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Article #1832Re: (don't) check out Terminator : The Future Shock
From: cyb... Terminator
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 00:00
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Vor...@vortex.snafu.de (Volkmar Mai) wrote:
>Smoke Crack and Worship Satan wrote:
>> In article <4cjobf$i...@cloud9.net>, hra...@cloud9.net wrote:
>> >
>> > Maerd (ma...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>> > :
>> > : What's the big deal? How about these points:
>> > : - The game play sucks. The enemy shootouts are not even as fun
>> > : as they are in Doom2.
>> > : - The movement is hokey. As you navigate around in the corridors
>> > : you are always getting stuck or tripped up on unimportant
>> > : protrusions.
>> > : - Moreover, why does it change my position when I turn
>> > : left or right? Example: Standing on a narrow catwalk and simply
>> > : turning in place causes you to move so much you fall off. Is the
>> > : movement really this bad?
>> > : - Finally, this 3D engine you are praising: Is this really any big
>> > : improvement in technology over something like descent? Didn't
>> > : seem so impressive.
>> >
>> > I agree. While the game it nice, it is not revolutionary in the least.
>> > My biggest complaint is the shoddy artwork on the texture maps. Nothing
>> > special, just yet another 3d-shoot 'em up.
>>
>> You haven't played T:FS until you've made it into the warehouse level,
>> though. And walking through the brewery with the huge brewing vats around
>> you. It's very immersive. Worth checking out. And don't just fuck around
>> with it for 10 minutes and call it crap-- play through at least two levels.
>> Some of the levels are quite cool, with a ton of 3D objects everywhere.
>Hi!
>Don't you guys forget about the main "mistake" in T:FS there is?
>As far as I know, TERMINATOR: FUTURE SHOCK DOESN'T HAVE ANY F*CKING
>MULTIPLAYER/NETWORK ABILITIES!!!
>That's why I didn't buy Dark Forces, that's why I won't buy T:FS.
>Single play is boring once you ever played 2-? player games.
>Bye,
> Vortex
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True but T:FS made my life less boring in waiting for Duke Nukem 3d.
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