Although you will spend most of your time blasting anything that moves, wanton destruction is not encouraged, since there are useful objects such footlockers which contain power-ups and ammo, as well as computer terminals that yield passwords and clues you will need.

Mission objectives range from destroying a Consortium refinery, rescuing prisoners, to kidnapping a Consortium official.

Gameplay comprises of 16 missions which must be completed in order. Despite this cliche premise, No Remorse gets better with time as the plot thickens and the gameworld is fleshed out in great detail, complete with competent acting in full-motion video (which, obviously, are too large to be included in this CD-rip. The premise is not original, but effective in the game's action-packed context: you are a former Silencer, an elite soldier working for the World Economic Consortium, who one day decided to join the Resistance, a movement which aims to free the world from the Consortium's oppression. Unfortunately there are legal issues with the seminal System Shock series, so we might never see them re-released, but GOG is hoping to work it all out.Definitely one of the best action games ever made, Origin's Crusader: No Remorse is a perfect use of the 3D isometric engine used in the abysmal Ultima VIII: Pagan. However, another twenty-odd vintage EA games are still coming to GOG.

Blasting off into outer space, you get to colonise a new world, dealing with rival factions and xenoforms in the usual Civ tools-construction, research, diplomacy, and just plain killing.īullfrog classic Magic Carpet is also due this month, then the new releases are going on hiatus for a while.

Creaky crone that I am, I have only a blurry mish-mash of memories involving shooting men, rolling sideways, playing with gas pipes, hacking into giant combat robots, and exploding much of the environment-fun video games.Īlpha Centauri, ici, is the venerated 1999 spin-off of Sid Meier's Civilization series. Digital distributor Good Old Games has rolled out the second round of releases from to release to the Electronic Arts back-catalogue, launching the wonderful, wonderful Crusader: No Remorse and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri at $5.99 each.Ĭrusader: No Remorse, available here, is Origin Systems' splendid sci-fi third-person shooter from 1995.

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