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- N E W S L E T T E R
-
- - WWN Issue #8 -
- September 25th, 1995
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **IMPORTANT**: Well it seems no one is running WWN anymore, so since I will
- **IMPORTANT**: continue writing this game review, THIS IS NOW WWN. If some-
- **IMPORTANT**: one wants to put some effort into making it look nice than be
- **IMPORTANT**: my guest, you got the head job, but only if you really plan
- **IMPORTANT**: on doing it every week. Once again THIS IS WWN #8.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------Ionizer-------
-
- =====================
- Ionizer's Game Review
- =====================
-
- Since WWN is unorganized and has noone running it, some of you might have
- missed my Review #3. So enclosed is a recap of the more important stuff. The
- Game Review is dedicated to a quick review of what game's <and only games> are
- hot and whats not...and comments about them. The games were played on a P75
- with 16 megs of ram.
-
- ******************************** Re-Cap *************************************
- *-* Pinball Illusions *-*
- Ahh yeah! Hybrid brings us another QUALITY release. Even if you
- dont like pinball games, but have played Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies
- then you MUST check the intro to this one. It almost brought a tear to my
- eye recalling the olden days. Oh right, back to the review, this one doesn't
- seem to have the *punch* the other ones had. The game doesn't feel as close
- to you as the past ones had. While it's still a very good pinball game w/ 4
- different tables, multiball, and all those special timed goodies in the game,
- it's missing a little `umph'. Of course it's still better then any Epic
- wannabe pinball game. As Hybrid mentions the sound is a little buggy, but
- nothing you would notice majorly. However when they said they took out the
- music tracks that they thought had no purpose, well guess again, there is no
- music during the special bonus <timed> parts of the tables now. Pinball fans
- should check this one out.
- RATING: 7/10
-
- *-* Fade To Black *-*
- Welp it's finnaly here, that game everyone wouldn't shutup about.
- It's a lot different from the usual 3D shoot-em-up. The intense camera
- action is enough to make you sick. This game has a lot of faults that make
- it difficult to play. Do get the speech pack for this one, as it does help
- you in the game. Since the camera angles are constantly changing it adds a
- challenge to the game to figure out which way your shooting. Every time you
- try and turn around and move a different direction it zooms in on you. I
- feel that the camera shots are WAY TOO overdone, and it makes it too hard to
- play the game. A little too much was put into this game.
- RATING: 7.5/10
-
- *-* Breach 3 *-*
- This game had a long and not too interesting intro. The game play I
- was put in front of when I started looked dull and boring. I just couldn't
- get into the game and I had no desire to play it. So I'm judging `a book by
- it's cover'.
- RATING: 5/10
-
- *-* Witchaven *-*
- This one didn't work for me. Upon entering the main menu I was
- unable to do anything using keyboard or mouse.
- RATING: N/A
-
- *****************************************************************************
- ******* And now for the current shit that you actually care about... ********
- *****************************************************************************
-
- =====The Game Reviews========================================================
-
- *-* APBA Hockey *-*
- Crap. Period, end of sentence.
- RATING: -5/10 (Yes negative 5)
-
- *-* Exploration *-*
- Another strategy game. This is the cd-rip of the game that former
- group Genesis brought us. Game deals with trading, and all those boring
- thinking things you're supposed to do in school, not on a computer.
- RATING: 4/10
-
- *-* Wolfbane *-*
- Not a bad intro for a 3 disk'er. Game is out-dated style adv. You
- controll little figure, move around, get the right things, do the right shit
- before time runs out, win. Not what you'd call a classic or anything.
- RATING: 2/10
-
- *-* Exile Expansion *-*
- Don't get all pissed off, but I read "Windows RPG" so I didn't feel
- like playing it nor did I have the time. But I'd take it, it's Exile, with
- some added shit that you probably don't even notice.
- RATING: N/A
-
- *-* Need For Speed *-*
- You know, it just figures, I wait up till 2am on a school night to
- get more disks while it's being upped to the net, so it figures of course the
- shit is going to not work in some way or another. Tdunfs17.zip contains the
- file nfs.a16 instead of nfs.a17. And unlike F2B, renaming it ain't going to
- cut it this time. I really wish groups would check this shit before being
- worried about releasing it before another group. I'd rather have a game 3
- hours later than a game 3 hrs before that don't even work.
- RATING: N/A
-
- *-* Virtual Valerie 2 *-*
- You're going to think I'm favoring it just b/c it's porn, but really
- I'm not, it's really a well put together game. VV2, the sequel to VV (der),
- is simply a cyberporn game. It's practically the most famous of them all
- too. The first one was good enough to get on the news. The second one is
- just as good if not better. It let's you do a bunch of thing's in whatever
- position, motion, way you could ever possibly wetdream of ;) The intro has
- terrific use of winblowz capabilities, and an excellent sound track. If
- only as many games could have as much effort and be as classy as some of the
- porn out there.
- RATING: 7.5 pussy's/10
-
- *-* Heroes of Might and Magic *-*
- I tried out the Hybrid release simply b/c I had already downloaded it
- and I wanted sound. This is a great war-strategy game. It's in the area of
- warcraft, but much more detailed, but rather than continuous action, you take
- turns. It's very sophisticated, and if you don't give it the time, you won't
- have any fun. A must for all you strategy fans.
- RATING: 8.5/10
-
- *-* The Incredible Machine 3.0 *-*
- There goes 1 hour of my life I'll never be able to get back. You may
- like this childish game, but my head hurts from thinking too much from it.
- Once again, it's same thing like the others, but with more enhanced options
- and tons of puzzles and pieces. If you find this fun and interesting and you
- realize you're spending a lot of time on it, I suggest you get a life.
- RATING: 6/10
-
- *-* D-Day America Invades *-*
- Another strategic wargame. Low-level, wordy, and boring. Not worth
- getting even for fans of strategic games.
- RATING: 1.5/10
-
- *-* Command & Conquer *-*
- No more listening to little warez kiddies asking where this one is.
- Fate brings us the cracked version. However their .bat files were a little
- screwy, so after messing around I finnaly was able to install it (nice setup)
- The game is yet another war-strategy (WC, Dune, etc) type. I thought their
- might be a little more to the game, but it seems very simplistic, little to
- do but move your guys and tell them to kill the enemy. Not a lot of building
- as their is in WC. You do click on the side and there's a few upgrades you
- can have. I felt a little disappointed, considering all the hype for this
- one. I didn't get deep into the game, but it feels a little empty. Overall
- it is still a great game and can provide hours of non-stop killing fun.
- RATING: 8/10
-
- *-* Magic Carpet 2 *-*
- *-=Quoted from Review #3 of the demo b/c there's nothing different=-*
- Not much different from the first one except for a different mission
- and scenery. A few other more minor details are different also. But don't
- expect a different type of gameplay, it's still the same nauseating flying
- using your keyboard and mouse (thats what makes the game challenging). They
- should call it Magic Carpet 2 "Keyboard-mouse coordination" instead of MC2
- "Netherlands". If you liked the first one you'll probably like this one as
- much. If you didn't like the first one, don't even bother d/l the this one.
- RATING: 5.5/10
-
- =====Looking Into the Future=================================================
- No news of upcoming releases.
-
- =====Group Review============================================================
-
- -Hybrid- You may not have released it first, but we thank you for the
- not-so-ripped version. Cuz while I still got my hearing, I
- want to use it.
-
- -Tdujam- Nice job of beating TDT on Need For Speed by about 5 hours.
- You got HMM out first, but I'm not some old fart with a
- hearing aid, I want to hear something. Thanks for the head-
- ache I got from playing TIM3, I'm sure tylenol is happy.
- Nice job this week.
-
- -Phoenix- No comments.
-
- -Tyranny- That shit shouldn't even be allowed be called a ware. I
- mean come on, I know you guys have higher standards than that
- crap.
-
- -Razor- It just ain't like the old'en days. If all you can come up
- with is shit, then you should have retired with dignity.
-
- -Dragon- I'm not mentioning this group anymore unless they release
- something in English (Actual odds are 1 in 6,846,353,014;
- estimates based on warez/hour, Void where prohibited.)
-
- -TDT- It's trainer-city. That's all it seems you're releasing.
-
- -PIL- PIL get's a mention for their sick perverted minds in
- releasing VV2. j/k guys.
-
- Special thanks to fATE for bringing us C&C (working) so quickly, even if the
- batch files didn't work <G>.
- =============================================================================
- For those of you offended by me, I'm really REALLY sorry, don't take it
- personally. All you need to do is go outside, take a long walk, release some
- of that steam, and then you can go GET A FUCKING LIFE!
- -Ionizer (WiW Game Reviewer)
- Send opinions, comments to: ionizer@cybercom.com or striker@injersey.com
- =============================================================================
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