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We can always dream... (drea...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: In <42fd2h$1...@utaipx02.uta.edu> JBB...@utarlg.uta.edu (Jay B
: Biggerstaff) writes: 
: >


: CRAP DELETED!!!!

  Thanks, but I'll try not to delete your CRAP.  I'll respond instead.

: You know, I've heard more people bitch about how bad software companies
: are and how we should boycott this and boycott that and how they need
: to put out better products.  I'm getting quite sick of it!

Obviously, you haven't played a Sierra game recently.  I suppose if someone
spoonfed you some more crap, you'd eat it instead of complain.  Bon Appetit. 

: There is a very simple way to keep from wasting money on games that you
: don't like or ones that were different from what you thought.  Do what
: I do:  watch the newsgroups read what people say about the games and
: then decide from the praises or complaints if you want to buy it.  I've
: done this with several games:  NBA Live (when people started saying it
: was too easy, I decided I'd skip it), Tony Larussa 3 (first thing
: people complained about was the slow gameplay on normal machines, ie
: 486DX2-66.  I even went a step further and went to Egghead to try it
: out.  The complaints were warranted!), FPS Baseball '95 (many hours to
: simulate a weeks worth of games is ridiculous!),  MechWarrior2 (this
: one was so hyped up, there was no way I was going to buy it the first
: day.  Sure enough, people are complaining about the need for patches).

First of all, this just shows how wrong your theory is.  MW2 is a great game.
NBA LIVE 95 is a great basketball game for the PC.  As for the others, they
might stink, but according to a majority of the newsgroups & what you stated
above, only 50% of your little "follow the newsgroups" theory is correct. As
a result, you're missing out on 2 good games.  All I've seen about
Phantasmagoria is that it is too simplistic and more movie that gameplay.Had
I not already traded OUtpost in for it last year, I wouldn't have bought the
damn thing.  Sierra shipped it to me & I will more than likely ship it back.
I'm using the newsgroup to let them & others know why.If you don't like it,
then you can hit your little SKIP button.

: The list goes on and on!  There are enough people out there who buy
: games when they are released and are nice enough to post reviews on the
: games to make an intelligent decision on whether others should buy. 

How do you know that I'm not one of these people?  In other words, anyone
buying this game and playing it could make the same assessment that I have.
Yet, you're sick and tired of what negative things people have to say.  Do 
you think I should scan the newsgroups until I find one good review and then
run out and buy the game?  That's what your practically saying in your second
paragraph. I have just as much right to post why I dislike the game and the
quality of games from ANY company just as much as the reviewers do. 


: Another way to test the games is to go to a place that lets you try
: them out first (Egghead does in my area) and play around with it for a
: while.  Check the playability.  Check the utilities.  Shit, check
: everything humanly possible.  We're talking about $50+ here!  That's
: quite an investment when you purchase several games a year!

Yeah....I'll run right out to my local library or Blockbuster video & try it
out.  Not everyone has an Egghead in their backyard dude.


: So, quit your bitching about boycotting companies for crappy products. 
: There will always be games out there that are hyped up by them that you
: don't like and that aren't up to your expectations.  Instead of getting
: mad about it, check the games out first and then make an INTELLIGENT
: decision on whether the game is good for you!

Quit my bitching?  If more people bitched, complained, and boycotted then it
would seriously get the attention of these companies.  Out of all the 1995
releases, I bet you couldn't name more than a few games that were actually
decent releases this year.  Heck....using your little method, you've probably
missed half of the good releases.  So, until these "well respected" companies
live upto their original standards and the standards the consumers request of
them, I'll keep assessing and expressing my satisfaction and dissatisfaction
toward them whether you like it or not.I suggest others do the same and maybe
someday these companies will listen instead of letting it go in one ear & out
the other.


: My $.02.

Here's your change: $.02

: Later,

: DreamerZ
 
Now wake up and goto sleep.