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       Ferazel's Wand
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      Hello guys,

      As you might already see, the moderators lowered my Karma, thinking that I'm an enemy of Ben and or Ambrosia.

      Despite the fact I'm a bit critic with Ambrosia because their recent politics are kinda strange for the company they are, I love their products. I have bought myself Ferazel, of course. I wonder if Ferazel sold well... I think I remember Ben saying on one of the topics the sales were moderate.

      Anyway, I downloaded Monkey Shines 2 Demo. The 1st version was pretty cool, it was an alternative to Ambrosia's games because it was far less tiring to play with a 2D monkey without any special effects (in fact, that game was full of bugs) than with a mad shooter (Apeiron, for example).

      However, when I launched Monkey Shines 2, something hit me. They really tried to make it like a second Ferazel's Wand. What I don't like in 2D scrolling games is that after a moment, my head hurts so much I have to stop playing. I did not experience this with Ferazel because the scrolling was smooth and nice.

      Anyway, I don't like MS 2. They tried to make a second Ferazel and they failed. Many similarities (shipped on CD, scrolling game, big sprites, light effects, etc) can be noted, but Ferazel is much better than MS 2. No, not Microsoft, Monkey Shines 😄

      Tell me what are your opinions...

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      Ummm what's monkey shines?

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      :eek:
      (url="http://"http://www.fantasoft.com")http://www.fantasoft.com(/url)

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      WHATTTTTTTTTTTT???

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      All quite on the western front.
      But not for long...
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      MS2 is nothing like Ferazel. It doesn't hold a candle to it, and probably never will.

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      -- Jeff
      "All I know is that wherever Ben goes, great software follows." -Merciless

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      MS2 Sucks compared to FW. The level design is horrid, the graphics are too cartoonish, and there is no plot. FW is soooo much better

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      Chack out an awsome shareware game, MacBrickout:(url="http://"http://www.leapfrogsw.com")leapfrogsw.com(/url) I made the Mania Levels!

      (This message has been edited by cat99 (edited 04-19-2001).)

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      It looks really stupid. It's too bad I wasted my money on Monkey Shines. :frown:

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      Quote ViaVoice, "Hal Cohen help build Satam sand scratch a flat surface scratches that some scratch that scratches that scratch facts scratcher wraked this scratched tax costs tax this. " 😕 Is this ViaVoiceian?

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      eewwwwwww I only had to look at the description and it sounds stupid yuck!

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      All quite on the western front.
      But not for long...
      LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA

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