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Product:
Reviewer:
Gloom 4 - Zombie Massacre
Neil Bullock
R E Q I R M E N T S
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Memory: 4MB
Processor: 68030
E X C L U S I V E
Installable?: Yes
Graphics: AGA
Sound: Standard
After some confusion about who was going to review ZM, and some problems
about unofficial reviews, we have finally sorted out the review and this
is the official one. Infact, the author of ZM was sent a copy of an
unofficial review, and it was also put on our website, without even
telling me! Needless to say, the preson resposible has been killed :)
Anyway, After getting ZM back from the person who had 'borrowed' it and
reviewed it, I didn't, as most people probably would, play the game, I
went to look on the CD and see if there were any World Of Amiga Issues
on it. And there were. Once I'd checked that, I played the game, and I
was very impressed.
Upon playing for the first time, I found it quite hard, but that can be
said about a lot of games that you aren't familiar with. I got to level
two but couldn't find the exit to that level, and that's where my first
complaint lies. The exits. In Gloom and Gloom deluxe you could easily
see the exits because they had a big 'EXIT' sign on them. There's no
such signs in Gloom 3 or ZM, and that makes it harder to find exits and
means you have to spend time walking to the end of every corridor to
see if it is the exit.
Whether this was intentional or not remains to be seen, but I think it
was better with exit signs on the exit doors. Indeed, in Zombie Massacre,
you can actually find the exit far too soon, even before you've killed
anything on some levels! Perhaps there is more than one exit on these
levels, but it was kind of frustrating because I didn't get to kill
anything.
But it is, at the same time, a good thing because it means you can
progress through the game quicker. And I've got further in Zombie Massacre
than I ever did in Gloom 3, I'm already on to the second 'Stage' in
ZM while I get stuck around level 6 in Gloom 3.
Once ZM had loaded, I was taken aback at the similarity between ZM and
the Gothic Tombs levels on the original Gloom. I would go so far as to
say the same textures were used, but once you get past the first stage,
you are greeted with a very nice set of textures.
Now, you also get a kind of story which sets the scene for each stage
and while on the subject of stages, you still can't save the game as
you go, and you still have to wait until you get to the next stage before
the game saves automatically.
While the game is, as Gaz says in the various readme files dotted around
the CD, much better than Gloom 3, there is still something amiss. Perhaps
it's the fact that the game's basic engine and basic features haven't
changed much when compared to Gloom deluxe.
But the game aside, what about the Intro. It seems that no-one actually
liked the Gloom 3 introduction, and Gaz has obviously taken the criticism
into account when producing the excellent ZM intro. The whole thing
takes up around 65 MB and is mostly full motion video of Gaz, and his
friends, acting out certain things which helps to set the scene for the
game.
There are also some quite funny outtakes from the intro where you get
more FMV of Gaz and co having certain problems when filming the intro
(IE, the cat running out from no-where :). But all in all, when compared
to Gloom 3, it is a much better game, and it's also the last ever in
the Gloom series :( which means no more updates!
But I am now looking forward to Gaz's new games, The Dead Walk and
Tiny Car Racing. Let's hope Gaz sends us some info about them soon so
we can tell you about the games (Hint, Hint, Gaz? :)
Gloom 4 - Zombie Massacre
Graphics: 9/10 Sound: 9/10 Addiction: 8/10
Overall Score: 95%
Comment: Near Perfection!
PS. I have had a bit of criticism from people on Newsgroups about the
score I game Gloom 3. I do think it's worth it, but you must remember that
these reviews are merely opinions, no doubt I'll get some stick for this
score aswell :)
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