tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640929554503965005.post4537378244129645835..comments2024-03-04T09:12:37.072+00:00Comments on MALthus Dire's Fighting Fantasy Page: #12: Space AssassinMALthus Direhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847555508305181801noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640929554503965005.post-6461850421352722682023-05-01T08:06:31.065+01:002023-05-01T08:06:31.065+01:00I did have some fun with this one but I won't ...I did have some fun with this one but I won't read again, its just too stupid and badly written. aeris2001x2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10288482087761816217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640929554503965005.post-58115155110957225412023-01-04T01:11:23.822+00:002023-01-04T01:11:23.822+00:00I agree....this is a bad book. But I think the re...I agree....this is a bad book. But I think the reason for the "planet inside the ship" was maybe a large laboratory for Cyrus to experiment on without having to leave the ship. That being said, just exactly HOW BIG is the Vandervecken, that it could contain an entire freakin' planet?<br /><br />I liked the tank battle, but it seemed rather pointless. It would have been better if you actually gained something from winning it.<br /><br />Worst yet? The ending is two sentences. TWO. That's it? This is one of the supremeo bad guys in the galaxy, and they basically tell you "Congratulations." Yawn. In RL people get a lot more adulation from eating 43 hot dogs in ten minutes than capturing an intergalactic baddie? Yeah, right.<br /><br />Oh....and if you're an assassin, why not just kill him? Too many questions, and stupid answers to them (as the pilot of the Vandervecken might have said before I blew him away in one of my encounters).Bosk of Port Karhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05382836168231297724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640929554503965005.post-31859376241109955282021-09-04T18:09:38.279+01:002021-09-04T18:09:38.279+01:00Funnily enough, that's the part where you can ...Funnily enough, that's the part where you can use the squirrel. Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055378759086732998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640929554503965005.post-78007681104838298342021-04-03T09:17:12.552+01:002021-04-03T09:17:12.552+01:00Played this through yesterday and really enjoyed i...Played this through yesterday and really enjoyed it. As a child I never enjoyed any of the sci-fi FFs. I was a big fan of two sequels, ToC and MR, both I thought were absolutely excellent, especially the epic intro of ToC and the vivid Port Blacksand (surely this inspired Harry Potter elements) of MR. Space Assassin is a really great way back into FF because it has a fairly complex system involving armour and multiple weapon systems in addition to gunfighting, hand-to-hand and the luck/skill/stamina mix we are all accustomed to. I agree the path was fairly linear, and fairly short - I<br />got onto the planet deck and went something like s,s,w,l,l and was out so didn't experience any looping. I really enjoyed the tank battle, and found it merciful, if anticlimactic to capture Cyrus very soon thereafter (3-4 rooms later). Coming into this after about 30 years, my expectations were very low anyway and this helped. Ultimately, I found Space Assassin fun, light enough to enjoy, but complicated enough in the battle sequences to be immersive, and think the hyper-negative reviews on it I keep reading are too harsh. I will have more comparators which will raise the bar soon. If you compare this to how dire some of the CYOA books were, it's league above and a really good one to start out with given that things apparently, can only get better hereafter.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03710415731766572358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640929554503965005.post-88742416254559296762020-03-30T23:00:16.016+01:002020-03-30T23:00:16.016+01:00I like the book, it's strange but good. Especi...I like the book, it's strange but good. Especially the 6-legged squirrels, the random outside world/robot game sections, and the black spheres.Jon81https://www.blogger.com/profile/17892583338682378106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640929554503965005.post-28746245910927844302020-01-24T22:56:45.464+00:002020-01-24T22:56:45.464+00:00The only thing I remember about this book is that ...The only thing I remember about this book is that one of the guards has a gun that kills you with one hit. If you win the fight, you can't take the gun.<br />Was there more to it than that?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05903993127360160864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640929554503965005.post-1127138038514555202017-08-23T07:35:34.533+01:002017-08-23T07:35:34.533+01:00great review, i skipped the spoilery bits but this...great review, i skipped the spoilery bits but this seems to be an honest, thoughtful review of the book and the experienceKChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507113810624684259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640929554503965005.post-59684649933050983552017-08-23T07:34:28.477+01:002017-08-23T07:34:28.477+01:00this is the 3rd 'it's crap' review tha...this is the 3rd 'it's crap' review that ive read today and after playing it twice and dying i like it but i agree it's crap. i got lost in an annoying maze on the planet and the hallways/ducts are very boring to travel throughKChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507113810624684259noreply@blogger.com