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Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2017?

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From: Xocyll
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:52
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Mike S. <Mik...@nowhere.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the
porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>On Sun, 09 Jul 2017 07:17:09 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>>Didn't the UU games have the best of both worlds? an automap that let
>>you write notes on the map?
>>
>>Xocyll
>
>Yes it did. In truth, Ultima Underworld probably had the best automap
>of any game I have ever played. It just looked the best and functioned
>the best.

Yeah, it looked like they really tried to make it the best they could
and fit in the game setting.   It's those little details so often
overlooked.
Origin really did live up to their tagline of "we create worlds".

>Another game that comes to mind that had a good automap that let you
>write on it was the first Elder Scrolls game.

Been so long since I played Arena I have no memory of the map at all.

Xocyll
-- 
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of 
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
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