SWIV 3D
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SWIV 3D is a 3D remake of the original SWIV. It features a voxel-based 3D engine and mission-based play, as well as a myriad of new enemies and completely new style of gameplay.
It plays a lot like a typical 3D shooter: you control a helicopter which you must navigate through landscapes, all the while shooting at buildings, vehicles and other planes or helicopters and fulfilling your mission goals.
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- S.W.I.V. 3D - Different Spelling, Based on original
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Average score: 73% (based on 12 ratings)
Players
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 (4536) · 2000
Trivia
SWIV 3D Assault received a 20% rating from PC Gamer magazine (May 1998; reviewed by William Harms).
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Game added by Tomer Gabel.
Additional contributors: PCGamer77, tarmo888, Martin Smith.
Game added January 21, 2000. Last modified March 11, 2024.