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Re: Negative review of Diablo by Gamecenter!

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From: Craig Fletcher
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 00:00
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The review I read there was highly positive.  But the initial link you gave
here didnt work so maybe the took off that reveiw and put in a nicer one? 
They did mention some drawbacks of the game but thats what reveiwers are
supposed to do for even the best of games.

Gordon K Wilson <gkwi...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<32F8F3...@ix.netcom.com>...
> For any of you who are interested, a negative review of Diablo can
> be found at http://www.gamecenter.com/Xperts/GamerX/013097. Check it
> out. I would like to take this opportunity to answer some of the
> question posed by GamerX in his review.
> 
> 1. Q: One- to four-player multiplayer play?
> 
> A: Yes.
> 
> 2. Q: That's it?
> 
> A: Yes.
> 
> 3. Q: And you can't play it over the Internet unless you use battle.net?
> 
> A: Correct. Be happy you can play it over the Internet at all. It
> (battle.net) is free. Quit bitching.
> 
> 4. Q: Making matters worse, spawned versions and the CD version can't
> see each other.
> 
> A: So? Who says they should? Where on the Diablo packaging is the word
> "spawn" or "spawning" even mentioned? Good luck trying to find it
> because it isn't there.
> 
> 5. Q: And what's up with battle.net allowing only one- to four-player
> contests? I was expecting something meatier, more in line with Meridian
> 59 or TEN's Dark Sun world.
> 
> A: If you were expecting something more then you obviously didn't check
> out the free demo that has been in circulation for about 5 months now.
> You also must have never checked the battle.net forums
> (http://www.battle.net) where the capabilities and the limitations of
> the game are discussed openly and often. Also, Meridian 59 and Dark Sun
> are pay for play services. Battle.net is free. To compare the two is not
> really fair or objective. Also, the play that takes place once players
> join a game from battle.net is peer to peer. The game is not played on
> the battle.net server. I doubt you could get more than four people in a
> game with the lag becoming unbearable. Blizzard realized this as well
> and limited the amount of players to four in a multiplayer contest.
> 
>      Thanks. I feel better now. ;)
> 
> 
> Gordon Wilson
> gkwi...@ix.netcom.com
> IronWill on battle.net and KALI
> 
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Subject: Re: Negative review of Diablo by Gamecenter!
Date: 1997/02/06
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