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Article #99438Re: UC ships to retailers at $19.99
From: FLY135
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 14:24
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 14:24
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"FLY135" <fly_135@(hot not not)notmail.com> wrote in message news:zzzVb.18853$GO6.2097@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... > DC rightly saw that UC was simply a niche title that could only appeal to a > small subset of gamers. DS failed miseralbly to create a compelling title > that draws in the unitiated (to the BCM series) gamer. This game fails in > numerous ways to compete as a modern offering. The printed materials are > it's only redeeming feature as it is only an incremental improvement over > it's predecessor, which have always lagged the gaming world in terms of > "state of the art". Oh I should add that the soundtrack provided is a complete album's (CD for the post vinyl generation) worth of New Age electronica that was well done. Probably not exactly the kind of music that most gamers really like, but if you are a Tangerine Dream fan then you will probably like it.
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