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User Rating: 8.4 | DeathDrome PC
This was a great game, and it's really addictive. You're a prisoner who's only way to freedom is to compete in the DeathDrome, like being a gladiator in a colosseum. Every round starts out with you and a few others killing each other and once you get a certain kill count, you can leave the arena. If you get killed, you get respawn, but there's a limited amount of respawns. If you fail to meet the kill requirement within the time alotted, the arena starts to close in on your point of insertion with an electricity wall that kills you instantly if you touch it. It will eventually trap you in your insertion point, leaving you nowhere to hide, and you die if you didn't get the kills. This was definitely one of the intense moments of the game, everything is fast paced. The graphics weren't bad for its time, and the weapons offer different ways to kill opponents. There are plenty of mazes to run through, but the enemy AI isn't really out to get you. You may get killed here and there, and they'll definitely come after you if you get too close. Otherwise, they tend to go after each other. There's multiplayer on this thing too I believe, which can make for a few good fights. This isn't really that much of a multiplayer game, and some games that feature multiplayer just doesn' t do well in that department. It's like this, think about you and your buddy who you're going to duke it out with. You both have the same stuff, and the map is flat with no obstacles. It's basically whoever gets the first shot off that wins, it's that kind of thing. There's also a flaw in this game that once discovered, makes it seem like childplay. Think about how you never used those blasters after you got the lightsaber in Jedi Outcast and you'll get a sense of what I mean, except the lightsaber was given to you in the beginning of the game. This was my first Pentium game and even though I played it 10 years ago, it still is fresh in my mind, that's how good this is. Oh yeah, the soundtrack will please fans of techno.
