Re: Letter to RSI

From: john1@zen.holonet.net (John Holt)

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 15:09:52 +0000

I'm just critiquing, not criticizing.

Don't lavish too much praise on them. You mention their programming is
nothing short of genius. I almost puked on that one. When the game
first started, it was done by hand. Now, it is in BASIC. It is slow,
inefficient, and crashes the computer periodically. If there was an
error in the program, say your warrior suddenly has an attack of 5%,
how would you know? You'd just figure your opponent has excellent
parrying ability. That is speculation though. The employees at RSI
spend all their time on running the turns though, and it is no small feat.
They would rather get the turns out as soon as possible, then deal with
Customer Support and upgrading the game. And that is kind of understandable.
I have had many problems myself over the years, but Duelmasters keeps
afloat because it is an addicting game. I think your letter should concentrate
more on them making improvements on the games they have before buying new
ones such as Alamaze and whatever that new one was. Perhaps they should hire
more people. See what they say to that.

-John

P.S. Would there be anything that prevents another making his own game
based on Duelmasters?

References

Letter to RSI
look_out@delphi.com (Just Me)
Wed, 10 Nov 1993 21:09:32 +0000