Newsgroup: it.comp.giochi.rpg
Titolo: Dear Heaven Customer Support

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#0 of 7 by Jamison Fri 17 Dec '99 (10:05 AM)Dear Heaven Customer
Support,
About 26 years ago, I received a game from you called LIFE. 
While initially it was very confusing and slow to start, I
eventually began to get the hang of it.  After a few years,
I began to master the game's language and was able to talk to
NPCs effectively.  I've been playing about 26 years now.
I do have a few complaints however.  There seems to be some
kind of memory leak in the game of LIFE.  During a recent
part of the game, I was taking final exams in a graduate
school - and I couldn't seem to remember the answers to
certain questions.  I know that I studied the questions
before but apparantly they DISAPPEARED!  There is no excuse
for this memory leak bug.  Did you guys up there not even
test this game out before you released it to me?  And what
makes it even more frustrating, is that others playing the
game do not seem to have this particular problem!
And one other screwed up thing in LIFE, is the game balance.
 I never seem to have enough GOLD.  It becomes extremely
tedious when I have to go work at some place just to get
more money.  How lame is that?  Whoever thought up that idea
should be fired!  It simply brings the game to a crawl
sometimes.  I have heard about some kind of "lottery" crack
floating around, but I have yet to find it.  I have also
heard of players starting the game with much more gold than
me and some starting the game with much less.  This kind of
randomness really unbalances the whole game.  
I would like to comment on the graphics though.  The
graphics in LIFE are simply incredible.  I have seen some of
the most fantastic sunsets and scenery ever!  Even the
textures of skin, grass, wood, etc...  Great job on the
graphics!  I have heard reports though, that some people
have had their graphics begin to suffer later on in the game.  I
have even heard of people where they go out ALL TOGETHER! 
This is a MAJOR bug and if I ever hit it, I will be
EXTREMELY PISSED OFF!
And the story could be a little more exciting too.  I mean,
there are exciting times in the game LIFE but they seem to
be far and few between.  A lot of times I feel like I am
playing just an ordinary person instead of the savior of the
world.  When I have to go to WORK just to get money to buy
food - what kind of story is that?  Again, I have not
finished the game of LIFE yet so perhaps it will get better.
Finally, I would like to comment on the length of the game. 
I am already over a 1/4 of the way through.  Man, this game
is WAY TOO SHORT!  You should have at least made it twice as
long.  Oh well, perhaps there will be an expansion pack
waiting after I complete this full version.
Again, other than some major BUGS (that I don't see how got
past Heaven's Quality Control in the first place), the
relatively short length of the game, some obvious play
balance issues, and the sometimes tedious story -- it is a
pretty good game.  Better in some part than in others.  I
guess I will keep playing it to see how it ends.
Sincerely,
Jamison
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