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Genre Perspective Art Gameplay Vehicular Setting |
Description
The Hive is an on-rails shooter similar to
Rebel Assault within a sci-fi setting. All levels are pre-rendered, the player controls the cross-hair to fire at enemy ships and turrets. The levels are connected with cutscenes using the same visual style of the actual levels. The shooting happens both in space, within the atmosphere of different planets, and even indoors. Control alternates between spacecraft, turrets, ground based vehicles and on foot. In some cases such as when controlling a turret the player has camera control.
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Alternate Titles
- "The Hive Wars" -- Japanese Title
- "ザ・ハイヴウォーズ" -- Japanese Spelling
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User Reviews
Critic Reviews
Coming Soon Magazine |
Windows |
Mar 14, 1996 |
92 out of 100 |
92 |
Power Play |
Windows |
Dec, 1995 |
83 out of 100 |
83 |
PC Games (Germany) |
Windows |
Jan, 1996 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
Computer Gaming World (CGW) |
Windows |
Feb, 1996 |
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60 |
PC Player (Germany) |
Windows |
Dec, 1995 |
57 out of 100 |
57 |
Joystick (French) |
Windows |
Jan, 1996 |
50 out of 100 |
50 |
PC Joker |
Windows |
Dec, 1995 |
44 out of 100 |
44 |
GamePro (US) |
PlayStation |
Apr, 1996 |
2 out of 5 |
40 |
High Score |
Windows |
Feb, 1996 |
2 out of 5 |
40 |
IGN |
PlayStation |
Nov 25, 1996 |
3 out of 10 |
30 |
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Trivia
Difficulty
The makers of
The Hive evidently thought people were "sissies" for wanting an easy mode, so they didn't build one into the original program executable, only a "practice" mode that plays two levels. After much public outcry that the game was too hard, they finally released
Hive 1.01, which included an "easy" mode. But the creators released it begrudgingly:
By popular demand, here it is...a build of The Hive's
executable that supports an "easy" level of difficulty.
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Keep in mind, this new switch doesn't make the game a gift
by any means. It might better be labeled: easier. The enemies
all attack you with the same ferocity as "normal", but your
health bar repair rate is higher.
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