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96
The Games Machine (UK)
A ground-breaking game making full use of the Amiga, Shadow Of The Beast is technically brilliant and great fun.
90
Retrogaming.it
Beast è leggenda stilistica, non era un gioco artisticamente impressionate ma E’ un gioco artisticamente impressionante e fa specie notare quanto stupore è in grado di generare tutt’oggi. Ma, per l’ennesima volta, la giocabilità? La bestia la prende, la riduce in brandelli, la divora e la rigurgita sulle console giapponesi. In Europa, per passare alla storia, ne possiamo fare anche a meno.
90
Amiga Joker
Der britische Nobel-Label „Psygnosis" holt zum grossen Paukenschlag aus: In 350 Screens warten 132 verschiedene Monster darauf, eins auf die Birne zu bekommen!
Der Spass fängt hier schon beim Auspacken an: Die überdimensionierte Box mit dem wunderschönen Cover fördert neben den zwei Spieldisketten und dem englischen Anleitungsheftchen ein T-Shirt zutage, in dem man sich durchaus sehen lassen kann. Kaum ist die Startdiskette im Schacht, geht das vergnügen weiter: Allerfeinster Sound von David Whittaker (ziemlich ausgeflippt, irgendwie psychedelisch…) untermalt die obligatorischen zwei Titelscreens. Danach heisst's Diskette wechseln - eventuell vorhandene Zusatzlaufwerke erkannt das Programm nicht an.
84
CU Amiga
For something this low on hype, Beast has an above-average price. But with this big a package, it's not surprising they had to bump up the price a little. The box itself is a lot larger than usual, exactly twice the size of a usual Psyclapse box. In one side of the box you get the game and all the blurb, plus a poster of some ORIGINAL ROGER DEAN artwork. In the other side of the box you get an extra large full colour Beast T-Shirt, with yet another SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED PIECE OF ROGER DEAN ARTWORK!!! I don't know about you, but, arguably, two whole original pieces of Roger Dean artwork for only £35 is pretty good going. But what about the game?
83
Zzap!
The temple Necropolis casts a horrific shadow across its alien world. The courtyard is regularly sluiced with blood from the mass slaughter of humans at its sacrificial stone. One of the participants in the Beast Lord's appalling blood-letting is the warrior-messenger, a goat-headed creature. Yet once he was an innocent child, abducted by the Beast Lord and turned into a monster by his mages. For many years he has served the Beast Lord selflessly, but now his own parents have gone to the stone, stirring long suppressed memories…
59
Power Play
Vor langer, langer Zeit wurde ein kleiner Junge von den widerlichen Zauberern des "Beast" gekidnappt. Der Kleine wuchs unter der Obhut der Zauberer auf. Diese verwandelten den Jüngling Kraft ihrer Magie im Laufe der Zeit in eine kampfstarke Kreatur, die das Reich des Beast verteidigen sollte. Doch der inzwischen erwachsene Knabe erfuhr, daß er als Kind gewaltsam seinen Eltern entrissen wurde. Sein Handeln wird jetzt nur noch von einem Gedanken bestimmt: Rache am Beast!
| Category |
Description |
MobyScore |
| Gameplay |
How well the game mechanics work (player controls, game action, interface, etc.) |
3.0 |
| Graphics |
The quality of the art, or the quality/speed of the drawing routines |
4.7 |
| Personal Slant |
How much you personally like the game, regardless of other attributes |
3.7 |
| Sound / Music |
The quality of the sound effects and/or music composition |
4.5 |
| Overall MobyScore (48 votes) |
4.0 |
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