Posted May 05, 2011
Hi all,
Thanks to all at GOG.com for bringing this game back into my life :)
I have just completed it (using the high res patch) and it was as good a game as it was way back when it came out. I am actually amazed at how good it still is compared to modern games of today (actually a lot better than most).
Another thank you to _zenger_ who has made this game really playable again on today's hardware and in High Resolution it looks GREAT.
I actually still have the original game CDs but couldn't play it due to the twon-hon bugs etc. so I bought it again via GOG.com.
The only issue I had was with the amazing orchestral music ( I think this was the first game to have such music).The Audio constantly kept skipping like a bad CD. However this was remedied by lowering the Hardware acceleration to basic. (GOG.com maybe you should mention that somewhere?).
The only thing that stops this games from being as good as today's is the low resolution texture maps on the character faces and leaves on trees. (Zenger maybe the next patch? ), but this does not detract from the pure brilliance of this game. It still puzzles me how this failed to sell back in the day.
I'm off now to buy a Ulukai T-shirt and join the OpenOutcast.org guys and offer my 3d skills to them. I need more Cutter Slade!
Anyway thanks again guys I salute you :D
Fliposide
Thanks to all at GOG.com for bringing this game back into my life :)
I have just completed it (using the high res patch) and it was as good a game as it was way back when it came out. I am actually amazed at how good it still is compared to modern games of today (actually a lot better than most).
Another thank you to _zenger_ who has made this game really playable again on today's hardware and in High Resolution it looks GREAT.
I actually still have the original game CDs but couldn't play it due to the twon-hon bugs etc. so I bought it again via GOG.com.
The only issue I had was with the amazing orchestral music ( I think this was the first game to have such music).The Audio constantly kept skipping like a bad CD. However this was remedied by lowering the Hardware acceleration to basic. (GOG.com maybe you should mention that somewhere?).
The only thing that stops this games from being as good as today's is the low resolution texture maps on the character faces and leaves on trees. (Zenger maybe the next patch? ), but this does not detract from the pure brilliance of this game. It still puzzles me how this failed to sell back in the day.
I'm off now to buy a Ulukai T-shirt and join the OpenOutcast.org guys and offer my 3d skills to them. I need more Cutter Slade!
Anyway thanks again guys I salute you :D
Fliposide
