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Lacuna (Arcade/Skill) by Woogal You may have already noticed that this game rather exites me! It's a brand new game from Woogal, creator of YAFL, Lazy Reader and porter of gpQuake among other projects. You can visit his homepage here. Once you have it loaded on your GP32 you will be greeted with the vector graphic style tunnel effect which may remind you of the old game GYRUSS or the Starwars trench run. If you start the game straight away you will soon be disoriented by the feel of the controls and the default high difficulty, so hold back and switch the speed right down to 1 and the gap size to 3 and take a gentle cruise past the walls that come towards you. The game works on the principal of gravity and inertia so your ship will drop straight away unless you use your thrusters by pressing A or Up and you must be careful not to boost it too much as hitting the edge of the tunnel is fatal. Then you need to swerve past the walls that come towards you but the controls are slightly slippery so it will take a while to adjust. There is no way to change the speed, this baby has no brakes, so you just gotta maneuvre as best you can without hitting any walls and last as long as possible - you only get 1 life! Graphics: People have already said that the graphics need improving in this game, I strongly disagree with this, they are perfectly sufficient and more eye candy could only help to distract you from the game Sound: Accompanying the gameplay is a bouncy ditty made by Don which complements the game nicely, although it does do your head in after you've been playing for hours! No sound effects. Gameplay: For me, the gameplay is unsurpassed, the thrill of shooting down the tunnel swerving stylishly around the corners is fantastic. Progress: As far as I can see, this game is 100% complete. Game Idea: The most original game I've seen on the GP32, and perfectly suited to it also. Replay Value: This game is perfectly balanced, you can make it extremely easy, or nightmarishly difficult - you will probably skip between the different settings trying to beat your top score on each. Overall: An extremely well polished, and fully featured gem of a game. It may not cater for everyone, but persevere and you will be rewarded. Download Lacuna from GP32x.de Download Lacuna from PDRoms.de
Review by frolik Nov/02/2004. |
