes, but that's not the post Ant was responding to ;-)
>
>I'm actually replaying Shadow Warrior 2013 now; it's not as bad as I
>remember. The sword-play is more fun than I recall, but the levels are
>- though pretty - rather lackluster.

I never played that one, just the original which I was not particularly
fond of.
Of all the Build engine games I think the one I liked best (after Duke
Nukem 3D of course,) was Blood.  

Shadow Warrior was kinda meh, like a Jackie Chan movie done by Adam
Sandler, with him mugging at the camera in every scene.
It's "humor" got old fast.

I pretty much don't bother with remakes these days since they're all
made to the modern ADHD teen taste with QTEs and such.

The remake of Tomb Raider (and subsequent games in that series) kinda
soured me on remakes completely unless they have the ORIGINAL gameplay
intact and just updated graphics/engine and no one is really making
those.

One single QTE in a game, I will not buy it.
Control systems designed for a console controller, I will not buy it.

I use a PC, I want a damn game designed for a PC, not a port or a design
compromised hybrid.

Xocyll
-- 
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of 
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr 

On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:45:44 -0500, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Don't know when it ends, but Shadow Warrior: Special Edition is available
>for free at the Humble Store today.
>
>https://www.humblebundle.com/store


*---

Darn.  I must have waited too long. I don't see it.

-pw
-pw