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Article #89623Re: DXX REBIRTH vs D2 XL
From: karx11erx
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 18:33
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 18:33
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I can tell you why I think D2X-XL is better than D2X-Rebirth: - It has all features the original Descent 2 has, and you can make it look from totally retro to fully filtered with a simple mouseclick - It has a lot more features than the original Descent 2 has - It has a lot optimizations making it run faster than any other Descent 2 version around - It is the most mature and stable Descent 2 derivate around (imo it is even superior to the original game as it fixes that version's bugs) - It's fully configurable in every aspect - Yet you can have it show a simplified interface and hide all the 'expert' options you will hardly ever have to fiddle with - You can play multiplayer games via the UDP/IP protocol, instead of having to use an auxiliary program like KALI - It supports two joysticks and and and Well, my Descent site lists all the fixes and enhancements it contains. D2X-R is way behind D2X-XL. Both programs started from the same D2X version, but D2X-XL did so 1 1/2 year before D2X-R. Go figure. ;)
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