JLIf you don't play an RPG or adventure game to finish it, why do you play
JLit?
CEFBecause playing it is *fun*? Yes, to beat it is one reason, in the
sense
CEFthat we buy games expecting to eventually finish them, and not to keep
CEFplaying them forever. But do you go into a store and grab a
Jim Leonard wrote:
So, okay, so give me some examples of worse ones then.
Eye of the Beholder. When you win the game, you get a single page of
text, then the DOS prompt. Talk about a letdown! And the really sucky
thing is, they had a whole animation (as good as the intro animation)
that
Although I'd love to see a different ending (and I've seen worse ones),
the
game is very good, and it represents a very important moment in the
history
of Computer Role-Playing Games!
I would agree. The merit of a game is not whether the ending is any good
(though it's a bonus if it is), but
Pedro Quaresma wrote:
Oh, oh, hold it, hold it, hold it right there!
Why? Are great games allowed to have horrible payoffs that are completely not
in the spirit of the rest of the game?
Although I'd love to see a different ending (and I've seen worse ones), the
game is very good, and it
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
Jim Leonard boldly stated:
When you say game-related, does that mean PC games or consoles, too?
Anything that has historical interest. Modern consoles, probably not.
But anything pre-PlayStation era, sure! Why, what do you have in mind?
Well I've amassed a
Karl Kuras wrote:
I'm not. CyberMania '94 has that honor. B-) LGoP2 is my personal low,
though, considering the time and enjoyment I got out of it for the price I
paid. (To me, bad budget titles don't hit as hard as bad $44.95 games.)
So, okay, so give me some examples of worse
Jim Leonard boldly stated:
Lemmings came out for C64?
Didn't Lemmings come out for almost every platform available at the
time?
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Pedro Quaresma wrote:
No, but the fact that they don't have neat payoffs don't make them bad
games. And we were discussing bad games.
All I was saying was that I was incredibly let down. I almost wished I had
never finished it.
It was released on a very important period for 90degrees 1st
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
Jim Leonard boldly stated:
Lemmings came out for C64?
Didn't Lemmings come out for almost every platform available at the
time?
Maybe... I guess I was just surprised since you need a halfway decent
resolution to play Lemmings, and C64's 320x200x2 mode (or 160x200x16
Why? Are great games allowed to have horrible payoffs that are completely
not
in the spirit of the rest of the game?
It seems the ending of EotB is the only gripe you have with the game, since
you still refer to it as a great game (and this despite your having just
named it as worse than
Jim Leonard wrote:
Pedro Quaresma wrote:
[snip]
I understand the first 2, but Baldur's Gate 2 is a great game...?
Oh, no it's not. I'm sorry, I just can't agree. As I mentioned once, I've
played around 200 RPGs in my life, and through some direct comparison,
I've
seen nothing special about
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Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] CyberMania '94
Karl Kuras wrote:
I'm not. CyberMania '94 has that honor. B-) LGoP2 is my personal
low,
though, considering the time and enjoyment I got out
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Subject: Re: [SWCollect] CyberMania '94
Jim Leonard boldly stated:
Lemmings came out for C64?
Didn't Lemmings come out for almost every platform available at the
time?
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C.E. Forman wrote:
Why? Are great games allowed to have horrible payoffs that are completely
not
in the spirit of the rest of the game?
It seems the ending of EotB is the only gripe you have with the game, since
you still refer to it as a great game (and this despite your having just
Pedro Quaresma wrote:
I read all the reviews/ads above, and I admit if I'd base my opinion on
this game by these reviews, I'd agree with you (I did buy the game, didn't
I? :)).
They were all reviews, not ads. I also was GIVEN the game by someone who
finished it twice and said he loved it
It seems the ending of EotB is the only gripe you have with the game,
since
you still refer to it as a great game (and this despite your having
just
named it as worse than LGoP2).
I didn't name it worse than LGoP2, you did.
Correct if I'm mistaken, but I could have sworn you were the one who
No can do, but if anyone does have it I'd be more than happy to convert it
to
VideoCD for viewing on a DVD player. The following is only slightly
off-topic,
but I'll bring it around to software collecting in a bit:
Following up on the whole discussion of converting video to digital, have
you
Just for clarification, was this shown on TBS with Leslie Neilsen
hosting or am I thinking of something else? I taped it, but was so
disenchanted by it I'm pretty sure I taped over it.
I forget whether it was on TBS or not, but Leslie Nielsen did host.
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
Jim Leonard boldly stated:
By now you're either asking me to shut up :-) or asking But why do this when
you can just copy the videotape? Well, have you ever seen a 3rd- or
4th-generation copy of a videotape?
How about nth generation? I've got a copy of a copy of a
Karl Kuras wrote:
No can do, but if anyone does have it I'd be more than happy to convert it
to
VideoCD for viewing on a DVD player. The following is only slightly
off-topic,
but I'll bring it around to software collecting in a bit:
Following up on the whole discussion of converting
C.E. Forman wrote:
So what's a qualified project? Game-related material, of course! In
August,
I'll have the capability to burn actual DVDs onto $10 blanks. I plan to
put a
lot of stuff onto DVD (including chapter points, menus, etc.) that nobody
else
would bother with. Both
Jim Leonard boldly stated:
C.E. Forman wrote:
(To me, bad budget titles don't hit as hard as bad $44.95 games.)
That is very true.
So, okay, so give me some examples of worse ones then.
I have an example of a budget title: 3D Pinball from the Coffee
Break series. Trying to play pinball
Here's an odd request for you...
Does anyone have a tape of the (howlingly BAD) computer / videogame awards
show CyberMania '94? God only knows why, but I've had the recent urge to
see it again.
Thanks in advance!
(For those of you who missed it, CyberMania '94 was supposed to be gaming's
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