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Article #715386Re: Anybody playing Solium Infernum yet?
From: Zank Frappa
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:44
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:44
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Tim Skirvin wrote: > Zank Frappa <email@mail.com> writes: > >> SI has been getting very good user reviews but the overall theme >> doesn't really appeal to me and with that price tag I think I'll pass >> again. > > I haven't played it yet, but it sure seems tempting based on > this series of play reports: > > http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/01/13/gameboys-from-hell-soliu > m-infernum-part-1/ > http://hentzau.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/turns-1-10/ > http://poisonedsponge.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/to-reign-in-hell-par > t-one/ > > They're up to turns 30-40 now. Fun stuff. Thanks for the links, I love reading a good AAR and almost always end up buying the game because of it. But this game is leaving me a bit cold, and from what I can tell the mechanics of play have changed considerably since AE - like the RPG aspects of the game now being more much pronounced, for instance. I just wish he would pay a real programmer and make his games using a language other than Director, for chrissake - as it is his game designing talents are being wasted AFAIC. Even Java would be a step up.
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