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Article #105472

Re: Darkstar One Demo: Not bad, so far

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From: DocScorpio
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:04
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"Dunny" <paul.dunn4@ntlworld.com> wrote in message 
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> In news:vKbrg.23101$Ap2.12826@trnddc03,
> DocScorpio <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> typed:
>
>> What bothers me most is that you only have one
>> ship.  Not one ship at a time as in FL (which was bad enough), but
>> one ship.....period.  This is a totally weird game-design decision. 
>> Having many ships, even one at a time, is not a novel concept.  It's
>> been around since Elite.
>
> ISTR that Elite only allowed you to fly one ship.
>
> That storyline mentioned (flying your ship looking for the ship that 
> killed your dad) sounds awfully like the Elite story too.
>
> D.
>
I may be confusing it with FE2. 
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