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Negator_UK:
Howdy.

Just downloaded this game and run so far to the end of May (in game) and its GREAT !!! Definitely in the league of oldie XCOM, as good as Apocalypse, only eclipsed by TFTD itself. FAR better than the Aftermath poo we were fed a few years ago.

The game works well on my Core2 1MB XP system.

One criticism I would make is the text emaily based ufopaedia is very wordy and difficult to plough through when one is trying to learn the game - 3 pages on the basic auto pistol being the extreme case, but I didn't make through all of it..

Still overall,  well done - you should be selling it ;)

blondandy:
I agree, it would be nice if a bit more real estate was devoted to the text. perhaps a smaller font.

don't tell winter, but I also think that some of the entries are a trifle verbose.

BTAxis:
The general philosophy is that the UFOpaedia text makes the world more immersive. The setup is that people who want to read it get something readworthy, while people who don't can just look at the box that has all the stats for the weapon.

Of course, that doesn't apply to storyline writeups. But do you really want the story to be told in bouts of five sentences at a time?

Winter:
We've always been playing about with the idea of a checkbox somewhere that toggles 'long' and 'short' UFOpaedia entries, with long entries being the ones we have now, and short ones giving you a quick overview in no more than one paragraph. Unfortunately somebody needs to write the short ones and I really haven't been able to take on the extra work.

How about a volunteer, blondandy? ;)

Regards,
Winter

Negator_UK:
I might volunteer myself, although I'm hopefully going hiking for a week next week.

I'm still playing the game though so I don't want it spoiling for me until after I'm done, unless it can't be finished yet, inwhich case I would rather stop now.

Cheers.

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