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WoD
Calibrator wrote:

I'm not really that convinced, though, that WoD compares to U3 - it seems more of an advanced U2 ("U2+") to me.

Well I only brought up U3 because it came out in '83 and WoD was primarily targetted at Apple II first, c64 second. But definatly its more U2 than U3 influenced.

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Regarding your style of playing: Isn't your character supposed to be less polite to the game population?

Yeah, if you steal and murder in town the next time you enter they post a wanted list for you, which is pretty cool.

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As for Questron: It came earlier than WoD but it wasn't simply licensed - Garriott fought heftily against SSI using his IP without paying for it. This delayed the publishing of the game until they settled the case.

Well Origin didn't want it to be released by they came to an agreement and licensed the look and feel. I'm guessing that legal wrangling is why Sierra changed all the terminology in WoD to make it "unfamiliar" (per Garriott's quote).

Maybe we could put some questions together and email Chris, since he is still around and contactable.

-- Stu --

-- Stu --

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