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Article #104871Re: Has the sci-fi genre completely died?
From: John Doe
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:40
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:40
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"justin credible" <highpurity@gmail.com> wrote: > > After reading all the over-rated hype about Galactic Civ 2 and > hoping it would revive > the genre and inspire creative programers but alas,this sim GC > will not impress *experienced* players much imo,it's just another > "civ" type game and certainly not *creative*. When you compare it > to the real classics such as Game of the Year: Starflight > it seems so shallow, unfortunately gaming in this genre has NOT > progressed but actually regressed especially when compared to > classics like Starflight which had actual storylines with > depth.. I see but don't understand why so many people require a story. Seems you could watch a movie instead, movies are fun stories. But that is also how many people treat computer games, always speaking in the past tense. I like replayability. And speaking of science fiction, I'm looking forward to Supreme Commander. But you never know whether it will actually happen or what it will be like until it's published. We shall see.
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