The Game Forger is raising funds for PANDEMONIUM: fantasy survival horror & miniatures on Kickstarter! A survival horror boardgame with miniatures. No zombies here, just classical horror with all kind of evil creatures and a lot of fun. Pandemonium is a 3D platform game developed in cooperation between Crystal Dynamics and Toys for Bob. In the game we play the role of one of the two heroes, who are responsible for summoning a terrible monster, threatening a certain fantastical land. Pandemonium 2 is a fun platformer with pretty scenery. The movement and jumping is very fluid. You move fast and jump fast, and the levels are cleverly designed so that if you're clever, nothing breaks that flow. In that way, it accomplishes what early Sonic games seeked to accomplish. It's kind of like a free-running game in a Medieval setting.

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What's this got to do with Pandemonium 2? Well, like the aforementioned news reports, it's not as interesting as It first appears. It looks like an incredibly exciting 3D platform game, with graphics that are good enough to halt passers-by in their tracks. it's one oi the growing legion of titles that requires an accelerator card, so expect to see It gleaming from a shop-window display near you soon.

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Trouble Is, while the graphics may be three-dimensional, the gameplay Isn't Despite appearances, it's first and foremost a two-dimensional platformer - just like old-skool Sonic The Hedgehog, etc. There's no true freedom of movement, just forwards, backwards and jump. Still, once you're accustomed to the controls It's not a bad platform game by any means. Get stuck In and you'll discover It's a fairly compulsive play, it's just that It isn't a particularly interesting one.

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