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three out of five stars, commenting that "Although controls and equipment are truly inspired ... the gameplay often has a tendency to be a little hard to follow. Those with the patience to stick with it will find a unique gaming experience, but one that never fully achieves greatness."
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magazine praised the gameplay calling it "Ultra-speedy, dizzying interstellar action." The reviewer criticized the slippery controls and many pauses during gameplay. He also commented that although it doesn’t have the charm like
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ranked it as the 44th worst game of all time, summarizing it as having a "Bad storyline, guttural voice acting, and way too many dull cinematics in a limp space shooter."
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charts the adventures of a Terran pilot as he seeks revenge on the Rexxons, who had genetically altered him to become one of their own.
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is "terribly mediocre" and "impossible to recommend " due to the abundance of other similar, better games. In 1996,
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In December 2019 the game was re-released digitally, bundled with the PC version of its prequel,
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one out of five stars, calling its plot "generic" and "cheesy", and the game as a whole '
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as compared to the rest of the game, reducing the game's graphics down to "
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an overall score of 11/12, and named it an ASM Hit. German gaming magazine
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that documented the story of the player's character, written by sometime
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gameplay due to its 'sense of scale', variety, and fast-paced action.
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was also reported to be under development but never came to fruition.
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An album of the same name based on the game's soundtrack by the band
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an exceptionally high score of 97%, and named the game a Bit Hit.
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Continuing the story of the Rexxon-Terran conflict from the game
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noted a vast difference in graphic quality between the game's
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however criticized the game's complex controls, but noted
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was released alongside the game, on Audio CD and vinyl.
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The game was released in winter of 1994 on CD-ROM only;
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gave an overall score of 80%. Finnish gaming magazine
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in 1994 for the PC. It is a sequel to the 1992 game
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Index

Dante's Inferno (video game)

Developer(s)
Digital Image Design
Publisher(s)
Ocean Software
Designer(s)
Programmer(s)
Artist(s)
Writer(s)
Composer(s)
Alien Sex Fiend
Barry Leitch
Platform(s)
DOS
Genre(s)
Space combat simulator
Single-player
space combat simulator
Digital Image Design
Ocean Software
Epic
game engine
TFX
Summer Consumer Electronics Show
Las Vegas
Nevada
Commodore Amiga
Atari Jaguar
European Computer Trade Show

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