SWIV 3D

aka: SWIV 3D Assault
Moby ID: 771

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Critic Reviews add missing review

Average score: 73% (based on 12 ratings)

Player Reviews

Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 14 ratings with 1 reviews)

Annoyingly less fun than the Amiga classic.

The Good
I really liked the Amiga game. Swiv (which came out in - I think it was 1991, but I might be wrong on this, so don't quote me) was and still is one of my favorite shooters ever, and I still play it every few days on my Amiga. So when I heard about Swiv3D, I was immediately excited and wanted to see what this amazing shooter will spawn next. And yes, I was disappointed.

  • The voxel engine is both good and bad (see later). Good in that it presents decent graphics, but the kind I would expect from a game a year or even two years older. The visuals are OK, but nothing more, and don't ressemble the original game even remotely.
  • The sound effects are OK, but what music there is is simply terrible.
  • The controls are admittedly excellent.

However:

The Bad
It's simple graphics engine is not nearly as good as I expected, or even as good as I would expect from a 1996 game. The music, as already mentioned, is terrible. The gameplay is repetitive and not fun, and the game plays nothing like the game it is supposed to be a remake of.

The Bottom Line
A generally mediocre game you'll enjoy for a few minutes, then dump.

DOS · by Tomer Gabel (4538) · 2000

Contributors to this Entry

Critic reviews added by Scaryfun, Wizo, Patrick Bregger, Parf, Tim Janssen, Skitchy, Cavalary.