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Re: free Free FREE Nine Hells! Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?!

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Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:25:06 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said
> this thing:
> 
>> Strap on yore bigboy pants:
>>    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2860410/NineHells/
> 
> At first glance, the game reminds me of "Kraven Manor", another
> freebie that came out a few weeks ago and I played back in March. That
> one was interesting conceptually and mechanically, but it was very
> obviously a student project and lacked the depth to make for a
> satisfying and complete project. But I forgave it because it /was/ a
> student project.
> 
> "NineHells" seems similar in that there seems to be some talent in the
> art-direction (even if a lot of the game seems to be store-bought game
> assets) and the conceptual idea seems sound... but the mechanics don't
> seem fully fleshed out and the pacing and gameplay are shit. But this
> isn't a student project, so it gets less tolerance.
> 
> I grabbed it anyway; The Number was hungry. But I doubt I'll play this
> one.
> 
> 
> 
>      [Also, a complaint unrelated to the game... but what's up
>       with Steam not adding free games to your exported library
>       unless you install them first? Sure, they show up in your
>       library when you look at the list in Steam, but if you try
>       to import that list into another app --as I do with GOG Galaxy
>       or Playnite-- freebies like "NineHells" just don't appear.
>       Well, not unless you install them first; then they are
>       suddenly there. Which means I'm constantly installing then
>       uninstalling games. Well, I guess I'm a niche case so this
>       probably isn't a bug that Valve cares about... but it's
>       annoying to me ;-)]
> 
> 
I'm not sure. I tried bringing up a text list of games in Steam and 
couldn't do i even though I asked the AI repeatedly about the controls 
locations. Do you have an older version of Steam? I want it to vet my 
list and remove the high RAM games from my installed games automatically 
but need to import the text list and can't find a way to get it.

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free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> - 2026-04-15 11:25 -0600
  Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-16 11:56 -0400
    Re: free Free FREE Nine Hells! Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! phoenix <j63840576@gmail.com> - 2026-04-16 10:37 -0600
  Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2026-04-16 12:11 -0400
    Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-17 11:54 -0400
      Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2026-04-21 08:45 -0400
      Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-04-21 19:20 +0000
        Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-22 10:48 -0400
  Re: free Free FREE Nine Hells! Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-17 07:38 -0700

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