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OPS2 gave it 9/10, PSM and Edge raved about it....so why am I left wondering if I have a special 'crap' copy of the game?
It starts well - usual 'people meddling with dark forces' etc intro, nice graphics, and then it leads into what I have seen most reviews call the tutorial level.
One problem, it might be a tutorial but there is no actual HELP as to playing the game during this level.
You play a kid running through the darkness to escape a zombielike cop who fires the odd shot at you. Pitchblack in most places, you run along and reach what is like a yard with no obvious escape. Luckily the cop is very slow and a bad shot because you're running around in circles trying to escape. Forget about attacking him because you have no weapon....
Eventually you find a door (which, what with the darkness is very easy to find) and go in, but dead end again. You shut the door and the cop bangs against it, opens the door, but doesnt come in if you keep the torch off.
And that's it.... totally stuck now.
How did this get good reviews? Controls are worse than Resident Evil except those games didnt cost this much!
It starts well - usual 'people meddling with dark forces' etc intro, nice graphics, and then it leads into what I have seen most reviews call the tutorial level.
One problem, it might be a tutorial but there is no actual HELP as to playing the game during this level.
You play a kid running through the darkness to escape a zombielike cop who fires the odd shot at you. Pitchblack in most places, you run along and reach what is like a yard with no obvious escape. Luckily the cop is very slow and a bad shot because you're running around in circles trying to escape. Forget about attacking him because you have no weapon....
Eventually you find a door (which, what with the darkness is very easy to find) and go in, but dead end again. You shut the door and the cop bangs against it, opens the door, but doesnt come in if you keep the torch off.
And that's it.... totally stuck now.
How did this get good reviews? Controls are worse than Resident Evil except those games didnt cost this much!
Thanks, but I think this game is heading to the trade in section at Blockbuster...it's just no fun and Girl Next Door and 24 Series 3 are out in a weeks time - guaranteed entertainment.
It had a good idea with the sight jack feature but like virtually all survival horror games it had a god awful control system and stupid AI.
Head to the prefad shed and open the door. Pick up the car keys from the
table and take a look at Hanuda community newsletter on the corner table. Get
out and look at Tetsuo Ishida's police ID at the spot the police officer
landed on. Now go to the car and first unlock car door and then get in car.
Take a look at Bang!! magazine on the passenger's seat. Insert key and
start engine.
Hope this helps.
I agree with you though this game sucked but i treat all my games like books, finish them off and then make up my mind. I payed 20 pounds and was seriously dissapointed but completed it anyway.
table and take a look at Hanuda community newsletter on the corner table. Get
out and look at Tetsuo Ishida's police ID at the spot the police officer
landed on. Now go to the car and first unlock car door and then get in car.
Take a look at Bang!! magazine on the passenger's seat. Insert key and
start engine.
Hope this helps.
I agree with you though this game sucked but i treat all my games like books, finish them off and then make up my mind. I payed 20 pounds and was seriously dissapointed but completed it anyway.
OPS2 gave it 9/10, PSM and Edge raved about it....so why am I left wondering if I have a special 'crap' copy of the game?
It starts well - usual 'people meddling with dark forces' etc intro, nice graphics, and then it leads into what I have seen most reviews call the tutorial level.
One problem, it might be a tutorial but there is no actual HELP as to playing the game during this level.
You play a kid running through the darkness to escape a zombielike cop who fires the odd shot at you. Pitchblack in most places, you run along and reach what is like a yard with no obvious escape. Luckily the cop is very slow and a bad shot because you're running around in circles trying to escape. Forget about attacking him because you have no weapon....
Eventually you find a door (which, what with the darkness is very easy to find) and go in, but dead end again. You shut the door and the cop bangs against it, opens the door, but doesnt come in if you keep the torch off.
And that's it.... totally stuck now.
How did this get good reviews? Controls are worse than Resident Evil except those games didnt cost this much!
It starts well - usual 'people meddling with dark forces' etc intro, nice graphics, and then it leads into what I have seen most reviews call the tutorial level.
One problem, it might be a tutorial but there is no actual HELP as to playing the game during this level.
You play a kid running through the darkness to escape a zombielike cop who fires the odd shot at you. Pitchblack in most places, you run along and reach what is like a yard with no obvious escape. Luckily the cop is very slow and a bad shot because you're running around in circles trying to escape. Forget about attacking him because you have no weapon....
Eventually you find a door (which, what with the darkness is very easy to find) and go in, but dead end again. You shut the door and the cop bangs against it, opens the door, but doesnt come in if you keep the torch off.
And that's it.... totally stuck now.
How did this get good reviews? Controls are worse than Resident Evil except those games didnt cost this much!