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REVIEW
HELL from GAMETEK
FORMAT: PC/CD-ROM
DATE: JANUARY
PRICE: US $79.99
"Hell" is set one hundred years into the future in Washington D.C., the
place where earth meets hell. The Hand of God rules the United States
headed by the Emperor Solene Solux, who has established a repressive
government. Solux's party outlawed various things such as the exploration of
cyberspace, robotics, new computer technologies and also books, alcohol
and drugs, in other words, personal freedom.
Following this, a rebellious feeling emerged from the population and resulted
in the creation of the Citizens Freedom Front led by former U.S. Senator
Erin Burr. However, people are frightened of being condemned to hell and
by the legions of demons that now plague the city streets.
In "Hell", you can play the game as either Rachel Braque or Gideon Eshanti.
Both are agents of the Artificial Reality Containment (ARC), a subdivision
of Hand's police. Your goal will be to discover why the Hand of God,
especially Solene Solux, wants them killed.
"Hell" is a new game using high quality SVGA graphics with rendered
backgrounds and amazing textures that are simply stunning. All the
characters in the game, including yours, have been modeled in three
dimensions with textures, except for top model Stephanie Seymour who benefits
from video animations, the only way to represent her as an holographic vision
in the game.
An amazing cast of actors were hired for this project featuring Dennis
Hopper, Stephanie Seymour, Grace Jones and Geoffrey Holder. Hollywood's star
Dennis Hopper plays the role of Mr. Beautiful, a demon summoned up directly
from hell.
With a total of 104 voices, you can easily imagine how important the
dialogues are in the game. When you talk to someone, not only do you get to
hear the speech, but also a 3D animation of the character in a small window.
The game can be run with speech only, speech and text, or text only.
Sometimes, you will have a choice of subjects when speaking with somebody,
but most of the time it is automatic leaving you with no other choice than to
listen carefully. This does not give much freedom to the player and it is
one of the greatest criticisms I have about this game. Things are a bit
too linear for me.
For example, if you wish to travel, you will have to use the metro map and
click on the metro station you want to stop at. However, you will be able to
access it only if it is flashing when pointing at it with the mouse. This
means that new locations will become available to you as you progress in the
game.
Many times you will have puzzles to solve which will sometimes be quite
evident, but most others will require some thought to get through them.
One interesting option that the game features is the replay option. When
you select it, you can search by locations, and then by characters to replay
all the dialogues between you and the character. It comes in quite handy if
you have forgotten the essential elements of the plot.
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Conclusion│
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"Hell" is well done with an intricating plot, dazzling graphics, brilliant
animations, and with very convincing voices.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: │
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386 DX-33 MHz or better,
Min 4 MB memory,
MS-DOS 5.0 or later,
Hard drive required,
Double speed CD-ROM drive recommended,
VGA 256 color graphic card with 1 MB memory and monitor,
Microsoft Mouse or 100% compatible,
Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Master II, Pro Audio Spectrum,
Roland SCC-1 & LAPC-1, Wave Blaster, AdLib sound cards supported.
───────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────
┌────────┐ ┌─────┐ │Gametek UK Ltd.
│GRAPHICS├─────────────────┤ 93% │ │5 Bath Road, Slough,
│SOUND ├─────────────────┤ 91% │ │Berks SL1 3UA, England.
│MUSIC ├─────────────────┤ 91% │ │Tel: +44-(0)753-553-445
│GAMEPLAY├─────────────────┤ 88% │ │
│INTEREST├─────────────────┤ 86% │ │Gametek Inc.
└────────┘ └─────┘ │2999 Northeast 191st Street, Suite 500,
┌────────┐ ┌─────┐ │Aventura, FL 33180.
│OVERALL ├─────────────────┤ 89% │ │Tel: 305-935-3995
└────────┘ └─────┘ │
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