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From: pelletier@grove.UUCP (Brian Pelletier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:  Anyone at psygnosis....
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Date: 4 Jul 89 10:10:57 GMT
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pfaff@gemini.asd.contel.com (Ray Pfaff) writes:

>Gregory Simmons writes a rather scathing message about Psygnosis.  I too
>just wanted to say that I won't buy another Psygnosis game.  With the
>exception of "Ballistix" (and even that only in two player mode), every
>Psygnosis game I either bought or demoed has had great sound, great graphics
>.... and little or no playability.  If these guys ever got their act to-
>gather and acutally wrote a game that played as well as they looked, they'd
>make a fourtune.

I strongly disagree!  Although the first Psygnosis games (Barbarian comes to
mind) were terribly slow and jerky, their new titles are much improved in both
gameplay *and* performance.  In fact, Blood Money is just about the best pure
arcade shoot-em-up I've seen on the Amiga to date.  No playability?  Geez, get
a new joystick or something..... this game has kept me interested for hours on
end.  I also think Baal and the aforementioned Ballistix are superior efforts.

I believe the original thread was more concerned with the copy protection of
Psygnosis games than the gameplay.  The games *are* heavily protected, and it
seems possible that some systems might have problems loading these games.  I've
had no such problems, however...
                                 -Brian





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| Brian Pelletier                                                           |
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