Optron #25 19 апреля 1999

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Category X - Game Review: Twilight, Mirror, White Eagle, Kolobok Zoom 2, Quadrax, Chaos Zone.

                 Twilight


  Slovak toy 1995, a miracle
slipping from the users of the CIS, has finally reached us. She 
has translated and released a group of Fatality. 

  Genre and game design is very unusual for
Spectrum - adventyura management, a hero in
which is based on the selection cursor
active elements of graphic location. In other words, pointing 
the cursor in the image of the door, you can enter them. All 
this is accompanied by a text message explaining what's what. 

  The game has three levels. In the first - pretty
monotonous schedule, and the plot is not very
well thought out (maybe the following will
more interesting). Another worth noting funny
(But prolonged) intro, designed in the best
traditions of the early 90's. In general, this
game worth seeing, if only for comparison. Well, on the shelves 
of hard-core fans and Collectors adventyur it will take its

place.



                 Mirror


  Perhaps one of the most significant projects of recent times. 
They say that all Work was completed in May 1998, and

the game does not go out to every unfortunate
reasons. Previously was issued a pre-release and
demo of the game, so knew about the project
many.

  Due to various perepity me
the official distributor of this game came
rather late. But still reached that
pleases.

  Game released in Donetsk - made it
Group ArtWork, and distribute union Knights of Ghost and 
Shadows (KGS). 

  By design, the game is very reminiscent
"Star Legacy." Verbs are almost
are the same, the game also illustrated
picture, but the size of half of the screen. In
general - text adventyura.

  According to this story - fantasy, and only a fantasy. But it 
is not Tolkien or Howard, but some very special computer. 
However, game, I think, is still rooted in the good old "books 
about elves." Unfortunately, the first three levels are not 
heard any One restaurant - always a good attribute (and not) 
fantasy. Hero of all time necessary to save someone, that

sometimes gets boring.

  Come across quite good - the original, and
still very realistic - the puzzle
but, as always, there are drawbacks.

  Very good-looking graphics, and the elements
image locations vary
from what you are going on there. In the intro to
Besides, meets and animation, but not
altogether, such as in "Black Maria. It only remains to 
complete the game to the end and see the final cut! 



       White Eagle. Comrade known


  Fatality group started for the release of
own toys. And the first (or one of
first) "pancakes" came not quite lumpy.

  The game somehow turned on the one hand, a very original and 
beautiful to the last detail, and with another - and 
maloigrabelnoy child. If the authors wanted to create a brutal 
parody of the game on an 8-bit consoles, then a lot of work has 
been invested. If it was intended as a full-fledged

game, it is unclear what was the opinion writer on the mental 
abilities of users. 

  But the game is not annoying. The thing is nice graphics, 
excellent design of each coins in the menus and the game 
itself, in a couple of not bad jokes. 

  All very nice and bright (although it is simple and
boring). All you need to do in the game -
is to select different items and give
them to some eccentric, constantly standing up for
your way. At the first level, the eccentric
first requires a bag of money to buy your precious computer 
from a pawn shop, then - Amiga demo from the scroller on 
sinusoid for this company, but in the end - liter of the 
"Moscow" to this demo is well gone. History understandable, 
especially given Stereotyping of our ideas about computer 
nerds, who before lunch drink, and after dinner programmed.


  The game is definitely worth a look.
But after that - to throw out: so very bored
happened.



              Kolobok Zoom 2


  And again - magicians from Fatality. And again
came out the same thing - excellent design,
great music, appropriate to the story - and
terribly flat plot. Playability, mud, non-existent. How can
be interesting for all alike the shooting
man with the habits of zombies in a simple,
odnoekrannomu maze?

  It closely resembles Seargant Seymour
Robotcop, particularly on the procedure for collecting numerous 
awards. But the Code Masters hero enjoyed a very special 
weapon, a kind of baseball glove, control which was not easy, 
and fun. 

  Background-cartoon done well, but
and not at the highest level. And its plot is
a little corny (and in some places - vulgar)
intro me even a little angry. His
essence boils down to what kind of horned
goat, the enemy Kolobkova sort by helicopter
takes away the bride coolest Kolobkov.
The enemy lives in a two-headed polukukolnom Castle
and has a marine glasses, in which spies for couples in love. 
Steep bun at the same helicopter flying rescue the princess, 
but lands already the other tower of the castle. After that, 
the opponents slightly waving his fists, exchanging

dire threats, and not figuring out who
is steeper. Balls somehow communicate to the
obscene English and live in a flower ...

  All in all, this creature I regard primarily as a 
demonstration of good graphics and music skills kodit, but not 
like this game. Diagnosis is the same: make sure take a look at 
this game and put it on the most the far shelf. And in general 
- a pity that so a lot of good work is wasted almost

wasted. With such quality graphics can be
it would make a very good game, though
would arcade adventyuru, and do not waste your time
on the inferior boevichki.



                 Quadrax


  Logical game, still smelling very
dawn of the Spectrum.

  Everything seems to be very common - a maze of boxes and that 
must be skillfully and wisely moved. But there are two heroes

helping each other. This introduces a significant diversity in 
the game. (Immediately remember Captain Fizz, thriller with a 
maze from which selected two units together. But the similarity 
ends). Fans of logic toys for a long time will hang over this.


  There are nedostaki, mainly in the design. Some terrible and 
ugly intro poorly drawn characters have become like

on the figures are composed of matches. Full Time
opposed to the two games Fatality. Here
if you would put them shine with the gaming interests of this 
game, then went to pretty good. 



                Chaos Zone


  Dema, released gruppami Rage and ZX-Legion of Belarus. Not 
even deme, but rather political pamphlet, designed in the form

slideshow. Effects virtually no music - not bad, not good, but 
there is a lot of scanned photos. They appear then Lukashenko, 
Yeltsin, then both together. Strongly criticized Lukashenko, yes

and Yeltsin, not praised. You look and think
Why is that? That they - the newspapers a little?

  On the other hand (although I'm in it and doubt), maybe a new 
genre is born in demostroenii ... And maybe, every spektrumist 
in the XXI century will be a dissident. 



  Nove novem, but sometimes it is nice
poobkatyvat good old hits. Very
advice from time to time to pass the first
"RoboCop" or a couple of levels UFO 2. Then
all the shortcomings of modern software begin to look at it 
philosophically - as Socrates, put out to the town square 
littered its Xanthippe.