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Re: DXX REBIRTH vs D2 XL

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From: Wesley
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 02:17
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"karx11erx" <karx11erx@googlemail.com> wrote in message 
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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. ;)

Sounds very good :)

I'm very busy unable to play games for long time :(

When I'm ready no doubt I will play Descent 2 :)
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