Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!noao!arizona!jtgorman
From: jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Harpoon--to buy, or not to buy
Message-ID: <905@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 19 Feb 91 23:12:35 GMT
References: <1991Feb19.135041.11763@pbs.org>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
Lines: 41

In article <1991Feb19.135041.11763@pbs.org> kwinkler@pbs.org (Ken Winkler) writes:
>I've been reading alot about the game Harpoon on this group.  I was even
>looking at it in the store the other day.  Yes, I am right on the cutting
>edge of making that big step toward actually purchasing it, but I have
>a couple questions before I blow my hard-earned dough.
>
>Is it worth it?
  Yes.  I beleive so.

>Is it complex?
  It can be, but there are also very simple scenarios.

>Can you win?
  Nearly 90% of the time.

>How easy is it to match computer playing level with your own?
  It took me about 6 games to get used to the computer's methods and to
figure out what weapons to use and how to use them.  Now it's stomping
time all the time.  (Almost)

>How long does a game take?
  Some are 1 hour long, others take more than 6.

>Is it the kind of game that gets old, or will I be glad I have it in two years?
  I kinda lost interest when I got Spaceward Ho!, but the new NACV module
brought me back.  I like to play each game until I win, keep playing
until I do my best.

>What's the best thing about it?
  Sinking captilist carriers!!  The thrill of victory.  Making the US Navy
look bad.

>The worst?
  The occasional crash, and in complex scenarios, the time.  I have a IIsi,
and it can get slow.  Some of the bigger battles are a definite Plus Nono,
but I did play almost all of the scenarios on my Plus, slowly, but
successfully.

|     John Taggart Gorman Jr.    | "I'm a no rust build up man myself."
|                                |          -Christian Slater
| jtgorman@caslon.cs.arizona.edu |             in 'Heathers'