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Perspective
Non-Sport
Misc
73
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3.2
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Description

Wicked Jester, a band of four, are headed for a Friday night gig at The Coventry, a rundown dive outside of town. They arrive only to find the parking lot deserted, the club seemingly dead. The band's members: Pablo Ramirez, Andy Chang, Gabriel Gordo and Patrick Scott, stepping from their van, are startled by a voice from the shadows. She offers them four tickets to a circus -- tonight's the grand finale! Having nothing better to do, the four accept and the nightmare begins.

Based on characters from comic book author Todd McFarlane, KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child brings the horror and carnage of the Psycho Circus to the PC in a shooter format. There are two-dozen creatures to battle with and three classes of weapons to use, each with four specific types: melee (beast claws, thornblade, twister and punisher), common (zero cannon, magma cannon, windblade and scourge) and ultimate (stargaze, galaxion, spirit lance and draco). In addition to the weaponry, temporary power-ups and instant items such as health, attack and defense powers are available.

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User Reviews

Better than I thought... Atomic Punch! (139) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars
Great idea, mediocre execution Dr.Bedlam (53) unrated

The Press Says

Eurogamer Jul 22, 2000 9 out of 10 90
Power Unlimited Sep, 2000 8.6 out of 10 86
Jeuxvideo.com Aug 01, 2000 16 out of 20 80
Svenska PC Gamer Sep, 2000 80 out of 100 80
PC Zone Aug 13, 2001 7.8 out of 10 78
FiringSquad Aug 04, 2000 78 out of 100 78
Game Over Online Jul 26, 2000 76 out of 100 76
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands) Jul 19, 2000 66 out of 100 66
Gamekult Aug 14, 2000 6 out of 10 60
Entertainmentopia Nov 18, 2001 D 25

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Trivia

This game was released (in the U.S. at least) in five different boxes. There was one box each with a drawing of each particular band member on the cover and then a Collector's Edition' which had all four members on the cover. The Collector's Edition also came with a mini poster and little plastic 'back stage pass'. (Don't try and use it at a KISS concert though!) I don't know that there's any difference in the game itself between the regular or collector's edition, but I did notice when I grabbed the patch that there were two seperate patches, one for the collector's one not.


This entry was contributed by jeff reitman (55) and Adam Baratz (1364)
 

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