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Article #290753Re: Top Ten Games which take eternity to make
From: Glenn Doiron
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:00
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CMB <cl...@ans.com.au> wrote in message news:7uskn3$q2f$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > In article <3813e104...@nntp.alaska.net>, > sla...@geocities.com (Slash) wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 16:06:07 +1000, Simon Summerfield > > <sim...@asis.unimelb.edu.au> scribbled: > > > > >Brian wrote: > > >> > > >> Where's Grimoire? > > >> > > >> I remembered that someone (Mark Asher??) said that the game will > be released > > >> when the sun becomes a cold, tiny spot. : P > > > > > >How cynical!!!!! > > > > > >The game is already completely finished and has been for years. > > >Cleve is withholding it until Wizardry 8 is released. He wants to > > >destroy Sir-Tech, so there is no point in releasing the game now. > > >If he did that, everyone would have finished it and be ready for > > >something else and buy Wizardry 8 when it does come out. > > >He waiting to release it in direct competition to Wiz8 8-) > > >Simon. > > > > Uh....if this is true, it might not be the greatest idea. I know of no > > fellow RPGers who would buy Grimoire over Wiz 8 if they were to be > > released simultaneously, and if they could afford only one game. :) > > > > If it's not true, then "heh." > > > > -Slash > > Wizardry 7 outsold Ultima Underworld in 1992 by a margin of two-to-one > in almost every market in the world. > > Grimoire will garner superb reviews from anyone who plays it and some > will say, indeed, this is the best roleplaying game ever written. I > doubt if they same can be said for Wizardry 8, assuming it is ever > finished. Yeah, and the Glazed3D is going to kick all the other video card's asses, too.
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From: "Glenn Doiron" <gwdo...@NOSPAM.home.com> Subject: Re: Top Ten Games which take eternity to make Date: 1999/10/24 Message-ID: <37uQ3.558$cP2.3079@news.rdc1.ct.home.com> X-Deja-AN: 539822927 References: <380C178F.AC402134@calpoly.edu> <7uosit$mc1$1@phxtst22.phx1.aro.allied.com> <380FFECF.794B@asis.unimelb.edu.au> <3813e104.2931446@nntp.alaska.net> <7uskn3$q2f$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Complaints-To: ab...@home.net X-Trace: news.rdc1.ct.home.com 940731967 24.8.96.76 (Sat, 23 Oct 1999 19:26:07 PDT) Organization: @Home Network X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 19:26:07 PDT Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit