> is a ridiculous idea. In fact, Descent is much worse than something
> like Pac-man in terms of its interactivity, immediacy, and directness.
> (I would say depth and excitement as well, but these are more
> subjective factors.)
Yeah! ASCII pac-man running on an Indigo! That would ROCK!
> of the game. If DOOM had any more degrees of freedom, it would
> be unplayable. I think people who didn't grow up with the "classic"
> video games have very little idea of what makes a good game.
> Unfortunately, these people are now writing games, and so we
> end up with things like Descent.
These youngsters...
Ryan ;-Q