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- REVIEW
- L-ZONE from SYNERGY
- FORMAT: PC/CD-ROM
- DATE: FEBRUARY
- PRICE: N/A
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- ┌────────┐ ┌─────┐ │Synergy Corp.
- │GRAPHICS├─────────────────┤ 85% │ │333 South Hope Street,
- │SOUND ├─────────────────┤ 81% │ │Los Angeles, CA 90071.
- │MUSIC ├─────────────────┤ 81% │ │Tel: 213-687-2906
- │GAMEPLAY├─────────────────┤ 82% │ │
- │INTEREST├─────────────────┤ 80% │ │
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- │OVERALL ├─────────────────┤ 82% │ │
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