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We can always dream... (drea...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: In <bastDEI...@netcom.com> ba...@netcom.com (Bast) writes: 
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: >
: >
: >
: >Well, there's a point to made on both sides.  I haven't
: >played Phantasmagoria personally, but certainly I've played
: >enough other games that lacked in the gameplay department
: >to know what the original poster is talking about.  
: >
: >I've worked now for one of the larger development companies
: >for the last few years.  And I think the corporate attitude
: >that results in games like Phant. is unfortunate.  Large
: >game companies, or even small ones for that fact, all want
: >to make a game that sells well.  Now, making a good game is
: >only one way to do that.  Tapping into what's hailed as the
: >"mass market" is another way.  And that's the direction many
: >developers are all running with drool flying from their lips.
: >The "mass market" is currently the golden idol of marketing;
: >tap into that and you've made bucks!
: >
: >What Jay Biggerstaff is recognizing, as he pointed out, is a 
: >developer ignoring long time gamers and designing a game with
: >only a beginner in mind.  But this is just the kind of game
: >that Joe Consumer might buy - being razzled and dazzled but
: >the likes of "full motion video", big name actors, and all
: >the other glitz-without-substance additions you see in today's
: >games.  And if he buys it, then the marketing strategy was
: >successful, which implies yet more thin, simplistic games to
: >come.

Actually, if I buy it and then take it back isn't that the same as not buying
it at all?  If so, all Sierra has done is given me a crappy game to play and
then return when I'm finished(especially if it's short) for a complete refund
if I keep the receipt.  That's how you try before you buy in my area.  Not all
of us are blessed with Eggheads and rental places.  That's for those who can't
afford to buy the game at the moment. My point is that I haven't seen too many
games lately from Sierra that are worth keeping.  How can they be making money
from that?


: >
: >I don't know what he solution is, honestly.  It's either a 
: >case of not being able to please all the people all of the time.
: >Or finding a comfortable balance between the complex and the
: >simple; the deep and the surface.  
: >

>From the majority of people posting on this subject in the newsgroups,it looks
like Sierra hasn't pleased anyone for a while. Maybe that should be taken as a
hint, don't you think?



: >
: >My thoughts.  My feelings.  My 2 cents.
: >

: This has been the only intelligent reply that I have seen to date.

Too easy.

: It was also right on with what I was attempting to say in a round-about
: way.

: Put more simply, if you don't like a game, don't buy it.  The only way
: to know if you'll like it is to try it first, or read the reviews in
: the newsgroups.  Rather than complain about boycotting a company
: because you don't like the game, other avenues should be explored first
: to find out if the game is one you'd like.

Again, this would be a good avenue if 1. I couldn't afford the game, 2. I
had someplace close in my area to check out these games  3. I had 2-3 hours
to check out these games in the store since you can't tell much from playing
them for 10 minutes, and 4. If I wasn't reviewing the game for others.

I'm sure all these reviewers on here wait 2-3 weeks before a game comes out.
I don't think so.  I buy early because I can and because I want to if I think
it's supposed to be a good game or if it was really hyped up. If I don't like
them, I take them back.  My problem is that too many games these days are NOT
worth keeping and I'm not the only one to announce that over the Internet.
Something is wrong with some of these companies.



: For Finality:  GOOD LUCK ON YOUR BOYCOTT!!!!

Good luck on finding a decent game that's worth the money.


: My system works for me.  I haven't "missed" any good releases.  I've
: bought the games that I like and haven't bought any that I wouldn't.  I
: will certainly be buying Front Page Sports Football Pro '96 when it's
: released because it's the BEST football sim on the market.  Geez, it's
: even made by Sierra.  Surprise, Surprise...

No, I said Sierra..not Dynamix.  Everyone who's anyone knows that FPSF was
created by Dynamix before the greedy name change.  What you find FUN is a 
Dynamix game.  Dynamix is excellent and is probably the "kickstand" that;s
holding Sierra up.  In fact, I know it is.