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Article #105436Re: Darkstar One Demo: Not bad, so far
From: DocScorpio
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:13
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:13
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"Shingen" <shingen@aolsuks.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:kjooa211d2h3onltijdiqdr5lvubvfkgqs@4ax.com... > On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:45:00 GMT, "DocScorpio" > <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> wrote: > >> >>You know, I was going to buy it......but then I got sucked into EVE (kind >>of >>like a black hole; no gaming time can escape from it). >> >>We're lucky to get one space-sim a year....and they're by no means A-list >>titles. >> > > Bah! I tried that 14 day Eve trial, but never made it past 3-4 hours > before I uniinstalled it. If there would have been a singleplayer > component to that game, I might've kept with it, but I loath Massive > MP games like that. I game as recreation, not for a full-time > life-style. > > Plus the forced 3rd person flight model was all "point and click" but > I didn't stay with it long enough to figure if there was a 1st person > "cockpit" view. However, the universe seemed interesting, but not > enough to warrant any pay-2-play gaming. I'm going to give it a try for a while. Tho' I'm playing it as a SP game atm (npc mission-running and storylines), I like the overall complexity of the total game.
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