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<title><![CDATA[Crusaders Of Space: Open Range  comments:]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[By: John]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/space-crusaders-open-range/#comment-37814</link>
<description><![CDATA[Quote Whiterabbit

"now takes you to the Direct X 10 download page, which unless you’ve bough one of the {still few} cards that support this amazing step forwards"

DirectX 10 is NOT an amazing step forward. Basically it's smoke and mirrors and a lame excuse to pawn off Vista on the unsuspecting public. To prove my point do a little Googling concerning the game "Crysis" and you'll find DirectX 10 is all hype!

Within days of the Crysis demo release clever people found that you were able to do nothing more than go into a config file and copy the Vista settings (DirectX 10) and paste them over the XP settings (Direct X 9) save the config file and guess what? Lo and behold the graphics are IDENTICAL in every possible way.

There was very little difference in the graphics to begin with; maybe the blacks were a little darker in DirectX 10 but that was about it and you'll find screen shots to support this if you care to look. Once the config file is modified there is NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL and again you'll find screen shots to support that as well and I'm not talking about fly by night websites. I'm talking about major gaming sites like gamespot.com and a host of others.

By the way I have an Asus EN8800 GTX and running XP with DirectX 9.0 with the aforementioned config file tweak there is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in the video quality as compared to Vista running DirectX 10 and you can take that to the bank.

DirectX 10 is nothing more than hype, smoke and mirrors and something to get the Kool Aid drinkers to shell out big bucks on Vista. I'm sorry but that's the truth and like I said above if you don't believe me do some Googling and you'll see the light! DirectX 10 is bunk and it cannot do anything that DirectX 9 doesn't!

regards,

John Palomina]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:24:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: jaretep]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/space-crusaders-open-range/#comment-37325</link>
<description><![CDATA[$19.95 for this, it's like the old space invaders game of years back, I wouldn't pay 5 bucks for. I guess maybe Ok for young kids that don't know better... I'll leave it at that.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:58:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: single rose]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/space-crusaders-open-range/#comment-37321</link>
<description><![CDATA[Treasures of Montezuma is one of the best games we have been given so far. I have already beat the Normal mode and now am about half way through the hard mode. Don't give up! 

As for today's game, I didn't download it because I already have the first version and I figured one is enough. It was fun but not one I revisit often.

Thanks, Alawar and GGOTD!]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:57:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[single rose]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: William]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/space-crusaders-open-range/#comment-37316</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is after Defense Wall only worked as a trial despite activation saying it was successful.  Back to this game issue, the forums still won't let me in despite resetting password and pasting the password that was sent.  Maybe this is why some post issues here - they're unable to access the forums.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:08:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[William]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: leelee]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/space-crusaders-open-range/#comment-37302</link>
<description><![CDATA[hmmm...Although dissing free stuff goes against my nature, I have to say I haven't enjoyed this game much.  Played for a couple of hours and found it to be kind of plodding and redundant.  I think the adorable voice over's were probably what kept me playing as long as I did.  I sure wouldn't pay $19.95 for this game, and I think even children have come to expect a higher level of sophistication.  That being said, I'm glad there are lots of folks out there who ARE enjoying it, 'cause that's what this site is all about- different strokes for different folks!  ASTRO FURY, offered earlier, was a much better game of this type, imo.  Note re. Treasures of Montezuma- I've been playing the heck out of this game, and I too am stuck on level   5-7.  Found that sweet spot, just like the others, where things seemed to get easier for a time.  Will soldier on, and continue to change the bonus combinations as I think that may be where the secret may lie.  Good luck fellow addicts!]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:59:24 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[leelee]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Sandy]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/space-crusaders-open-range/#comment-37295</link>
<description><![CDATA[To 30 and 31...I'm at 5-7, stuck again, lol!  You do get better at the game the more you play it and as the levels increase, as you get more bonuses.  It's truly an addictive game...sometimes it's just a random excellent bonus round...I got through 5-5 and 5-6 on same night one right after the other.....that was a week ago...still on 5-7, lol.  Enjoy!]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:24:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Brian aka Crash]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/space-crusaders-open-range/#comment-37292</link>
<description><![CDATA[<b>Quick Review:</b>

After beating the game in less then 2 hours (In Normal mode) I found that this was a pretty fun game. However, I felt that every time I finished one mission the next mission looked exactly the same as the past mission.

There are 2 episodes (Episode meaning "World") in the game. In each episode there’s 5 missions and in each mission there's 10 levels. There's also a good amount of power ups. There are bigger guns, missiles, shields, and money.

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<b>Scoring:</b>

Gameplay: 8/10 - It’s a nice overall looking game. With the ability of using your mouse, keyboard, or a video game controller to play the game.

Graphics: 7/10 - OK graphics.

Music: 5/10 - The music was kinda boring.

Loading Time: 10/10 - Took about 5 seconds to load.

Installation: 10/10 - Installing the game was quick and easy.

Overall: 8/10

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<b>Final Comment:</b>

If you’re any good at "Space Invader" types of games then this one might be to easy for you. But, I would recommend you downloading it just to give it a try.

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<b>User Talk:</b>

bluhoteyes - Yes, I've finished the game along time ago. I still think it's one of Alawar best games :)

Moomphas - Same here after getting passed the half waypoint each level become a lot easier.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:42:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian aka Crash]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Whiterabbit aka Stephen]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/space-crusaders-open-range/#comment-37281</link>
<description><![CDATA[Well! I've been playing Treasures virtually every day since we were given it and I've been stuck on level 2_4 (on both computers) for most of that time,  <em>I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong</em> :(   

Mabe I'm concentrating on trying to get the time bonus to often?  I rarely get the gems near to completion before I run out of time.  I've mixed and matched the power ups, (apart from the time bonus totem), with no real results.

Still the game has an appeal like Luxor 3 and my older favorite Atklantis Sky Patrol.  All three will be staying on my computer for a long time.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:38:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Whiterabbit aka Stephen]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: TPM]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/space-crusaders-open-range/#comment-37276</link>
<description><![CDATA[Best game except rip 3,age of empires]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:14:56 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[TPM]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: bovi]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/space-crusaders-open-range/#comment-37274</link>
<description><![CDATA["Have You got the same feeling that the more You play Treasures of Montezuma the easier the game is?"
Have you got the feeling that you improve in anything that you do? But yes, the totems are really powerful, especially the orange one that gives extra time]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:13:36 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[bovi]]></dc:creator>
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