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Mission Name The Tide File TheTide.ZIP
Author Nick Lodge Release Date 12/12/98
Players 1 Campaign No
Mission Type dogfight, capture Addons none
Reviewer Ouroboros Review Date 12/24/98
User Rating 21% Staff Rating 0.5 Stars

Description
Disable and disarm a shivan cruisser. But.....it's an ambush!

Storyline: 1.5 Stars
We need to disable and disarm a Lillith. That's it. And even though the cruiser is disabled but <i>not</i> disarmed, it still has no guns. Why? No explanation is offered. At least the briefing "only" has problems with nasty grammar and punctuation.

Balance: 0.5 Stars
There is enough of an armament to equip a measly little Medusa (which gets chewed up faster than a hunk of meat at a dog show), but not enough to even give a Ulysses two guns! Besides, the dozen enemy Dragons are more than enough to kill everything in sight. There is NO balance here.

Design: 0.0 Stars
I believe the proper phrase here is, "<insert sound of violent retching here>". The design constists of scanning a Lillith that strangely has a Weapons system but no weapons, then being cut to shreads by a vast number of Dragons. Fun, fun, fun. Do I really need to continue? At least all the events work. Oh yeah - no friendly wing should really have multiple waves.

Gameplay: 0.5 Stars
I think by now it's clear that this is no fun at all. But hey, you can see how long you last - once, I actually lived for a full two minutes!

Other Thoughts:
none.

Bottom Line: Crap. No, I must not say that: Impossible Crap.
Highs: Coke, and some Acid. Speed's okay.
Lows: Everything. The mission is impossible and doesn't even let you take two primary weapons.
Rating: 0.5 Stars
User Rating: 21%


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