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REVIEW
L-ZONE from SYNERGY
FORMAT: PC/CD-ROM
DATE: FEBRUARY
PRICE: N/A
Synergy is a Japanese based company that has designed several acclaimed games
for the Macintosh. Following their success, they have decided to release
some of their games for the PC market. Among them is L-ZONE, a game set
in a strange city by the same name. Built by a mad scientist and covered by a
huge dome where monumental buildings rise beneath, the city has been
abandoned.
Will you dare to enter and discover its secrets? L-ZONE is a network of
vast spaces and corridors where dynamos and machines lie around. You will
discover switches, monitors and controls everywhere throughout the city.
Although it might be dangerous for you to manipulate the control panels, you
will find yourself attracted to all the switches and buttons you see.
When you activate one of them, you will be granted some Quicktime animations
that are very well rendered. Most other times, you will see 3D animations
of machines and robots but also dazzling visual effects from dozens of
monitors.
Each room will provide you with new experiences to explore, but beware, some
of them are lethal as I unfortunately experienced myself.
"L-ZONE" is an adventure game which differs slightly from the others. For
example, there is no one to talk to as the city is uninhabited, and
therefore you will not find any text in this game. In fact, this game could
be considered as an exploration game where you try to understand what all
the machines in the city were supposed to achieve. In the beginning, things
look to be a bit strange, but once you get going, you will find yourself
wanting to try every switch in sight just to find out what will happen, even
if it kills you.
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Conclusion│
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It might be frustrating to finish this type of game so quickly as the game
can be completed in just a few hours. However, the quality of the graphics
and the futuristic style of music and sounds should keep the player
intrigued right up to the end of the game.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: │
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386 SX-25 MHz or better,
Min 4 MB memory,
Windows 3.1 or later,
Hard drive required,
Single speed CD-ROM drive (150 Kb/s) or faster,
VGA 256 color graphic card with 512 Kb memory and monitor,
Microsoft Mouse or 100% compatible and joysticks supported,
8 bit sound card.
───────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────
┌────────┐ ┌─────┐ │Synergy Corp.
│GRAPHICS├─────────────────┤ 85% │ │333 South Hope Street,
│SOUND ├─────────────────┤ 81% │ │Los Angeles, CA 90071.
│MUSIC ├─────────────────┤ 81% │ │Tel: 213-687-2906
│GAMEPLAY├─────────────────┤ 82% │ │
│INTEREST├─────────────────┤ 80% │ │
└────────┘ └─────┘ │
┌────────┐ ┌─────┐ │
│OVERALL ├─────────────────┤ 82% │ │
└────────┘ └─────┘ │
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