T.REVIEW 1
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FILENAME(S): T.REVIEW 1
FILE TYPE(S): PRG
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..^U:REVIEWS. REVIEW: NEUROMANCER FROM INTERPLAY.. REVIEWED BY KEVIN CLOU D.. COMING FROM INTERPLAY, THE.CREAT ORS OF TASS TIMES, THE BARD'S.TALE SERIE S AND WASTELAND, NEUROMANCER.IS A GAME I COULDN'T PASS UP -.ESPECIALLY SINCE IT' S THE VERY FIRST.GAME PUBLISHED UNDER TH E INTERPLAY.NAME. ADDED TO THAT, THIS N EW.ARRIVAL IS BASED ON ONE OF MY.FAVORIT E SCI-FI BOOKS, NEUROMANCER, BY.WILLIAM GIBSON. WITH ALL THIS IN ITS.FAVOR IT C AN'T GO WRONG....... NEUROMANCER IS A SCIENCE FICTION.ROLE-PLAYING GAME SET IN THE YEAR.2058. YOU BEGIN THE GAME AS A DOWN.AND OUT CYBERSPACE COWBOY IN CHI BA.CITY, JAPAN. NOTORIOUS FOR ITS.TECHN O-CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, CHIBA CITY.IS A DAN GEROUS PLACE FOR THE CARELESS.OR THE LAZ Y. HERE YOU CAN WIN BIG OR.LOSE BIG. B UT DON'T WORRY, IF YOU END.UP SHORT OF C ASH YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND.SOMEONE TO SELL YOUR BODY TO (PIECE BY.PIECE)... NEU ROMANCER, LIKE WASTELAND, IS A.SKILL-BAS ED ROLE-PLAYING GAME. YOU.BEGIN THE GAM E IN THE "REAL WORLD" OF.CHIBA CITY. SK ILLS ARE PURCHASED IN.THE FORM OF "SKILL CHIPS"... GAINING KNOWLEDGE IS THE K EY TO.THIS GAME AND THE ONLY WAY TO OBTA IN.IT IS THROUGH INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE .OR COMPUTERS. IN THE BEGINNING YOU'LL.F IND YOURSELF RUNNING FROM COMPUTER.TO PE RSON ATTEMPTING TO FIND THE.PIECES TO A PUZZLE THAT SEEMS ALL TOO.IMMENSE... INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE AND.OBJECTS AROU ND YOU IS VERY IMPORTANT..NEUROMANCER AL LOWS THE CITY DWELLERS.TO RESPOND IN KIN D TO YOUR QUESTIONS.OR REPLIES. SAY OR DO THE RIGHT.THINGS AND YOU ARE FRIENDS FOREVER,.BUT SAY THE WRONG THING AND YOU R.INFORMANT BECOMES A CLAM OR SOMETHING. WORSE... DON'T EXPECT TO INSULT SOMEO NE.TODAY AND WALK IN TOMORROW AND ACT.LI KE NOTHING HAPPENED -- THESE PEOPLE.NEVE R FORGET A FACE. THE MOST.IMPORTANT COM PUTER SYSTEM, IS PAX OR.PUBLIC ACCESS. THE PAX OFFERS ROUND-.THE-CLOCK INFORMAT ION REGARDING NEWS,.MESSAGES AND BANKING SERVICES. IN THE.BEGINNING, THIS WILL SERVE AS YOUR.MOST IMPORTANT SOURCE OF I NFORMATION... NEUROMANCER IS AN INTE RESTING.BREAK FROM THE REGULAR ROLE-PLAY ING.HACK AND SLASH THAT TESTS YOUR LOGIC ,.AND INTELLIGENCE. IF YOU APPROACH IT. WITH THE ATTITUDE OF SOLVING IT IN A.FEW NIGHTS, THINK AGAIN. IT WON'T.HAPPEN.. . THE PROGRAM HAS A GREAT INTERFACE.T HAT CAN BE EASILY ACCESSED EITHER BY.KEY BOARD OR JOYSTICK. MANEUVERING.FROM PLA CE TO PLACE IS MORE THAN.SIMPLE, WHICH L EAVES YOU TIME TO BE.FRUSTRATED BY MORE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS.IN THE GAME, LIKE THE MYSTERY ITSELF..THE REAL WORLD IS DISPL AYED IN 3D.PERSPECTIVE AS SEEN FROM A DI STANCE.DOWN THE ALLEYS AND STREETS OF TH E.CITY. THIS ALLOWS FOR EASY MOVEMENT.A ND ACCESS TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS..FOR TH E MOST PART, CONVERSATION WITH.OTHER CIT IZENS IS OFTEN PRE-CANNED,.LEAVING A BLA NK FOR YOU TO FILL IN:.."HEY, I NEED SOM E INFORMATION ABOUT.------.".. SOME MAY FEEL THAT THIS IS TAKING.SOME FLEXIB ILITY FROM THE PLAYER, BUT.IT BEATS ASKI NG A THOUSAND QUESTIONS.AND CONTINUALLY HEARING, "I DO NOT.UNDERSTAND", OR SOMET HING EQUALLY.IRRITATING... MY GRIPES ABOUT NEUROMANCER ARE.FEW. IN THE BEGIN NING, THE GAME.PACKS TOO MANY TASKS INTO ONE AREA..CHIBA CITY MAY SEEM BIG AT FI RST, BUT.IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE RE AL.WORLD TO BEGIN TO LOOK REAL.MONOTONOU S. AFTER POUNDING THE.PAVEMENT FOR SEVE RAL DAYS, FINDING.CYBERSPACE IS NOT JUST A RELIEF, IT'S.DOWNRIGHT EXCITING. ONC E THERE, THE.CHALLENGE IS JUST BEGINNING ... AS FOR MY SECOND AND LAST GRIPE.A BOUT NEUROMANCER, I FELT THAT THE.GRAPHI CS AND SOUND WERE JUST A LITTLE.TOO AMBI TIOUS FOR USE ON A COMMODORE.64. THE AR TWORK AND THE MOVEMENT.WITHIN THE CITIES AND CYPERSPACE IS.EXCELLENT, BUT THE LO AD TIME TO GET.FROM SCENE TO SCENE SLOWE D DOWN AN.ALREADY TEDIOUS BEGINNING. TH E SOUND.TRACK BY DEVO IS A GOOD IDEA AND .BRINGS THAT EXTRA TOUCH OF.PROFESSIONAL ISM THAT INTERPLAY IS.BECOMING FAMOUS FO R, BUT THE C64 SID.CHIP HAS PROBLEMS MAK ING IT A USEFUL.ADDITION TO THE PROGRAM. ..... STILL, FOR THE PRICE, NEUROMANC ER.IS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM. IT DOESN'T. QUITE CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION OF.WILLIAM GIBSON'S BOOK, NEUROMANCER,.BUT THAT MA Y BE ASKING A LITTLE TOO.MUCH FROM A COM PUTER PROGRAM. JUST.THE SAME, BE PREPAR ED TO SPEND A FEW.DAYS WITH PEN IN HAND AND THINKING CAP.ON. NEUROMANCER IS NOT A SHOOT'EM UP.PROGRAM AND UNLESS YOU KE EP YOUR.HEAD ON STRAIGHT, YOU MAY BE FOR CED TO.SELL IT AT THE NEAREST BODY SHOP. .. **** END OF TEXT ****.
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