Created 6/20/98, last updated 6/20/98
Created by Acclaim/Probe
4 Platers
12 Megabytes
Graphics 8.5 (Fast frame rate, real lighting,
but basic level structures, and non-existant character design)
Sound 6 Not bad, but nothing good, really.
Music 6.5 Repetivive, sometimes annoying techno.
Gameplay 6 Repetitive, often boring.
2-Player 8 Pretty good, but hard to see the other player.
4-Player 7.5 Smooth frame rate, but hard as hell to tell
what is going on.
Overall 7 Go buy Goldeneye, or play it some more
if you already have it.
This game has the most annoying adverisement ever. The future is FORSAKEN!!
Annyways, in 1-Player, the game runs at 60 fps (2X broadcast TV!!) and
it boast real time lighting effects (they don't seem as real as those in
Quake, though). The levels are made up of really basic shapes, like tubes,
and the enemies lack any personality whatsoever, as they are a collection of
triangles vaguely resembling tanks, jets, and gun turrets. There is no fog
or pop up, but that is only because curves in the tunnel don't allow for
you yto see very far.
The sound is just there, nothing special. I think the guy who did
Duke Nukems' voice did the character names, as well as the 10 second
introduction speech. Another voice announce weapons and shields.
The music is generic repetive techno. It is a bit more distiguished
than Bio Freaks' music, but not any better.
The game play suffers severly from the fact that enemies blend in
with the background, and are usually not seen until after they
start shooting at you. The levels annoying mazes that you have
to find your way through, shooting at boring enemies. I had
little fun in the one-player mode. The multiplayer was a bit
better, but not that good, because with 2 players, you never
find eachother in the damn mazes, and even when you do, it
is hard to see eachother, and the ships move too fast, and
they don't turn fast enough. In 4-player, the action picks up,
but it gets hard to see what the hell is going on. At least the
frame rate stays decent. You can also play against computer
'bots', which is funner than the real game.
The game is not as bad as I may make it seem, but I am feeling
very critical today. 420!!!!