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Cool little game that deserves more attention for sure. The game about stealing loot and solving the mystery in a medieval-ish fantasy world somewhat similar to the world of Thief games. And this game is full of levels that are basically puzzles, and I finished it on the lowest difficulty and it was generally pretty forgiving...higher levels probably punish mistakes more. I can not add more here, but links to gog and steam will probably show you everything. This is a game about stealth, but you have a ton of instruments to finish the levels in different ways https://www.gog.com/en/game/spirited_thief https://store.steampowered.com/app/1709870/Spirited_Thief

Just finished the game and I did not even know it was on the list. This game is the most deserving attention source game in my opinion. It has tons of puzzles and conspiracy. Though...ending kinda sucks, which is kind of how it is with source games in gener. And I've tried a lot recently, mods too

So I've just finished Black Mesa (and 4/5 chapters of Blue Shift mod based on it, as far as I understand Chapter 5 is not out yet). And... Even if the game(s) itself is generally fine, though weapon reload speed, enemies that see you through objects, weapon damage and too many enemies...but all of it was mostly fixed in the Blue Shift mod, so I am not going to complain about it. What I am going to complain about is how they made Xen. Both of them. By the way, if you have not finished those, there are many spoilers below! In Black Mesa Xen is...blown out of proportions, basically. Gonarch's Lair is turned into playing cat and mouse with Gonarch, I get very tired of not knowing if I can do damage to her or not, of running away, of her running away...and of the last fight with her that is basically her last phase from original game, but after too much exhausting running. And then they have a very long conveyor ride in the Interloper, with tons of repeated fights and puzzles, ending in the elevator ride with tons of repeated fights and puzzles. And then you finally fight Nihilant and it does not teleport you (which was fun in the original game), just summons objects and constantly attacks you with lights of different colours. I was really annoyed by it, so I just turned on God mode. And there are spoilers for the Blue Shift mod, you have been warned! In Blue Shift mod Xen is also blown out of proportions, but it has a lot less annoying stuff, I almost finished it without turning God mode again. Cause they have repetitive fights and puzzles...again. And near the end everything around attacks you with lights of different colours...again, but this time it blinds you. And if you miss a lot and do not conserve your ammo...you lose. Big time. I was out of almost everything near the end of Chapter 4 and was barely able (after several tries) to kill all of the annoying enemies (those be Controllers) to finally finish it in time. Yeah, you are attacked by annoying enemies with almost no ammo with a time limit at the end. God mode did not help me with that, but I decided not to cheat anyway (not to give myself more weapons). I like both games, I like how they made Xen for the most part, but what they did to Xen also makes me hate both games. Is it just me who get annoyed but how it was done? Anyone else had problems? I can not be alone at that, I am sure of it, but actually knowing it will make things...well, it will make me more at peace I guess. Still gonna recommend trying Blue Shift mod, everything before Chapter 4 is perfect, they basically turned Blue Shift into an actual Half-Life game, not just short addon.

I gave this game another chance and tried to play it with all the DLCs. Near the middle of the original story I realized that it is just an unending chore. So I cheated. And game become just a bit less time consuming, but it still ended up being a chore. But I made it to the end of the first DLC. The end of the main story. And...there are 3 colors in this game: green, red and black. And you are staring at the screen on those three colors changing. That's about it, the whole game, nothing else

And another update. Now (probably) without mistakes Ross's Big Game List 10.23.2024.xls

Oh, I found the way to count them all, I think. Now the list should be full. The issue was - forum sends the digest only up to 40 positions, so I had to check the rest by using "last updated" function. At least now I know. Also it is kind of interesting how when you look at the list - some games are actually parts of the series Ross's Big Game List 07.14.2024.xls

Can you explain it to me like if I was a 10 years old?

I'm a bit late and still missing one of the previous digests, but hey, I'm just doing it for the sake of it Ross's Big Game List 05.13.2024.xls

Well, none of them exist anymore. Sad, but understandable. Still, I remember those with gratitude and not with anger. Those were wild and fun times of Youtube

So, all I can remember is that Freeman ran down one of Black Mesa's corridors, shooting some grunts and some vorts and then he was saying some deep dialogue, something about never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you, never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you. Yeah, something like that, do you remember it?

Hey, haven't been able to do that for a while. And (probably) somehow missed one of the digests, so there are only 1161 games out of 1196. Oops, but can not do much about it (unless someone have a digest from between 11.30.23 and today, that I probably missed somehow) Ross's Big Game List 02.16.2024.xls

And another update. Well, I have no time to fix game release dates, but everything else is up to date. Ross's Big Game List UPD 7.5.23.xls

Another update Ross's Big Game List UPD 12.5.22.7z

Eh...this screenshot look like a scene from Cyberpunk 2077... Interesting...

Good one. I completely forgot of this game. Maybe it's time to play it... I think I even have a disc somewhere...

I've tried tp play this one after getting it on Steam for free recently. And... I must say it is not a bad game. And at first I was ok with controlling two different entities (girl and camera), but...in the beginning of the second chapter it became too annoying to switch cameras or look how they switch automatically providing you with a portion of disorientation. You can scout ahead with a camera, but it may switch any moment to some inconvenient angle from another camera while girl moves. Also more than once girl were doing not what I wished from her, cause you click one spot, but there may be invisible overlap and she will go to another spot, right into the enemy (Good they are dumb and mostly blind). And from what I've seen from some reviews...this trend will continue in the other chapters and become worse. So...guess I am good. Other things are: Story that I was not particularly interested in, and collectables that are also not interesting and mostly have no good reason to be in the game. But game is still not bad and can provide some interesting experience...that some older games already done before, but in more interesting way (Like Lifeline).

Since there are some new entries on the list Ross's Big Game List UPD 7.23.22.7z

Space Siege I am not sure if Ross were speaking about this one, but here it is. It is like Dungeon Siege in space, but not really. You don't have many people in party, you don't have grid based inventory or potions, or magic... It is not Dungeon Siege in space actually, but when you play it it feels...like someone made a shooter on Dungeon Siege engine. Cause they indeed made it. And it does not feel bad. The game is short and more or less interesting. The story is...you are here not for the story. I was playing it on Russian, cause it was the only version I was able to find. Strongly not recommend it, they made almost terrible job on this one. Original voices that were left in game by mistake were fine. Game worth playing to explore space ship and blow up enemies. And also observe how 3D engine acts, and it is actually interesting. And frustrating at times. Also...I was not a fan of having so many buttons, fortunately you can actually almost beat this game using just shooting weapons. Unfortunately last boss is too hard to use just it. So...that's all I have to say. Oh, almost forgot, don't follow the creepy laughing girl (cause she will lead you nowhere and game itself will forget to explain what the hell it was).

Somewhat fun and buggy. Tried it, was not able to go in some places where you should be able visually, was able to stuck pretty easy on terrain and by unintentionally dropping the bus on it's side. Was able to see famous german underwater grass, hills and plains. I guess it is good as exploration thing, if you ok with the bugs it have

Well...Just finished the Expansion for the Underrail. Or you may say DLC, but it was pretty big (not as big as main game still) and... It was really really good. Story is much better than main game in my opinion, and I experienced less BS during combat. And it have one really really good NPC, that speak about some really interesting philosophy. I guess now I actually like this game

Just finished the main game (and maybe will finish DLC too, but I am kind of uncertain, cause I am already at the maximum level and there will be no more growth with a lot more hard fights ahead). So...even maximizing myself in everything but equipment it was long and somewhat hard. Especially last boss...which you can actually beat easier if you consume all the enhancing drugs you have. Otherwise it was unbeatable for me (well maybe if I was doing full combat build with all the needed feats...and crafted myself best equipment possible). Anyway, point is that this game is...something. On harder difficulties it might as well be "prison sentence game", but kind of fair one.

Not a bad game. Certainly more on the good side, but not without minor problems. Mainly I don't like map (especially that there is no map in one certain giant city for no good reason) and trading system (I understand it, but trading is really not a reliable way to make money, probably it was exactly the point). And I certainly skipped much less dialog here than in famous big RPGs. This game have a lot of ways to take care of your enemies, and you will need to get rid of lots and lots of them. Practically this game is about combat, but it have ok story and very interesting side ideas, events and conversations. And best thing about it - even if you slightly cheat in this game it still remains hard, make you think about how to use items that you have to survive another fight. Just don't change default difficulty, but you probably want to change default experience system (cause I am not sure oddity one provides you with enough of it). As for the cheats, I just gave myself highest stats and skills possible on character creation, and keep giving myself maximum possible skill points on level ups. Also I gave myself tons of money in both currencies of the game, to remove need to micromanage selling stuff. I think If you just gave yourself same "unfair advantage" on character creation and give yourself infinite money this game will be just playable enough for everyone who skipped it before because it's hard. Cause it will still be hard enough

For me this game started as seasickness simulator with very long loading time. And I've been on ships before, in a storm too. This game is so much better at making you seasick. It is almost unbelievable. Hard pass.

I am pretty convinced that posting one picture every day somewhere is perfectly legitimate reason to get a spam warning. Maybe posting something with more substance and mush less repeating will be better for everyone.

Done Archangel around 5-7 years ago, and I just can't remember much issues. I remember shooting being a bit weird, but you get use to it fast, and game is too short for it to become real issue. Story was just fine, not something special, just enough for short hack-n-slash/shooter game to have some context. And I don't remember voice acting at all, maybe I was playing localized version, sometimes translation make everything better. Arx Fatalis definitely have those problems, I played it to half of a game and restarted it once to unfuckup some quests and stuff. End up using guides too, cause there were some of "oh, you can do THAT?" moments. At least 3 or 4 moments like that, which was never explained directly in game. Only one with a wooden stakes was visually there, but I ignored it first time, so catacombs were extra creepy for me.