🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 19 Dec 1994, Conor Hunt wrote:

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> >PS One complaint about Shock. If Shodan is so all powerful on that 
> >station, why doesn't he disable life support. Hmmm? He'd get rid of
> >his little problem, but then the story would end rather quickly.
> >Oh well. 
> 
> I hate cynics :-) I always wondered why he didn't just jettison one of the 
> groves while you were in it. 
> 
> >I believe in your opinion to a point. Doom definitely plays faster than 
> >Shock on a comparable machine. But Shock is a true RPG while Doom; 
> >well Doom is a glorified video game. Except for finding secret passages 
> >and weapons, Doom doesn't compare to Shock in complexity. 
> >In Shock, you've gotta think about the storyline, read and analyze all
> >data, and use what you've learned to solve puzzles. I'm not a game
> >programmer, but I think System Shock does push the envelope in regards
> >to simulating a "real world" situation
> 
> I really think that Origin's programmers could optimize this a bit more 
> though, maybe they really are pushing the limits but I have a feeling that 
> programmers for big companies are being rushed. A game has to be released as 
> quickly as possible (However many delays there are!) and perhaps now there is 
> less time for optimization?  
> 	I can't wait to see how Quake runs on your average 486 I have a feeling that 
> this will not be anywhere near full speed. System shock cannot be compared to 
> Doom as you say. I much prefer System Shock's style it has much more depth to 
> it and of course I am a sucker for any sort of Cyberpunk theme. 
> 
> <ono/-
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> /* Hey have YOU finished System Shock yet ? */
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I just thought I'd reenter this discussion to clear some things up.  
I was not in any way trying to knock System Shock.  Although I have not 
tried the real version, I played the demo and it ran pretty decent on my 
486/33 SX with 8 Megabytes of ram.  I was simply stating the point that, 
in general, Origin games need a very fast processor to run them.  
Although it seems that part of the reason for this is that they are 
"pushing the limit", I feel that they could make their games run on 
slower machines.  Is it laziness?  Do they REALLY take the time to try 
and make their games playable for anyone?  It doesn't seem like it.  I 
used Doom in comparison with SS because ID has given me every reason to 
beleive that they do.  I would just like to see some of that from Origin.

						Ken
						kwo...@umbc8.umbc.edu

I just can't wait to play Ultima 9.......in about 4 or 5 years when I can 
afford that supercomputer.