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In a previous article, klu...@students.uiuc.edu (Kyle Klukas) says:

>I must disagree with your opinion regarding the the Build Engine.  It is 
>most definately NOT based on the ROTT engine.  ROTT was limited to square 
>walls (like Wolf3D), while the Build Engine is much more flexible, with 
>angled walls and rooms over rooms (a la Dark Forces).  Check out the 
>Witchaven demo (if you have a fast modem - 6+ megs zipped).
>
Witchaven real 3D? Gosh, I never noticed it. I also don't see rooms over
rooms anywhere in the demo. It looked very much like the original DOOM-
engine to me (e.g. with a simulated Z-axis). It's nut by far as smooth
and flexible though. 


>Also, from the screen shots I've seen, Abuse is a side-scroller, not a 
>Doom clone.
>
Isn't it weird how every first-person game is automatically called a
'Doom-clone' though? >:)  It says something about the greatness of 
iD's game.

>As for System Shock - not sure how good the engine is from a technical 
>standpoint, but the game just had too many controlls/mouse actions to be 
>very playable (IMHO, of course - I have the same complaint about Descent, 
>very hard to control without a $100 multi-function joystick or hands that 
>move over the keyboard with the speed of a hyperactive eight-year-old :))
>
Hmm.. I play Descent with a mouse and I never had any probs with it. 
I actually think Descent sucks with a joystick... I blow away any
joystick-player anyway >:)  It's all about coordination between the
left and the right hand, I guess.... and I play bass, so... *grin*

As for System Shock: it's not bad. But since it lacks a network-option 
I found it quite boring after a while. Heck, what is the use of a 
3D-engine if I can't shoot my friends to pieces in it? >:) Dark Forces
never became very popular with me for just the same reason. 

I can't wait till Quake comes out. The network-features must be awesome,
even if only half of what ID claims is true.

Greetz,

RS
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