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In this action & role playing game, your
character is able to morph himself, change his appearance, size and attributes. Each
shape has its own abilities and weaknesses. They range from Maorin, a 6-legged cat
that can claw and see in the infrared, to Opsis, a floating eyeball who is physically
weak but can cast many powerful spells, to Kahpa the frog man and even SSair the fire
dragon. You start out with Kirt who can kick, jump, and punch. He is also the only
form in which you can regenerate "power," which is the manna that you need to be able
to cast spells, morph, and to stay in any other form besides human. The absolute
necessity of manna adds a fun element of strategic planning, since you must return to
Kirt form once in a while to regenerate. The graphics are really nice, but the game
suffers from the enemies' bad AI. Cleanse your homeworld's city of evil as you
progress toward stopping the mighty Malkor. Wolfenstein-3D meets Ultima Underworld
is a fairly accurate description of gameplay: 3D action mixed with RPG elements and
puzzle solving. The puzzles are a lot of fun to solve, especially since they are not
so much quests for items, as they are about finding out what to do with the items you
already have, and what form you have to morph into to accomplish the goals. The game
features typical AD&D monsters as well as original ones that must be killed in a
certain way. The CD-ROM enhanced version features enhanced redbook audio narration,
two new levels, and 3-D rendered cutscenes. I played it through, but it doesn't
satisfy a lot and has no cool moments. At some points I was shooting about 15 minutes
at one enemy who got stuck until he died, finally. It's nothing special, not even for
those times. |