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Soldat 1.4 Released
FliesLikeABrick writes "Soldat 1.4 has finally been released. After 19 months since the announcement, this version adds multi-byte language support, many new features available to registered players, a ton of bugfixes, and a new lobby server and protocol. It took a lot of time and effort, but the largest update to Soldat has finally been posted and made available. While there are surely going to be some new bugs introduced, the new version is available for free at the game's site. From the site: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, I know you have all been (im)patiently waiting for Soldat 1.4. Thanks to all that contributed to this version. This version was a collaborative effort and it wouldn`t happen without you. ... So without further delay, it is with your encouragement, criticism and support from you all that I can happily release Soldat 1.4 to you all to enjoy. Please use the torrent link provided to help distribute Soldat 1.4 for others and ease server load, and seed for as long as you can.'"
Yes, it's a 2D game. Boooooooring, I hear. Why? Because it's 2D? So all that is 2D is inherently booooooring and al that's 3D is by definition good?
Go play a bit Daikatana, will ya?
Personally I'd prefer a fresh idea with crappy graphics any day over the millionth C&C clone or the next big "run around, collect some ammo and kill the other players" game. I tend to play a fair lot if I have any spare time, and I've been there, done that and even got a few t-shirts. Yeah, call me a fanboy.
The point is that a game that doesn't rely on lenseflares and 200x anti-aliasing has to convince with content and gameplay to be any good. And those flares and graphic gadgets get old after a while. If nothing else, they immediately start to stink with the advent of the next generation in graphics. If graphics and eye candy is all a game has to offer, it will lose its "oohhhh shiny" quality very soon. What remains after a year of playing is whether the game itself is good or not.
Can you imagine playing Quake? The original one. The first. Or Unreal Turnament without those years tagged to it? How interesting would be a game of C&C? Again, the original one.
I tell you my pov: Boooooring. Sucky graphics and a boring gameplay. The gameplay stays the same with their current incarnation, but at least the graphics pull it out of mediocracy.
How about Civ2? Or Alpha Centauri? Railroad Tycoon? Industry Giant? Sim City 2000/3000? Hell, even a turn of the original Worms? Neither of those games was actually on top of the graphics line even when it came out, and still they're classics, and not in the sense that you look back fondly to those days when you played them, I can well see a lot of gamers dust off those boxes from time to time to install them again.
Because they were good, all by themselves. There was no smokescreen of graphics trying to hide the flaws.
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