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Article #720329Re: A New Old-School RPG
From: Gerry Quinn
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:57
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:57
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In article <52f5af2a$0$52820$742e...@news.sonic.net>, dtr...@sonic.net says... > I played the first game in the series and quickly quit playing it. My > issue wasn't the graphics, it was the design philosophy. I quickly > realized that the whole game was designed such that the player could > only keep playing if they followed a _very_ exact set of steps. If you > went even slightly out of sequence and, say, used one too many torches > too soon, you were f*cked. Didn't search for and find _this_ secret > door before _that_ secret door, you were f*cked. Etc. I never got that far - for me the game was just not compelling (and I'm a big Spiderweb fan). Could care less what the resolution is - 1024 x 768 is just fine for me. But the gameplay has to be right. - Gerry Quinn
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