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Re: Spelljammer. Any good?

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From: j... Jacques Guy
Date: Sat, 22 May 1993 06:40
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Malcolm...@mindlink.bc.ca (Malcolm Mackay) writes:

>> Andrew Morrissey writes:
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>> Theres an AD&D game in my local shop called Spelljammer. It was on special.
>> It looked pretty good, but I want to be sure it is good before I buy it.
>>

>It's awful. I bought it, played it for about 3-4 hours and gave up.

It's worse than awful. The interface is completely screwed up. Combat
is a tediously long affair, with endless clicking here and there
for the simplest moves. And, as an added bonus, when you have the 
upper hand and the enemy offers to surrender, and you accept the offer...
guess what? Either the games crashes, or loads your last saved game!

Unbelievable bad, right down there with "Plan 9 from Outer Space" 
(the movie). Compared with it good old Pool of Radiance is tops:
wonderful interface, terrific combat rules, exciting story.

And I sign: a very, very, very pissed-off gamer.   
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