An engaging side-scroller with plenty of tense moments.

User Rating: 7.4 | Abuse PC
Abuse came out a while ago, I know. If you see it in the bargain bin of your local store, do yourself a favor and pick it up. Abuse was one of the finest games from the now defunct Crack dot Com. In it, you played a nameless hero shooting your way through waves of hideous aliens to find your way out of some metropolis (at least, that is what it looks like). There are about ten weapons in the game, along with some cool enhancements such as an "adrenaline" chip which speeds up your movement. For me, the single greatest moment of Abuse is the audio. Nothing is freakier than moving along a deserted corridor hearing the distant hum of fans, and then distinctly hearing from in front of you a sound complete un-human and fearsome in nature. The graphics are a bit antiquted, looks like around the Quake 1 days of technology, but the gameplay is fun. Do yourself a favor and give this game a shot.