The Final Odyssey ------------- GAME FEATURES ------------- - Huge play area - Hundreds of screens of action! - Random arenas - Different maze each time you play! Guards move around the maze dropping bombs. You must deactivate the bombs before they detonate. Only when all the guards are dead will the exit open. There is one section where the maze goes on forever until the puzzle is solved! - 50 frames per second - smooth animation - 3D Stereo Sound - Every sound is played according to where it is in the arena. That is, if you step on a pressure pad and it sets something off that is not currently on the screen, you can tell where it is! Listen to your footsteps as you move across the arena. Fire an arrow across the arena and listen when it hits. - Hundreds of frames of animation - Characters to interact with - Runs on any Amiga with 2 meg - Tons of gameplay variety - Puzzles are not just repeated each level. The game is constantly different as you progress, making the game more rewarding and good value for money. - Lots of pickups eg. food, money, weapons, scrolls, invincibility potions, keys, important items etc. - Maze transformations - flick a switch and the maze changes. flick it again and it goes back to how it was! - Monsters have advanced artificial intelligence. Each monster is different with its own personality. Each one has its own strength and aggresiveness. Some are really tough and relentless, others quite weak and will retreat when the going gets tough. They can also work as a team to trap the player. Some are extremely intelligent and can find you no matter where you are in the maze. Others wander around blindly. There are 3 kinds of creatures per level. Each species has its own strengths and weaknesses. You must use different combat techniques on different species to effectively destroy them. Some creatures will also guard important items, like money or keys when they find them. - There are arenas where the light disappears and you have to step on certain tiles to bring the light back. When in the dark, all you can see is the red eyes of the monsters coming for you. - 5 powerful weapons : * Crossbow - General purpose weapon. Good allrounder. * Plasma Rifle - Plasma bolt that goes straight through monsters. Good for handling large numbers of creatures. Powerful but quite slow. * Chain Gun - Extremely high rate of fire. Excellent long range weapon. Poor close contact weapon. * Fireblade - Deadly blade of fire that surrounds you. Can slice through anything. Vaporises any creatures that it touches. Excellent close contact weapon. Poor long range weapon. * Nuke - The most powerful weapon. Acts like a smart bomb, destroying anything in the arena that's alive. Usually used to aid in puzzles. - Tons of nasties eg. flamers, arrows, electric bolts, pits, spikes, rolling rocks, bouncing balls, homing missiles one-way paths, invisible walls, trap doors, transporters, lava timed bombs, fall-away tiles etc. - A plot that progresses as you play. - 2 girls per level to rescue. - Moveable block puzzles. - some ratraced animations. - Constantly changing gaming environment. - Underground levels. - Special Effects - Reflections, colour cycling, advanced palette fades, dark levels etc. - Good balance of action and strategy.