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Article #846Re: Sam&max
From: p... Pete Hartman
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 23:10
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 23:10
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rme...@spinfo.Uni-Koeln.DE (Rainald Menge) writes:
>Yeah, the gags and the story are great!! Even better than DOT, which
>I believe to be the best game ever! But I really hated the interface -
>what do you think about it. It looks like someone took Sierra's icon
>and click interface and made it worse. Sorry the game is not as good
>as DOT - but still nice.
If the interface *worked reliably* it would have been fine. certainly
easier than the usual "guess words" type adventure I was used to
(though to be fair I haven't played PC adventures in years).
I was disappointed that I'd keep getting hung up at points, and had
to take to saving very frequently during certain stages of the game
to prevent problems.
--
Pete Hartman Bradley University p...@bradley.bradley.edu
If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure
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