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[Supreme Cmdr]

http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue438/games.html

[ 01-21-2006, 12:43 AM: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ]

[Ben Zwycky]

Fair, balanced and helpful for those not in the know. Why can't all reviewers write like this?

[Darkling]

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Originally posted by Ben Zwycky:
Fair, balanced and helpful for those not in the know. Why can't all reviewers write like this?

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Very true, great review. When will these guys realize that not all Gamers want the same "Shoot em til they die" Ad Nauseum.

[Psirat]

"... if learning to manipulate complex subsystems as its own reward excites you)."
Wait a minute! Is he calling us geeks? No one told me we were geeks!

I thought it was a fair review, overall (though I'm still playing UC *shame*).
I liked this part most of all:
"It's almost criminal that so much effort by an independent developer has gone into such an ambitious albeit flawed game, and that the end product costs less than a cheap dinner for two."
I don't believe there IS another simulation with the sheer number of man-hours that are behind this one.

[MarlboroMan]

Nice review, and well earned. They forgot to mention your prompt tech support responses following a hurricane. The Microsoft comparison seems a little odd considering they might have a slightly bigger budget.


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[Supreme Cmdr]

I disagree with the collision detect comment and sent him email about it explaining why it was disabled for vegetation and why it is listed in the FAQ.

So I have no idea what he meant by this, considering that if there was no general collision detect, first person would be unplayable (e.g. bullets won't hit etc)

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Collision detection—a critical part of making first-person environments feel "real"—is still essentially absent,

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[Darkling]

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Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr:
I disagree with the collision detect comment and sent him email about it explaining why it was disabled for vegetation and why it is listed in the FAQ.

So I have no idea what he meant by this, considering that if there was no general collision detect, first person would be unplayable (e.g. bullets won't hit etc)

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Collision detection—a critical part of making first-person environments feel "real"—is still essentially absent,

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This is true, I don't understand why so many people seem to gripe about this, it's the same for SWG and a whole host of other games. In very large environments such as this, to have collision detection enabled for Vegitation would require a super computer to run.

[teknocack]

Good review and well deserved. Won't say another thing.

[John Prezioso]

Wow! A fair review. Who woulda thunk it?

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Wait a minute! Is he calling us geeks? No one told me we were geeks!

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Uh, we thought you knew... sorry.