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Geek Culture / FPS Creator gets reviewed in PC Zone

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spooky
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Posted: 5th Dec 2005 12:17
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Got my PC Zone issue in post this morning (Jan 2006 issue) and FPS Creator gets a two page review. Would anyone like to hazard a guess at the rating it got - between 0 and 100%. I'll post the answer later.

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Kohaku
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Posted: 5th Dec 2005 12:29
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I'm thinking, between 70% and 80%.


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Drew Cameron
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Posted: 5th Dec 2005 13:52
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1,000,000% / 10

That's what it got.

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spooky
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Nope. Got a measly 53%. Not exactly what TGC had in mind is it.

Pros:
1. Great fun to develop with
2. A chance to get creative
3. Zombies and Nazis can't be faulted

Cons:
1. Terrible engine
2. You won't make anything good

Summary:
We're all idiots who can't make games, now
we're idiots who can. Terrible FPS games to
be precise.

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Kohaku
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Posted: 5th Dec 2005 14:47
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Ouch.


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Richard Davey
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Posted: 5th Dec 2005 14:58
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That wasn't the summary, that was the ' What else is there' box. The summary was:

'Don't get me wrong, even though the end product is useless, creating your own game is fantastic fun - just don't expect to become the next Carmack. If you want to do that, start learning binary now.'

Which IMHO actually is a very fair comment!

Also take the score into context with some other reviews that issue:

Star Wars Battlefront 2 - only got 8% more (61%)
The Matrix: Path of Neo - got 34% less (19%!)
Title Bout Boxing - 17%
Starship Troopers - 58%
X-Factor - 45%

On that basis when you're comparing the likes of SW Battlefront 2, with its multi-millon dollar development budget, and massive of team of pros, not to mention amazing IP, it only manages 8% more. I thought the review was quite fair, especially from a mag like that! They have balls-solid standards as can be seen from the ratings above.

Anyway, I was more excited about their review of Mono than FPSC Nice one guys!

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Rich

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blanky
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What, did you people all miss the PC Gamer review?!

They gave like 74% for it...

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Kohaku
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That's more like it, baby!


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DrewG
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Wow, nice little flame

Quote: "Pros:
1. Great fun to develop with
2. A chance to get creative
3. Zombies and Nazis can't be faulted

Cons:
1. Terrible engine
2. You won't make anything good

Summary:
We're all idiots who can't make games, now
we're idiots who can. Terrible FPS games to
be precise."


Wow if FPS Creator got on that mag, I wish I could get my games on that mag. Seriously, my first two games have been completed months ago, but still, not even worth the energy for a Program Announcement

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Torrey
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Posted: 7th Dec 2005 05:38
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When someone makes a comment like, "We're all idiots who can't make games, now we're idiots who can. Terrible FPS games to
be precise." you'll only get two kinds of responses, really good ones, or bad ones. I'd say that most of good ones come from teens with creative minds, and the bad reviews are from the slighter older population that have high standards for their FPS games, so they'd find this product a waste.

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Arkheii
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Posted: 7th Dec 2005 12:46
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53% isn't unfair at all. Love it or hate it - around 50% ^_^

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Kangaroo2 BETA2
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Posted: 7th Dec 2005 13:16 Edited at: 7th Dec 2005 13:18
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To be honest i think this is perfectly fair - its being pitted against actual commercial games then obviously its not going to fair well - make a game with fpsc and send it to them to review - you'll get slated. I think the mere fact it got mentioned will drive sales though

I've said it before, but it would have faired much better with magazine reviews had it come with far more impressive examples (FULL GAMES ith all the best features ncluded from the off), slighty higher poly models and built in, complete "monkey could do it" tutorials available from the internal menu, and a much clearer explanation that this is royalty free for selling your games. The last point, almost all magazine reviews neglet to mention, simply saying "why not just Mod halflife 2" or something preposterous.

I'm not flaming FPSC at all tho - I own it and its great It's just not ideally suited to this type of review. Sending it to computer magazines not 100% centered around games would get it more favourable reviews, like Computer Buyer or Computer shopper etc, it worked for t3dgm - some of those reviews were hilariously positive


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