| I rented it for a few days. I have mixed feelings. One one hand,
I like the premise, on the other, the execution is a little weak.
The idea is that you play the good Doctor who is on his way to see
his fiance. He walks off to the right while trying to avoid the strange
people of the village. (Among them, a mad bomber who appears far
too frequently, to bomb our hero.) The Dr. is armed only with his
virtually useless cane, and his only slightly more useful ability
to leap over the heads of the townsfolk. There is a little bar
gauge at the top of the screen that measures his irritation factor.
As he is perturbed by more and more townsfolk this gauge move closer
and closer to the Hyde side. At that point (very much like the
Incredible Hulk) he gets so angry that he changes into Mr Hyde,
and begins to walk towards the left. On the dark side he encounters
more nasty things, but as Hyde, he can both punch and zap his enemies.
Each time he hits an enemy, the gauge works back towards the
Dr. side. When (if) the gauge goes all the way back, he returns
to the day side at the point he left off and begins walking towards
his fiance again.
I like the idea of having the two sides, but I found that as the
doctor, you are too weak. First, it seemed to be so easy to get
sent to the dark side, and then when I got there my life level was so
low that I couldn't kill enough creatures to get back to the light
side. Perhaps I didn't give it enough time, but I think it needed
a little more meat to it.
Rent before you buy.
Gary
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