the Guru 3D - review

Authors: Acclaim Software
Website: http://www.acclaim.net/games/shadowman/index.html

Testing Machine:

PII 350

128mb RAM

Asus V3800 TNT2

36x CD-ROM

Windows 98 SE

DirectX 6.x

Nvidia Detonator Drivers Ver. 2.08

Ho hum...

I'm not gonna spend a lot of time on this one. Yet again, plenty of eyecandy and shocking gameplay. The scenery is fantastic. The whole game has real gothic feel to it which I personally love. The architecture, while a bit edgy and not too smooth, suits the game perfectly. That's where it ends. It's a third-person game, although nowhere near as good as Tomb Raider or Heretic 2. Your character looks like his arms and legs are almost detached from his body. He's difficult to control. Your mouse sensitivity, even when on the higest setting, is WAY too low. There's no looking up and down, only left or right. A shame really, because the story and scenery are very good and original. Maybe it will improve in the final release, but if not, I wouldn't recommend this one.