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5 total messages Started by el... Fri, 15 Sep 1995 00:00
Fade 2 Black
#5907
Author: el...
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 00:00
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So...it's out.  Is it any good?

Thanks in advance
el...@telerama.lm.com
Re: Fade 2 Black
#5908
Author: choe... ChoeMstr1
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 00:00
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Tried the demo...Quite exceptional.  Quite interesting...The Demo speaks
for itself.  I'm quite satisfited and can't wait to get my grubby little
paws on it...

CMStr

It's like butter....mmmm butter.
Re: Fade 2 Black
#5909
Author: rw... Russell Webb
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 00:00
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In article <43dk54$s...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
ChoeMstr1 <choe...@aol.com> wrote:
>Tried the demo...Quite exceptional.  Quite interesting...The Demo speaks
>for itself.  I'm quite satisfited and can't wait to get my grubby little
>paws on it...

Personally, I wasn't terribly impressed with the demo, but I'm greatly 
enjoying the actual game.  After dying so quickly time after time on the demo 
I ended up frustrated, and I found it a bit choppy on a P90/24MB even at
320x400.  The game, however, is a lot less frustrating for me than the demo 
that was on a recent PC Gamer demo CD and the frame rate seems smoother.
However, I'm running Windows 95 instead of DOS now, so maybe my perspective
of a speedy frame rate is screwy now :)

I had been annoyed by the right-alt, -shift, and -control scheme, but it
doesn't seem too unwieldy after serveral hours of play.  The plot behind the
game is pretty good for an action game, and the voice acting and cinematic
sequences are well done.  Some bits of the game seem too Terminator-like
(you meet up with a fellow escaping prisoner, John O'Connor, and later 
with his friend, a resistance leader named Sarah), but I've seen much worse.

DSI definitely devoted attention to detail.  While wandering around near
the exit of New Alcatraz prison after clearing most of the levels, I found 
a region with exposed windows to the lunar surface.  "Would it breach the
atmosphere of the complex if I shot at the windows?"  Of course.  Three
pistol shots later I was sucking vaccuum!

I was a bit hesitant to get the game but so far I'm finding it very absorbing,
fast-paced, cinematic, and very deadly.

--
Russell Webb
rw...@panix.com
Re: Fade 2 Black
#5910
Author: dunk... Alan V Dunkin
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 00:00
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Russell Webb (rw...@panix.com) wrote:
> I had been annoyed by the right-alt, -shift, and -control scheme, but it
> doesn't seem too unwieldy after serveral hours of play.  The plot behind the
> game is pretty good for an action game, and the voice acting and cinematic
> sequences are well done.  Some bits of the game seem too Terminator-like
> (you meet up with a fellow escaping prisoner, John O'Connor, and later 
> with his friend, a resistance leader named Sarah), but I've seen much worse.

Yah this is really annoying, but hey, maybe it's some sort of inside joke.

Oh, and it's barely playable on a 486/33 ... it runs ok, just a little choppy
at times, but I've only played the first level.

--
Alan Dunkin (dunk...@utdallas.edu or adu...@nyx.cs.du.edu)
Confirmed Kill info, gaming news, FAQs, observations, and card gaming.
StrategyNet ... http://wwwpub.utdallas.edu/~dunk1888/index.html
Re: Fade 2 Black
#5911
Author: sup... Origin Technical Support
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 00:00
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rw...@panix.com (Russell Webb) wrote:

>In article <43dk54$s...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
>ChoeMstr1 <choe...@aol.com> wrote:
>>Tried the demo...Quite exceptional.  Quite interesting...The Demo speaks
>>for itself.  I'm quite satisfited and can't wait to get my grubby little
>>paws on it...

>Personally, I wasn't terribly impressed with the demo, but I'm greatly 
>enjoying the actual game.  After dying so quickly time after time on the demo 
>I ended up frustrated, and I found it a bit choppy on a P90/24MB even at
>320x400.  The game, however, is a lot less frustrating for me than the demo 
>that was on a recent PC Gamer demo CD and the frame rate seems smoother.
>However, I'm running Windows 95 instead of DOS now, so maybe my perspective
>of a speedy frame rate is screwy now :)

Russell,
	You want to try to turn the frame limiting off and see if that speeds
up the game a bit.   I believe that the key is F8 or F9.   See if that
doesn't help with the speed of the game at all.  :)

Chico
Origin PS
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