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From: rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge)
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Subject: Re: "8 Classic Games You Haven't Played (but should)"
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Spalls Hurgenson  <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>Personally, I preferred the older game. "Powermonger" just added on
>layers of complexity I felt were unnecessary. Although, again, that
>might be because I came across it later. Perhaps had I played
>"Powermonger" first, I would have been bitching about how stupidly
>simplified they'd made "Populous". ;-P

I was disappointed by Powermonger.  It sounded like the strategy game I
had been waiting for, but it turned out to be underwelming.  It's been
so long I'm not entirely sure why I thought I'd like it and why I didn't,
but I think the main problem was a lack of depth.

>Can we both agree, though, that "Syndicate" was the better of both
>games? ;-)

I might also agree, but Syndicate crashed a lot for me so I never got
far in the game.

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