Slitherine

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Good video to show the actual game as it is played, but I think he should have started off small to show the concepts rather than jumping into a huge scenario and filling up the screen. Also, not being catty, but to me this is a rather amateurish review; there should have been more preparation as to what was going to be shown and maybe some more rehersal. And the reviewer seems to not have spent enough time with the game to understand the nuances of the interface.

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ORIGINAL: 3M45

Blaming a fault on the job, the family or children is a very poor practice. Unless that job is making reviews, of course, and was highly pressing with time constraints (or was a review a prerequisite for getting a beta?).
The review itself is outright unprofessional and should never be coming from someone from the beta team, who played almost every single scenario and had enough time to get to know even the MIL-STD-2525C, not to mention the NTDS symbology...
And one more thing. Children are very sensitive to an attention deficiency. Thus, instead of playing (and reviewing) heaps of games all the time, one should consider spending more time with his daughter and family.

It's not a rant or anything. Just an attempt to open people's eyes on the question of quality, professionalism and priority. I personally believe that one should do it right or never at all.

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Children are very sensitive to an attention deficiency. Thus, instead of playing (and reviewing) heaps of games all the time, one should consider spending more time with his daughter and family.

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ORIGINAL: JaguarUSF

Hello everyone. Figured I'd respond to a couple of the things stated in this thread about my video review.

First, I've had the beta for about two weeks before recording the video with the release version and played almost every scenario in the game in that time. Keep in mind that I play a lot of games for my reviews and have not logged 350 hours playing Harpoon, so some things that should seem to be obvious might not be to me (especially regarding the interface).

I wanted to record the video on Wednesday after release and post it Thursday so that it was up close after release. Because I have a full-time job and a family (this is also why I don't do lengthy written reviews anymore), I have a narrow window to record my videos and I reserved about an hour for this one. I was very disappointed that it crashed while I was playing (as I stated in the video, that had never happened) but didn't want to waste the ~20 minutes of record time I had done before then, since I honestly did not have time to do it over again. Incidentally, my daughter also interrupted me twice during recording, so the encoding process took 3 times longer since I had to split it up into three different videos before combining it into one. I do not do reviews for money and do it in my spare time, so hopefully you can emphasize with my time constraints.

I wanted a scenario that featured all three platforms (air, sea, sub) just so I could show off the different mechanics in the game. Usually for my videos I try to show things off rather then play "properly", much like a written review, so that I can inform the audience better.

So there you go. I did like the game and would have given it a high score (say, 7/8) if I still gave scores. Also, thanks for the kind words about my past reviews. I wish more review outlets would take on Matrix/Slitherine products so people can have views in addition to my own for a more balanced assessment.

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First, that monstrous price, second, the lukewarm manual... And now this so called review. Someone is trying to kill the sales for this simulation?
I mean, come on... The guy never saw NTDS symbols in his life and needed hours to adapt to them? You can't be serious... Or having a whole bunch of Sizzlers inbound and making the time compression switch to the 5 sec setting. These are just a few, but enough reasons to stop watching it prematurely. If he is a good GAMER, doesn't mean he can do any good review of a serious product like this or Harpoon ANW. Please, Matrix, remove it at least from the "game"'s main page as soon as possible. The "review" won't convince any gamers to get it even for free, yet it can totally ruin it for those who actually appreciate this kind of simulations.