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- From: swkgohw@nuscc.nus.sg (Sir Launcelot Du Lac)
- Subject: Re: Role-Playing Games
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.093231.20127@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Organization: National University of Singapore
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 09:32:31 GMT
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- Well met Billy,
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- bshields@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Bill Shields) writes:
- :
- : I didn't like the Ultima games at all. I hated the entire birds-eye
- : view thing. Even Ultima VII I didn't like. Between this annoying
- : viewpoint and the lo-res graphics (320x200x256 colours isn't it?) I just
- : couldn't hack it. Its apparently very large though so if you can hack
- : it it'll keep you entertained for ages. Eye of the Beholder II is great
- : but you forgot to mention the most ultimate CRPG game: Ultima
- : Underworld! Absolutely fantastic!
-
- 'tis great because 'tis an ULTIMA!! :-) In any case, the storyline for
- the main Ultima line is definitely richer than the one in Underworld
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- For myself, I prefer the bird's eye view, for one thing, thou art less
- likely to get lost. Don't get me wrong, UW and EOB's 3d view is superb,
- particularly the 360 degree view of the former (fast approaching reality
- at last!) But the 3d views of previous CRPGs like The Bard's Tale and
- Wizadry leave a lot to be desired. Wolfenstein 3D's was the worst!! The
- scrolling was too fast and unrealistic (thank god 'tis not a CRPG but a
- mindless action game). This one was literally ad nasuem! :-)
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