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From: kerchen@iris.ucdavis.edu (Paul Kerchen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Is Risk available for the ST
Summary: There's more to life than graphics...
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Date: 24 Oct 88 06:37:05 GMT
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In article <1719@nunki.usc.edu> jjung@nunki.usc.edu (John Jung) writes:
>
>  Are you insane? I tried Lords of Conquest in the store, and I think it
>stinks. I had seen the ads, and I knew the graphics weren't going to be much,
>but when I actually saw it, the graphics looked like *bad* Atari 8-bit
>graphics. The game interfaced wasn't too bad, but I didn't like it. The sound
>(which I prefered off) was bad and annoying.
>
>  I would not reccommend this game to anybody who likes/loves Risk. I am a
						   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>devotee of Risk, and I didn't like Lords of Conquest one _single_ bit.
>
>						John


I don't have Lords of Conquest, but it seems to me that the idea
behind it and Risk is not to be an action-packed, flashy game but a
cerebral, plotting game involving strategy and thought.  All the bells
and whistles are just extra fluff.  Therefore, who cares what the
graphics look like or what noises it makes if all one is interested in
is good game of Risk?


Paul Kerchen				| kerchen@iris.ucdavis.edu