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On Fri, 29 May 1998 06:58:41 -0400, "Krud" <au...@nospam.mindspring.com> wrote:

>jay...@imaginestudios.com wrote in message
><6khmd5$vck$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>>
>>What? Not enough market speak to grab your interest and get you to give it a
>>try? Well I'm just one of the programmer types and not a marketeer, but I can
>>tell you it's nifty features I guess.
>>
>>I'd have to say that the combat is definately the best and the most unique
>>feature of the game.
>
>
>Unfortunately you all didn't fix the joystick calibration problem.  I couldn't
>play either of the betas because of it and now I can't play the demo.
>Graphics are mediocre at best.  Sound effects totally suck.  Can't comment on
>the gameplay, because I CAN"T PLAY IT.  The game may have been something if it
>had come out two years ago but at this point it's not in the same league with
>other current space combat sims.    My advice to anyone thinking about Ares
>Rising is to save your time and download the Descent Freespace demo instead.
>
>-Krud

I have to agree with Krud. I did the download 'cause 16MB is nothing with a
cable modem (eat yer heart out Krud!). 

I only check out the 'competition' to see how much of the 'same ol' stuff'
continues to exist when my BC3K franchise continues to push the limits of
strategy and other aspects of the genre (shameless plug). Man, Krud, you have
_got_ to see my stuff now. If you're ask nicely <g>, I'll send you a patch
that'll blow your mind - guaranteed!

At any rate, meet the 'competition'. So far, I like Freespace a lot but is only
worthy competition because it's in the same genre. Ares Rising no longer
counts. Makes me think of Renegade and Star Rangers which lends credence to
what you said about it being good 2 years ago. I'm not too excited about
Independence War because I already have I-War and I don't think the 3Dfx patch
won't make a difference to people who have already played it.

[SpaceFest '98]

Ares Rising         	- www.imaginestudios.com
10th Planet         	- www.bethsoft.com
Descent Freespace   	- www.volition-inc.com 
X                   		- www.egosoft.com
Millenium Four      	- www.5dgames.com
Independence War       	- www.particle-systems.com
Terminus            		- www.vvisions.com
Void Pirates       		 - www.voidpirates.com
Out of the void     	- www.gamefx.com
Mankind             	- www.mankind.net


Derek Smart, Ph.D.
Designer/Lead Developer
Battlecruiser:3000AD

"The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further 
than the crowd.  The man who walks alone is likely to find 
himself in places no one has ever been."

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