@Liberation    Mindscape    £30@

This game opens with a ten minute long animation, which sets the scene
nicely, although unlike the Microcosm intro, you will not want to watch
it everytime you play the game.  The game itself is very similair in
style to Hired Guns, with exactly the same screen controls as in the
original Captive.  One nice feature which it has above Hired Guns is
that you can look up and down.  The control method is simple, and
easily grasped.
As for the graphics, well they are adequate, but nothing special.
Certainly not to Hired Guns standard.  The sound is perfect, nicely
moody and creates an air of apprehension.

Now, the price.  Mindscape announced that they felt the price was fair
for a title which would only exist on the CD32, and in that they may
have been right.  The only problem with this is of course that it is now
available for the A1200.  The game was evidently too small to be just CD
based, because there were hard disk installable pirate versions
available (without the digital soundtrack of course) within a week of
its release.  The price should really be dropped now that it is not
solely for the CD32, and I am sure that quite a few copies would sell.

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