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DemonTraitor · 08-07-08, 03:37 PM

I wonder if this game will be as big as it was on the amiga. games nowadays are so crammed full of sexy graphics, that not much room is left for game-play.

Frontier (Elite II) came on a single floppy-disk for the amiga, as the planets etc were all "generated" there and then as required, no textures - just good old vectors.

Don't get me wrong, I love lush graphics - but when there are games as gorgeous looking as SH4, it is important that the game lives up to it's looks - SH4 is incomplete, flawed, and buggy... but looks sexy

08-07-08, 03:37 PM	#3
DemonTraitor Loader Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 87 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I wonder if this game will be as big as it was on the amiga. games nowadays are so crammed full of sexy graphics, that not much room is left for game-play. Frontier (Elite II) came on a single floppy-disk for the amiga, as the planets etc were all "generated" there and then as required, no textures - just good old vectors. Don't get me wrong, I love lush graphics - but when there are games as gorgeous looking as SH4, it is important that the game lives up to it's looks - SH4 is incomplete, flawed, and buggy... but looks sexy __________________ a l i e n m o o n s d i g i t a l s t u d i o s "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to die"