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From: beust@mimosa.unice.fr (Cedric Beust)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Bard's Tale III (Ugh!)
Keywords: Bard, Tale, Thief of Fate
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Date: 10 Apr 91 12:23:28 GMT
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In article <1991Apr9.171036.17118@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>...
>All of the usual questions, please:
>
>1) Does "crufty EGA graphics" mean "just like I & II", or "worse than I & II"?

  From what I've seen so far, the graphics seem effectively to be less
attractive than numbers 1 and 2. You know? That typical EGA-blur that
makes you think someone must have spittled on the drawing boards :-)
But then again, so are Wiz VI's ones, and it didn't prevent some
people to spend hours on that game, nor will it prevent me from giving
a real chance to BT3 although it seems repulsive at first sight.

  To sum up, the graphics of the first two seem to be more precise and
more pleasant to stare at for hours.

>2) The usual questions on politically correct copy protection, HD
>installation,

  BT3 is not disk-copy protected: it's a good ol' AmigaDos disk with
icons and all the stuff. It is manual-protected, though, and it seems
this protection will be asked in the middle of the game since I
haven't met it so far.

  It is HD-installable and there's even a program to do so included.
Needless to say it's much much faster to play on the HD. It seems to
multitask fine (it doesn't block keyboard input, like Wiz VI used to).

  Disclaimer: I haven't gone far enough in the game to affirm what I'm
saying is the undisputed truth. So please, no flame if you buy this
game on my word and realize you don't like it at all. I'm not saying
it is good, I'm not saying it is bad. Just ask to take a look at it
before buying.

>3) I'm especially interested to know if it runs OK on an A3000, since
>that might well be the house machine by the time I get around to it.

  I can't help you with that. My guess is that it seems to use very
standard Amiga libraries calls and therefore, has much more chances to
run on an A3000 than Lemmings has... You'll have to try it by yourself.

  Any comments from people having played more than me on BT3 are
welcome.

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