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"Shingen" <shingen@aolsuks.sbcgloabl.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:38:31 GMT, "Bill Huffman" <bhuffma1@san.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> >It looks like Mr. Smart's created world continues to be a splintered pile
of
> >partially complete and unorganized pieces. A world apart only in its
> >overwhelming mediocrity.
> >
> >Here's some quotes from the half page mini review, PC Gamer, December
2005,
> >page 96.
> >
> >"It'd be easy to laugh away Universal Combat: A World Apart, ... After
all,
> >there's no real game here at all"
> >
> >"The integrated FPS game is so horrible, it can barely shoot itself in
the
> >foot."
> >
> >"lifeless, vacant bits of real estate with zero tourism value"
> >
> >"Of course, nothing's particularly well done."
> >
> >58%
> >
>
> The sad fact of the matter is: Universal Combat: AWA is more shit then
> anything Derek has released yet. Maybe even more shit then the
> original BC3K.
>
> First off, when I bought UC:AWA, I was sent a CD that didn't even
> read! Obviously mass burned on cheap CDs.
>
> Next, I recieved my second CD (without problems I add here), a then we
> get into the whole "activation" bullshit. Only 2 activations per key!
>
> Sure, this MIGHT be industry standard, but with almost ALL BC games,
> uninstalling and reinstalling is fact of life.
>
> Yes, Derek will give you new keys if you ask. Still, it's a major
> hassle.
>
> UC:AWA is still very disappointing. The game isn't even stable. It
> crashes more then the original UC ever did.
>
> The graphics are STILL blocky and clipped. Hell, the entire UC series
> is really nothing but a BCM graphics overhaul, but it doesn't work on
> my kit. Sure, I might be running a 2.4ghz Celeron POS processor, but
> it SHOULD run UC:AWA.
>
> Framerates for UC:AWA are pathetic.
>
> Planetary Ops are still fucked all to hell, and I'm not even going to
> go into all the other things that piss me off...I could be here for
> days!
>
> Yeah..I'm a BC gamer..will always be a BC gamer...but I sure wish
> Derek would release BC open-source...or at least make it moddable!
>
> The answer is self-evident. =P

The sad part of this story is that the original vision that Mr. Smart had
for Battlecruiser is almost universally praised as great. He had problems
executing to that vision primarily (IMHO) because he was inexperienced and
consistently had unrealistic assessments of his own capabilities. He seems
to have lost that vision in his more recent releases. His game continues to
have problems that I believe are primarily rooted in Mr. Smart's own
personality disorder. That is unrealistic assessments of his own
capabilities. Unrealistic assessments of gamers' desires, their wants/needs
and what they think is fun. Inability to accept constructive criticism in
anything associated with himself or his game. Inability to get along with
others.