PlayStation

Shockwave Assault

With it's many intense missions, this game won't grow old any time soon. Shockwave Assault is sure to put a cramp in any futuristic flyboy's trigger finger.

Die 3DO - Version faszinierte mich durch aufwendige Zwischensequenzen und donnernde Non-Stop - Action - von der Playstation-Umsetzung hatte ich einiges erwartet, und wurde nicht übermäßig enttäuscht: Die Full-Motion-Videos flimmern pixelfein über die Mattscheibe, und die fünf kniffligen "Jumpgate"-Missionen liegen erfreulicherweise bei.

Standaard space shoot 'em up waarin je missies moet uitvoeren tegen aliens die gemeen, snel en taai zijn. Pittig, met super muisbesturing maar weinig origineel. Het ontbreken van muziek is ook al geen pluspunt.

The terrain looks nice in a basic, texture-mapped sort of way, but all the different terrains of the earth, be they jungle, desert, or city, all look remarkably similar. It's only when the FMV pops up that things get interesting, and that's only because the acting is so bad. Things move along smoothly enough, but the control is so sluggish as to make it almost impossible to actually hit anything. Try Warcraft instead. This one should've been left in the past.

I suppose you could describe Shockwave Assault as a kind of inter-active movie, although to be fair it's largely gameplay orientated with the FMV cutting in now and then to fill out the plot. Not that the plot needs much filling out. To summarize; aliens have invaded Earth and you must destroy them. And there it is. Naturally you've got a state-of-the-art combat aircraft to help you out, packed to the teeth with an assortment of potent weaponry. But the rest is simply a matter of listening to instructions from headquarters and shooting anything that looks vaguely unhuman.