Commodore Format


Turrican 2

Author: Roger Frames
Publisher: Kixx
Machine: Commodore 64/128

 
Published in Commodore Format #28

Turrican 2 (Kixx)

Pow! Bang! Die, you swines! Genocide without the prison sentence - this is the sort of game that gives computers a bad name, not because it's drivel, but because parents think it's warping your mind. Rubbish. It provides an essential catharsis to the pressures of modern life, providing an outlet for anger that would otherwise be released in a burst of actual violence. [What have you been reading? - Ed]

So to vent your pent-up frustration with the real world, boot up Turrican 2 and spread murder and mayhem through the impressively massive levels on offer. As forget-originality-just-grab-your-laser-and-blast-'em-ups go, this is definitely one of the best. There's no plot to speak of, but who needs a story to bog things down when all you really want to do is blast away like a mad thing?!

Set on an incredibly colourful alien planet (nothing compared to the wonders I have seen - TMB), Turrican 2 comes highly recommended, if you all you fancy a bit of gratuitous violence. But don't expect much more than that.

Roger Frames

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