Re: Comments so far on Runaway
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09/06/03 12:27 PM
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Zanthia
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thank you Jenny 100 and lundar for agreeing that disk swapping can ruin the experience of the game.
Zanthia
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Re: Comments so far on Runaway
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09/07/03 12:15 AM
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I agree too - all that disk swapping during the Tex Murphy games was very annoying, especially if you only wanted to go back to check something - and the Tex Murphy games had reasons for swapping disks because only certain locations were on each CD, so I can imagine it's even more frustrating if there's been a FULL install, and there should be NO disk swapping.
The whole disk-swapping thing is one disadvantage that DVD-ROM games don't have - you can fit ALL the game files on 1 DVD, and so no swapping is required.
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Re: Comments so far on Runaway
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09/07/03 01:45 AM
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I don't mean to trivialize anyone's point as they are all well meaning and heartfelf I'm sure.
These comments about disk swapping just reminded of my first several games that I played on 3.5 and 5.25 disks. (I think that was the size). When you would change scenes you would get a message to "insert disk #_____" depending upon which scene you were going to. Some games had as many as 5 or 6 disks and the hard drives were not large enough to hold the data so you played off the disks.
Ahh...........progress.
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Re: Comments so far on Runaway
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09/07/03 07:57 AM
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You know, if you make a backup copy you can actually see how much space is taken on the disc. I have noticed that probably 90 per cent of the time the space taken up on a disc is only half. I believe they do this and anounce on the box that the game is hugh and is on 5 cds to trick you into believing the game is hugh when most of the time it is not and probably could have been put on 2 cds. Although I am not bothered with having to swap cds, I would think that the developers would want to make the game as hassle free and enjoyable as possible without any inconviences.
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Re: Comments so far on Runaway
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09/07/03 02:30 PM
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ergh... I cant wait until dvd versions become the norm. Im not crazy about mucho disk-swapping either but I also began playing in the days of insert disk 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... I cant remember the name of it but we had one program that had 8 floppies & kept jumping between them. ickyness Those who remember vividly that sort of thing find it easier to forgive it in 2-3 cds but it surely can mess with the immersiveness of a story. *nod nods* Speaking of which, can I hear more about the game's story? Not necesarily plot spoilers but I'm reading threads looking for something to help me make up my mind. I dont mind cartoons, voice acting, point & click etc. I *do* mind striptease in the middle of a game I have to share with the family (or play when I should be sleeping). Is the stripper thing only background info for the character or in the game? Thanks in advance for humoring my scruples. Susan 
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Re: Comments so far on Runaway
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09/08/03 08:05 AM
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Len, What? No sex or stipping? darn, guess I'll just untinstall it then! Susan, I havn't finsihed yet, but I didn't find anything objectionable, unless as Len said you find the drag-queens offensive. So far, no bad language that I can recall either. Louis
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