"Solaris 1.0.4." è un simpatico shoot'em up a scorrimento orizzontale realizzato per gli ambienti Windows. Lo sviluppo di questo interessante progetto della "Apollo Entertainment" iniziò a partire dalla seconda metà degli anni novanta per poi rimanere nell'oblio fino al momento della sua effettiva pubblicazione avvenuta nei primissimi anni del nuovo millennio. Come in tutti i titoli che rientrano in questo genere di videogiochi, controlliamo un’avveniristica navicella attraverso una lunga serie di combattimenti nello spazio profondo. La nostra missione consiste essenzialmente nel colonizzare i pianeti più ricchi della Galassia, purtroppo, però, non siamo gli unici interessati ad espandere i propri domini. Poco dopo l'inizio della nostra campagna di conquista, infatti, finiamo col contenderci alcuni importanti settori spaziali con una razza aliena sconosciuta. Il quartier generale, nel tentativo di sbloccare la situazione, ci ordina di far breccia nelle linee nemiche per poi far saltare il generatore che alimenta le difese di “Bothrops”, il pianeta natale degli alieni. All'inizio del gioco, abbiamo la possibilità di selezionare tre tipi di astronave: "fighter", "bomber" e "scout", ognuna di queste si differenzia dall'altra per resistenza dello scafo, capacità di fuoco e maneggevolezza, a noi spetterà choose the model that best suits our needs.
The gameplay of "Solaris 1.0.4." develops naturally like any other shooter, in practice we simply follow the movement of the scenario by destroying everything that appears before us, namely: endless waves of enemy ships, various obstacles and dozens of targets on the ground. As in any good shoot'em-up worthy of respect, the improved performance of our vessels are collecting the appropriate power-ups dropped by enemies hit, some of them allow you to change weapons in our facilities, From this point of view, the game offers: machine guns, cannons, missiles, lasers and plasma. Ciascun'arma can be enhanced several times in order to more effectively clean up a larger portion of the scenario. A special button also allows us to modify the deployment of weapons we have in our inventory. During the action, we also collect the "pods" that side as well as contributing actively to the general carnage, protect our ship from collision with the enemy. To extricate particularly chaotic situations dropped a "smart-bomb" or resort to a super devastating blow. To enable the above range do not have to fire until a special bar will not reach the minimum level required. Each collision with the enemy reduces the level of our shields, these, however, can be replenished by collecting the appropriate bonus. The ship also can also make use of a temporary screen energy, provided, however, have previously collected. From time to time, the normal flow of the game is interrupted by the inevitable boss to be defeated with the most varied strategies.
"Solaris 1.0.4." a shooter is quite playable, although there is no lack of situations sometimes very exhausting. The game is certainly not free of defects, one of the most is certainly annoying to some difficulty in determining with certainty what graphics scenario is effectively part of the game plan, a fact which often leads to unexpected collisions of the details of the background. Longevity, however, is characterized by the presence of thirteen levels, two different degrees of difficulty and the ability to automatically save our progress. The graphics are well done, the scrolling is smooth and is enhanced by several layers of parallax. The animations are mostly treated as they are well made all the lighting effects that decorate the scene and the many movies that introduce various levels of the game. This, unfortunately, is offset by a scenario that does not fill the entire screen, a frankly inexplicable technical solution for the timing of its implementation. The fund is also of good quality audio, the songs that accompany the action are certainly catchy and sound effects for the most effective. For the rest, despite the aforementioned flaws, "Solaris 1.0.4." remains a good shoot'em up unjustly mistreated by critics. Links:
Download Solaris 1.0.4. CD (Part 1 of 2)
Download Solaris 1.0.4. CD (Part 2 of 2)
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