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From: Radagast@cup.portal.com (sullivan - segall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: FAUG demo of Powermonger by E.A. -- long review
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Date: 13 Dec 90 00:32:56 GMT
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>> >PS: Just PLEASE stop bashing about non-use of OS resources. I think that by
>> >making it fast loading, without disk access during playing, and with no
>> >disk-based protection, Bullfrog is really trying to make life easier on the
>> >player, so I feel it a bit unfair to criticize them, especially from people
>> >who didn't try it!!! For instance, Marc Farren, instead of speaking of
>> >overlays, etc, did you realize there is no disk accesses during game?
>
>I'm really fed-up with all these people who talk about programming techniques
>and never wrote a GOOD game. Mike, I tried once one of your game in a shop,
>and I'm sorry but it was terrible. The animation was slow, slow... Ans so long
>to load with a single drive... I can not even remeber the name of this game.
>
>Tell us what good games you wrote. We'll make a vote, and if it seems for
>everybody that they are good games, then we will listen to you.
>
I'm really fed-up with all these people who think that I can't definitively
describe what qualifies IMHO as a good game .vs. a bad one because I haven't
written any games.  I don't *want* to write games.  I want to *play* them
but many manufacturer's of games I would otherwise find acceptable, are 
destroying their games by not supporting my hardware.  

I'm glad that you like the game.  Unfortunately I don't, so the game is
*bad* for me.  And the reason I don't like it isn't because of graphics, 
or sound, or playability, or price, but because I can't use it in my free
time.  My free time is between compiles, too bad Populous and PowerMonger
are both incapable of running in my environment.
-kls