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Re: Doom is DEAD

#119
From: Justin Pinder
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 16:04
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>From article <30eje6$c...@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, by egg...@physics.ubc.ca (Sebastian Eggert):
> Finally:  Doom is DEAD.
> 
> This weekend the TOP100 games chart, compiled by the readers
> of the internet has declared the strategy game: UFO, Enemy Unknown
> as the highest rated game above Doom.  That means that  the highly
> celebrated "Doom" was the number one for only 28 weeks (compared to
> Civilization which was number one for 44 weeks and is still number 3).
> 
> Soon, Doom will drop even further since it has only a limited
> replay value for most people.  It was a good game, but the best game
> yet? Most people don't think so.
> You may say that it is not fair to compare Doom to a strategy game,
> which is generally more addictive and has much deeper gameplay.
> But Doom has also an advantage:  it is shareware and therefore more
> accessible for voters.

I think that maybe DOOM players are too busy playing DOOM to vote :-)
(Which may not be far from the truth, really!)

Cheers, Justin
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