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    SMAC praised in Half Life 2 Review

    http://www.netjak.com/review.php/780


    When the original Half-Life first came out, I really didn't care. I was still playing Shogo: Mobile Armor Division, and that was all the FPS I needed. Plus, Half-Life had been getting all this publicity and wasn't being modest about it at all. I remember playing a demo of something or other and having to sit through all 59 Game of the Year awards it got. Honestly, when it all went down, I was fairly unimpressed by Half-Life, (I thought Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri was the true Game of the Year that year.) but had an incredible time with the popular third-party mod, Counter-Strike.
    Yeah, not that big of a deal, but pretty cool. And I thoroughly agree.
    "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
    "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
    "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
    "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd
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    and for the longest time was the highest rated game at PC gamer.

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    • #3
      Someone who has taste out there eh?
      Who is Barinthus?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Dissident
        and for the longest time was the highest rated game at PC gamer.
        I am scared to ask.....what is the highest now? I canceled my subscription years ago.
        "They’re lazy troublemakers, and they all carry weapons." - SMAC Manual, Page 59 Regarding Drones
        "Without music, life would be a mistake." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
        "If fascism came to America it would be on a program of Americanism." -- Huey Long
        "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to greater danger. It works the same in any country." -- Hermann Goering

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        • #5
          Not CTP and that's all that matters.

          I think it was Half Life 2, but it got a 98 and I thought SMAC got that.
          "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
          "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
          "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
          "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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          • #6
            yes I believe it was halflife 2. It was only this year that score was surpassed.

            that's good in a way. Because it shows they just don't hand out fantastic score to any old game.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Dissident
              Because it shows they just don't hand out fantastic score to any old game.
              Yea, that was one of the main reasons why I was getting that magazine. It seemed like many reviewers (especially the online ones) wouldn't dare say a bad word about their sponsoring industry's work. PC Gamer OTOH would let 'em have it, even if it was some major game company's pet project.

              Then it seemed about 2000(?) the layout of the magazine was changed. Less reviews, more ads. The reviews became less scathing, etc. So I canceled. But yea, I remember that original SMAC review, it was around the magazine's high point. A lot of great games came out of '98-'99. Wish I would have kept some of those old mags, just to read a review where they trash a really bad game
              "They’re lazy troublemakers, and they all carry weapons." - SMAC Manual, Page 59 Regarding Drones
              "Without music, life would be a mistake." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
              "If fascism came to America it would be on a program of Americanism." -- Huey Long
              "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to greater danger. It works the same in any country." -- Hermann Goering

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              • #8
                All magazines changed a few years ago....they were usually made about half as short. Basically internet sites had made them less viable and subscriptions went down. Things like exclusive screenshots didn't matter as much especially since ones made available on the internet would look more like the actual game. Since more people had internet access, offering patches in the CD inserts became less important too.
                "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
                "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
                "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Apocalypse
                  All magazines changed a few years ago....
                  That is really a shame.....cause now I have nothing game related to do while I'm on the can.
                  "They’re lazy troublemakers, and they all carry weapons." - SMAC Manual, Page 59 Regarding Drones
                  "Without music, life would be a mistake." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
                  "If fascism came to America it would be on a program of Americanism." -- Huey Long
                  "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to greater danger. It works the same in any country." -- Hermann Goering

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                  • #10
                    You can always just print things out.
                    "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
                    "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
                    "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                    "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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                    • #11
                      Get a laptop and wireless network - then you only need paper at/in the end
                      With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

                      Steven Weinberg

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                      • #12
                        Interesting, having played half life 1 and two I have to say to my mind they leave shogo in the dust the mix of shooting and punching and kicking never worked for me.

                        Really though it is like comparing apples to oranges the games are so different. In defense of pc gamer they still do give scathing reviews even to pet projects, they had major problems with roller coaster tycoon three (basicly very very buggy) and they basicly slammed doom three.

                        I have all their old reviews on disk so I'll check and see what alpha centauri got though I think it was a 98 as well, and in the review they actually called it the best game of all time if I rember correctly.

                        Another thing to think about the popularity of consoles is hurting pcgamer now I think, I can no longer find the magazine in most stores even some borders seem to have stopped carrying it but they usualy have 3 to five console mags (sigh)
                        A university faculty is 500 egoists with a common parking problem

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                        • #13
                          If SMAC wasn't so dang buggy, and wasn't meant for any old computer, I would definitely be the best game. Unfortunately, Firaxis was interested in making a nice civ variation that worked on even the crappiest computers, hindering graphics, sound, and gameplay. The idea is there, and it's wonderful. Even with crappy graphics and gameplay, SMAC, next to civ, is my favorite game, but I just wish they made it better. I'm still waiting for civ 4 and smac 2...

                          SMAX got expansion pack of the year, by the way...

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                          • #14
                            Anyone care to play a game of Alien crossfie?

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                            • #15
                              middleman: you could ask this in the AC-Multiplayer forum.
                              I watched you fall. I think I pushed.

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