Author Topic: New WWIIOL Review at The Wargamer (Read 295 times)

Sabre · « **on:** March 06, 2002, 03:18:54 PM »

Go to http://www.wargamer.com/ to read it. It was written by a "close" friend of mine

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Sikboy · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2002, 03:45:33 PM »

dude, your friend sucks as a reviewer

Actually, after reading that review I'm almost interested enough to buy the game. Good job and
~~-Sikboy~~

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2002, 04:08:13 PM »

Unlike other reviews, this reviewer was able to discuss frustrating aspects of the game without sounding like a jealous developer or a know-it-all. It was obviously written by someone who played it for more than one day. Although I am disappointed that the reviewer used a system with only 128MB of RAM. He's just asking for trouble.

And check out the discussion link on the last page. Hatch made a post regarding the screenfreeze issue. I am sorry to hear him explain that the issue is part of the core system and that a fix will come "over several months".

K West · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2002, 08:23:45 AM »

Good review. On the positive side, but that's not a 'bad' thing considering there is some fun to be had - especially if you have a 1.5ghz machine with lots of muscle.

I did chuckle a few times when reading it though. I'ld interject the real performance issues I experienced when I tried it out a month go as I Read it; sound "looping" instead of "sound deafening..", panzers "beaming in...and out..." instead of "panzers crashing through the underbrush", "...my dash across an open field." I simply added "..was fine untill my FPS dropped from hi 20's to a staggering fraction of one.."to and "my booted feet thudded..." I finished with "...SILENTLY against the wooden planking while I could hear the sounds of a dogfight at 10,000 ft and many miles off."

It still far, too many major problems and bugs. IT's beta quality material at best. I honestly did have fun with anti-tank guns and tanks themselves a month ago but not enough to buy the box let alone pay any per month subscription. The rest is still stuck in the fetal stage with no due date offered by the Doc. And Hatch and his style of PR is more akin to what you would hear on the lot of a fly-by-night used car dealer. This is one crew who's words I place no value on. I need to see the patch/fix itself, not promises and expression of potential. Coming from CRS those are literally junk bonds. CRS gives a new, darker meaning to the term "two weeks."

Westy

eskimo2 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2002, 03:53:40 PM »

Great review Sabre!
It was a fun read.
I havn't checked out WWIIOL myself, but your review sounded fair and honest.

~~eskimo~~

Sabre · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2002, 04:21:49 PM »

Thanks, Eskimo and all. The biggest challange was not letting all the bad press I'd heard to date cloud my opinion of the game. That and keeping the page count to a reasonable number. There were plenty of things, good and bad, that I glossed over or simply left out. I did my best to distill it down to the major points.

Corwin · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2002, 05:14:40 PM »

Bzzzt! Who are you people?

1st there's the 100MB "patch"...

Screen shots say nicely rendered?! That aircraft looks like a brown school bus with wings.

What these guys did with the initial release borders on theft IMHO. I was stupid enough to ante up. Dumber still to try and use their non functioning avenues for tech support.

Please gentlemen, peddle your wares where someone gives a flip.