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<title><![CDATA[Star Warrior 2: Defenders comments:]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[By: John Roberts]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/star-warrior-2-defenders/#comment-127081</link>
<description><![CDATA[I love this game also yet can't seem to get past stage 32 , I've been trying for over a week now , am I a poor player or something I'm not getting.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:03:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: james k. momanyi]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/star-warrior-2-defenders/#comment-127060</link>
<description><![CDATA[I love it.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:09:44 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[james k. momanyi]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Jay Allan]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/star-warrior-2-defenders/#comment-125864</link>
<description><![CDATA[This game is VERY COOL! It's as simple as that! I can't imagine any negative reviews when the game is given to you. 
The graphics are perfect, the mouse "targeting system" works GREAT for me and YIPEE it has 40+ levels man! I have only played the first level so far BUT it's FUN and that's what games should be! 

CHECK THIS OUT&gt;&gt;&gt; I hope we get another chance at the "Exosyphen Studio" games "Hacker Evolution", etc.

Thanx GGOTD!]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:32:44 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Allan]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Nathan]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/star-warrior-2-defenders/#comment-125860</link>
<description><![CDATA[I'm running this on a Win7 32-bit computer with no problems. I didn't need compatibility or to run as administrator.

The game itself is great -- the graphics look good, the sound effects are well-placed (especially scrap metal ricocheting off your turret). It's a fun game.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:22:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Charles L]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/star-warrior-2-defenders/#comment-125835</link>
<description><![CDATA[Game ok, would be great if mouse control was altered significantly. eg a small target circle to point the direction and eg press right button to move turret in this direction.

As is, the mouse control is very tricky, and is going to take time and a lot of practice to get used to.(I play guitar very well so dexterity isn't a problem, neither is coordination  - usually!)

If this was a real life turret, the enemy would win hands down every time! I have to get the direction either Up/ Down or Left Right and even then it isn't reliable. As for targetting in any other direction, it's extremely hit and miss! Bit of a shame as the graphics and gameplay are otherwise fine! 

Game also gets too difficult too quickly!

With improvements could be a real keeper, but for now, it's play just occasionally.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:12:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles L]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: watcher13]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/star-warrior-2-defenders/#comment-125834</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sorry, Daniel, but I have to disagree with you on the uninstaller part, especially the second part. That's essentially the Macintosh formula: the user doesn't need to know anything about computing. That would be great if it were true, but it isn't, and this is an example of Joe Average (not you) being unintentionally misled. The perceived consistency here is an arbitrary consistency - in that it isn't always necessary - especially today with the amount of hard disk memory that's available. Without going into it too deeply (I don't mean you, but for the other folks "listening in"), Windows is a modular system. To perform a common function - like, say copy, to use an over simplistic, but easily visualizable example - no need to write that code into every program. The developer can simply call on the Windows module - in this case a DLL, dynamic link library - that has that basic code in it. Windows loads it into memory and it performs the basic function as many times as necessary, for as many programs as your running that need it.

This is fine, if your program needs that. But if it doesn't need to call on much in Windows - and games usually require functions different from standard Windows functions - then why not let it be as self contained as possible. Besides, the old theory was this would make programs a LOT larger than necessary. But, I find that's greatly exaggerated. I make a point of looking for free standing programs whenever possible, and most free standing utilities I've found are a lot smaller than that "limitation" is supposed to make them. Besides, with today's gigabyte and even terabyte drives, space isn't the premium it used to be. Yesterday's puzzle expanded to 25 mb and today's game to 128 mb. I've got them both, and got PLENTY of gigs left. Besides, the extra space wasn't because of redundancy, but because of the each games' graphics.

The perceived consistency is the "one size fits all" theory, vice my preferred "right tool for the job" theory. Installers were only created because of necessity for programs that made changes to your system - and could potentially screw your system up - and because some folks couldn't figure out how easy it was to create your own shortcut. My philosophy is why buy a turbo charger if all the roads you drive on can easily be handled by the standard engine. That's an unnecessary addition to the machine.

I understand what your saying about the old XCopy technology (still being used, but goes back to DOS) but I don't see that as exactly what's happening here. Most of these games ARE compressed archives. They don't really have installers, either. They're mostly RAR archives unpacked by WinRAR, or what ever folks have to uncompress them. No uninstaller because there's no installer. Just an unpacker.

The bottom line is that these programs don't interact with Windows on a modular level, but sort of interact with Windows by riding on top of it. The advantage: you don't have to worry about the program creating compatibility problems with other programs or about the program making changes which could impact your system. The program either works on your machine or it doesn't. Even if crashes your machine that's because it didn't get along with your hardware, but that can happen with any program and rarely causes permanent problems. One miscalculated addition to your registry CAN cause you permanent problems, though, I admit it doesn't happen that often.

I say all this respectfully. I just feel developers should start with a simple model and add complications ONLY when they really are enhancements, but I haven't written hardly any code, so I might be missing something.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:55:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[watcher13]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: J Wood]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/star-warrior-2-defenders/#comment-125831</link>
<description><![CDATA[Installed on Win7 Ultimate 32 with a 3.2 Ghz Intel Processor and a 1 gig Nvidia card along with 4 GIgs of ram.  Goes to the init screen and then out to a black screen.  Oh well....]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:06:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[J Wood]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: vvqueen]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/star-warrior-2-defenders/#comment-125823</link>
<description><![CDATA[those screenshots of the game look really cool as a desktop background.
thats as far as i got so far.  lol


....................Moderator Comment........................


lol.  If you follow the  photobucket link you'll get slightly better resolution images, though they are about half  what the original screenshots were.  The forum images are only 400 x 300 pixels.
  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:51:23 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[vvqueen]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Cad Delworth CEng MBCS CITP]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/star-warrior-2-defenders/#comment-125822</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hmm... so you REQUIRE a middle mouse button?  In that case, I'll have to pass on this one.  I use a trackball (which doesn't have an MMB).

(Insert standard rant about 'why do developers ASSUME your HID has a 'middle button?' here. ;) )

..................Moderator comment.......................

I've not used the middle mouse button yet. You can play the game  quite adequately without it.  :)]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:33:36 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cad Delworth CEng MBCS CITP]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Daniel Neely]]></title>
<link>https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/star-warrior-2-defenders/#comment-125821</link>
<description><![CDATA[The first problem with no uninstaller is that from the users standpoint there's no way to know if no uninstaller means it was an xcopy install (and thus can be removed by deleting the folder) or if something is screwed up and the installer either didn't create the uninstall entry or something deleted it after the fact.  With software that's installed by copying files out of a zip that's not a major concern because no installer has run.  When was has it does become an issue.

If all you need is an xcopy install, tools like innosetup can create one in less than an hour even if you never used the tool before.  Unlike install shield would have you think it doesn't need to be a difficult process.

The second problem with not having an uninstaller falls under the category of consistency and following OS behavioral guidelines.  Simply put the user experience should be consistent for all software on a system; as defined by MS that means providing an entry in add/remove programs to uninstall an application.  These guidelines go well beyond just saying you need an uninstaller; the one for vista is roughly 1000 pages long; I've never looked at the win7 version to see how much its size has changed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:26:36 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Neely]]></dc:creator>
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