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I never played the original Heavy Metal, but the Geomatrix variant covers plenty of similar ground.
It's a 3D beat-em-up that sees the camera spinning around and opponents
brandishing big and sharp tools around - as with Soul Calibur - and
Dead or Alive, which sees you jump about over different parts of scenery.
But making comparisons to other games isn't going to win many points for
originality.
Based on the adult comic book series, you can choose to play one of another
set of oddball human and alien characters, all with blissfully daft names
such as Hound, Slash, Zeus, Sarge, Kassey, Stab, Lance, Di, Duke, Talbot,
Mayfly and Phantom, all ready to kick each other six ways from
Sunday.
Looking at the picture on the right, you can tell how this game will play
exactly. There's no doubting it looks and sounds great, but in all honesty
is still doesn't shake the edge off the Daddy of all beat-em-ups, the
aforementioned Soul Calibur which still retains the class it always
had - even on the original Playstation - and whose like is soon to be seen
in a PS2 sequel.
The contestants move about the playing area like there's no tomorrow - although
it's a bit uneasy that as the camera sweeps around parts of the stage disappear
otherwise the 'camera' would crash into them - and the
loud Iron Maiden-like soundtrack is worth blasting out, but it feels like you
don't have as much control over your character as you should, with random
button pressing being the order of the day.
I'd recommend this as a rental for a good post-pub blast, but since most
Dreamcast owners after this kind of fix will already have Soul Calibur...
need I say more?
GRAPHICS SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC PLAYABILITY ORIGINALITY ENJOYMENT
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Looking at the picture on the right, you can tell how this game will play
exactly. There's no doubting it looks and sounds great, but in all honesty
is still doesn't shake the edge off the Daddy of all beat-em-ups, the
aforementioned Soul Calibur which still retains the class it always
had - even on the original Playstation - and whose like is soon to be seen
in a PS2 sequel.
