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Well, Movie Outline's price is more or less in the same range as other screen writing apps....which is to say (unjustifiably?)expensive. For a screen writer who's already sold scripts, the cost is no more than a few lines of nose candy, which is to say mere pocket change to them. For the rest of us, who constitute most of the market for these apps, snorting them up is not necessarily so easy a financial decision. Celtx http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19246/celtx is not only OUTSTANDING, but FREE as well. I seriously suggest giving Celtx a try and then decide if spending big bucks on Movie Outline or any of the others makes any real sense. |
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Addictive, huh? Give me a break. I found LinkLines rather insipid, lacking the "sizzle" found in well crafted arcade games. I lost interest pretty quickly. $19.95 is way too much for this anemic little puppy; it just doesn't have that much going for it to warrant its price. Not worth more than, oh, $8, I'd say. |
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With Netshade v3.3.2, BwanaDik, the app that shows your IP address seems to crash when Netshade is set to a public proxy. A good way to check whether Netshade is working properly is to go to: http://os2eagle.net/SSL/phpentry.php (it's a site that tracks precious metal prices) with Netshade activated and set to a public proxy. Then scroll down to the bottom of that URL's page where you'll see "User's IP Address". If Netshade is working properly, the IP address of the proxy should appear there. If Netshade isn't doing its job, your own IP address will appear there instead. Currently, Netshade appears to be working MOST of the time but not always. Therefore, don't automatically assume that your own IP address is always being replaced with the proxy that you've chosen. It's best to use some other method of actually confirming it first, such as the one that I've mentioned here. |
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I've been using Earthbrowser for a number of years and find it always fascinating and enjoyable. The new version seems to have an expanded range of options, but I found version 3 rather glitchy and not at all as smooth running as version 2. But I expect any problems will be addressed in later versions. Quite frankly, I find version 2 has a more well defined and graphically bolder rendering of Earth; I prefer that one and will likely just keep using my copy of version 2. I burned a dmg onto a CD for safe keeping, as well as put a copy onto my external hard drive for safe keeping. There is a $10 off purchase price for upgrades, at $19.95. You just click where it says "Upgrade Discount For v2.x Users" at the top of the purchase form at the Earthbrowser website, and enter your version 2 reg number and email address. |
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I had no problem installing Warblade 1.31 on my Powerbook G4 running OS 10.4.11. Try uninstalling all the Warblade files and redownloading it again. It's a great game, hope you're successful in installing it. |
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A truly outstanding, fun, fast paced, arcade style game! Holds my interest for hours at a time. Thoroughly enjoyable!! I played the demo for hours, then purchased it. This game developer really knows what he's doing. If you like this style of game, give it a whirl; your gonna love it. Kudos to the developer; this game is a real class act! WOWIE!!! |
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Ok, I think I know what the glitch is; This download is supposed to be for the latest v9.5 beta, but is actually the last version of the stable 9.27 by mistake. |
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This download appears to be identical to the previous version. Both this one and the last one have the same version number and date of modification: v9.27.3731, modified March 31,'08. |
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Sorry to be redundant, but at $95 Outspring is horribly overpriced. The developer has, as of 6th April '08 a special introductory price of $59 but, imo, it's still too much. I tried it out but could find no good reason to use this email client. What's wrong with Outspring has been pretty well covered, below, in a previous review. For some reason, I could not send any emails from one of my accounts; I kept getting a message telling me that Outspring couldn't connect with the smtp server...something about failure to authenticate. I double checked all my account info but could find no errors. I thought, perhaps, that the port setting might be wrong but could find no info regarding that nor, of course, any way of changing it. Apple's mail client works pretty well but if you're looking for a reasonably priced, well designed and totally dependable client, take a look a Gyazmail; it's only $18 and works beautifully. I'm totally pleased with it....and so are many others. |
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I, too, needed to reregister iWOW (after doing an OS reinstall) and now, as many others have experienced, iWOW tells me that I've exceeded the number of allowable installations, so it won't accept my serial number...but this is only the second time that I've installed it, and on the same computer! And, once again, as many others have experienced, repeated emails to SRS support regarding this matter have met with a complete stone wall...no replies whatsoever! This issue regarding TOTAL AND COMPLETE LACK OF SUPPORT has been an ongoing one with SRS for quite some time now, going back well past a year. What the hell is wrong with them???!! After you purchase their product, they, in effect, spit in your face when you request assistance. The product is very good but their "support"(HAH!!!) stinks like an overflowing sewer on hot summer's day. I'm absolutely outraged! |
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This is actually a web based service for which one pays a yearly fee of, currently, $60. There's a 30 day no-questions-asked money back guarantee if not satisfied. If it allows one to successfully and repeatedly win eBay auctions, it's worth the price, provided one uses it frequently and on higher priced items. |
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realtech-VR just informed me that they're fixing a SkyORB 1.8 issue that's particular only to PowerPCs running OS 10.4x, and a fix will come shortly. |
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Just checked the realtech-VR forum. A post there says, "SkyORB 08 has been released (1.8.0). Note: It has been only tested for MacOSX 10.5 Intel and Windows XP and Vista (Geforce 8 on both)." So, I guess, it's not intended for OS 10.4. Nor PPC Macs either, perhaps? |
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Looks intriguing but crashes when trying to launch, here, every time. Crash log says, "EXC_BAD_ACCESS" "KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS"
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If your haxies don't work after installing APE 2.5b1, see if it was installed in HD/Library/Preference Panes. If so, try dragging it out and into your home folder's Preference Pane, ~/Library/Preference Panes (If you have the previous APE there, move it to the trash). That worked for me(of course, restarting your Mac is worth doing). Dunno why APE 2.5b1 initially didn't work for me until I moved it as explained above. Also note that the new APE icon is graphically different from the previous one; the one shown in this Macupdate posting is the old icon. The new one is light blue in color rather than dark blue as shown here. |
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Nice and simple. Works smoothly. Would be sweet if it could be accessed via a menu bar icon. Not nearly as slick and refined as xBack, though. That one's $10. |
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This whole Houdini trip is just too BIZARRE! v1.5 is a TOTAL DISASTER! (v1.4.4 worked ok) I, too, am getting the, "the variable zerothoptions is not defined" on my desktop. Earlier, upon launch, a window appeared with a list of applications, the first twenty or so were blank and the rest were a combination of applications and none-applications, most in triplicate, quadruplicate and more. Huh??? Oh, and at the top of the window it said, "Where is Microsoft Word?"? WTF??!! I don't even have Microsoft Word installed. Question: Do you, developer(s) know wtf your doing??? I think not. Why don't you just toss this Houdini thing into the trash, go take your meds, take a nice warm bath and then have a really nice long nap, ok? You'll feel much better.
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Ok, I deleted Writer-BlockNetwork from Locations and voila!, no more lost internet connection. Thanks for your assistance! Actually, the Block Network feature is one that I really have no need for. |
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It's a really sweet app, simple and very usable. One problem, though, for me is whenever I launch it, I lose my internet connection...every time, even if I've set Writer's connection setting at "unblock". Dunno to what extent the router that my Mac is connected to may be at fault, if at all....it IS a bit tempermental, admittedly. But the only way I can, then, reconnect, after closing Writer is to restart my Mac. By the way, I LOVE Writer's icon. It's absolutely elegant.....I can gaze at its magnificence all day! Um, I guess that could be a problem for some easily distracted writers, though. |
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v1.4.4 seems to work ok here. |
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Use the app "EasyFind". It will find every file that you're looking for. It's outstanding. And it's a freebie! |
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Well, even in this version (4.0.1) I still can't get iCab's log-in info saving feature to work....sigh.. Still have to enter the info manually at each password protected web page every time, which gets to be a real pain in the ass awfully fast. Is there any iCab user out there who CAN successfully use that feature??? The developer seems totally resistant to making any changes to simplify the process, or even making it workable. Oh well, I, for one, just won't use iCab as a first line browser....let alone pay the $25 for it, even though iCab is a really first rate browser otherwise. |
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This version, 1.4.3, doesn't work here. When I launch it and press "run", I get a message on my desktop saying, "Could not run this script because the required resources were not found. -192" OS 10.4.9 on a PPC Mac |
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Been playing around with this a bit more and now found that Camouflage will work with Path Finder open depending on how Path Finder's own desktop hiding is set. Actually, it's not an issue worth bothering about. It's not really a big deal. |
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Regardless of whether the Path Finder setting is set to hide desktop or not, Camouflage is overridden when Path Finder is open. |
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Camouflage is really sweet! However, I'm experiencing one conflict. When I've got the app Path Finder open, Camouflage doesn't work. If I've enabled Camouflage to hide desktop icons and then open Path Finder, my hidden desktop icons then appear. And when I close Path Finder, the icons then become hidden once again. It seems that Path Finder completely overrides Camouflage. Very strange, indeed! Can anyone else duplicate this anomaly? |
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For those who find using Oxidizer a bit mystifying, there's a tutorial here: http://rampant-mac.com/wp/?p=191 |
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The file you're looking for should be in HD/Library/Little Snitch. At any rate, if you download and use "EasyFind", it should find all files that want to locate. EasyFind is far superior to Spotlight. |
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The Plasmatube Screensaver doesn't seem to be available; I clicked on "download now", but I'm taken to the Innermindmedia website where there's a Plasmatube widget but NO Plasmatube screensaver. Bummer! |
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Oops! I've got the Plasmatube widget installed, not the screensaver. My error, sorry! |
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This little puppy might not be Leopard compatible(yet). I'm running Tiger...10.4.9, and it works just fine here. |
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Hmmm...wonder if the kernel panic issue is particular to Leopard only? Are there any folks running Tiger that have experienced it? |
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Installed LS 2.02 over my preexisting v2.01, restarted my Powerbook and NO problems whatsoever. Everything's smooth as silk, here. OS 10.4.9. |
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Faith Converter is quite amusing and totally harmless. If you're offended by it, well then, get over yourself, dude! Being offended is NOT life threatening...trust me. Anyway, if you take your particular sacred cow with a large glass of prune juice, you'll feel great relief in the morning. Never fails! Iconoclasts Rule! |
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Ok, here's what my crash log says: OS Version: 10.4.9 (Build 8P135) Report Version: 4 Command: Conjure Path: /Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/Conjure.app/Contents/MacOS/Conjure Parent: WindowServer [6661] Version: 2.1 (0) PID: 21594 Thread: Unknown Link (dyld) error: Symbol not found: _IMAVManagerStateChangedNotification Referenced from: /Users/xxxxxxx/Desktop/Conjure.app/Contents/MacOS/Conjure Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/InstantMessage.framework/Versions/A/InstantMessage |
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Conjure 2.1 crashes instantly when I attempt to launch it. I'd send the developer my Conjure 2.1 crash log except there's no contact info to be found on his website. OS 10.4.9 |
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Only those without a soul will fail to appreciate how this little gem can transform one's immediate environment into a veritable Garden of Paradise. It's absolutely breathtaking! At $10, it's an absolute bargain. Definitely worth two or three times that price. Been using it for years, now, and it's one of the very few software programs that has definitely enhanced the quality of my life. But it now! |
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You CAN save stills. After you've installed Fracture, go to System Preferences/Screensaver (choose Fracture)/Options/Controls. It tells you how. I've got many incredibly beautiful images saved. I've used Fracture for years. It's well worth the $10. |
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While iClock's been reasonably stable for me since I purchased it over three years ago, customer support is very irregular...sometimes I get a response to an inquiry, sometimes not. When I moved up to OS 10.4.11 from 10.4.9, iClock refused to appear in my menu bar. Got no response from developer(s) when I emailed them about the problem. (I since reverted back to OS 10.4.9...I had other problems with 10.4.11, and iClock is back to normal) iClock hasn't been revised since v3.0.5; that's a year and a half ago. Wonder if it's been abandoned? |
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Hmm, the file hiding feature in v1.3 doesn't work. When I launch Houdini, and click on "files", it just quits. I also tried dropping a file on the Houdini icon in the Dock but the file isn't then hidden. Am I missing something? There's no help function, no apparent Houdini website nor any contact info. |
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This has got to be the most AMAZING piece of software ever devised! From my yurt in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, where I'm on holiday I actually withdrew $1500 from my bank account in New York City using MacATM......and I have the receipt to prove it, too!!! I am in TOTAL AWE of this thing! I haven't a clue how it does it, but it works. Incredible....absolutely incredible!!! |
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iCab has become a first rate browser with 4.0. It's fast and smooth, a pleasure to use overall. However, there's one BIG issue that needs to be resolved before I can give it a full five star rating, and that's the matter of password/log-on info saving. As has been mentioned by other reviewers here, the rather arcane method that the developer has chosen to use just doesn't work, and God knows, I've tried. I just can't get iCab to save log-in info, period, and I spent a good hour trying everything. Developer, PLEASE make password saving work, and work easily and effortlessly as it is with all other browsers. |
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This version, 2.5.4, works just fine for me. No glitches whatsoever. No problems to report. I've been using Overflow for several years now, and love it. It's very intelligently designed and eminently efficient. A beautiful job all the way around. I use it constantly and effortlessly each day and would miss it greatly if it was gone. I've found the developer to be very responsive and extremely helpful. Overflow is a real class act. Yes!!!! |
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While it's got an easy to use UI and seems to be quite thorough(I ran it but no "cooties" were found on my hard drive), be aware that Avast Antivirus is not for purchase; you buy a license to use it for one, two or three years at a time. Currently, a one year license costs $40, a two year license costs $58 and it's $74 for three years. The Avast company is Czech, and heretofore has sold most of their software to European buyers, so most likely, their antivirus software licenses will become more and more costly for those of us in the States as the dollar vis a vis the Euro loses value. So Avast Antivirus is quite expensive to use, especially if one expects to use it for a number of years. One irksome fact is that their antivirus software for Windows(their home edition used non-commercially, has FREE yearly licenses, while we Mac users have to pay for them! Most puzzling, since Windows is just plagued with viruses/malware while there are, as yet, NO active ones out there for Mac. I, for one, will pass on this one; I'll just continue to use the free and highly regarded ClamXav. |
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The new iCab is really quite good. Nice and fast, too. Some nice features (just the right amount, not bloated with them like, say, Flock) and a pleasure to use. Dunno about the $25 price tag, though. Actually, I'm rather ambivalent about charging for a browser. I do feel that the developer (he's an independent developer) deserves to be compensated for his work, but $25 is a bit too high for a browser; there are already some really good free browsers out there. And iCab, while really, really nice, is not THAT unique in its design. The nag screen to buy iCab is actually quite kind and friendly....and unobtrusive. It doesn't appear very often and when it does, it just fades in at the top left of one's screen; click on it and it just goes away. And while I do kinda object to it's $25 price tag, the developer has set the price at €25 for European purchasers, which at the current rate of exchange is about $36.50 for them. So he IS being quite kind to us Americans, with our sick and progressively weakening dollar. (But then, again, perhaps he realizes that if he charges the $36.50 to us in the States, he'll just meet with almost total buyer resistance from the US.) So will I pay the $25 for iCab? Hmmm....dunno yet, the jury's still out. |
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Mailplane has some really nice features, but paying $25 for an email client that's usable with Gmail ONLY just doesn't make sense to me. Make Mailplane usable with ANY email server and I'll buy a license in an instant! But just for Gmail? No way! (I'd say that most folks who use Gmail as their primary email server are just too cheap to pay for an email service. There are many far better email services out there for a modest yearly fee. Besides, Google constantly mines all it's Gmail accounts for information. There's no real privacy with Gmail.) |
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While Firefox is now pretty fast for me, I've learned from experience that adding extensions(and Firefox has a huge selection of them, many quite useful and innovative) WILL slow Firefox down, often to a crawl. Sadly, keeping Firefox sprightly means keeping it lean and mean...in other words, extension free. |
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Having used GyazMail for quite a while now, I've found it to be a pleasure to use...totally stable, rock solid and dependable. It's got a lovely UI and a fine set of well thought out features. About the only features that I'd like to see included are: ability to import one's own sound files for new mail notification, and ability to bounce unwanted email back to sender. GyazMail is well worth its $18. |
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You're not the only one who'd like to know that info. Why not post that issue on Soundspectrum's Forums? http://www.soundspectrum-forums.com/ |
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Ok, thanks. You must be privy to classified info. I haven't a clue where that URL could be found. |
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If you can find any contact info on his website, your a better man than I. I looked but could not find any. |
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Crashes instantly upon launch attempt. Shaaft's crash log says: Link (dyld) error: Library not loaded: /Users/fbecker/sandbox/lib/libogg.0.dylib Referenced from: /Applications/Shaaft Demo.app/Contents/MacOS/Shaaft Reason: image not found I'm running OS 10.4.9 on a 1GHz Powerbook. |
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The fact that you know how to code is beside the point. My issue is that you just haven't demonstrated that you can come up with any unique, interesting concepts. Your browser is very ordinary, unoriginal and uninventive. Ok, you can type in a URL and it'll take you there. Big feckin' deal.....so what? Your method of implementing bookmarks is just horrible!! It's different, true, but it's crude, it's cumbersome, it totally lacks any semblance of elegance. It's no where near as slick and efficient as the tried and true way used by every other competently done, full featured browser out there. I just took a look at Tominated browser, to which you refer as an example of work by a novice who doesn't know what he's doing. Lightbrowser is just as much of a big yawn as that one. Both are equally insipid and uninspiring. You seem fixated on developing a browser, yet there are already a fine selection of good ones out there. What has yours got to offer that the others don't? You think that it's speed? If yours is a tad faster, and I'm not convinced that it's so, Lightbrowser will become heavier as you add features. And a browser lacking the features that are offered by most others is a crippled browser and a browser not worth using, as yours is now. |
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Ok, I'll tell it like it is. You, (very)novice developer, are no way near ready to play with the big boys. I'm embarrassed for you. I honestly don't feel you really know what you're doing. You've just added bookmarks, have you? Well, it's grotesquely implemented! It's tacky! It's clunky! It's just plain ridiculous!(for example, if your browser is set at full screen, how in hell can the user access them, hmm?) You just don't have a clue about efficient UI design, do you? There's a good reason why ALL browsers follow the same bookmark format. Because it works beautifully, get it? Sorry guy, but you're obviously in WAY above your head. Don't mean to be cruel, but it was your decision to put yourself out here, and you're just NOT ready. |
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While Lightbrowser might be a little faster than other browsers, so what, it's got none of the amenities that make a browser really useful.....no bookmark capability(a MUST HAVE), no cookie control, no pop-up control, no history, and on; in fact it's SO bare bones that it's essentially crippled. It's Preferences has merely one selection, for setting one's home page, that's it. Lightbrowser might be good for novice users with slow, antiquated machines but for anyone else(most of us?) it's a real pain to use. It would make a lot more sense for the developer to spend his time on creating(or learning to create) a unique, innovative app rather than just another, essentially pointless, reinvention of the wheel. |
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Path Finder simply amazes me; it just abounds with wonderful, useful features. It puts OS X's own finder to shame. I've been using it for some time now and have had no problems whatsoever with it. It's a true pleasure to use. Regarding Ronin_1's comment, below, that Path Finder doesn't recognize some folders, I'd say that Ronin_1 simply doesn't know how to configure Path Finder properly. If the flaw that he claims really exists, why haven't other folks reported it? I haven't heard of any such flaw from friends and colleagues who use Path Finder, many of whom would be considered "power users". To state that Path Finder is "useless" and to give it only one star is utterly laughable. |
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I pretty much agree with the previous reviewer. Turret Wars is fun, but it becomes less and less so over time. The developer has made the game extremely difficult to excel at. Doing well(scoring high) means extremely high accuracy...and doing so very rapidly at all targets, but the learning curve is so steep as to eventually destroy your motivation for persevering. I've played hundreds of times, in beginner's level, but have reached an impasse.....I'm just about at the point of throwing in the towel. There are many other targets besides opposing turrets, but really no time to hit more than one or two, and then only occasionally. An opposing turret zero's in on your turret very rapidly and destroys it unless your own accuracy is right on target.....something almost impossible to do with any consistency. I'd say of every ten folks who purchase Turret Wars, nine will give up on it in exasperation and frustration sooner or later. Turret Wars is quite punishing. Why the developer has made it so is a mystery. |
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