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CONTROL - DEMO REVIEW
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by zYLAX / PTK
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I have to say that, in my opinion, one
of the most impressive effects I have
seen in hand pixelled artwork (as
opposed to rendered) is that of the
appearance of liquid. The loading
screen to the Control trackmo is
indeed a nice 'n' shiny liquidised
screen. You have to see it to know
what I mean.
The demo itself comes on two disks and
runs on a standard A1200. It was
released in July 1995 by Oxygene and
was coded by Oxbab. The graphics come
courtesy of Mon and Spiral, and the
muzik was tracked by the talented
Clawz of Bomb Software.
The show starts up as a black screen
with a dramatic musical background.
Suddenly a pre-rendered 3D vector
sequence is displayed, accompanied by
some quick creditz.
Next, we are treated to an, all too
familiar, filled vector trip which,
although not original, is well
presented. Occasionally, this
sequence is broken up by the arrival
of various texture-mapped,
lightsourced objects.
A little further into the
demonstration we experience a journey
through a short, but perfectly formed,
fractal landscape. Finally, we are
shown a lightsourced, vectorball which
does look impressive. A few glenz
vectors contort for a moment or two
before a STOP! screen marks the end
of the first part.
Part two opens with a boom, as a burst
of hardcore techno blasts out as the
screen zooms in and around a vector
landscape that looks suspiciously
similiar to an Electronic Arts logo.
Yet another liquid style picture of a
woman's face marks the finale of
Control, together with a kewl OXYGENE
logo un-rippling in the centre of the
screen.
Finally, we come to the obligatory
vertical end scroller with all the
greetz and messages within.
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Control is a very well presented
production which Oxygene can be proud
of. The only critisium I have, and
there's always one, is that we've seen
it all before. The vector stuffz have
been done to death ...and dragged
through the afterlife! It would be
nice to see some more original effects
and ideas now and again. Apart from
that, Control is a good, solid demo
that... well, is okay if ya ain't
expecting anything special.