03-23-2011, 06:29 PM
[size="2"][color="#353535"][color="#353535"]I wanted to highlight what some of those outside the game think of our little game of spaceships. CNET gave a 3 star (of 5) review a couple of years ago. [url="http://download.cnet.com/Continuum/3000-7440_4-10261821.html"]http://download.cnet...4-10261821.html[/url][/color][/color][/size]
[size="2"][color="#353535"][color="#353535"]The text of the review has nothing that would entice anyone to play imo (except the fact that it's free). Some quotes from the review:[/color]
[quote [color="#000000"]name[/color]='CNET review']
[/color][/size][size="2"][color="#353535"][color="#353535"]...[/color]fiendishly difficult online space shooter...
...
[color="#353535"]Newbies beware: zero-gravity physics, nonconfigurable controls, and merciless veteran players make Continuum's learning curve very steep. [/color]
[color="#353535"]...[/color]
[color="#353535"]We wanted to enjoy Continuum, but frankly we found the whole experience more frustrating than fun.[/color]
[/quote][/color][/size]
[color="#353535"][size="2"]And here's a user review from someone who tried it:
[quote [color="#000000"]name[/color]='CNET user review'][left]-2d(!!) -slightly addictive -only fun for the veterans of game[/left]
[color="#171717"]by [url="http://download.cnet.com/community/Yhcilc"]Yhcilc[/url] on June 5, 2006[/color]
Pros: several servers, many different games
[left]Cons: Especially on SSCU Trenchwars mostly very bad staff some people can get banned for nothing. Only for leet people, for the others who will be getting smashed down in pubs and the other arena's no fun.[/left]
[left]People calling eachother 'ez', 'newb','nerd' etc every few seconds.[/left][/quote]
[/size][/color][color="#353535"]Now clearly the CNET ppl didn't try for very long, but they spell out in clear terms why they gave up. Newbs need to get some kills. The [/color][color="#353535"]difference in [/color][color="#353535"]skill levels was clear to these people, but they did not see any fun in trying to climb up that learning curve. We need to give new(er) players a place where they can have fun (kill something) without getting squashed like a bug and then trash talked.[/color]
[color="#353535"][color="#1C2837"][size="2"][quote name='nude for satan']need to be surrounded in terminology that negated stigma[/quote][/size][/color][/color]
[color="#353535"][color="#1C2837"][size="2"]Newbs won't know they're in newb land and won't care if they have some fun. By the time they figure out they're only playing other newbs, they are ready to move up a notch. <img src='http://www.subspace.co/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':p' />[/size][/color][/color]
[size="2"][color="#1C2837"][quote name='yupa'][/color][/size][color="#1C2837"][size="2"]Are we talking about the same game, the same zone? A game where EG and TW exist? [/size][/color][color="#1C2837"][size="2"]A zone where chirp flew a lancaster back and forth in a tube all day long holding down the TAB button?[/quote][/size][/color]
[color="#1C2837"][size="2"]No, it's not the same -- now there are only "[/size][/color][color="#353535"][size="2"]merciless veteran players"[/size][/color][color="#1C2837"][size="2"] in all of the zones, and that's a problem. [/size][/color]
[color="#353535"]--hallu[/color]
[size="2"][color="#353535"][color="#353535"]The text of the review has nothing that would entice anyone to play imo (except the fact that it's free). Some quotes from the review:[/color]
[quote [color="#000000"]name[/color]='CNET review']
[/color][/size][size="2"][color="#353535"][color="#353535"]...[/color]fiendishly difficult online space shooter...
...
[color="#353535"]Newbies beware: zero-gravity physics, nonconfigurable controls, and merciless veteran players make Continuum's learning curve very steep. [/color]
[color="#353535"]...[/color]
[color="#353535"]We wanted to enjoy Continuum, but frankly we found the whole experience more frustrating than fun.[/color]
[/quote][/color][/size]
[color="#353535"][size="2"]And here's a user review from someone who tried it:
[quote [color="#000000"]name[/color]='CNET user review'][left]-2d(!!) -slightly addictive -only fun for the veterans of game[/left]
[color="#171717"]by [url="http://download.cnet.com/community/Yhcilc"]Yhcilc[/url] on June 5, 2006[/color]
Pros: several servers, many different games
[left]Cons: Especially on SSCU Trenchwars mostly very bad staff some people can get banned for nothing. Only for leet people, for the others who will be getting smashed down in pubs and the other arena's no fun.[/left]
[left]People calling eachother 'ez', 'newb','nerd' etc every few seconds.[/left][/quote]
[/size][/color][color="#353535"]Now clearly the CNET ppl didn't try for very long, but they spell out in clear terms why they gave up. Newbs need to get some kills. The [/color][color="#353535"]difference in [/color][color="#353535"]skill levels was clear to these people, but they did not see any fun in trying to climb up that learning curve. We need to give new(er) players a place where they can have fun (kill something) without getting squashed like a bug and then trash talked.[/color]
[color="#353535"][color="#1C2837"][size="2"][quote name='nude for satan']need to be surrounded in terminology that negated stigma[/quote][/size][/color][/color]
[color="#353535"][color="#1C2837"][size="2"]Newbs won't know they're in newb land and won't care if they have some fun. By the time they figure out they're only playing other newbs, they are ready to move up a notch. <img src='http://www.subspace.co/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':p' />[/size][/color][/color]
[size="2"][color="#1C2837"][quote name='yupa'][/color][/size][color="#1C2837"][size="2"]Are we talking about the same game, the same zone? A game where EG and TW exist? [/size][/color][color="#1C2837"][size="2"]A zone where chirp flew a lancaster back and forth in a tube all day long holding down the TAB button?[/quote][/size][/color]
[color="#1C2837"][size="2"]No, it's not the same -- now there are only "[/size][/color][color="#353535"][size="2"]merciless veteran players"[/size][/color][color="#1C2837"][size="2"] in all of the zones, and that's a problem. [/size][/color]
[color="#353535"]--hallu[/color]