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That evil Car Park Capital tycoon game is only getting more evil with MicroProse as publisher, but it still looks gorgeous (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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Overthrow the Kaiser in Red Echoes: Berlin, a Weimar-era turn-based strategy game in the style of Suzerain (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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Dragon Age: Thedas at War is a BioWare RPG-inspired Crusader Kings 3 total conversion mod that's here to keep the series alive while it sits in EA limbo (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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"I dunno why they chose Crashphalt": forgotten Steam game suddenly becomes a hit after players start using it for Undertale online multiplayer (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope DLC releases in August along with a big free upgrade (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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STALKER 2's Cost of Hope expansion, and its free but still hopeful 2.0 update, get an August release date (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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Qualcomm announce a big price rise - bad news for Valve's Steam Frame (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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Skate 3 Recomp 2.0 brings native rendering to the PC port of the Xbox classic Skate 3 (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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Myst devs Cyan Worlds show off prototype for Project Anglerfish, a canned entry in the noted long-time RPS favourite series (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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EmuDeck announce they are now ready for the Steam Machine (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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Crack open planets in the idle incremental game Swarmslam (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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Minecraft: Java Edition system requirements get bumped up ahead of Vulkan support (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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Angry PlayStation Fans Propose PS5 Blackout in Protest of Sony's Disc Decision (www.pushsquare.com)

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Unplug your consoles for a week in August

This week in PC games: a battle royale detective game, a broken Y2K metaverse, a laptop tycoon sim, and a new Company of Heroes RTS (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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The awesome crime noir FPS 'Fallen Aces' has episode 2 out now (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls open beta beaten and bashed by PC performance issues, Arc System Works "apologise for the impact this has had on your experience" (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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Thick as Thieves studio does what triple-A won't: keep its game playable (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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Commit cinematic sacrilege in Baldur's Gate 3 with this true third-person camera mod (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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Remember The Callisto Protocol? Why do you think it failed? (lemmy.zip)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/68553263

Now that Glen Schofield (its creator) is retiring, I think it's a good time to reflect on this game that flopped.

Personally, I think its main issue was that it was all graphics and no substance. The gameplay got repetitive super fast and the story was both confusing and cliche / boring.