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The Eikenberrys wrote:
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> In article <NEWTNews.859291...@neo.lrun.com>,
>    Ky...@708644668.neo.lrun.com wrote:
> >
> >In Article<33377A...@tpgi.com.au>, <lro...@tpgi.com.au> writes:
> >> Path:
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> >> From: Leslie Rooney <lro...@tpgi.com.au>
> >> Newsgroups:
> comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,alt.games.redalert,alt.games.command-n-conq
> >> Subject: Re: RA PATCH NEWS [Re: RA update (fwd)]
> >> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 17:10:06 +1000
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> >>
> >> Eric Adams wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Why buy an expasion disk when there are tons of missions to download on
> the
> >> > net?
> >> I would buy an expensive disc coz:
> >>
> >> 1)   it takes too long to download off the net, 100 files probably no
> >> less that a couple of hours.
> >> 2)   It's made by Westwood, and if we support them, they support us.
> >> 3)   It's not only new maps, it's new units, new weapons, and more
> >> surprises that we don't even know about, probably more music         too.
> >> 4)   The box looks good in with the rest of the Westwood stuff.
> >> 5)   It's worth it for only around $40.
> >>
> >> There. That is 5 reasons, thankyou, and try to support Westwood if you
> >> want them to make more good games.
> >>
> >> If you do not want to support Westwood, then they will go poor, and will
> >> stop making good games, then what'll happen? we'll be stuck with games
> >> that are dull and boring, have crap graphics, and an impossible game
> >> engine...what would you prefer?
> >>
> >> Leslie.
> >
> >
> >Ok first I would like to state that Red Alert is very poorly writen.
> >The game loads and runs so slow.
> Ahem. what computer are you using? 486? My friend has a p75 with 8MB of ram
> and it runs prefect through Win95.
> >Warcraft runs better overall, and
> >much better online and it was made how many years earlier?
> Umm, 1.
> >What I mean is Westwood is just out to make a date and not a
> >quality program.  Why does Blizzards battle net have over 7000 people
> >on it with no lag
> no lag..... maybe for you. I've heard horror stories of lag on there that
> surpasses quake!
> >and Wchat has a shit load of lag with 400.
> >I tell ya programming and lack of good beta testing.
> >No points make this game good or a crappy expansion that includes things
> >that should ahve been in the origonal version.  They just want
> >more money.
> Oh gee. Like BLizzard doesn't. "Oh gee, let's make a kick-ass game, then sell
> it for free! Yeah, we'll stay in buisiness for a loong time now!"
> >I think the game its self is very poor and heavly biased toward
> >the russian side.
> Russians can't win without tanks. If there's water, and you know how to play
> right with the allies, it turns out to be very balanced.
> >Which makes multiplayer suck.  I am not just
> >a bitcher, I have been up to 400 on cases ladder out of 4000 people so
> >i am good at the game,
> Right. You probably tank rushed em all. And how did you get to 400 if you
> didn't like the game? If you don't like it, why did you play it for so long?
> >but am very dissapointed with some aspects of it.
> Yeah, well, I'm dissapointed with a lot of things in Warcraft2, and life in
> general. Nothing's perfect.
> >I think DARK REIGN is going to blow every multiplayer strategy game off the
> >NET!  Check out some of the info on it.  All and all some companies like
> >Westwood just write crap (and put more time into the stupid movies and setup
> >than the actual game) ie serria and others.  I don't plan to ever buy another
> >westwood product considering the few i have now all suck compared to the 10
> >other games i have.  The question I ask is WHY WHY WHY?
> Because you most likely just buy a game, find cheats on the net right aay,
> beat the game, then throw it away. Only with red alert, there weren't any
> cheats, so you just gave up on it.
> Dumbass.
> Lordfly
I think that Lordfly is right on the mark. Westwood makes quality
products and is fast if you don't have a dick size computer, mine runs
fine.