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PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (15 children)

Was just now in another thread having nostalgia about this game: Reamlz.

It was distributed as freeware/ shareware back in the 90's. You had to physically mail the producers cash if you wanted to get the expansions. I played through Balders Gate III recently and honestly, it doesn't even come close to the replayability that Realmz had.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Realmz was out about the same time as Spiderweb Software's games (Exile series, later re-released as Avernum series). Both were popular RPGs for the Macintosh (though I believe both had Windows releases as well).

While I did play and enjoy Realmz back in the day, I personally preferred the Spiderweb Software games. More complicated interaction with the world, and I preferred the writing. Less-pretty, though the Avernum re-release was isometric and had new graphics. Have you ever tried them?

I don't know if I can recommend them in 2025, but if you're still enjoying Realmz, I figure that the Spiderweb Software stuff might also be something of interest.

EDIT: The current Steam sale, which runs for another two days, appears to have a bundle of all of their games on sale for 60% off. I didn't personally enjoy the Geneforge series as much as the Exile/Avernum series, and the Avadon series is considerably simpler, and didn't really grab me. But a lot of the games are also on sale individually, so...shrugs

EDIT2: It looks like Realmz has not seen a Steam release; thought I'd check to see if it was on Steam too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I got that bundle at 92% off and it took me 2 years to finish. It was awesome

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