Evil Twin
- where to start with the plot? It has rather a complex one, or one that at
least seems that way given the way it's been described in the press release
I read, but I'll try to simplify it.
You play Cyprien, a small boy whose friends are throwing him a birthday party.
For some reason you're full of anger so lock yourself in your bedroom and
suddenly find yourself transported into an eerie, nightmarish world which
takes elements of his real life - such as his friends - and twists things
such that the baddies he has to avoid or kill look like them. Friends from
his orphanage also appear as horrible monsters and Cyprien's task is to
sort the world out once and for all.
When playing the game, though, before you can say "David Banner",
Cyprien, too, can be transformed on occasion into his ultra-powerful double,
Super Cyprien. He kicks bottom even more.
To simplify things further, this game plays like a cross between
Ico
and
Final Fantasy VII,
in that it captures an element of the former's free-roaming spirit, but the
graphics look rather dated by comparison and your impish character reminds me
of Cloud Strife from the latter.
For the music, the game plays a soft, subtle bassy piece of classical piano
music, which does work quite well for the game, but is rather repetitive.
Sound FX are nothing to write home about though.
It's a bit of fun to leap about from platform to platform and shoot your
catapult at enemies, such as one guy who appears to be split in half, but
it soon becomes tiresome and if you have a PS2, you'd be better off getting
Ico
instead.
GRAPHICS SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC PLAYABILITY ENJOYMENT
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Jan 2011: Intel Quad Core Dell XPS 8100, i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80Ghz, 8Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce GTS 240, Windows 7
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
When playing the game, though, before you can say "David Banner",
Cyprien, too, can be transformed on occasion into his ultra-powerful double,
Super Cyprien. He kicks bottom even more.
For the music, the game plays a soft, subtle bassy piece of classical piano
music, which does work quite well for the game, but is rather repetitive.
Sound FX are nothing to write home about though.
