ABOMINATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

Abomination Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98 Condition: New Other versions of this game available from us: Platform: Pre-Owned/Used: Very Good Condition copies available Product Information 150 different types of weapons and military gear Recruit and train new team members into elite soldiers Employ stealth and decoy to infiltrate heavily fortified areas Over 1.2 million unique missions and 200 linked missions LAN, Internet, modem, and serial connection play for 1 to 8 players Product Description The plague is once again stalking the earth. In six days, a superpower has vanished under the heels of the most virulent virus humanity has ever known. Starting in New York on a Sunday, it made its way to Los Angles by the following Saturday, leaving a swath of victims spewing blood from every orifice. No cure. No hope. Only death. As the devastation spread, so did the insanity. A cult blossomed as the body count rose. Calling themselves the Faithful, they preached the demise of mankind and the absolution of the BROOD. "Embrace the true Faith or suffer damnation." In the bowels of a classified government complex, the eight survivors of Project Nemesis awake to a New World. Nemesis, a black ops program, sought to create the ultimate covert operative. Genetically augmented volunteers from Delta, SEALS and Force Recon were engineered to be the ultimate weapons for low-intensity conflicts. Now they have to fight a war against a different kind of enemy. Review Abomination, an action strategy game heavy on the action, from Eidos Interactive and Hothouse Creations, will, at first glance, remind veteran game players of X:COM: UFO Defense and Crusader: No Remorse. However, Abomination 's repetitive game play and purposeless single-player game likely won't reach the acclaim of either of those classic titles. For gamers interested more in multiplayer action, Abomination supports up to eight players over LAN and Internet connections. You'll likely find more enjoyment than those playing alone, since Abomination 's single-player game lacks a worthwhile story line and any interesting goals. Players control a squad of four mercenaries, selected from a pool of various specialized and general soldiers. Loads of weapons and equipment, including rocket launchers, flame throwers and sniper rifles, can be equipped to each squad member as you do battle to hordes of mutated human and alien enemies. Most single-player objectives centre around the same theme--kill everything in sight--though Abomination 's random map generator and various replay options ensure many hours of frantic, though repetitive, game play. Multiplayer offers better choices: co-operative, death-match, capture-the-flag, lone-runner and survival modes. Playing online against human friends and opponents (or teaming with them) provides more excitement than Abomination 's average-rating solo campaign. In multiplayer mode, you'll soon become more forgiving of its story line and artificial intelligence shortcomings and enjoy the few things we found to be worthwhile: colourful graphics, blazing pyrotechnics and extensive multiplayer options. -- Doug Radcliffe