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To: Quad Sevens who wrote (6043)	6/14/1998 5:45:00 PM
From: Harry	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14266

Just my two cents on the seasoned gamers vs. beginners argument... but I'd say that it's actually a pretty smart move to target younger, less seasoned gamers for the N64. Main reason being that the N64 installed base tends to be younger than PSX and PCs. And yes, it would've been nice if Quest 64 had appealed to seasoned gamers, too (I'm actually not that excited to play it anymore) -- but I think the benefit of being first-to-market outweighs the time it would've taken for some developer to come up with a deeper game that appealed to a broader audience. Put simply, I don't think Quest 64 is a bad game (a la Deathtrap Dungeon, which somehow still made it onto the PSX top 10 last month -- and which I shouldn't complain about seeing as I own shares in Eidos, too). Rather, Quest 64 is targeting a different audience than traditional RPGs (PC or Console), and for that audience, I think it's actually very well designed. Harry