Re: SoCS DOOM II?

Ryan Shelswell (ryan@nospam.socs.uts.edu.au)
Wed, 23 Aug 1995 16:08:26 +1000 (EST)

On Wed, 23 Aug 1995, Iain Sinclair wrote:

> 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