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TIME Magazine Rates Temple of Elemental Evil in Top Ten Games

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by NewsPro, Nov 13, 2003.

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    (Originally posted by Yerril)

    TIME magazine, as reported on the official Atari forums, have rated The Temple of Elemental Evil number six on their top ten games of 2003. Here's what they said:

    A vintage adventure game gets its computerized revival -- no dice necessary

    Remember Dungeons & Dragons, that game for anyone who was too smart for his own good in high school and didn't have a date on Friday night? Time was, you needed a pencil, books of character information, a sturdy imagination, similarly afflicted friends, and the ever-present 20-sided dice to play the game.

    Not anymore. Temple of Elemental Evil (PC, $45, Atari) is a computerized homage to one of the best-loved adventure games of all time, enhanced with up-to-date graphics. As with the original, loading up your character (and up to four fellow adventurers) with your choice of spells and skills is almost as fun as the action itself. Your goal for the game depends on these choices: make yourself morally good, and you must rescue a missing elf princess from the eponymous temple; choose the path of the evildoers, and you may end up taking over the place. If Dungeons & Dragons had been this much fun, the geeks would have had a lot more dates.

    See the thread here.
     
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    (Originally posted by Draco Vlasavius)

    Time Magazine voted the TOEE what??? Top ten?

    WOW.

    I almost want to stop there. And just leave it with the all descriptive... "WOW". I pick up Time, Nesweek and the like regulary and clearly see the historical 'hype that which should never be hyped' due to an exchange of money between the hands of some company and "EnterAnyNameHere" Magazine. Well, if they truly liked that game -yeesh- it's sad, but then again enjoy it! If it works for them.
     
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    (Originally posted by davidw)

    Unbelievable just how deceitful some reviewers can be. Rather than give a genuine honest review of a game they heap praise on it and ignore the many, many bad points (a patch fixing over !!!TWO HUNDRED!!! bugs has just been released).

    Just how much were TIME magazine paid in order to write this piece of tripe?
     
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    (Originally posted by Sorcerer)

    I'd sooner say TIME is trying to be trendy and giving praise to what's currently new and sparkling on the market, without bothering to put any time into the actual reviewing of the product, but rather just going by the praise that's written on the back of the box. It happens all the TIME. ;)
     
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    (Originally posted by Blood Lust)

    TIME mag is just Ki$$'n Attari'$ Arse with a capital "$".
     
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