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In Mr. Miyagi's famous and spicy words, "there are no rules". This of course means that carnage is the essence. A whole array of special moves and weapons such as bombs, guns and chainsaws (rock hard!) will be at your disposal. Stuff like face grabs, neck twists and headbutts are all stuff that dreams are made of. Clothes lines however maybe taking things a little bit too close to the WWF. There will also be special in-game power-ups and other purchasable power-ups to boot. Yes, in Savage Arena, there's violence. Lot's of it. In fact there's probably more violence to be found in Savage Arena than in a Quentin Tarrantino re-make of Chainsaw Massacre. Bloody hell (pun intended), you'd expect nothing less from Rage Software right? And all in the best possible taste of course.
Something else you'd expect from Rage Software is a polished polygon pumping 3D engine, which supports all of the latest 3D graphics hardware. Rage Software has already shown that when it comes to 3D they're smooth operators. And yet again Savage Arena doesn't disappoint, as the ensuing screen shots will show. I've played the game and it looks slick in motion with any D3D compliant 3D card via DirectX 6.0 at some 30fps. You get all the usual Rage Software built 3D engine trimmings like colored lighting effects. The player characters look particularly well detailed and are complimented by some superb animation and blood spouting effects. I'm usually not a fan of sports games but then again this is blood sports we're dealing with here, so for once I could well make an exception. The thing is put some blood in Golf and then I might even swing a few clubs (at players).
Expect to see Savage Arena sometime in Q4 of this year.
- You get great big bloody chainsaws to play with. Not what you might call an everyday occurrence
- Savage Arena was previously known as Deadball Zone, which wasn't as cool a name.
- Still no evidence of a Cheese-wire.
- Bringing back to life an old classic like Speedball is always nice.
- The 3D engine is a fully-fledged Rage Software sibling. 'Nuff said.
- Sports games can get a bit 'iffy' on the PC.
- The violence might not suit some
- Those long snooker cues are good for poking people in the eye with.
- I only wish that they'd got the film license tie-in or at least James Caan's wig or something?
Developed By: Rage Software
Published By: Rage Software (TBA in the US)
3D Card support: Yes
Multiplayer Support: Yes
Web Site: www.rage.co.uk
E.T.A: Q4 1988
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