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From: bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey)
Newsgroups: net.games.video
Subject: Re: BZ
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Date: Sat, 7-Dec-85 16:48:26 EST
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> I am amazed at all the people out there who like battlezone so much.
> It is one of the easiest games that I've ever played.  Once you learn
> how to drive a tank the game is trivial. I can't brag of a great high
> score though, because the game got too boring after such a short time.
> That is the problem with most games.  For a game to be good there should
> be a gradual progression of difficulty; most games need this to be
> successful commercially also.  One of my favorite games is Tempest.
> This game is incredibly hard to master (I never made past the invisible
> stage).  Another great game is Mr. Do; it strikes what I consider a perfect
> balance between "maze" games and "combat" games.  If you see either of these
> in an arcade you should play a dozen or so games, and see what a real game
> is like.  To be able to play for a long time on one quarter shouldn't
> be a matter of muscular endurance.
> -- 
>    Randy Rzasa
>    ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!yes2


On the other hand:

a)  I can't really afford to "get good" at most of the new games, either in
time or in money.  So if it's a matter of playing a game I've got a chance
of doing well at, or trying to improve my score on a game that slaughters
me, and I've only got one quarter, or I've only got time for one or two games,
the choice is obvious.

b)  Battlezone's graphics are so BEAUTIFUL -- I Robot is really the first
raster game that can compete with vector 3D wireframe.

I don't play to win, as much as to have fun and kill some time.  Tempest
doesn't do either for me.

							Bart Massey
							..tektronix!reed!bart