Posted by Bjerver on 09/17/98 02:36:01:
In Reply to: Re: GameSpot Review: Final Score = 5.5) -- They didn't play the whole game. posted by Guigui on 09/16/98 15:18:24:
Iīve had the game for two days now, and I love it! It gives me a feeling that resembles the old Dune 2 days. Westwood has certainly managed to keep the Dune feeling in this game.
As for the maps, I suppose the reviewer didnīt look closely enough. For example, Atreides mission 6. In the lower left corner, there is some remaints of a former battle with craters and blood.
Iīve also seen destroyed facilities which look like the fremen installations, where they plant crops.
Anyway, I love the game so I donīt care what anyone else thinks.
: Unfortunately, some game review zones are in want of hits that they do not construct a good review to begin with. I would like to see a web site destined to review game reviews.
: It's one thing to play a game real quick and then note how one feels about the game... It's another thing to play the game in detail and see its impact upon others.
: I find some review sites of Dune 2000/be they ones that commend highly or lowly on Dune 2000 seemed to pop up rather quickly.
: I've seen reviews that go up to 4.5 stars to those giving it just 2. Maybe if they didn't engulf the game at such a fast rate would they have time to make a better assessment of the game in question.
: Anyhow I've played the game. I should mention that Dune 2000 is supposed to be a remake of the original. The introduction itself should be commended as to how well it resembles the original. The full-screen animations were also very nice (better than the half-screen/interlaced ones I've seen on many games)
: However people should realise that it is just that, a remake. If they wanted to make a whole new game they would have called it Dune 3. (And yes there was a Dune 1, just to mention to those who feel that Dune 2 'started it all'.)
: The job was not to come up with something new, but to bring back something seen before. Also, the game takes place on a Desert the size of a planet... So those who say the terrain gets boring after a while need to realize that a desert IS just that. you have sand, sand, and sand. (That's why the planet is known as 'Dune').
: The strategies of the game are simple, and easy to manipulate. (If you want a complex game, play starcraft on Slower/slowest... If you can)
: We should think whether or not a game needs a whole lot of bells and whistles in order to be considered "good"... and even so, what does that say of the game's addictiveness/enjoyability/value/etc...
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