Brian The Dog on 9/6/2011 at 17:22
Excellent news, I didn't have a copy of Alpha Centauri so was an instant-buy :) That's my evening gone today!
Matthew on 9/6/2011 at 21:06
That's your summer gone, more like it. Enjoy. :)
SubJeff on 9/6/2011 at 23:15
Yep. Great game.
Thirith on 10/6/2011 at 06:39
I'm considering getting Crusader, which I enjoyed quite a bit when it first came out - but I'm sort of suspecting that it won't hold up that well without heavy nostalgia. I faintly remember the game relying more on noise, explosions and Cool Bits(tm), and 15 years later those might mostly be badly dated.
Eldron on 10/6/2011 at 07:30
Quote Posted by Thirith
I'm considering getting
Crusader, which I enjoyed quite a bit when it first came out - but I'm sort of suspecting that it won't hold up that well without heavy nostalgia. I faintly remember the game relying more on noise, explosions and Cool Bits(tm), and 15 years later those might mostly be badly dated.
Not any less than any other game on gog.com
In other words, it still holds up pretty well, and soundtrack still beats most game soundtracks today.
Pemptus on 10/6/2011 at 07:47
Didn't Crusader have terrible controls, even for its time? How does it fare nowadays in that regard, can anyone say?
Sulphur on 10/6/2011 at 07:59
Still somewhat cumbersome, fiddly, and bothersome, but also still pretty dang cool.
I don't think anyone's modded or adapted the controls - as far as I've tried (the original version, not GOG's), the keyboard's still the way to go about playing it.
Pemptus on 10/6/2011 at 08:04
Alright, thanks. I can deal with a little bothersomeness if the Dang Cool factor is still on an acceptable level. Sold, I suppose.
Brian The Dog on 10/6/2011 at 08:22
Quote Posted by Matthew
That's your summer gone, more like it. Enjoy. :)
Darn right, I gave it a quick go last night, and went to bed at 1am... :)
Thirith on 10/6/2011 at 08:23
Quote Posted by Eldron
Not any less than any other game on gog.com
Thing is, it matters more with some games than with others. Games such as
Alpha Centauri are great not because of their technical bells and whistles but because of the gameplay, writing, overall design, and these tend to shine even after 10-15 years. (Arguably,
AC is the better
Civ-type game than the last two incarnations of
Civilization.) Action games tend to be a lot more about the immediate "Gee, whiz!" effect and fare worse when revisited more than a decade later.
