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chairs and other office furniture
and, although these
items are only there as adornment
and cannot be Interacted
with, they add atmosphere
and realism to the
game. Frame update is very
fast, even on slower PC's
than the 26MHz one which
we have in the office, and
your character is quick to respond
to Joystick or keyboard
movements. As bullets are in
limited supply, McClane has
the ability to fight unarmed
which, while useful when
against non-gun toting terror-
ists, makes life harder when
confronting an Uzi-packing
bad guy, so strategic elements
also feature in Die
Hard, insofar as deciding
whether to boot the baddies,
risking loss of energy, or simply
to fire off a few rounds in
the hope that you'll find more
ammo later in the game
The PC has seen some
thing of a surge of quality re
leases lately, across a wide
range of genres What with
last month's awe-inspiring
Indy 500 and now the graphically
excellent not to mention
highly playable Die Hard to
name but two, PC owners are
in for a very happy New Year
and beyond It's lust a pity
that the main sprite and. Indeed,
the bloke on the box.
looks nothing like Bruce Willis
at all' (Surely that's no disadvantage/
Ed)
PAUL RAND
R EVIEW
UPDATE
At the moment Activision's
USA pro.
grammars are only converting
Die Hard to the
C64, which is a bit of a
shame. Expect that version
early in the new
year.
PC E 2 4 . 9 5
GRAPHICS 89%
SOUND 6 2 %
VALUE 8 0 %
PLAYABILITY 81%
Featuring superb
graphics as well as a
challenging quest to
beat the terrorists, Die
Hard ranks as one of the
better games on the PC.
OVERALL 80%