Amiga Computing - Commodore Is Awesome

Your team leader will
advise you what to •
look out for. Don't
take his advice!
Hide in a corner
somewhere
instead
for collection which can oftect uji ,ealth and
firing power. A huge gun with a full weapon boost
Is essential for disposing the bigger robots.
There are plenty of options to choose from
before you begin the game, including a twoplayer
split screen where you can chase your
opponent around a sealed maze with only yourself
and a gun. You can also play Gloom through
a serial link connecting two Amigo's together, so
you can both play using a full screen.
The Amiga 1200 has, in the post, been able to
n out some quite speedy graphics, although
thing has to be sacrificed for this. For more
ea. the variety or amount of sprites usually
deteriorates immensely. in Gloom's case, The variety
of sprites Is lacking and during the later levels
the amount of sprites does affect the speed.
There are three main locations and in these
there are some sub-missions where you have to
h the exit. There are no real missions such as
Ling colleagues which is a shame because it
s the game a plot and a storyline, which
Gloom unfortunately hasn't got.
As said before, the level of violence is quite
You havg: to be very careful when attempting
to open one of these doors. Lots of bare
chested m a d m e n w ill a p p e a r
high_ After shooting someone with o bullet They
won't be content with foiling to the floor and disappearing,
but throw themselves violently into the
air while spreading their various organs over the
wall. On occasions I have noticed that if you get
too close to an exploding body, it will squirt spots
of blood on to your own face. By the end of a particularly
nasty level you will find that your face will
be covered in blood, partially covering the 11
action.
Now, the bit that you've all been
waiting for - the speed. Well, it
depends you see. During the game,
pressing escape will bring up on option
for you to change the screen resolution
and size of the actual playing window. If you
choose a high screen resolution the window
size will automatically be reduced. You can
play with a small window to emphasise
speed, or with a full screen to emphasise
the action. They both work well, so it's up
to you
The actual character sprites
do appear very blocky when
you get reasonably close -
although to increase the
speed, the floor and ceiling
graphics can be switched off.
Final word
Although the whole idea of these
games is to get on a par with Doom on
the PC, as I've said before there's
absolutely no way I am going to compare
the two. There's no point In saying
'Ooh, it's rubbish, it looks nothing
like Doom on the PC' because it's not
supposed to. I'm not going to give it a
low score because it doesn't match
the PC version of Doom - I am going
as soon as
you fire a bullet
1 at one of the
1 opposing
soldiers they will
/ burst into little
bits and leave
an awful mess
on the floor
•
The title screen sets the
scene delicately. Are you
ready to slice some bodies
up and eat their remaining
entrails? Not here
to mark it purely for Gloom itself, as a
game. The graphics are the best yet
forgames of this genre. Gloom is completely
packed with smooth graphics.
a huge challenge and most of all.
action and excitement. It's certainly
the best attempt yet, although with
other similar efforts only weeks from
completion, only time will tell which
one will rise above the rest.
BD
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