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From: hamilton@intersil.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: DAS BOOT/BLUE MAX
Message-ID: <253.27fcb89d@intersil.uucp>
Date: 5 Apr 91 17:49:17 GMT
References: <1991Apr2.013455.2776@county.oz.au> <3896@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU>
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In article <3896@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU>, roddi@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Roddi Walker) writes:
> In <1991Apr2.013455.2776@county.oz.au> justin@county.oz.au (Justin Beech) writes:
> 
> 
>>I just bought DAS BOOT & BLUE MAX.
>>What a load of old cobblers! Both of these games are conversions of the IBM
>>packages, both released by 360. Despite the review a 3000 owner gave DAS
>>BOOT (wunderbar), it doesnt grab me at all. The 3D is SLOW (this is a bog
>>500 tho, but thats no excuse), killing the arcade excitment. The strategy
> 
> Sigh.  I was looking forward to playing DAS BOOT.  Anyone else out there
> want to give their opinion as to (a) how fast the game runs on a stock 68000
> (with 5MB RAM and 40 MB HD :-) and (b) whether the game is a mindless IBM
> EGA port (yech) or one that has been Amigaized.

a)  I have no idea.  I have an A3000, and I'm still not happy with the game.

b)  The game hasn't really been Amigatized,both manuals are written for the IBM
    (there's a single page update for us Amiga owners, not nearly enough).

Short review:  This game made me want to really, really, try to get Silent
               Service running on my 3000.  Das Boot has neat-o 3D
               perspectives, an EXTREMELY cumbersome and anti-intuitive
               user interface, and less real submarine "stuff" than anything
               I've ever played.  You can't ever run silent (turn off the 
               engines), there's no provisions for blowing chaff or whatever
               to make the enemy think you're dead, or blowing your tanks
               for an emergency surface, the 1X 2X 3X 4X speed up modes
               kept reseting to 1X for no apparent reason, and in the 2 days
               I've been trying to play it, I haven't seen ONE ship!  I don't
               want my GAMES to be THAT realistic!  There are many other big
               and little things that annoy me about this game. As much as
               I wanted to like it, I have to warn all of you out there:

               Don't buy this game unless you get a chance to play it for a
               while.  Underneath the 3D graphics, it's a dog (IMHO).

               I bought this instead of Harpoon.  Harpoon has GOT to be better!
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