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- From: law40003@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAN YEW KEONG)
- Subject: Re: Comanche is GREAT! (if you have the right hardware)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.124451.11524@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- Organization: National University of Singapore
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 12:44:51 GMT
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- Robert keng (primus@netcom.com) wrote:
- : 1. Preset missions. You can't plan anything, such as ingress/egress routes.
- : 2. No mission briefing! You don't even have any idea of what the terrain is
- : like until you're actually playing the game.
- : 3. No waypoints, homebase, or whatsoever. You start a mission in the middle of
- : nowhere and have no place to return to (the mission ends right there when your
- : primary objectives are met)
- : 4. No landings/takeoffs.
- : 5. Can't fly over 500 ft....
- : 6. Stupid wingman.
- : 7. Lousy enemy AI. Makes the game too much like a shoot-em up. This is my first
- : chopper sim and I finished the game in one day.... Can't be that easy in real
- : life....
- : 8. Weapon effectiveness is exaggerated. Really, try and destroy a T-72 with
- : Stingers in real life. Most you can get is probably a mobility kill(well,
- : it depends on where you hit it in real life. Stingers are built for speed,
- : not for penetrating heavy armor..........) Also, Stingers can follow and
- : destroy a chopper just yards in front of your face. Not even gonna comment on
- : that....
- : 9. Explosions don't even scratch you. Hellfires can hit a hill and go off in
- : your face and you won't be damaged........
- :
- : Anyway, you get the point. Comanche could of been SO much
- : better. A big letdown from Novalogic, IMHO....
- :
- I think you have just enumerated the things which make this game QUITE
- OKAY to me. However, a storyline is missng! So much for this game!
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