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From: jand... Justin Martin Anderson
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 00:00

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msp...@orion.etsu.edu (Marcus Spears) wrote:

>Marcus Spears (msp...@orion.etsu.edu) wrote:
>:      Have you even picked up an issue after the issue where they gave 
>: Outpost a 90% rating?  If you haven't picked up one of their last two or 
>: three issues, you're in no position to bitch about it.  IMO, they've 
>: improved a LOT over the last few months.
>
>     I don't normally follow up one of my own postings, but something I 
>thought I should mention: Didn't most of the major computer game 
>magazines give Outpost a really high rating?  I remember reading 
>somewhere that CGW gave Outpost 5 stars!  (If I'm wrong, feel free to 
>correct me.)
>

Actually, Outpost came out well before CGW started using its star
rating system.  But they ripped it in their review.  Trust me, nobody
bought the game on the strength of that particular review....  Now,
they did give a glowing *preview* of the game, with the normal
disclaimer that "this game is still under development" blah blah blah.

Justin

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