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[OT] Suspended
- Subject: [OT] Suspended
- From: "Jon Ingold" <ji207@cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 02 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction
- Organization: University of Cambridge, England
- References: <38b9dd23.28525738@news.erols.com> <20000228183102.00878.00002564@ng-de1.aol.com>
Soleck wrote in message <20000228183102.00878.00002564@ng-de1.aol.com>...
>If I recall correctly, the old Infocom game "Suspended" had a first-person
>perspective that was really well implemented (IMHO, anyway). I thought the
>whole concept of the player being able to interact with the outside world
only
>by using a group of robots as his eyes and ears was genius.
I found it really, really unplayable, due to the amazing level of
complication. It probably just takes a while to get into though, and it's a
good idea.
Jon