🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <48qktj$p...@Venus.mcs.com>,
   got...@MCS.COM (Igne Natura Renovatur Integra / LET'S FUCKIN' BURN) 
wrote:
>[snip]
>about every time a sound effect is played back. And the sounds themselves
>seem to be low quality, probably 8-bit 11khz. Come on, it's 1995 lets see
>some 16-bit sound. The sound effects are very bad and I am a sound purist
>so if this stuff isn't fixed before the game is released I probably will
>not be buying it. Music, however, sounds VERY good. I'm happy about that. 

I would assume the use of 8-bit 11kHz audio would be to save space.  LOTS
had to be cut from the preview to make it reasonably sized for dl-ing, etc.

>I played the demo dungeon for a few minutes and quickly became bored.

Well, what do you expect considering you've only seen probably 1/500th of
the whole thing?

>The game
>is SLOW (I have a P133 for chirstsakes), the sound sucks, it's buggy, the
>monsters I have seen so far look pretty lame. And if that isn't bad 
enough..

Try tweaking.  It's possible to get good performance; there are lots of
good suggestions for getting it to run well.  As far as lame monsters,
this too is due to LOTS being cut for the preview.  Monster AI would have
made the preview too large.

>after a few minutes of playing, the game promptly crashes on me and I get 
a
>whole bunch of tech garbage about "light sourcing" or something. Bleh. I 
can
>A
>find no redeeming qualities at all in this demo.       

I've had crashes too, but this is again due to this being a hacked up 
version of a huge game at least three months before release.  The point
of having the preview was just that: pre=before and view=see.  You're
getting a (VERY) small sneak peek at what's coming.  It gives you a
basic idea of the 3D/graphics/gameplay/etc and that's it.  Of course
the demo all by itself would be a lousy pointless game.  No one said
it was supposed to be a complete, bug-free, optimized, full-blown CRPG.

>
>Maybe I am the only one with these problems, but I seriously doubt it. If 
I am
>the only one, I apologize... it could be a great game if it wasn't so 
messed
>up. The sound clicks and pops really bug me1!! Argh!!
>
>
>-Aaron

Yes, it could be a great game.  And I think it WILL be.  Now let's let
Bethseda get back to work.  :)

Charlie Hills
hil...@phibred.com or 7400...@compuserve.com
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