Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action > #57886

Re: FREE GAME: Stickman Killing Zombies

Show all headers | View raw

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:39 this Thursday (GMT):
>
> They're free games for a reason, but in fairness, this isn't a
> terrible game. In fact, there were a number of free games on Steam
> recently that were so awful /even I/ couldn't countenance giving them
> publicity. This one isn't anywhere near that level of terribleness, so
> it's worth at least a _look_ before rejecting it. ;-)
>
>
>
> * Stickman Killing Zombies
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/2792610/Stickman_Killing_Zombie/
>    I'll admit, the main reason I'm showing any interest in this 
>    games is because the aesthetic reminds me the old XiaoXiao 
>    flash animations* from days-gone-by. In truth, it's just an
>    asset-flip game; there's nothing artistically novel about 
>    these titles. Still, it looks mechanically solid --if not 
>    deep-- and I can see myself losing an hour or two in its 
>    gameplay, but if you don't have quite the same nostalgia 
>    for early-2000s Flash games, you might not feel the same way.
>
>
> (If this game looks somewhat familiar to you, you're probably thinking
> of "Battle Simulator Counter Stickman", a similar-looking freebie that
> came out in late January. Like I said, these games are all
> asset-flips, so are easy for developers to vomit out)
>
>
>
>
> * animations here
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCQHHcYEVto


I know the artstyle isn't exclusive to it, but the first thing I thought
of is those terrible awful mobile game ads :(
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

Back to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

FREE GAME: Stickman Killing Zombies Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-16 13:39 -0400
  Re: FREE GAME: Stickman Killing Zombies candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-04-21 19:20 +0000
  Re: FREE GAME: Stickman Killing Zombies Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-22 09:21 -0700

csiph-web