Why everybody around seems to hate bc3k?

[Epsilon 5]

Personnally I love bc3k (If only my computer could be faster...), but everybody around me hate the game. They laugh at me when I say the game is cool and that I love it. They always say "there is too much details and control to worry about", or "the graphic engine is sluggish", "nothing ever happens", "you get destroyed by a single ship without having time to destroy it", "the game always crashes"...

Why everybody says that? I've seen on another space-simulation games related forum and they said "... don't talk me about bc3k or I will hit you!"

Luckily, It seems that bcm will attract more people than bc3k, but it's only beacause it's a windows game and that the graphics will be much better.

[Guest Mikel]

I think that one of the reasons they don't like it is

1) The ill-fated 1.0 release

2) It's a DOS game

3) See #2

[Blades]

Im pretty sure most of us have been berated by our friends in the past for our love afair with 'The Game', myself included. Pity the poor, short sighted fools and come the release of BCM, drag your rig next to an outside window, lock your door and sit nice n smug with your back to the gawking friends pressed hard into the glass.

[Wold]

Personally, I don't care what my friends think about the games that I play. I don't play them for their enjoyment, I play them for MY enjoyment. They can either shut their trap and quit harrassing me or take a hike, though I start by saying that diplomatically.

If I want to talk about the game then I find someone who has similar tastes, ie, here!

BCM will be more intuitive, has TONS more play options, and well, it's basically a new game. I think Blades is right in that people will be gawking at the game and you can rub their noses in it for your loyalty and their short-sightedness!

Besides, SC has total control of BCM and it won't be released until he says it's ready. Which was, correct me if I'm wrong, part of the problem w/ BC3K and it's original release.

You also put your finger on the other part of the problem. The game intimidates some people because of the learning curve and they get defensive when they find out that you can play the game when they couldn't climb the learning curve. Most games a 5 year-old can play, BC3K isn't one of those and it hurt's peoples brains when they have to think past the TV level mentalilty.

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Commodore Wold

ICV-Drakr, Spectre HQ (Antis)

Commanding Officer, Spectre HQ

Spectre Fleet

ICQ 4669033

"You can only love or hate something you truly understand"

[This message has been edited by Wold (edited 12-15-2000).]

[aramike]

Honestly, people don't like BC because of Derek Smart. They don't like the popularity he's gained, and they don't like the fact that he really doesn't give a damn about what they say. They are probably jealous of the fact that he does what he wants to do regardless of what they think.

I guarantee you that it has nothing to do with the merits of the game.

[Epsilon 5]

I agree with Wold. It's MY game, not their. I play, I have fun, they don't and I don't care.

But the dos thing is quite bizarre. Even if it's in dos, it still works, eh? So whatever!

But I think it's mostly about the manual I had to read at least 5 times all over to really know what and how to do anything.

Does anybody could say me HOW DO YOU GET TO THE IC COPILOT COCKPIT?!?

And one last thing, since I live in Canada, I don't know at all Derek Smart.

[Hugo Pinheiro]

Go to the Pilot view, and then F4, easy yes.

About hating the game, well it was voted one of the 10 more worst games in history ; i think it ranked 6th or something, but their loss right.

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Cmdr. Hugo Pinheiro

GCV-Ajax, Genesis(Moon)

Prime Fleet, Gamma Wing, 2nd Squadron

Commander of the mighty Ajax, all others bow before me!!!

[Supreme Cmdr]

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About hating the game, well it was voted one of the 10 more worst games in history ; i think it ranked 6th or something, but their loss right.

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Get your facts straight. That was the 1996-7 v1.0x.

Nobody in the press has slammed BC3K v2.0x since it was released, as far as I'm aware.

[Epsilon 5]

About the copilot ting, thanks a lot. It's sometimes quite useful.

And about hating and ranking, it seems that reviewers are quite interested in BCM. TYhey still say there is too much commands, but they say without that much, the game wouldn't be that good.