Harpoon: Commander's Edition - the screenshots
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That's right, the screenshots. And that's as far as it's likely to get with me.
This game could easily have been called Harpoon: Ancient Edition. The original computer game was released in 1989, and it was a great game at the time. I stress: at the time.
As far as I know this is a reworking of the 1994 code, and if all that's happened in the intervening decades is a few tweaks and bug fixes then I just don't want to know. Even if there are substantial improvements under the hood nothing that looks this awful is getting anywhere near my desktop. Sorry, but the time when I'd deal with a made-for-DOS interface has passed.
Matrix is on a re-release binge this month & consequently is going to pick up quite a few Cold Shoulder ratings.
2 comments:
Sorry, pal, but this game is not about looks. Quite the opposite - some people take pride in playing game so sophisticated in realism, yet so ignorant of its looks. As long as it doesn't impede your man-PC communication, the interface is fine.
But this is not all. What you really should look at is what a real control room on a modern US man-o-war looks like. For your convenience, I'll post two web addresses here:
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/ELEC_AEGIS_Control_Screens_lg.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:USS_Vincennes_(CG-49)_Aegis_large_screen_displays.jpg
(First one very modern, second one 1998.)
Pal? Oh, dear.
Harpoon: Ancient Edition's not about looks. Now there's an understatement to be proud of.
The more I look at it, the more this game looks like the same twenty year old port of the same set of miniatures rules that had so much wrong with them back when I played them last -- yep, twenty years ago -- that I just can't see any point in revisiting this.
Like I said, I enjoyed the game back then, both on my trusty 9" black & white monitor, & on my parent's dinner table; but I'm content with those happy memories.
You want to keep playing it, and paying for it, well good for you. But computers have moved on. Computer games have moved on. Even miniatures rules have moved on. And boy oh boy, have I moved on.
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