It was released for DOS in 1994, later getting 3DO, Playstation 1 and Saturn ports. If you need something to compare it to, imagine Doom and Crazy Taxi having a gritty and violent baby and you'll have an idea.
The premise is that in the future a company drops a chemical agent in the water system of a huge metropolis and an unforeseen side effect is that it sometimes causes citizens to fly into a homicidal rage. Unable to deal with the situation the government walls the city and turns into a makeshift prison to try and contain the problem.
The player's objective is, besides staying alive and managing to escape, is trying to blow the whistle on the megacorp by performing all kinds of missions. It combines a large map with a semi-sandbox structure (missions are mandatory to progress but only appear after you've delivered a number of passengers safely).
You drive an armored cab and make money through fares (as with Crazy Taxi, the faster the better) as well as completing missions, and use the money to repair as well as better arm your ride and improve your chances of survival.
It was, also, THE benchmark game of the day. You needed a pretty powerful rig to run this thing; I didn't play it when it was current, just through the magic of DOSBox. That said, despite all the cool innovation and 90s vibe it brought to the table it wasn't without serious issues: even at maximum detail objects were pretty grainy and difficult to distinguish at at distance and also, since vehicles hover in that game the concept of traction doesn't exist, which means driving precisely is almost impossible, and it is very easy to careen onto walls and other vehicles like a ping pong ball. The gameplay definitely needed more time in the oven.
Also, it had a pretty banging soundtrack, apparently? I don't much care for that angle, but some of you maybe would (it uses licensed tracks). The game also got a sequel some time later, but I can't say I played it yet.
Anyway, despite all its flaws, I think it's a pretty neat game, so I wanted to share it with everyone.
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The premise is that in the future a company drops a chemical agent in the water system of a huge metropolis and an unforeseen side effect is that it sometimes causes citizens to fly into a homicidal rage. Unable to deal with the situation the government walls the city and turns into a makeshift prison to try and contain the problem.
The player's objective is, besides staying alive and managing to escape, is trying to blow the whistle on the megacorp by performing all kinds of missions. It combines a large map with a semi-sandbox structure (missions are mandatory to progress but only appear after you've delivered a number of passengers safely).
You drive an armored cab and make money through fares (as with Crazy Taxi, the faster the better) as well as completing missions, and use the money to repair as well as better arm your ride and improve your chances of survival.
It was, also, THE benchmark game of the day. You needed a pretty powerful rig to run this thing; I didn't play it when it was current, just through the magic of DOSBox. That said, despite all the cool innovation and 90s vibe it brought to the table it wasn't without serious issues: even at maximum detail objects were pretty grainy and difficult to distinguish at at distance and also, since vehicles hover in that game the concept of traction doesn't exist, which means driving precisely is almost impossible, and it is very easy to careen onto walls and other vehicles like a ping pong ball. The gameplay definitely needed more time in the oven.
Also, it had a pretty banging soundtrack, apparently? I don't much care for that angle, but some of you maybe would (it uses licensed tracks). The game also got a sequel some time later, but I can't say I played it yet.
Anyway, despite all its flaws, I think it's a pretty neat game, so I wanted to share it with everyone.
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