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Re: Doom is DEAD

#64
From: hard... Hardball
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 1994 05:42
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: I dont think so. I must say that doom is still the best so called
: doom-like game, but it lacked depth of game, which UFO surely
: offers. Most of adult people dont antwant just another mindless shoot-
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: em-up game. I think that DOOM shares will start heavily rise, but
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: thats for (I mean doom II) it nneeds some deeper gameplay, not only
: if-it-moves, shoot it. I myself expect the whole world, where r

	If the above highlighted part is true, then WHY is the projected 
earnings of the folks at id expected to be $8 million dollars from DOOM, 
in the first year alone?  And WHY are so many systems wanting to have DOOM 
ported to their platforms?  Sega, Atari, Windows, OS/2, you name it, they 
want it.
	Any game can simulate action to a far better degree than it can 
simulate intelligence.  I don't play a game to act out a story.  If I 
wanted to act out a story I'd read a book.
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Subject: Re: Doom is DEAD
Date: 24 Jul 1994 05:42:37 GMT
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