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Terminal Velocity

Once in a while, it is pleasant to find an innovative game that is not just a clone of Doom built on the same engine with new textures and a different story. With Terminal Velocity from FormGen, the developers didn't satisfy themselves with the same kind of environment you usually find in the first person perspective games, like huge labyrinths of corridors stretching over several floors with key secured doors, etc. This time, you will fly over breath-taking three-dimensional worlds with 360 degrees of freedom for an unparalleled experience mixing speed and action.

Highly playable, fast, and addictive with almost no learning curve. Not much depth, but that's hardly a negative in this kind of game. This is a great shoot-'em-up with lots of new worlds to destroy.

The game engine is very well done, so you can derive pleasure just from flying near the ground or over the clouds. The music and sounds are satisfactory. One thing I didn't like about this game is the infinite number of enemies. I usually like being thorough while playing games, so I would normally wipe out all enemies, and then complete the tasks, but in this game it cannot be done. You simply have to shoot your way through and ignore the crafts that are behind you. Still, the game is pretty addictive and you won't give up on it easily. Let that be a warning :)

All told, Terminal Velocity is the proverbial quick fix. You'll never spend twenty hours straight playing, but you will never be disappointed when you're looking for a few minutes of high-speed excitement.

Wäre nicht schon im untersten Schwierigkeitsgrad derart viel Action geboten, würde man wegen des linearen Spielverlaufs schnell den Joystick beiseite legen. Immerhin macht schon die neun Level starke Shareware-Version mehr Spaß als so manche Vollpreis-3D-Krücke der lieben Konkurrenz.

Spelet är fruktansvärt standard och när man tröttnat på den trevliga grafiken finns det inte mycket som håller intresset uppe, ingenting faktiskt. Om man sitter med en Pentium och är kronisk älskare av actionspel kan det vara värt att titta på. Spelet är ju trots allt shareware på samma sätt som Doom och Heretic.