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Jim Cheshire wrote:

> I am one of many who bought SPP (now SPP98) as soon as it was released.
> I, as a lot of others, was extremely disappointed.  Not only that, I was
> angry at being misled.  Some of you may remember my posts from that
> time.
>
> Here we are a year later.  I have been eagerly awaiting the posts from
> the first purchasers of SPP99.  Although I had read an interview with a
> developer at Sierra who said that the flight models had been fixed in
> SPP98 with the patches and no changes were made to it in SPP99, I was
> still hoping for a sim such as the one promised by Sierra a year ago.
> It appears as though Sierra has struck again and has released a sim that
> falls far short of its promise.
>
> From what I read here, the flight models in SPP99 are as bad as they
> ever were.  Enough with the "don't fly out of the envelope" argument.
> Bull.  A lot of what I see here that SPP99 will not do is COMPLETELY
> within the envelope.  Uncommon attitudes are not uncommon at all in some
> situations.  Any argument to the contrary is simply a feeble attempt to
> defend the poor programming of the people at Sierra.  It is quite
> obvious that the team that programmed SPP are not qualified enough to
> produce an accurate sim.  They have had MORE than enough time to correct
> the flight model.  Bad code is bad code.  No excuses.
>
> The reason for my post here is to urge those who would defend Sierra's
> product to reconsider.  I believe that we should make a *strong*
> statement to any software manufacturer that produces inferior software.
> We should let them know without any doubt that we will not purchase
> software that is developed with only revenue in mind.  Even many of
> those who have staunchly defended Sierra in the past have been critical
> of their attitude towards customers in this release.  Enough is enough.
> Thank goodness we have newsgroups where we can read about the
> inadequacies of this software before wasting our money AGAIN.  Shame on
> you Sierra!  I will never give you my hard earned money again!

Blah, blah, blah
Sorry, but you are ranting without even playing the game first.
Frankly, Sierra has one of the best return policy in the
business.  You don't like it?  Return it in 30 days and get full
money back.

All the people who bought SPP98, I have no clue why you didn't
return it, if you hated it so much.

As for you, you should try the game before you knock on it.  IF
you really do not like it, just return it.  Case closed.

And with Sierra producing Red Baron 3D, which is an exceptional
game, as well as other great games like Grand Prix Legends,
Viper Racing, NASCAR 1999, Half-Life, Caesar III, Return to
Krondor, etc, etc, etc, I doubt many people will
listen to your plea.

Grimfarrow

> Jim

