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From: lcbrink@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Lee C Brink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Pools of Radiance.
Message-ID: <1990Sep24.161007.23821@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 24 Sep 90 16:10:07 GMT
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In article <4657@monu1.cc.monash.oz> ins204h@monu4.cc.monash.edu.au (mr  a.j. blanch) writes:
>Yipee! Hooray! At last!
>
>I was wondering why I haven't seen any articles about it yet?
>
>But more importantly :
>How does it compare to the IBM version? Champions of Krynn?
>Does anyone who has it think it is worth buying?
>ie. has something in the packaging to make it interesting and of
>some value to purchase.
>Please I know there are many interested parties here at least so
>any comments will be welcome.

I was not impressed with it.  Compared to "Champions of Krynn," "Pool of
Radiance" is pretty poor.  An inconsistant user interface (Where one must
use the mouse only to do some things and use only the keyboard to do
others), Slow response (Takes a second for the program to react to your input),
and generally mediocre (Sp?) graphics makes this game a real disappointment
for me.  I loved "Champions of Krynn" and in comparison "Pool of Radiance"
is a poor subsitute.
  As a side note, the only good thing I found was the music.  Not Boston
Pops quality, but better than most games I've played.

   Lee

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