After brilliant titles such as Wipeout and Destruction Derby Psygnosis
really struck out with this one! Novastorm is a
perfect example of the fact well known "graphics alone doesnīt make a
game".
 
Novastorm is easiliest described as a Microcosm type of game. You simply
fly trough a "film" and shoot everything
in sight. The background is fancy all right, but Novastorm suffers the
same lack of gameplay as the two year old Sega
CD Microcosm did. The only plus compared with the Sega game, besides the
music, is that you actually can crash
with the background.
 
The spacecraft you manover blends in with the filmsecvenses as well as
John Goodman as a lifeguard in Baywatch. -
Not at all that is! It kind of feels like you are playing with a
refridgerator magnet on the TV. As usual when it comes
to Interactive games, you never control the background, only your magnet
lookalike. Itīs sad, but still after some
years Super Nintendos Starfox is the best game in this genere.
 
3/10    (European version)
 
Gunner (Active)