The audio uses the same MOD tunes as the PC but they definitely don’t sound quite the same. I’d love to have seen a version of the game with the silencer always centre of the screen but the scrolling isn’t smooth enough for that to be desirable here so I’ll settle for this. This is similar but scrolls instead of flicking. The PC original just centred the screen every time you got to the edge.
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The graphics are perhaps not quite as sharp as on the PC, at least on the old TV I’m using, but this port does have the advantage of relatively smooth scrolling of the screen. Luckily the auto-aim is extremely forgiving so I can still make progress without too much difficulty. My silencer spends the whole first level unable to run straight down a corridor and instead weaves around drunkenly crashing into every wall. The controls also prove to be every bit as tricky to get my head around. Things start out with the regular intro and FMV segments and I would be hard pushed to spot the difference to the PC game. That would be easier in some ways but only offer 8 compass points to face so I’ve stuck with the former throughout. All these schemes can operate using either relative controls to rotate the silencer around the spot and run backwards/forward or in an alternate mode where I can run in the direction I choose on the d-pad. I opt to start with the default of these since I don’t know any better. I think Kris was overly harsh on the controls myself as they work fine once you are used to them but I can definitely accept that can take some time.Ī new port possibly offers a chance to make those controls more user friendly and the Saturn offers 3 preset control schemes which admittedly don’t look all that simple at first glance. Ancient DOS games did an episode on it a month or so back which is well worth a look. The formula probably didn’t offer enough variety to justify too many clones but with that never happening this still stands up well today. I always liked the combination of strategy, action and exploration and I’ve certainly never come across anything else since that plays the same. Crusader was, in my eyes at least, one of the better games to come out of Origin. This port was released back in 1996, a year after the PC original. While I wait, I thought I would have a go at Crusader No Remorse on the Sega Saturn. I’m still missing the vital memory expansion I’ll need to play Ultima I which will probably be in the country in a day or two but take another 3 weeks to clear customs going on recent experience. A big thank you to Ian at Mutant Caterpillar Games for sorting it out. I’m likely to be a little more active now as my IIGS is fixed and on its way back. Also, the now infamous ending put me off gaming for a while which may have been just as well. As fun as that was, the unfortunate truth is that I really haven’t got the time to play games that long these days and I’ve had to catch up on all the things I should have been doing since finishing them.
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My absence this time can be mainly blamed on the Mass Effect series which I decided was long overdue for a playthrough. It’s been another long wait between posts.
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