🚀 go-pugleaf

khan...@nova.gmi.edu (Mohammad Razi Khan) writes:

>j...@tardis.trl.OZ.AU (Jacques Guy) writes:

>>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.
>Hmmm I didn't play it much, a friend brought it and I tried of a couple of
>days..  I thought the interface was kind of wierd, though I liked the story.

Thanks for all those who have replied. I guess I'll steer clear from the game,
at least until it hits pocketmoney level (ie. $10 or something like that).
Guess for now, I'll go and look at something else. I saw planets edge, I'll
ask about that.


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