3DO

PO'ed

Un excellent jeu d'action en 3D, insolemment jouable, avec les quelques pointes de stratégie d'un Descent et la palette de mouvements d'un Dark Forces.

Now this is a big surprise. How ironic is it that the same game I (wrongly) predicted would be "bileware" could in fact, turn out to be my favorite 3DO game of them all. PO'ed is a well designed, insanely addictive and surprisingly enjoyable game. The music rocks, the challenge is high and the 3-D is slicker than Fabio's forehead. I'm even looking forward to a sequel. Go figure...

Because of it's jet pack-wearing protagonist, PO'ed is similar in many ways to another new game for the 3DO, Bladeforce. But where that game is slick and stylish, PO'ed is rude, goofy and not afraid to make a few gross noises. Those who like giggling manically during stressful combat situations are sure to give this unusually tweaked shoot-em-up a strong cult following.

Doomkloon waarin je het als kok aan boord van een ruimteschip tegen een vrachtje aliens moet opnemen. Je begint met een koekepan (!) en eindigt met missile-cams en meat-seekers. Melig & afwisselend.

PO'ed is a great Doom clone, but not as much fun because of the obvious control problems. If you have a 3DO, you don't have Doom (yet), so PO'ed is the next best thing. Although the control will get you PO'ed, the rest of this game is okay.

With so many problems, it's no wonder I hadn't heard much about this game when it came out. There were so many better games to play; I wish I had kept it that way.

There's plenty of platform jumping, as well the ability to hover with a jetpack. It's different, but it doesn't work well from the first-person point of view, and it's far too easy to overshoot your landing and become disoriented. The controls are slippery, and you're constantly sliding off the edges of platforms. In terms of graphics, the weapons you see in your hands look great, but the scenery looks terribly pixilated and the blocky monsters are poorly animated. The game lets you save at any time, but since it never prompts you, it's very easy to forget. PO'ed has some originality, but it's aged poorly and isn't nearly as entertaining as it once was.