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Moriendor
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Joined: 19 Jul 2001
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| Restricted Area: Review @ GameSpot |
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GameSpot has cranked out a <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/restrictedarea/review.html" target="_blank">review</a> of Master Creating's SciFi action RPG 'Restricted Area'. Rating: 6.7/10.<blockquote><em>Restricted Area's heart is certainly in the right place. This cyberpunk-themed action-role-playing game draws its inspiration from at least a couple of most-deserving sources. One is Blizzard's Diablo series, which popularized the action RPG genre nearly 10 years ago with its addictive blend of combat and the search for better and better stuff. And the other is Interplay's postapocalyptic Fallout series, one of the best things to happen to role-playing games in the past 10 years, or ever. William Gibson and the makers of the quintessential cyberpunk RPG, Shadowrun, would probably also be at least a little flattered. The game doesn't seem to presume to try to outdo either of its influences, and instead comes across as an homage. On its own merits, it's a fairly simple and repetitive action RPG experience that's rough around the edges, yet it's not without a certain homegrown charm that should appeal to fans of the genre who don't expect too much.</em></blockquote> |
Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:50 am |
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Lucky Day
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I don't understand this review. Its like he liked the game but he's trying not to say anything too nice about it in order to give it a lousy score.
I said before the voice acting is surprisingly good for a German game so I disagree with him there. It really seems like they got American Actors to do it.
I admit The written words do have a few translation glitches and some of the actors did occaisionally miss fixing the German backwards talking in translation. I think the latter is so unnoticable by your average player that I shouldn't even mention it.
I'm not sure why NMA isn't covering it in the last few days. My only guess that since the initial European release it doesn't matter as much. |
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Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:01 am |
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RPG Elite
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I'd have to agree with Lucky Day on this one. I love Restricted Area, and my level 23 "Mr Johnson" is ripping through the game like a madman. The level of customization in this game cannot be beat. I have, no lie, stood there in the middle of a dungeon looking at several pieces of cyberware for nearly 20 minutes weighing the pros and cons of equipping one over the other. I won't even mention how excited I get when I find weapons or armor with 4 mod slots in them.
The game IS repetitive and the tiles are very few in number, but good god man, what rogue-like game isn't? It is the micro management and customization that won me over. That's what makes this genre so fun. |
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Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:51 am |
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Jan Beuck
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Hi guys! Thanks, I´m glad you like it! 
I just wrote Greg from Gamespot to ask him exactly this question: Why doesn´t the text and the rating match (in one way or the other...)?
Jan Beuck, Creative Director
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Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:26 pm |
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