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Exofox

BiNMaNBiNMaN
edited April 2011 in Games
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Exofox$&pub=^Logic-Art-Ware$&loadpics=3

has anyone ever played this, technically it looks superb but it a bit unforgiving
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  • XTM of TMGXTM of TMG
    edited April 2011
    Never heard of this before. Indeed looks quite interesting, though the frame rate is a wee bit too low - paired with the enemy ships being all over the shop makes for an extremely unplayable game. Not fun at all.
  • LCDLCD
    edited April 2011
    I think, this was the reason why it first appears in YS Crap game corner. Technicaly it is impressive!
  • GrazGraz
    edited April 2011
    Yep, I played it. It's great to look at, but it's a tricky customer to master. Mucho, mucho practice required for this one. Once you've got the hang of it, it's actually rather brill 'n' frantic.

    1990? How did I miss this back then? I thought it was made a couple of years ago, when I first played it!
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited April 2011
    Graz wrote: »
    Yep, I played it. It's great to look at, but it's a tricky customer to master. Mucho, mucho practice required for this one. Once you've got the hang of it, it's actually rather brill 'n' frantic.

    1990? How did I miss this back then? I thought it was made a couple of years ago, when I first played it!

    It's a shame the enemies are right on top of you from the beginning, I really like the look of it even with the low frame rate

    Missed opertunity this game
  • GrazGraz
    edited April 2011
    You can shake the enemies off tho, but it's a battle against the keyboard all the way.
  • ewgfewgf
    edited April 2011
    This is an unusual game (for the Speccy I mean)!

    BiNMaN wrote: »
    It's a shame the enemies are right on top of you from the beginning, I really like the look of it even with the low frame rate

    Missed opertunity this game

    Exactly. If the difficulty curve were less, then maybe this could have been a great game, given the right patterns of enemy attack, but as it is it's a nightmare to play. A real pity.
  • fogfog
    edited April 2011
    tried it .. looks nice.. but game play totally trashes iit
  • Maroc's Astral ProjectionMaroc's Astral Projection
    edited April 2011
    Had a crack at this. It's just unplayable for me. As others have said, the inertia, slow framerate and the homing in of the enemies just makes it annoying.
  • AlarmAlarm
    edited April 2011
    I've played this game before. It is sort of a mash-up of Namco's superb Assault and Metal Hawk coin-ops, but nowhere as good as either. Still an interesting technical feat for 1990, though. :smile:
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