Space Hack
by Meridian 4
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Product Summary
Brand: Meridian 4Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Meridian 4
Product features:
- Forget knights and wizards - Space hack is true futuristic role-playing, where you'll find moody locations, biospheres with artificial ecosystems, futuristic weapons, androids, space ships and nebulas
- 45 levels with Earth-like environments, futuristic interiors, post-catastrophic locations, deserts and frozen lands -- all with a constant stream of alien creatures for you to hack through
- Enhance your hero with unique bio-chips and high-tech items that give him powers like casting holograms, mind control, teleportation & invisibility
- Diverse paths of character development - smash your way through problems, become quick and elusive or gain advantage with sophisticated technology
- Amazing real-time 3D graphics with 360 degree panoramic views and spectacular special effects
Video Game Reviews of Space Hack
Customer Review: Buggy, repetitive, time-consuming
Summary: 3 Stars
Space Hack is definitely a game for hard-core action RPG fans. All I've been doing for half the game is blasting three different colors of lasers at aliens. It has the weapons upgrades, the armor, the various weapons with various advantages... but all in all, it is quite a disappointment.
I don't know if it's MY system, but I'm in "Biosphere Nine" out of fifteen. The game crashed at least 25 times so far. I downloaded the patch for it, and it didn't help - the game still crashes, typically during teleports (and teleports are how you travel to home base!!!). Performance is not a problem for me as I have AMD X2 6000+, 2GB O/C Mushkin RAM, 1GB ATI Radeon graphics card, Raptor HDD, etc. so I'm stumped.
After blasting my way through alien species 1 (out of three, apparently), I was very disappointed to find that alien species 2 was very similar: same sounds, same movement, same basic alien "type," etc. What kind of game recycles a dozen sprites like that?? I expect alien species 3 to be the same boring crap that looks a little different.
Lastly, I don't like how there is ONE base to trade, equip, fix, and charge your stuff. Same base to get assigned basic, linear "quests." You're stuck with the same guys who sell you a limited range of items based on your level. Of course, I'm only 3/5 of the way through the game so I might still encounter another base, but I highly doubt it.
Despite the hysterically frustrating crashes and unbelievable repetition, I am a stubborn gamer who MUST beat each game he comes across. Who knows, maybe Hack will actually encounter a worthy foe who doesn't swing/shoot aimlessly, easy as any other sprite in the game to avoid.
The aliens do not respawn, leaving no room for blasting around to increase your level. Either you kill what's there to gain the XP, or you don't level up. It leaves no reason to visit previous biospheres. I also get the feeling that the game is not random, either - each alien has a predisposed item to drop (if any) as well as each ovum/cocoon which acts like destroyable treasure chests. I might be wrong.
In conclusion, if you want a mindless blasting RPG, this is your game. It can consume you till the wee hours in the morning, as another reviewer suggested. You're going to need patience to get through this game. Not for kids.
Description of Space Hack
Space Hack takes you into a deadly future, filled with unknown threats. You're the Space Hack: A Space Marine famous for conquering a Martian pirate ship with nothing but a machete and giant sideburns. You're strong and you're proud -- but you upset the wrong people and you've been honorably discharged from service. To find new adventures, you join with the colonists on a new planet, Maximus XV - where an alien invasion has started.Shooter Games
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