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From: manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Overlord, how is it?
Message-ID: <755.27e6148a@vger.nsu.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 91 17:39:22 GMT
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In article <453@pcad.UUCP>, john@pcad.UUCP (John Grow) writes:
> In article <10182@uwm.edu>, mitsue@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mitsue Osanami) writes:
>> It SUCKS.  I was very dissapointed.  

How _wrong_ you are!

>> It has pretty graphics, I admit that, but the game play is awful.
>> RFTS is a much better strategy game.
>> The game takes place in only one solar system, with you at the bottom and
>> your enemy at the top.  You have "slots" to fill with spaceships, 6 slots on the planet, 6 in orbit, etc.  The maps suck. Everything you can build is called
>> a starship, including mines and ag-centers.
>> 
>> Save your money, beg for RFTS-II.  Sombody write one, please??
>> Even better, Empire II.
> 
> I beg to differ.  I bought it a couple of weeks ago and thought it was
> an excellent game.  The graphics and sound are done extremely well and
> contribute a lot to the game.  The interface is probably one of the
> best, well thought out, game interfaces I've seen yet.  Switching
> between screens is instantaneous and there is no disk activity until
> you are at the end of a game (It might take advantage of extra memory,
> but I don't know).  It takes an hour or so to get used to the
> mechanics of playing the game, but the instructions step you through a
> practice game very clearly.

I love this game, it runs GREAT under 2.0 as well!

> 
> -- John
> 
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