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From: rogue@gagme.chi.il.us (John Doe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
Message-ID: <1339@gagme.chi.il.us>
Date: 14 Apr 91 12:17:14 GMT
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Organization: GAGME Public Access UNIX, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Argh!

I hate this game.  I hate the interface, the cheap graphics, the sounds
which I can't turn down (or off), and the manual.
The interface is bothersome, if not downright annoying or insulting.
I would have preferred a 5 megabyte game with the true MacIntosh feel,
not the CGA graphics and 4 bit color.  Obviously, they never saw 
Quarterstaff.  How hard could it be to make it "nice" on the Mac?  They
must have spent more time making it look and feel like an IBM then it
would have taken them to do it the right way. 

I am really disappointed.  I don't mind that it was inexpensive, but I
do mind that IBM atmosphere.  If anyone from Sir-Tech is reading this,
let me suggest this:  if you make a more Mac like version, even if it 
takes up more disk space and memory.  Even if you might have to remove
some of the character classes and professions.  Even if the cost would
be doubled.  I would not hesitate to pay more for it.
 
I might even return the game to MacWarehouse just because of the
interface.  Anyone else considering doing the same?

I had a problem starting the game and I need some help.
I did everything the manual said (I think).  I create a party, I then
wanted to play.  I'm assuming that once you have a party, you hit exit
to get to the restore saved game screen.  I hit restore save game, type
the correct words for the symbols, then it gives me a disk error.  What
am I doing wrong?
-- 
rogue