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On Mon, 04 May 1998 06:51:43 GMT, typ...@pacbellDIESPAM.net (Typhoon) wrote:

>"Krud" <au...@nospam.mindspring.com> spoke thusly:
>
>>I like it, but it's a little too hard.  The sectoid ships are too fast.  I
>>imagine once I get better weapons it won't be as difficult.  A better OFF-HUD
>>indicator would help.
>
>X-Com Interceptor seems to have great potential. But I also found it
>WAY TOO hard. Those sectoid ships are so fast, I'm finding myself
>chasing the visual indicator on my HUD more than chasing an actual
>visual target. I could only finish the demo mission (on the lowest
>difficulty) after employing two wingmen and losing both.
>
>Now this isn't a complaint about the flight engine or AI, but the
>enemy ships are just way too powerful and fast. Picture chasing a TIE
>Defender with a Y-Wing and you'll see what I mean.

I finally downloaded and played it yesterday and I agree, it's way too fast. At
least you killed one. I don't think I even made a difference <g>


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