Free BCM Gold and Universal Combat Coming [Dec 13, 2007, 10:40 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A post on the
3000AD Discussion Board by Derek Smart announces that Battlecruiser
Millennium Gold and the original Universal Combat will be released for free over the internet at some point soon, as the rights to both sci-fi games are
about to lapse:
Dreamcatcher's five year rights to Battlecruiser Millennium Gold and the original Universal Combat expires on 12-18-07. I do not intend to renew those rights.
In keeping with my tradition, both games will be released for free on the Internet at some point in the near future.
Now, if it was as gorgeous as X3, you'd have a point. It doesn't and you don't.It's not as accessible, either. I find it funny that there are people who think X3 is too complicated, when there are games like UC out there. I have a certain amount of respect for Derek Smart for his "chutzpah" and ambitious games (and releasing older games for free is always a good thing), but he either cannot or will not make a game that is accessible to more than a tiny group of fans. I tried to get into BC2.0, then BCM, and finally UC. Hell, I even bought BCM because I really needed a good space game at the time. But I have trouble understanding how anyone can find his games remotely fun. It'll be interesting to see if his new less ambitious games gain gameplay as a result of the smaller scope. His games are a perfect example of why open-ended gameplay should have limits.
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