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Conference metalx::playstation

Title:	Sony Playstation
Notice:	Playstations now $149osite of Workstation?
Moderator:	METALX::SWANSON

Created:	Tue Sep 12 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	118
Total number of notes:	1094

115.0. "POWERSLAVE" by BRAT::FORTIN_C (Bound For a Star With Fiery Oceans) Tue Apr 29 1997 10:21

    
    I picked this game up over the weekend on the advice of the
    Absolute Playstation page on the Web.  There's a huge review
    of this game at:
    
    
    		http://www.absolute-playstation.com/rexhum.htm
    
    The game is called Powerslave here in the US of A but goes by
    the name Exhumed over in Japan, I beleive, where it has been out
    a little longer.  Basically, it is a "Doom" type, first person
    shoot out game that takes place in Egypt where a race of aliens
    has taken over the city of Karnak and stolen the mummified body
    of King Ramses and is draining it of it's magical powers.  The
    aliens are turning the people of Karnak into mummies and wreaking
    havoc across the land - obviously it's your job to stop them.
    
    I just started playing this but from the looks of it the "world"
    that you function in is enormous.  I believe there are 21 different
    levels to make your way through to beat the game.  There are 6
    different Ancient Artifacts that you need to collect to win.  Also,
    it says in the instructions, tjat you need to collect all 8 pieces
    to your lost transmitter "to get the best possible ending".  So
    bottom line is there are 14 things to collect.
    
    The graphics are good and the gameplay is smooth (Although the graphics
    are nowhere near as good as "Turok" for N64.  The review on the
    Absolute PSX page says this one is the class of the first person
    shoot-'em-up games.
    
    I'll post more as I progress through the levels.
    
    
    CF

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115.1		METALX::SWANSON	Victim of Changes	`Tue Apr 29 1997 14:03`	3
	Is it really the "next DOOM" like the review says? Ken
115.2	i've played it before....	SUBSYS::VIDIOT::PATENAUDE	Ask your boss for ARRAY's...	`Tue Apr 29 1997 14:40`	13
	Powerslave was originally a PC port. I have a shareware if anybody wants to try it out on a pc. It's a DUKE3D-like game, secret cracks in walls, mazes, bad guys, ect... Your in first person and doom had fists -> pistol -> rifle -> machine gun, now you have knife -> pistol -> machine gun -> magic wands and the sort. Instead of IMPS you now get Mummies, blah, blah.... JADG (Just Another Doom Game) roger
115.3	Never Played Much "Doom"	BRAT::FORTIN_C	Bound For a Star With Fiery Oceans	`Tue Apr 29 1997 14:49`	16
	Ken, I'm really not sure...I never had Doom and played it only on occasion at a friends house to see what it was like. So if it's better or worse, I cannot really say. I've never owned a first- person shooter game so this is new to me and will be the first one I've really sat down and played to win. The few times I've played Powerslave I've definatly enjoyed it...although the creatures at the beginning aren't very challenging. All I've come across so far has been these blue Scorpions. I'll provide more info as I work my way through the game. CF
115.4	I wanna get Exhumed	WOTVAX::LANEI	Game warden to the event Rhino	`Wed Apr 30 1997 05:12`	12
	Exhumed was out on the Saturn about 9 months ago and is highly recommended by an ex-Saturn owning friend (he's still a friend, he ditched the Saturn for a N64) . Blast, this window has corrupted, apologies if this is garbled, but I'll carry on! Exhumed is a great improvement on Doom: so I guess the bottom line is if you're not bothered about Doom games, then this is the only one you might want. I like Doom and plan to get Exhumed ASAP. Ian
115.5	EXHUMED ON FREE DEMO DISK	VYGER::CAMPBELLI	IAIN'S NOTES	`Wed Apr 30 1997 05:16`	5
	This game can be tried on a free demo disc with Playstation magazine in the U.K at the moment. Iain..
115.6		METALX::SWANSON	Victim of Changes	`Wed Apr 30 1997 18:04`	5
	>Exhumed is a great improvement on Doom: That's what the review seemed to indicate. Guess it must be true! Ken