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- From: CSMSETS@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU
- Subject: Re: PAX Imperia review
- Message-ID: <19921227232346CSMSETS@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
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- References: <1992Dec25.031246.22685@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 23:24:02 PST
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- In article <1992Dec25.031246.22685@ryn.mro4.dec.com>,
- akhiani@ricks.enet.dec.com (My name is...) writes:
-
- >
- >I recevied my PAX Imperia today, and played for 4 or more hours!
- >Summary: Don't waste your money, I am returning mine back.
- >
-
- I have to agree, but I'll keep mine till the update comes out, then
- maybe I'll sell mine...
-
- >1st: I have IIsi, the game is dog SLOW. well is starts fast then as the
- >game progresses it gets slower and slower.
- >
-
- I'm running a Mac II with 8 Meg memory, Math co-processor, system 7.01.
-
- >2nd: IT IS FULL OF BUGS! (major reason for returning the game)
- >It crashed on me twice. (Error Type 1)!
- >*When the "Tactical Window" pops up, you can not Quit the game!
- >you have to just sit there tell the stupid war finish.
- >Worst yet: with multiple computer players, the damn "Tactical" window pops
- >up every 30 second, stops your actions, AND SHOWS THE COMPUTERS AGAINST
- >EACH OTHER, with no option to close the damn thing!
- >
-
- This is all true and very bothersome especially at the begining of the
- game when two ship with no weapons dance around each other FOREVER with
- NO RESULTS...
- As for bugs, I haven't finished a full game yet because of crashes
- (anything from type 1 to type 25, I've saved games and restarted but
- playing since the 24th - today is the 27th - I haven't been able to
- finish a game with as few as 6 stars...)
-
- Another irritation is the speed, once someone declares war the computer
- starts creating hords of ships (I've had an opponent make as many as
- 376 fleets in one turn...they may have been there before but they just
- seemed to pop up in one turn, at this point things are running so
- slow on a Mac II that I couldn't enter commands - if you hold down the
- mouse button you would have to wait a full 90 seconds for the pulldown
- window to show up...HINT...I found it was quicker to pause the game,
- enter commands, and un-pause).
-
- >*AT the start if you choose 2 player and then change it to one, the game
- >still ask for the 2nd player Name!!!!
- >
- >More stuff later....
- >
- >BOTTOM LINE:
- >The game version is 1.0.1, there is a small lette rin the box that said
- >"free upgrade from version 1.0.1 to version 1.2(when it ships)."
- >1.2! Are these people running a scam or something. 1.2 is the version that
- >suppose to have Network version. at it might get release sometimes in the
- >next decade.
- >
-
- I don't think I would go as far as that, but I would think that these
- guys are probably developing this game on Quatra 900's and not on
- lowly Mac II's.
-
- >if you are looking for a multiple player game for get about PAX Imperia,
- >if you are looking for a single player game, it seems ok game if it only
- >had less bugs!
-
- And more speed. Another problem it that your advisors will tell you that
- you are being attacked but won't tell you where!
-
- Anyways, if you ordered this game play it and see what you think.
-
- --Ed
-