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- @2Breathless from Fields of Vision:- A1200/A4000 only
- 2 Meg required
- 3 Meg required to run from workbench
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- 68030 + recommended for large screens
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- Price £29.99
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- Reviewer: Converse
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- Having just bought the Blizzard 030 board I was pleased to see a game
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- release that would push the board a bit. Alright, pushes the
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- board to the limit! The game is yet another blatant Doom rip off.
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- For those who have been living in a cupboard for the past few years,
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- Doom is a game on the P.C which sees you walking around complex, highly
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- detailed, texture mapped, processor intensive type graphics sort of
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- corridors. Kind of. #6More>>>
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- Breathless tries to do something which the Amiga is um' pretty crap at.
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- So far we have seen Breed 3D, Citadel and Fears.
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- Fears' graphics were crap.
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- Citadels weren't much better and I don't care what you say.
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- Contrary to popular opinion I don't think Breed 3D was much good
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- either, the gameplay was bearable, but the graphics were, in all fairness
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- shite.
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- So what's Breathless' graphics like?
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- Bluddy amazing that's what they are!
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- I have spent hours upon hours playing this game to death and I can say
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- right now the graphics are amazing, in fact I would say they #6More>>>
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- actually BEAT DOOMs!!
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- The gameplay on Breathless is excellent. I found myself settling in to
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- the game after a matter of seconds. Even Devil thought the game had just
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- beaten Doom and he's a P.C user! (although he owns an ST as well)
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- There are several aliens that you must battle against. The first type
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- that you will come across is the lanky grey aliens which move at quite
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- a pace, another robot that you will come across is the gold and grey
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- robot which moves like lightning, is big, takes ages to kill and quite
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- frankly peeves me off because it has this tendancy to run towards me
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- and then straight past me, thus shooting me from behind.
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- I know some people will like this, such as Molgy and people who like
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- a challenge, but it gets on my nerves a bit, but in a good way #6More>>>
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- though, if you see what I mean.
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- The levels can get a bit confusing, but then those clever and generous
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- chaps of Power Computing + Fields of vision have included an online
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- map which is accessible by pressing the tab key.
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- Although killing the robots is the main part of the game, there is plenty
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- more such as opening doors (I could do that when I was 2) and finding
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- keys which will open other doors previously locked. The keys are
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- scattered about the levels and you must find them if you want to
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- progress to the next zone or level. Keys come in various colours such
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- as red, green, blue and yellow. If you need to open a door which
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- needs a green key then obviously you have to hunt around for a green
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- key, isn't it just amazing the ideas they come up with? #6More>>>
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- Also along your way you can pick up a few weapons and weapons boosts,
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- health points, terminal keys, shields and money. The terminal key
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- enables you to tap into the main network interface which will give you
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- a choice of some pretty nifty weapons such as double shot, magnetic
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- blaster thingy, fireballs, flamethrower and deathmachine.
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- Each of these weapons can be further enhanced (if you have enough dosh)
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- by selecting weapons boost on the terminal interface. Try buying the
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- death machine and boosting that, great fun, if you're rich.
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- There are so many nice touches in this game such as the ability to
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- look up or down. The ability to turn around 360 degrees, acceleration,
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- side step, the scenery when you get outside the building of what looks
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- like a large dock yard and hillside views... all are brilliant #6More>>>
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- touches.
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- It has to be said that Breathless has nicked a few ideas from Doom
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- on the P.C, but instead of just copying them, F.O.V + P.C have improved
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- things and created some excellent gameplay. Breathless will no doubt
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- be the Amigas answer to Doom ('bout time too). No more will Amiga owners
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- be subdued to losing the P.C vs Amiga argument from the P.C owner saying
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- Doom. Sorry P.C ites, Doom has great grahics, but as a game it's crap.
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- Breathless looks better and the playability and addictiveness kicks ass,
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- not to mention the amount saved on not buying a bloody big uneconomic
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- P.C. There I've said it.
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- Graphics: 95%
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- Sound: 89% Not as breath-taking as the graphics, but still good
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- Addictiveness: 94% You'll keep coming back to it for more
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- Playability: 94% It's rude.
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- Overall 94% Excellent, but with the lack of the word Island or inclusion
- of monkeys, it just falls short of that game of Islands
- and monkeys. Kinda'.
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- Comment: Breathless is BLOODY and brilliant, buy it.
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