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Re: Top Ten Games which take eternity to make

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From: Glenn Doiron
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:00
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CMB <cl...@ans.com.au> wrote in message news:7uskn3$q2f$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <3813e104...@nntp.alaska.net>,
>   sla...@geocities.com (Slash) wrote:
> > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 16:06:07 +1000, Simon Summerfield
> > <sim...@asis.unimelb.edu.au> scribbled:
> >
> > >Brian wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Where's Grimoire?
> > >>
> > >> I remembered that someone (Mark Asher??) said that the game will
> be released
> > >> when the sun becomes a cold, tiny spot. : P
> > >
> > >How cynical!!!!!
> > >
> > >The game is already completely finished and has been for years.
> > >Cleve is withholding it until Wizardry 8 is released. He wants to
> > >destroy Sir-Tech, so there is no point in releasing the game now.
> > >If he did that, everyone would have finished it and be ready for
> > >something else and buy Wizardry 8 when it does come out.
> > >He waiting to release it in direct competition to Wiz8  8-)
> > >Simon.
> >
> > Uh....if this is true, it might not be the greatest idea. I know of no
> > fellow RPGers who would buy Grimoire over Wiz 8 if they were to be
> > released simultaneously, and if they could afford only one game. :)
> >
> > If it's not true, then "heh."
> >
> > -Slash
>
> Wizardry 7 outsold Ultima Underworld in 1992 by a margin of two-to-one
> in almost every market in the world.
>
> Grimoire will garner superb reviews from anyone who plays it and some
> will say, indeed, this is the best roleplaying game ever written. I
> doubt if they same can be said for Wizardry 8, assuming it is ever
> finished.

Yeah, and the Glazed3D is going to kick all the other video card's asses,
too.
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From: "Glenn Doiron" <gwdo...@NOSPAM.home.com>
Subject: Re: Top Ten Games which take eternity to make
Date: 1999/10/24
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