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- Path: coranto.ucs.mun.ca!gnoel
- From: gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games
- Subject: Re: Cu Amiga Cov.Disk
- Date: 6 Apr 1996 07:35:07 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Sender: gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Message-ID: <4k56rb$van@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960405004101.12866A-100000@winnie.freenet.mb.ca>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Summary: I was going to comment but..
- Keywords: ARGH!
-
- In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960405004101.12866A-100000@winnie.freenet.mb.ca>,
- Alan Bell <jkq935@freenet.mb.ca> wrote:
- >If anyone was contemplating buying the April '96 issue b/c of the "Exclusive
- >Game! Leading Lap SE...Never before released!" The final phrase, should
- >be the clincher, its obvious why it was never released, this has to be
- >without a doubt one of the worst pieces of shit ever to grace their covers.
- >It's a polygon racing game, and steering control is absolutely abysmal!
-
- Finally someone who agrees with me. I WAS going to post this but I
- figured my machine wasn't fully capable of making everything work right
- (Ie: I was playing with the graphic settings etc and thought it was due
- to me needing a faster CPU). I was wrong.
-
- >To the editors of Cu Amiga, you should be ashamed of yourselves, and to
- >the publisher Reflex Interactive, you obviously have no shame, as you
- >have the nerve to try to sell an upgrade (in conjunction with CU Amiga)
- >with more tracks, an editor, and pretty scenery. For a company that
-
- After playing that game, it looks good, looked promising but after
- playing it and not getting anywhere with it due to the steering, I said
- SHAG it, I deleted the uncompressed copy but kept the coverdisk. I
- wouldn't even CONSIDER upgrading to a future version of this game! Is
- the AGA version the same way with the steering?
-
- >just recently upped the retail price of their magazine, you'd think
-
- Really? I thought they lowered it? (Or was that just a special they were
- offering in the April issue?)
-
- >they'd have more sense than to be associated with such a piece of dreck.
- >I would have much sooner have had a couple of game demos (Chaos 2!!)
- >than getting burned with trash like this.
-
- I totally agree!
-
- >Matt Bettinson, if you're reading this, I dare you to defend this disk!
-
- :)
-
- >AlanBell@freenet.mb.ca
-
- gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca (Howdy neighbor!)
-
- P.S. I was surprised to find out the issue never had a CD on the cover
- but two coverdisks in the first place.. I didn't realize they made two
- versions.
-
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