BIOHAZCENTRAL - Sneak Peek DW Multi-player Preview

Jamie

Thank you to the BiohazCentral guys for the preview... Yep

http://www.biohazcentral.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1092&Itemid=25

finiteless · Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 751 Location: Australia

Sweet!, voice command included and .doc manuals!

Looney11 · Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 307 Location: Netherlands

Nice.... really nice.

Again, can't wait Smile

Pirate · Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Posts: 407 Location: Oeiras, PORTUGAL

Can't wait, either...... Joking

porphy · Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Posts: 455 Location: Sweden

Very intressting indeed. Looks like the subsim community have two really strong products coming their way (DW and SHIII). DW seems to allow for endless variations and refining of skills in different scenarios. The true mark of a real sim Thumbs Up

Cheers Porphy

Thomasew · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:04 am Post subject:

Hi

One of two things:-

1. My IE has a problem and I didn't get to read ALL the text, .... as there seemed to be a whole lot missing.

or, ...

2. Although the 'Previewer', .. and I use that term loosely, ... had high praise for DW, .... I wonder what happened to the actual preview.

He didn't really talk about anything ... Confused

Sad, ... people get given opportunites, .... and nonchalantly throw them away ... Damn

:8

Cheers
Tom

Smuook · Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 112 Location: Florida

In fairness the Beer (the author), he did make this statement in the article:

"The focus of this Preview will include the P-3 and Multiplayer features modeled in build offered to us by SONALYSTS."

I too would have liked to see more... but previews are like movie trailers... they are supposed to get you interested, not give away the whole story line.

Thomasew · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:20 pm Post subject:

Hi Smuook

Smuook · Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 112 Location: Florida

I'm not disagreeing with you Thomasew. It may not be complete but it is another positive review that will help get the word out... which is important for a game that you won't find in stores.

MrMudd · Joined: 07 Jul 2002 Posts: 14 Location: USA

Thomasew,

I think you are a little too Critical on your assessment. Being that you are a purist i can understand your enthusiasm for the game. Bare in Mind that "Beer" has never played Subcommand and is not familiar with the Product as we are.

Beer does provide a unique persepctive in ASW as he has lived the tale. From what i recall speaking with him, he had a great number of questions and actually is asking the developer to inhance the TACCO specific tools and strategies. This is the hardest part for him as a reviewer. He is attempting to employ real world tactics and methodologies the game doesnt even model.

It will take him time to learn the "Sonalysts" product designed as a Open source and non classified game for public consumption.

I think you will find that He will become a serious asset to you in the days ahead.

One thing i have learned as a Consultant for Real World and Gameing flight simulations. Is that no matter how much subject data you provide to a developer. They can only implement so much before deadlines end production.

This preview isnt over and he will be diving deeper into the abyss with the product.

If you feel that you have something to offer or would like to participate more in this review. You can contact him. He is always open to biohazcentral viewer needs.

Salute!

MrMudd

Ramius · Joined: 31 May 2001 Posts: 4092 Location: England

Tom....

Whats a VLAD and DICASS ??? - and i aint joking.

Guessing they are some sore of buoy.

I'm going with the possibilty that the previewer just forgot to put the links to the rest of the review on the bottom of page 1 :hmm: :hmm: :hmm: :hmm:

TLAM Strike · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 2:18 pm Post subject:

sonar732 · Joined: 03 Jul 2003 Posts: 1358

The most important aspect is this...we are being critical to a former military member that was having flashbacks to his enlistment time. We as the subsim community who are very well voiced in the simulation genre need to chill out a little bit. As mulitiple people have posted, this will only wet their appetite for the game. I posted in the Battlefront.com because I thought it would site interest in the game for the general population.

MadJeff · Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 1

Just wanted to drop in and reply to some of the comments here in the thread. My name is MadJeff, I'm the Site owner and head admin over at BiohazCentral.

First off, I appreciate the comments, both good and bad, that have been presented here. I take full responsibility for the preview's brevity. I failed to make my expectations clear to Beer, so I think we were on different pages, so to speak. As you can see from our other previews onsite, we are usually much more in-depth in our articles, and this one kind of slipped through the reviewing system before I realized what had happened.

That being said, remember that this is a preview of a beta build, and not a full-blown review. they are very different beasts, and you can't expect the same level of content and detail from a preview article. Beer will be fleshing this out quite a bit more for the review, with further insight into the different stations, the mission editor and much more. We are also gathering input from several of the other Biohaz staff, all of which served in the Navy (One on subs, one on destroyers IIRC). That experience, along with Beer's background as a TACCO, should prove to make for an excellent Review article.

So, please be patient, and check back with us over the next few days and weeks as we expand on this preview in the near future with our full in-depth review.

John Channing · Joined: 31 May 2001 Posts: 772

Thanks for that MJ (if I may call you MJ), and there is certainly no need to apologize.

We just seem to have a case of the "Gottahaveitnows" going on, and while every little morsel of information is appreciated and devoured eagerly, its pretty natural that some people just hate to leave the table hungry. <end of food analogy>

Me... I love the anticipation almost as much as the acquisition.

Lastly it was a great preview from someone who has obviously a lot of credibility. If members of the "been there done that" brigade are talking about how much fun it was that just makes me all the more anxious to know more.

Thanks and well done

JCC