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... I'm not sure if it's a good idea to let sites like for example gamespot judge our games. I'm convinced that if sites like gamespot give low scores to 3dgs games (which they will do almost without exception) that it will influence sales.



In all honesty, my first impression with the A6 engine through some of the demo games and the walkthrough I downloaded from this site just about had me walk away and take my cash towards Torque instead. This may be a strange way of putting it, but a lot of the 3DGS games out there *look* like 3DGS games. No wonder Gamespot would rate them poorly. Don't get me wrong... it's great there's a game engine out there with scripting/templates/dll expansion capabilities (exactly what I needed), but with that ease and flexibility also comes the greater possibility of some shoddy looking games released by folks who don't dedicate enough time, learning, and effort towards the project.

My opinion of the engine changed 180 degrees and for the better after I saw what was done with Daemonica (via screenshots) and some of the recent contest winners. If you're going to be serious in the game business, use models for everything. Go beyond templates. Get away from the typical 3DGS look. Graphics in a game can make or break it, even with solid gameplay and a stable engine.

Just m' opinion. Appologies if I veered off-topic a bit too much.