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Genre: Action, Role-Playing (RPG)
Perspective: 1st-person
Setting: Fantasy
Published by: Strategic Simulations
Developed by: Lion Entertainment Inc.
Released: 1995
Platform: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Revenge! Homer shouted trying to catch up with the rich Texan in one of the series ....
Actually, revenge was the reason for many bad deeds (the seventeenth year you remember?) Of a Necromancer, an ugly black magician who at the beginning of the game himself tells us about his difficult witchcraft. The poor man finally escaped from the ice lake into which he was imprisoned forever. Well .. so I'll shit all deaths for evil! Only strong and bold wars can stop it. You can choose only one character from the three offered. It: the woman - the magician, the Man-crossbowman, half Elf and the Dwarf-fighter.
Everyone has fighting skills and knowledge in magic.
And here is the company Lion Ent. invites us to go in pursuit of the villain, bypassing the icy and puffing lava, full of creatures of the dungeon ... ..
After selecting a character, we see that the difficulty level is shown very original in the form of a face that changes the expression when changed to HARD. The letters are written in the Gothic style, the design of loading screens in ancient patterns as in the best traditions of AD & D.
I usually chose the Gnome, because this people is strong, stubborn and belligerent. Two axes are beautiful and reliable. And how nice is the name of the type: "Blessed Ax", etc.
Fighting off the freaks of all stripes, you need to find three characters. These symbols are on the medallion that the character has. About what the saver tells us after choosing a fighter. And of course - to catch up and kill the villain. So ... the game begins in the walls of the ice dungeon.
The corresponding music, the rushing of cold geysers and frozen slippery corridors .... The authors tried to cheer. The first level is always an indicator of what work is done and how much you can sit out for the game. Sets of objects in the game are different. The weapon is from all known cold-cutting-thrusting, to magic sticks (Hogvards is resting). Favorite armor, amulets and other bizh. It is interesting and gambling to play when you do not know what you ate or drank, unexpectedly receiving poisoning. Food has a property to spoil and developers have taken this into account. A portion of the poison from the mega-cricket can also be obtained.
Graphically, the game is done superbly, the palette does not cause the player to be irritated. The only thing that scares is the creatures, which with each level are getting worse!
Prepare to drink soothing, for the game is complicated. Madly tangled corridors-labyrinths, and movement like a sapper - must be step-by-step. Otherwise, you fall, and again bypassing the lava ... .. The lack of a card finishes the gamer at all. But what a pleasure, I tell you, after cursing all the curses, finally realize that crickets and mutant mushrooms are no longer a hindrance and having understood the idea of the developers - to snore, collecting items preparing for the last battle.
Musical design flows from mysterious relaxed things to fantasy cartoon design of the 70's (on the appropriate theme).
After the first level, the types of dungeons change, portals are added, heavy oak doors with wrought hinges, cobbled underground trails.
Your experience grows after a certain number of enemies you killed. In the future, the character has the opportunity to use magic in full - walk on the lava and even fly! In conclusion, I will say that this game is a vivid example of when, apart from polygons, physics and other things, there is something else .... Something magical that you can feel. This is the magic of 3DO. Such games have, like films of the 90's, a good script, idea, plot. They, they are the most throwing droplets to our old bones.
Running the game, you will have to choose a hero-a militant peasant with a long beard, a feminine elf wizard or a mixed hero, courageous only half. Next, you need to enter your name and choose the difficulty of the game.
Button A applies the weapon in the left hand, C - in the right !. To pick up an object, it's enough just to "hit" it - the corresponding inscription will appear on the screen. Then, to take the object to the hand, call the auxiliary menu (X), select the object of interest (A-blinking frame) and then the first from the bottom free cell in one of the columns "Hand" - "hand" (again A - and the object will move "In the hand"). The left column corresponds to the right hand, the right one to the left hand.
Be careful with teleportation settings in the first castle tower. Many of them are traps. Helmets, boots, mail, amulets and gloves are useful for protection, and sabers and knives will help to attack. Magic objects are also protective, there are offensive ones, and some are designed to fill your precious forces.
To the second tower you will be transported by a teleporter in a room with a snowflake. First, find the locket. Keep in mind that the ring takes away your strength. But another ring will help to save life, solving your problems with food and giving you the ability to fly.
Against the four-armed man-dog, only magic is effective.
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Control
Run the game. You will have to choose a hero-a militant peasant with a long beard, a feminine elf wizard or a mixed hero, courageous only half. Next, you need to enter your name and choose the complexity ("EASY" - the smallest, "HARD" - the largest. "MO-DERATK" - average).
Button A applies the weapon in the left hand, C - in the right. To pick up an object, it's enough just to "hit" it - the corresponding inscription will appear on the screen. Then, to take the object to the hand, call the auxiliary menu (X), select the object of interest (A-blinking frame) and then the first from the bottom free cell in one of the columns "Hand" - "hand" (again A - and the object will move "In the hand"). The left column corresponds to the right hand, the right one to the left hand.
Tips
- Be careful with teleportation settings in the first castle tower. Many of them are traps.
- Helmet, boots, mail, amulets and gloves are useful for protection, and sabers and knives will help to attack. Magic objects are also protective, there are offensive ones, and some are designed to replenish your precious forces.
- To the second tower you will be transported by a teleporter in a room with a snowflake. First, find the locket. Keep in mind that the ring takes away your strength. But another ring will help to save life, solving your problems with food and giving you the ability to fly.
- Against the four-armed man-dog, only magic is effective.