Alpha Waves

Maker:
Infogrames
Year:
1990
Systems:
PC (DOS) / PC (VGA) / PC (EGA) / PC (CGA) / PC (Hercules)
Genres:
Simulation / Action
Tag:
Unique
Languages:
English / French / German
Median Rating:
4/5

Archived Thoughts

Thoughts by Elwood (29 Nov 2000) – PC

Now what should you think of this? A pseudo-esoteric 3D Sim with an unusual soundtrack. Yeah… that pretty much describes it. That’s all? Hell no, of course not. The goal of the game itself is a bit unclear, but usually you have to find your way out of the room you are in, which in some cases is not difficult at all – at least it seems so – just jumping up those stairs. Yeah, you think – the gravity is different in those rooms, some stairs are just moving away and not all the doors you might want to use as an exit are open – you sometimes have to use crystals to open the doors. Nasty thing about this is that you can’t even leave through the door you entered all the time – nice surprise to fall down from just below the roof, defintely eliminates the possibility of using that door again – hehe.

Might all sound pretty hectic now – but that’s just if you play in Action-Mode – there’s also the Emotion-Mode in which the game is said to have certain effects on your brain according to the section you are playing in (e.g. ‘concentrate’, ‘meditation’) – guess you can pretty much forget about that, but still, it can be quite enjoying to play without time-limits …and the soundtrack is really not bad – not even on the PC-Beeper.

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