![]() The different styles of music fit your surroundings well, which effectively create an air of tension and mystery. Music in the game is good for the most part. Make sure to get your pen and paper out because maps are necessary. The UI is simple and easy to understand, and being able to contact uncle Boris for tips is a great way to coach you though the levels which are very large (especially in the case of the pyramid and the mine shaft). I find the latter a bit sticky and not as intuitive as it was in the Eye of the beholder. There are 2 main control methods: Keyboard which just requires you to use the arrows to move then click things in the UI or the game screen (my preferred method) or Mouse where you control the character by sticking the edge of the screen that you want to travel to. If you have played a dungeon crawler of the time, you know what to expect. Overall i really like the art style and it sets a great mood, Visually its on par for games of its time like Eye of the beholder 2, and comes across a more adult game with a highly polished UI (user interface). Even as an adult I was still pretty shocked to see the death images. If I had played this as a child I would have been disturbed. Imaginative level design, cool looking enemy’s and disgusting pictures of peoples’ insides make a very scary looking game. Instead requires you to gather clues and talk to the ladies of the night to discover the whereabouts of Jack all the while being hounded by police. For example the pyramid is a typical hack-n-slash dungeon crawler in the vein of Eye of the beholder, but the London level requires almost no fighting at all bar a showdown with Jack himself. Good fun to chop off all their bits though, nice touch.Įach level is different keeping the gameplay fresh. ![]() Only problem is the police are out in force and they think it’s you! Day of Dem Dead GuysĪnd finally we have a graveyard level complete with dead guys jumping out of the soil. Take a run through the misty streets of London and chase down the infamous Jack the Ripper. Jack The Dripper (get it wax, Waxwork’s, dripping/melting?) Creepy Mine Shaftsĭescend dirty dreadful shafts of doom and encounter a hoard of genetically mutated ex-members of the town above. ![]() Spooky places these pointy tombs and full of Crazed Eunuchs and Knife-wielding guards. There are 4 waxwork’s with a 5th opening up after you finish the first 4, these are mini worlds: This means you can attack this game in whichever order you like. Once a level is complete, instead of taking that experience and Hp to the next, you have to start all over again. These stats will be nothing new to anyone who has played a game before, and the 2 to take note of are your Hp and PSY. Within each level you have some stats: Hp(hit points),Lv(level), Xp(experience) and PSY (psychic abilities). He will give you tips, info and healing during the game but this costs one of your 4 attributes PSY and here’s where it get all RPG. good God) will let you into the exhibits and hands you a crystal ball containing the floating head of your recently deceased uncle. To help you on your journey the butler (who looks stacked BTW! I mean look at that suit, if he flexed…. Well it turns out that your uncle is a wizard, bad stuff happened to your family and to free the curse of Ixona you have to go through his mystical magical mannequin funhouse of horrors. The game itself come on 10 YES 10 floppy disks, so ready your floppy changing hand because you will need it. The story is long so requires the manual and for you to actually read it!, which luckily it is available on the web. This story is rather in-depth and so is the game so come with me now on a terrifying journey through: Ancient pyramids, mine shafts and the misty streets of London complete with Prostitutes (that’s just London not every level).Ĭreated in 1992 by Horrrorsoft and published by Accolade for the Amiga and MS-DOS, Waxworks is a dungeon crawler/horror hybrid complete with RPG elements. Boy meets girl, girl is a witch and curses family with a bunch of evil twins, and Uncle makes a magical waxwork museum that transports you to other times too kill a bunch of evil relatives. Its the same old story we’ve herd for years now. Well old Uncle Boris has done it again YEP, that’s right! He’s only gone and died, And now its up to you too free your family from a curse that has shadowed you and your ancestors for centuries. Waxworks A Horror Crawler WHOOOO Spooky times are coming and what better way to kick off the haunting season than with Horrorsoft’s Amiga classic: Waxworks.
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