the Guru 3D - review

Authors: Mirage Media (I think)
Website: http://www.mortyr.com.pl (This site is SLOW!)

Oh... pretty...

Testing Machine:

PII 350

128mb RAM

Asus V3800 TNT2

36x CD-ROM

Windows 98 SE

DirectX 6.x

Nvidia Detonator Drivers Ver. 2.08

Oh... also pretty...

*sigh* This seems to be happening more and more often these days, you know. A game get's released with breathtaking scenery and gameplay that totally sucks ass. The scenery reminds me a lot of Unreal. It really looks great. It's just such a pity that your weapons look like a 5 year old kid drew them and the enemies look like they've all got a broomstick up their asses. The gameplay is crap. It's difficult to aim. Your movements are jerky. The list goes on. I'm not even going to mention trying to set up the keys! Look, maybe they'll improve it in the final version, but the outlook isn't good. It's sad that companies are prepared to sacrifice gameplay for eyecandy, when a game like Kingpin, built on an oldish engine, combines both so well.

This is getting boring...

Okay, so much for the good comments. I will now relate my other experiences with this demo. When I eventually got it working (third install), I spent about 20 minutes trying to set up my keys and then eventually go to play it. When I finished and exited, the demo then loaded again automatically and jumped into a continuous demo loop which I couldn't get out of. I eventually had to Ctrl+Alt+Del to end the program. 5 minutes later my PC hung. when I rebooted, Win.com and Ifshlp.sys had mysteriously disappeared and I couldn't reboot. I eventually had to restore and old version of my registry and re-install about 6 different apps. This might not have happened to anyone else, but hey, if it happened to me, it could happen to anyone. This company and their game can lick my sweaty nut sack.