| Powerslave (Ruins: Return of the Gods) / Exhumed | Lobotomy Software / Playmates Interactive, BMG Interactive | 1996 | |
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This is set in an area around the ancient Egyptian
city of Karnak in the late 20th Century. The city has been seized by unknown forces,
with forces sent to the valley of Karnak, to uncover the source, disappearing. You
are a hardass marine sent in to the valley as the hero to save Karnak and the World.
The player finds himself battling hordes of evil creatures including mummies, anubis
guardians of the dead, Scorpions and Evil spirits. The chopper which brings you
crashes down and from then on you make your way through lots of puzzles and enemies.
The PC conversion (from the Sega Saturn) of Exhumed used the Build engine, and does
not have the true 3D maps and dynamic lighting as the console version. This version
shares sprites with the console versions. The level system is not hub-based in this
version, but rather a linear progression, similar to Doom. A lot of gameplay mechanics
from the console versions have been altered here as well. As you start the game, all
you have to defend yourself is a machete, but just as in any one man war, there are
plenty of weapons and pgwer-ups just waiting to be grabbed: an M-60 machine gun, hand
grenades, a flamethrower, and a slew of magical items that do everything from making
you invincible to replenishing your life meter. Some areas aren't accessible unless
you push objects
around, either revealing new doorways or providing a stepping stone to jump over a
wall. Because there are several places where you have to perform some accurate leaps,
the inclusion of a third-person perspective can be a big help in calculating jumps.
And the magical items add depth to gameplay because you have to decide what to use
and when to use it, not to mention collecting enough "magical essence" to enable to
you unleash the spells. And a training mode allows you to get used to the interface
and various commands without worrying about enemies. While 12 multiplayer-only levels
is acceptable, it doesn't begin to approach the number of multiplayer levels in Duke
or Quake. What's more, there's no option to play with monsters on, and you can't exit
from one level to another - to move to a new level you have to quit and start a new
game.
See also: #Powerslave EX, #PowerSlave Exhumed |
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