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 by: JAB - Mon, 21 Feb 2022 20:05 UTC

Before I buy a new game I have to play at least ten hours of a game that
I already have and actually enjoyed playing before I got distracted by
something else.

So up first is Stirring Abyss.

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 by: JAB - Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:13 UTC

On 22/02/2022 03:25, PW wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 20:05:41 +0000, JAB <noway@co.uk> wrote:
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>> Before I buy a new game I have to play at least ten hours of a game that
>> I already have and actually enjoyed playing before I got distracted by
>> something else.
>>
>> So up first is Stirring Abyss.
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> *--
>
> Looks complicated. I am downloading the demo now though.
>

It's really no more complicated than say XCOM but it also doesn't help
itself in that it's doesn't do the tutorial by play very well. Then
again everything is a quick google away.

I can't say I recommend it at the current (full) price unless you're
very much into either the setting or XCom style games. That does mean
it's bad but instead that price doesn't stack up well when you have XCom
2 on sale for about £2 at the moment.

> My bday is in a couple of days but I don't think I want to buy this. I
> think I will skip buying a game for myself this year. I have tons of
> good ones.
>
> Are you still playing GloomHaven (or is it not you)?
>

Funny you should mention that, it's part of the reason I'm trying my new
approach of no new games until playing at least ten hours of one I've
already got. I've played Gloomhaven for probably five hours and although
it's got a steep learning curve I do like it. The problem was I got
'distracted' by another game and then kinda forgot about it.

As an aside if you think Stirring Abyss is a bit complicated then do not
buy Gloomhaven as it has lot more going on and is very unforgiving, even
on the easy setting, unless you really understand how everything fits
together. It's just not the type of game you can approach in a more
casual style.

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