FermiEstimate

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great games you would recommend from before 1990?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d agree with that. The updated version from the early 90s is the one I played, and it’s probably the easiest to find unless you really go looking for the old version.

  I still think it counts. It’s still the same fundamental Starflight experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great games you would recommend from before 1990?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Starflight came out in 1986, and if you liked Mass Effect, you should give it a try. IMO it has a deeper and more interesting implementation of the space/planet exploration mechanics, not to mention a solid story to tie it all together.

  The UI looks dated, of course, but it’s straightforward enough to use. It influenced the Star Control games, another series that holds up (but just barely misses the 1990 cutoff).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My ship threw my bags out the window and left me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I laughed at first, but then I realized I’d have found Starfield vastly more interesting if weird stuff like this happened all the time on purpose and they leaned into it with small quests. This one bug delighted me more than any of the actual quests I can remember at this point.

  It almost feels like Starfield was ambitious in the wrong ways. Bethesda trying to aim for Disco Elysium-ish oddness might not have turned out great, but I think it would have made more of a lasting impression.