Bram Stoker's Dracula
Batman Forever's Halloween friendGenre: action - punch n kick
Publisher: Sony Imagesoft
Year: 1993
System: Sega CD
Gameplay Score: 1
Gameplay Notes:
Completely different than the SNES/Genesis version. This version looks and plays like Batman Forever, with prerendered graphics and slow, cumbersome movement. It's very nearly unplayable. You move like you've got a load in your pants. Inch along to the right and punch or kick enemies the rush at you from difficult-to-determine levels. Many enemies drop in from above you, especially the bats and spiders, but you can't perform a jump punch or kick. You can't attack while in the air at all. It's a maddening experience.
Level Design Score: 0
Level Design Notes:
Horrible. The levels only require you to move to the right, but feature some of the worst platforming ever, and a never-ending swarm of enemies that are nearly impossible to deal with because of the horrible controls.
Theme Score: 2
Theme Notes:
An FMV video of an old man sitting in an arm chair in front of a fire tells the story between stages. It's spooooky stuff, but makes me think of Garfield's Halloween special. A few seconds of poor quality FMV from the movie also plays between stages.
Art Style Score: 1
Art Style Notes:
These prerendered games have not aged well. This one is so dark and ugly that I can't stand looking at it. It's got prerendered backgrounds as well, which give the game a 2.5D look, but this works against it during the platforming sections because it's hard to tell where the platforms are. It looks like the floor is rotating in from a slight angle. Yuck
Audio Score: 0
Audio Notes:
There's basically no music. Instead you only hear the bats and blowing wind and other spooky sound effects. It's like one of those terrible Halloween sounds tracks. No thanks.
Overall Score: 14
Review ID: 12014
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