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th...@aloha.cc.columbia.edu (Tom  Hong) writes:
>In article <39kjm6$9...@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au>,
>GM Enierga <gme...@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au> wrote:
>>	Oh come on.  How many times has Origin let us down?  Strike Commander,
>>Privateer, WC-Armada, PACIFIC STRIKE... based on that track record, and
>>especially
>>considering that 3 out of those 4 have been Origin in-house's latest releases
>>... need I say more?  Though you are correct in never judging a book by its
>>cover, can you honestly believe Origin's hype anymore?

>	That's your own opinion.

	Yes it is.  I never pretended otherwise.


>There are a lot of people out there who
>enjoyed those games.  One has to give Origin credit for bringing out something
>like Strike Commander.  It broke new ground when it came to graphics engines,
>the first of its kind.

	Granted - the graphics engine WAS good.  But do not pretend it did not
have its problems.  Since they fixed it all with the CD release, this point has
now become moot.


>I find that Privateer draws one into the storyline,
>like a good short story.

	Then if you consider THAT a good story, I suggest you look into Space
Rogue or the WC series.  Excellent storytelling if I ever saw one, a standard
which Privateer did not reach - I'm sorry.


>It is in no way a letdown, IMO.  Armada is a sort
>of preview for WCIII with H2H and one should not expect more than that.  I
>would not consider those three titles letdowns.

	I DID expect more than that.  I was looking forward to the strategy
element much more than H2H.


>	Pacific Strike is indeed a piece of crap, but not the others IMO.

	By the way, if you have not got the patch for that and have not sold
your copy elsewhere, I suggest you do; it fixes a lot of problems.  For me it
did not fix enough though to make me want to buy it.


>They were everything I expected.  In my book, Origin has delivered more
>than 75% of the time, which is much more than I can say about a lot of other
>companies.
>TRH Sends

	First of all, up until U7 this record was so much closer to 100%. But
our books simply do not match, so there's no point for further debate.  Some
people like meat, others like potatoes, and some like both while others like
none of the above.
	It's what makes the world go round. ;-)

						- Falcon