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The guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing 8k hours

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273 points isaacfrond | 2 comments | 01 Nov 24 09:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.538s | source
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npunt ◴[07 Nov 24 02:53 UTC] No.42072865[source]▶
I worked on BZ2 at Pandemic in 99-00 and setup the forums, and I don't remember this fellow in particular (tbf I can't remember anyone's names), but I recall we had a lot of trolls so I wouldn't doubt he was there. It's been quite a treat to see how passionate the Battlezone community has been over all these years. Anyway, AMA.
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1. Mistletoe ◴[07 Nov 24 03:12 UTC] No.42072966[source]▶
Why do you think these people still play this game after all these years?
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2. npunt ◴[07 Nov 24 04:47 UTC] No.42073503[source]▶
It's a pretty unique hybrid genre game, you don't really get a lot of first person + RTS experiences, I think that's the big enduring appeal. It also gives you a lot of vehicle types to pick from, which became Pandemic's signature game style as seen later in Mercenaries and Star Wars Battlefront.

Part of the appeal of being a hybrid genre game is that there just aren't really many of them, because after the 90s games kinda settled into some pretty well-defined genres. You have 3rd person action games, FPS, RTS, RPGs, etc, all pretty cleanly delineated, and they all start getting judged based on those genres conventions.