Die Hard

The McClane sprite appears to be digitised, looking remarkably like Bruce Willis. His animation is excellent, highly realistic in the main but a little spoiled by few frames on some moves, and when turning his strange leg movements make him appear drunk! Terrorists aren't quite as well done but are recognisable from the movie. The 3-D movement of corridors is very well done. Even on a slow PC it is smooth, reasonably fast and quite believable. On a faster machine it's very impressive and makes the game smoother to play and realistic to look at. Sound is an inevitable letdown, minimalistic music and harsh effects, and keyboard control is cumbersome. Die Hard's only real failing, though, is its excessive and slothful loading but when the game's this good it's well worth being patient.

Mr Willis has gained a good few pounds (in weight as well as money) for this game. The porky character sprites look more like weebles than tough cop/terrorists. But despite this, Die Hard is a fairly playable arcade/adventure game that is worth a look.

Die Hard is initially rather disappointing, disk accessing is heavy and prolonged, while death comes quite quickly. The graphics aren't great and you freeze for a second after making a turn. However, the more you play the better it gets. Combat is unremarkable, but it's more of an exploration game.

In einem 40stöckigen Bürohochhaus verlustieren sich die Mitarbeiter des Nakatomi-Konzerns bei der Büro-Weihnachtsfete. Die Partystimmung wird empfindlich getrübt, als statt des Weihnachtsmanns der Terrorist Hans Gruber mit seiner ballermannbestückten Bande auftaucht. Nur einen haben die Ganoven übersehen: John McClane (im Film verkörpert von Hollywood-Star Bruce Willis). Er allein hat es in der Hand, die Gauner zu stoppen.