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Re: Top Ten Games which take eternity to make

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From: sla... Slash
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 00:00
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On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 16:06:07 +1000, Simon Summerfield
<sim...@asis.unimelb.edu.au> scribbled:

>Brian wrote:
>> 
>> Where's Grimoire?
>> 
>> I remembered that someone (Mark Asher??) said that the game will be released
>> when the sun becomes a cold, tiny spot. : P
>
>How cynical!!!!!
>
>The game is already completely finished and has been for years.
>Cleve is withholding it until Wizardry 8 is released. He wants to
>destroy Sir-Tech, so there is no point in releasing the game now.
>If he did that, everyone would have finished it and be ready for
>something else and buy Wizardry 8 when it does come out.
>He waiting to release it in direct competition to Wiz8  8-)
>Simon.

Uh....if this is true, it might not be the greatest idea. I know of no
fellow RPGers who would buy Grimoire over Wiz 8 if they were to be
released simultaneously, and if they could afford only one game. :)

If it's not true, then "heh."


-Slash

"In the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded."
  - Terry Pratchett
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From: sla...@geocities.com (Slash)
Subject: Re: Top Ten Games which take eternity to make
Date: 1999/10/22
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