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Re: UC ships to retailers at $19.99

#99400
From: Bill Huffman
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 06:28
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"Shingen" <Shingen@aolsukd.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:n6bb20hrd19rs9pmeglkg9t4a9gu8nl66c@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 01:23:54 GMT, "Bill Huffman"
> <bhuffma1@REMOVE-THISsan.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"C Dobbels" <charles_d16@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:7518c2e1.0402070707.28c7c241@posting.google.com...
> >> "turk" <turk96@_*&^%#^&cast.net> wrote in message
> >news:<_FFUb.183323$Rc4.1370420@attbi_s54>...
> >> > Let the celebrations begin...Judge ruled that UC can ship at $19.99.
> >> >
> >> > http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/universalcombat/news_6087551.html
> >> >
> >> > Now where's the first review...
> >> >
> >> > turk
> >>
> >> http://www.homelanfed.com/index.php?id=20331
> >> Final Score: 89 percent
> >>
> >> How it was done I have no idea. He said he wasn't sending out review
copies.
> >> I seem to remember HomeLandFed was a fanboy site.
> >
> >He didn't send out early versions of the game in copies. Once it went gold,
he
> >said that he sent out review copies.
> >
>
> Well I just got my copy of UC and it's most certainly NOT a "value
> product." Hell, the manual alone is worth $20.00. Key-card/map is
> excellent, and the box art-work is killer.
>
> I'm going to have to figure some way to convince the ol' lady that a
> new vid card is in the budget, because this damn game won't run on my
> gforce2 card!
>
> Anyway, most "value products" I've ever bought were either several
> years old, or only came in a jewel box with a PDF manual ( or NO
> manual at all ), no key-card/map, no extras AT ALL, and were EXTREMELY
> limited on gameplay! ( yeah, I know you all think BC has no gameplay
> value, but I disagree )
>
> Don't get me wrong, I can't complain on the price, nor can I comment
> on the game at present. From what I've read, UC is a re-hashed,
> updated version of BC3K, but it's still NOT a "value product" by any
> stretch of the imagination.
>
> Opinion may and will vary. =P

I respect your and Br d's opinion of the game. It just sounds horribly boring to
me and the time that I played the free version for a couple hours (okay most of
that time was trying to get the damn thing installed) it was far more like work
than fun. Being a software engineer, reading technical manuals and struggling
with bugs is gosh darn work, not my idea of hobby fun! As you said,

Opinion may and will vary. =P
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