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From: ames!claris!portal!czaeap!cpc@sharkey.uucp (Chris Cebelenski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Buck Rogers (semi-review)
Message-ID: <9012141548.AA02326@czaeap.UUCP>
Date: 17 Dec 90 11:54:35 GMT
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>(Review Deleted)
>
>...in the solar system but as you enter a battle, some NPCs may accompany you
>into battle and depending on a character's leadership skills they may be
>able to control NPCs just as regular PCs for the duration of the battle.
>Battles are resolved very quickly and easily.
>

Uh-huh.  There are several places where NPC's DO join your party, most
notably on Venus, and one place where Buck hisself joins you (A real
crack shot, wish he had stayed with us!)

Overall a nice game, just a few complaints:

1) How hard could it have been to include a test bit for it NOT to ask you
the copy protection questions every single time you reload a saved game??
It should ask the question ONCE and then remember it for the remainder of
that session.

2) MUSIC???? You call that MUSIC???  I think TSR & SSI both need hearing
aides.	Yeesh.	We won't even talk about the HUGE assortment of sound
effects except to say that I've never heard a robot scream... ever...

3) One BUG I did find... Whilst in the asteroid RAM base, if you get
attacked by GENNIE's in a narrow hallway, it is POSSIBLE that they will
appear behind a wall and your character can NEVER get to them. (and vice-
versa)	Thus combat never ends and you have to reboot the machine.  REALLY
annoying.  This is the only place in the game that it has happened to me,
let me know if you find more.

4) TOO EASY.  I finished the game in less than 12 hours... Since I paid
upwards of $40 for this, I would think there should be more to it!  Afterall
it's not the kind of game you can play over and over again.  Once solved,
that's it, finida, done.  Since the place I bought it from has a 10 day
return policy I just packed it up and returned it. (Don't tell them this
tho!)  But since I'm exceptionally good at this type of game I suppose
other people might find it more of a challange.

On a scale of 1-10, I give it a 5.  At least it multi-tasks and IS amiga
friendly.



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