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rescues are POV, RoofTop is 'technically' the most difficult due to sims spawning in the wrong, or inaccessable places. weak helicopter (slamming) (This can be dangerous as the patient may still die on the way to the hospital if the player takes too long) The copter can crash into a building about ten times before it is destroyed. 10 missile hits from the Apache will destroy the UFO and award you
half an hour to refuel
The most obvious of these quirks are the civilian models, which appear normal while in the air but are actually borderline grotesque when seen up-close. The "faces" of the civilians seem to wrap the wrong direction around their heads, as there is usually a line that runs down the front of their faces. Note: not only is it POV and OR, but the writer who put it as a 'quirk' is an idiot. The reason for civilian models to be of lower quality then building models is because of the quantity of civilian models in a particluar area. Yes, my OR can say that civilians only spawn at a certain distance, but you still have a lot of models to keep track of. (And remember, this is for an 'above' perspective.) Gay.
They speak in a bizarre, grunting language that almost seems like a precursor to Simlish. (Note: Simlish is debuted IN simcopter, therefore it can not be a precurser (for the time period))
I think it is obvious that nothing in this article is referenced and is 90% Original Research.
- This grunting language can't be simlish, because there is English text on buildings and other references in SimCity 3000.
[edit] POV
Yes, someone should just copy or reference this page on another site, then reference that site as point of reference, and presto! Or should i say, and Wikipediowned! But wikipedia's notorious follies aside; this is an old video game, there is no in-depth third party research on it aside from gamer experience. It's pointless to cry POV on gamers simply technically describing the functioning of the game. No one is saying "This is the best game in the universe!", instead they're saying "you can exit the helicopter and pick up the injured or call for ambulance dispatch". I'm removing the neutrality and reference tags unless someone can find a serious POV incursion in the vein of say "It's stereo sound is the best stereo sound i ever heard it's like helicopter is in your room and your monitor is like a little window you're looking through man!!!".
[edit] A patched easter egg
I noticed a sentence in the SimCity 2000 article that concerned SimCopter, but doesn't seem to have a counterpart here; does anyone know anything about this? I hesitate to add it to the article before it can be confirmed with a source. Phoenix-forgotten 22:00, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
- "SimCopter was perhaps best known for a rather notorious Easter egg which, if successfully triggered, depicted two scantily clad men in a homosexually provacative state. Due to the (predictable) uproar, this "feature" was patched over in a future release."
- Yep, it's all true and I have a source for it somewhere in this pile of magazines. I'm cataloging them all for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games/Magazines so when I do find a source I'll put it here. - X201 22:12, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
