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  • Routine is out tomorrow!! Bored or Enthused?

    From rms@rmsmoo@moomoo.net to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Wed Dec 3 14:02:42 2025
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    It will be on Gamepass, but launch price at $25 for a 6 hour game feels like something I'd be willing to pay to show the devs support. Early reviews
    vary from very positive to meh....

    rms

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  • From rms@rmsmoo@moomoo.net to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Wed Dec 3 14:12:44 2025
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    Early reviews vary from very positive to meh....

    https://www.vdgms.com/reviews/routine-review

    rms
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  • From PW@noneused@noneused.net to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Wed Dec 3 19:16:57 2025
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    On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:02:42 -0700, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> wrote:

    It will be on Gamepass, but launch price at $25 for a 6 hour game feels like >something I'd be willing to pay to show the devs support. Early reviews >vary from very positive to meh....

    rms

    *--

    Never heard of it!! But looks interesting and just put it on my Steam wishlist.

    :-)

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Dec 4 10:21:50 2025
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    On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:12:44 -0700, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> wrote:

    Early reviews vary from very positive to meh....
    https://www.vdgms.com/reviews/routine-review


    Honestly, I only _heard_ about this game for the first time yesterday
    (when the marketing pitch hit all teh intawebs), so I've not had any
    time to really form an opinion about it.

    On the one hand, it has some nice visuals and its gameplay has been
    described as being similar to "Alien Isolation", so that's cool.

    On the other hand, (from what little I've seen) I'm not the biggest
    fan of some of its aesthetics, and it doesn't seem to be doing
    anything new.

    Actually, looking at it, what it most reminds me of is "Callisto
    Protocol". Anyone remember that game? It was basically a generic "Dead
    Space" clone. Not a bad game, no, but lacking that spark and
    originality that made the game it was aping so memorable.

    "Routine" has a lot of that vibe to it, too.

    OF course, this is all based on the few trailers and screenshots I've
    seen. I've not played the game, so who knows if this opinion will hold
    true. I've no real objecting to the game and can even imagine that
    --sometime in the future-- I'll acquire it and play it.

    But I can't say it's a game I'm eagerly looking forward to. I'll play
    it, I might even enjoy it... but at the same time, if I never do, I
    don't really feel like I'll be missing out.



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  • From rms@rmsmoo@moomoo.net to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Dec 5 10:58:32 2025
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    It will be on Gamepass, but launch price at $25

    $19-20 now, use cheapshark.com to find lowest price (also on Gamepass).
    I played an hour last night and Routine is definitely a sneaker/stealth exploration game, where you look for items/info to advance, while avoiding patrolling sentries, with backtracking required -- think the Amnesia games
    or Soma. Highlights are the unsettling atmosphere, an odd almost
    Matrix-esque dim grey-green lighting, and the lack of hand-holding: you
    find information on how to move and your CAT multi-tool dribbled out in the environment as you proceed. As of now, I'm happy with what I'm seeing for
    the price I paid, but I'm also sure that many will be unhappy with this
    style of slow gameplay and lack of variety in weaponry & combat. But I'm
    into it (also still playing Amerzone) and will continue.

    rms

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