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thya...@sol.com.br wrote in article <6dfhhf$ia5$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
> In article <01bd45b9$180e5260$LocalHost@default>,
> > Well this imbecile as you call her is a sucessful businesswoman who
with
> > her husband Ken, have built Sierra up into one of the biggest software
> > companies today. Without her there probably wouldn't be a Sierra,
though
> > that would probably be good news to people like you.
(snip)
 
> >>>>>>>> Which facts? People complaining about Overseer? I can't see why
that
> would make KQ6 a better game and I clearly said why I don't approve her
work.
> And I don't care how much money Sierra makes - if selling big meant
talent,
> the Spice Girls would only find jobs as janitors.
I didn't say that making money was dependant on talent(though it certainly
helps), but that Roberta Williams didn't get where she was today by being
an imbecile. As for the Spice Girls that is your opinion. I personally
can't stand them and think they are overrated, but millions of other people
around the world will probably disgree with this view, and who's to say
their views are anyway inferior to our own.

> I haven't played Overseer yet, but Mrs. Williams could learn a lot about
game        > designing from Under a Killing Moon and Pandora Directive. 
Well again that's your opinion? I can't comment having never played these
games.

> In a recent issue of the British PC Gamer, I read Sierra had "wisely
> chosen" not to emphasise the fact that Mask of Eternity was a King's
Quest
> sequel. Why? "Best avoid prejudices, as this comes from the mind of
Roberta
> 'Phantasmagoria' Williams." Now, if Sierra itself is afraid of gamers
> connecting their new release to King's Quest, something must be wrong.
> 
I agree with you, but not for the reason you give. I think Sierra is trying
to distance the Mask of Eternity from the other KQ's games, mainly because
it thinks everyone now only wants to play 3d action/adventure/real time
games, and thinks old adventure games are old hat(not just old Sierra
games, but most of what is played by this newsgroup), and as such is
misguided in thinking unless they join in they will be finished. Remember
Sierra made it's name as an adventure orientated company, with a few other
game from other genres, but now there is hardly a real adventure game on
the horizon from the company, except GK3, and we are not sure yet what
direction that is going to be.
So if you are really interested in adventures, you should be trying to
support people/companies who have made groundbreaking adventures in the
past, and convince them that it is real adventures you are interested in,
not action feasts or other genres masquarading as them. That is what has
depressed me about the Overseer shambles. Many people who might have bought
this game and can't play this game properly might now decide not to buy
software off Access again or even be put of playing adventures in general.
Remember only a few of us have access to newsgroups or have much knowledge
about computers, and their only support is usually from the shop that sold
them it(which is usually not much at all)

steve...@eclipse.co.uk