Oolite review

Post by **another_commander** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:29 am

Oolite got reviewed in NAG Online, one of South Africa's main computer gaming magazines. Here is the review:
http://www.nag.co.za/2010/09/review-oolite/

This could maybe be related with yesterday's spike of ~7700 downloads on Berlios. Some of the comments in the review made me blush - honest!

maik · Post by **maik** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:39 am

another_commander wrote:
Oolite got reviewed in NAG Online, one of South Africa's main computer gaming magazines. Here is the review:
http://www.nag.co.za/2010/09/review-oolite/

This could maybe be related with yesterday's spike of ~7700 downloads on Berlios. Some of the comments in the review made me blush - honest!

Well researched review and to the point. Shows the excellent work that everyone is doing here!

Website · Post by **Cody** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:48 am

Cool... that reviewer is definitely a player.
a_c, is that 7700 downloads in one day?

Post by **another_commander** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:22 am

El Viejo wrote:
a_c, is that 7700 downloads in one day?

Yes, and to be more accurate, it is 7,745 in one day, according to Berlios statistics.

Website · Post by **Cody** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:26 am

Wow!!

Gimi · Post by **Gimi** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:00 am

Me suspects the author of that review is a member and contributor on this forum.
Now, who could it be:

Good review though, and I also suspect we might see a rush of new members here soon.

JazHaz · Post by **JazHaz** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:49 am

Great review.

There are sharing buttons at the end of the review for Twitter, Facebook etc, I suggest we use them!

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:08 pm

Very nice!

And also the redesign of www.oolite.org pays. It's really good that the link at the end of the review goes to a page that pleases the eye!

Cmdr Wyvern · Post by **Cmdr Wyvern** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:08 pm

Oolite’s main drawback is that it has no multiplayer...

:snort:
That's not a drawback, that's a strength! No powergaming, cheating greifers to bother with, huzzah! He can go play WoW if he wants to put up with that crap.

Other than that, awesome review.

Cmd. Cheyd · Post by **Cmd. Cheyd** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:17 pm

While I tend to agree with your sentiment generally Wyvern, I DO wish Oolite had a built-in IRC client that could connect to a common channel for pilots. I enjoy social-gaming and played a MMORPG for over 8 years (no longer do). I'm not after the multi-gamer experience, but social interaction is always a plus to me.

Dave McRoss · Post by **Dave McRoss** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:31 pm

Well Cmd. Cheryd, this could be nice and personally I like the idea of a built-in mIRC-like chat. It could keep away the sense of emptiness of void space.
More a Space Trucker feeling, do you saw the movie?

Post by **Kaks** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:45 pm

Wow, nice review!

Thanks for spotting that review A_C, it's definitely made my day, and I'm pretty sure it made many OXP makers' day too!

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:53 pm

It's a shame that the reviewer doesn't point out that one of the big changes is the non-player-centric nature of Oolite.

For me that's probably the most significant thing about the game over its forefather...

maik · Post by **maik** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:40 pm

DaddyHoggy wrote:
It's a shame that the reviewer doesn't point out that one of the big changes is the non-player-centric nature of Oolite.

For me that's probably the most significant thing about the game over its forefather...

That aspect of the original Elite is actually lost in the hazy shades of my forgiving memory... and in my imagination its universe bristled with life just the same

Website · Post by **Cody** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:42 pm

maik wrote:
and in my imagination its universe bristled with life just the same

Yeah... didn't it just!

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