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Well met Nightfox,

 The Codex of Ultimate Wisdom caught GM Enierga writing:
: >what's wrong with Strike Commander??  'twas one of the best games ever 
: >done by anyone!  and 'twas completely bug-free!
: 	We are talking about the FLOPPY version.  Are you going to tell me that
: THAT version did not have its problems?

aye, *ABSOLUTELY* :)  I had *NO* problems with the floppy version 
whatsoever..  as in an earlier thread, I played *both* the disk and CD 
versions and both had no problems.

: >what's wrong with Privateer?  admitedly it isn't in the same league as 
: >Wing Commander, but what's so wrong with it?
: 	Story, 1D characters, some of the combat options (eg no turret-control),
: failure to fulfill some roles (like playing a pirate)... those were the major
: ones anyway.  Oh, the speech pack wasn't up to standard - again.

I agree with most of these, but the way thou put it, thou makest it sound 
like "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" or something :)  aye, Origin doesn't 
always put out top notch stories/gameplay (Knights of Legend comes to 
mind - the combat sequences were simply ludicruous in terms of the length 
of time needed to resolve them), but their amount of hits more than make up 
for their lapses..

: >I still believe in them... I suspect a lot of people here are willing to 
: >believe what is posted on the net rather than trying it out themselves.  
: >I haven't played Armada or Pacific Strike yet, and for the latter, 
: >despite the universal (seeming) feeling against it, I *will* still play 
: >it to see for myself :)

: 	Well, I have seen ALL those I have described, hence my opinions upon
                     ^^^^
when thou sayest "seen", I hope thou meanest "played at least half the 
game" :-}  if not, thy opnions are really questionable (see Tom Basham's 
editorial on Internet opinions in an earlier issue of CGW)

: them.  The only reason I criticise something like WC3 even though it has not
: been released is not even a criticism - but just voicing my fears that Origin
: will follow suit with their previous 3-4 products (System Shock is not included
: in that range :-) ).

thou must like SS... I'm waiting for the CD version.. I only play CD 
games as far as possible from now on :)

: 	Yes, I do agree with you to never judge a book by its cover.  So far
: a friend has just got Strike Commander (floppy version) of a bargain bin, and
: I had a look at it.  Only had time to play one mission so far, and all the said
: criticisms that were on the internet seem to ring true - the game CRASHED on his
: computer after about 10 mins.

as above, never happened to me...  note that there was never a Strike 
Commander patch from Origin as far as I know, so these may be isolated 
instances and not consistent ones...

I'm still playing Privateer CD now (will probably do a review for GB), 
and so far, it only crashed twice for unknown reasons, but I've not been 
able to replicate it, so 'tis just one of those isolated oddities..

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