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szu...@infi.net (Chris Szurgot) writes:
>In article <391gii$h...@cascade.pnw.net>, har...@pnw.net (Eric Harding) wrote:
>> IF anyone here thinks Origin/EA is gonna allow the former depth that 
>> existed in Origin games to continue in their new PC/3DO videowares, 
>> you're mistaken.   Armada has lousy gameplay, U8 is just plain bad, and 
>> Privateer wasn't that good.     WCIII is not going to be much more than a 
>> movie, with combat sequences ran by a bad combat engine, if it's anything 
>> like the one in Armada.

>I think this is the most unfounded statement I have ever heard... While I
>can't comment on the Armada/Privateer, I know that although U8 had an
>arcade engine, it still had a very rich and detailed world...

	Erm... I am not sure on your views; It does make a whole lot of sense
what Eric wrote: how many GOOD games has Origin made after EA overtook it?
And don't tell me it DIDN'T.  EA owns Origin in everything but its name, I
think.  As for U8... it might be a rich and detailed world, but so is the
Privateer world.  Unfortunately the game is just plain bad.
	If what Eric said DOES turn out to be true, that WC3 is going to be
a glorified shootem'up without the depth that WC and WCII had, then it WILL
spell the end of Origin, based on their current track record.  I for one, who
am so fanatical regarding the WC games and was so disappointed with Armada
and Academy, will not buy the game if it does turn out so bad.  Video clips
do not make a game for me; the game play does.  On the other hand if WC3 IS
the game most are expecting to be, then I will buy a CD-ROM, finally.
	And I do not think I am the only one in this world who thinks along
these same lines.  I guess one could describe it as "crunch-time" for Origin.


>And System Shock, Origin's most recent game is probably the best Single
>Person RPG I have seen... Interact with the entire enviroment, Runs great on
>my 486/33 w 8Meg.

	Nope - totally wrong.  It is not an Origin game, it is a LOOKING-GLASS
TECHNOLOGIES game.  It just so happens that they work for Origin which in turn
works for EA.
	Think about it: the "not" L.G.Tech. people brought out BAD games like
PS, Privateer, etc.  The L.G.T. people brought out SS.  Mere coincidense? ;-)

						- Falcon


>Origin may just be experiencing growing pains, but don't discount them
>just yet...