Every Friday, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers. All are welcome to participate.
F is for Fourth time lucky? Originally slated for a Q1 2024 release, then rescheduled for September 2024, and, later, May 2025, the sequel to one of Simulatia’s most realistic motoring sims acquired its fourth ETA earlier this week. The devs say issues with traffic AI and performance are the main reasons the City Car Driving 2.0 release has been pushed back to November.
A is for Adorable Arthurian art attached to abstruse aggro arithmetic. I love Legends of the Round Table’s artwork, animations, and Anna Azéma music and narration, but I’ve not yet warmed to the number-heavy combat maths in the demo for this new side-scrolling RPG.
You’ve had your chance, SubwaySim 2. Although you come with nicely modelled EMUs, attractive ribbons of Hamburg and Berlin, a replay-friendly timetable mode, imaginative scenarios, and exemplary tutorials, because I can’t seem to get you to run smoothly and look decent simultaneously, there’s a good chance you’ll be gone from my HD by the end of the week.
What a lovely way to start the day. I’ve just landed my largest bream yet in agreeably atmospheric angling sim, Fisher Online. Recommended to me by cederic, a Cornerite who’s spent over 190 hours playing it, £12 FO has some characteristics I don’t much care for (see on), but does an absolutely splendid job of bringing the outdoors indoors.
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.
Three of my favourite Tank Squad moments so far. Moment 1. I’m advancing towards a seemingly neutralised Soviet position in a lone Panzer IV. There’s an HE round up the spout in case of unpleasant surprises. A short distance from the position, my tank turns a corner and comes face to face with a lurking 76mm AT gun. The ZiS strikes first, disabling my turret and main gun. When I discover the coax MG is also kaput, I realise I’ve got two options, neither of which are particularly attractive.
This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a whizz at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not lend a hand.