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From: felixh@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Felix Hack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: 688 Attack Sub: Why not modem support?
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Date: 21 Oct 90 21:41:10 GMT
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  I too was disappointed with the lack of modem support. About the only 
thing I can offer is that I remember reading on GEnie that the PC's modem
play option didn't really work.
  As it stands, I would much rather play Red Storm Rising.  It may not have
all those neat ship and whale sounds, nor pretty graphics through the 
periscope, but the simulation is much more realistic.  I mean, it's one
thing to give all torpedoes, whether helo-dropped Mk46 or tube-launched
wire-guided Mk48 the same 10-mile range.  That's pretty bad, but you can
say "all right, if that's what it takes to play better/faster, maybe
that's OK."  What's not OK is the stupid way that sonar performance
drops off to the rear when using the towed array.  The whole point
(or at least one point) of using such a towed sonar array is to be
able to hear behind the submarine.  This part of the game makes
relistic tactics unusable.  You can't hang back, track the contact
for a while, figure out what it is, and proceed.  In the game you HAVE
to point your nose at him, thus closing all the time.  At that time
his buddy could come up behind you, and you'll never hear him.  As I said,
give me RSR over 688 anyday.  It even gets those oh-so-difficult to
program torpedo ranges right.