From: davereed@wam.umd.edu (Michael Robert Bromery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Wing Commander flames and fun
Date: 28 Jan 93 04:30:39 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1993Jan27.212123.22756@Virginia.EDU> mlc9g@Virginia.EDU ("Matt Condon") writes:
>abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu  writes:
>> 
>> Look... we really don't care how good WC is on the IBM.  We have an Amiga--
>> and we want to know if the Amiga WC version is any good.  We can talk
>> about Defender if we want, though the game is ancient (on many many 
>> computer formats).  We talk about them because we want to know what's up
>> with the Amiga game scene, OK?  so, if you don't think you are in the
>> right newsgroup, perhaps you really aren't reading the right newsgroup.
>> 
>
>Yeah, we don't give a shit if other versions of programs are
>ten times better!  We don't want to know if software companies
>are putting out inferior software.! We want to be ISOLATIONISTS!
>
>Seriously...
>
>Personally, I WANT to know if the Amiga version is
>significantly inferior to other versions.  I refuse to support
>companies that put out ports quickly (or not so quickly, in
>Origin's case...) for the sake of getting a port out, without 
>worrying about the quality.  Right now Origin fits that bill 
>rather nicely.  I don't want to say "OOH!  Wing Commander for 
>the Amiga!  I'm going to run out and buy it now simply because 
>they finally ported it."  I did that with Ultima V...  I went
>and bought it, simply because it was Ulitma V, without even
>bothering to find out how it compared to the other versions,
>and I feel I was ripped off.  From the sound of it, WC for the
>Amiga, while nice, and perhaps reasonable by the standards of
>about five years ago, just simply doesn't cut it, either.
>
>AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BAD PORTS WITHOUT LETTING THE
>COMPANIES KNOW THAT WE WON'T TAKE IT, THE COMPANIES WILL
>CONTINUE TO PUT OUT BAD PORTS.
>

     I don't get it. THe only way that the IBM port was nicer was the fact
 that it was in 256 colors. Sheesh the AGA version will probably be 256
colors. When I said there were a few improvements. I really mean that.
   I have won this game on both ports, I like it and had a lot of fun
with it. These guys have done more work than given credit for, all I can
say is that if you flame everything, nobody will want to give you anything.
Whoah! Yeah, you can be big and macho with the macho act and boycott, Lord
knows, even this software. I just won't say I told you so if they decide to
drop out too due to that lame action. Being part of one software company
kind of lets you see things both ways. You get no support from people,
you go somewhere else where the support is. All I can say is that these
people don't deserve to be put in the position of dropping the amiga and
losing money on their chances at the same time. Everybody loses, kid in
those regards. I'm still going to send letters of acclaim anyways because,
not only has all the things I did in the original version worked on this one,
but I really like what they did to the train sim. They didn't lie when they
said it played the same. Some people who want a more arcade like conversion
may be dissapointed that it is too much like the same, gamewise. 

   --- Just my 2 cents.
   ---- Mike Bromery.
   Email: davereed@wam.umd.edu
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