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Devastation

by Novalogic
Platform:   Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Platform:   Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
  • Media: Video Game
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Product Features

  • Futuristic first-person shooter
  • Next-generation Unreal Engine
  • More than 40 unique weapons
  • 22 single player and 14 multiplayer maps
  • For one player or multiplayer over LAN/Internet

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  • ASIN: B00008VJJG
  • Release Date: 17 April 2003
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,197 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

Set in a not too distant future where megalithic corporations control vast, brutal military forces and violence rules the streets, Devastation has you pitting your wits against 20 single-player missions as you try to avoid getting caught or killed.

The story sounds like the rest: You play Flynn Haskell, the leader of a local chapter of the resistance who's charged with defeating the surrounding enemies and becoming the leader everyone knows he can be. The game's based on a heavily modified Unreal gaming engine and the majority of gamers will recognise the interface straight away.

The graphic detail allows for rag-doll deaths and the sort of interactive features we have come to expect from the average first-person shooter, such as the ability to pick up and throw chairs. You have over 30 weapons to keep you occupied, including a trusty knife and the odd bit of 2x4 that you find lying around. Those wanting more than the 25 hours offered by the single-player game can choose from four different multiplayer modes.

This is nothing special but if you are looking for a first-person shooter to while away some time then this will suffice--just don't expect it to be the next Half-Life. --Jason Denwood



Product Description

Set on a post-apocalyptic Earth where survival and dominance are all that matters, Devastation is an action, team-play-oriented first-person shooter. Developed by Digitalo and powered by the heavily modified next generation Unreal Engine technology, it pits teams of rebelling street fighters, gang leaders, mercenaries and ex-military fighters against overwhelming armies of high-tech corporate troopers.

Fought over 32 massive photorealistic levels based on real-world textures, the game includes 20 single-player and 12 multi-player maps set in four environments. It features incredible Hollywood-style explosions and amazing particle physics including explosive headshots, flowing water, stunning weapon effects, realistic fire, ragdoll deaths and blood. Next generation AI gives enemies micro-behaviour and a heightened awareness that makes them seem almost too real.

A dynamic tactical component allows you to decide how much control to exert over non-player character team-mates. Give individual commands or none at all to co-ordinate an eight-person attack or just go in guns blazing.

In the completely interactive environments, everything can be used, destroyed or manipulated. Set traps with garbage or use broken bottles to slash your way to victory. The choice of 30-plus weapons includes machine guns, swords, handguns, sniper weapons and incredible Rat Drones that allow players to "become" weapons.

The objective-based single player campaign calls for special skills including stealth, surveillance, computer hacking and sniping. Go head-to-head or mix it up with co-operative games in both Arcade and Simulation settings.


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3.1 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Problematic, 6 Jun 2003
By M. D. Smart (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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DEVASTATION is a first-person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic USA (ooh, that's a new one) which features 20-plus missions in the single-player game, plus online multiplayer features. I've only played the single-player game, so I can't comment on the multiplayer. First off, this game is pretty good-looking - well, as good-looking as urban squallor can be. It's not up to the standards of UNREAL II ( whose engine it borrows) but the graphics are on the whole impressive. The characters are particularly well done... until they start speaking. Yes, the voice acting is awful, as it so often is, and there has been no attempt to lip-sync; the characters just open and close their mouths like goldfish and sometimes continue to do so even after their voices have died down. The frame rate starts out fairly solid, although you'll need a beefy set-up to employ all the video options. However, as soon as the number of enemies (and allies) you encounter increases, you'll be shuddering all over the place, and this makes the last few levels almost unplayable (and I'm using a P4 2GHz 512K RAM and a GeForce 4!). There are also tons of clipping issues and other glitches - in fact, sometimes your gunfire will cause enemies to rise into the air and stay there as if by magic, then when they die their bodies continue to hang several feet off the ground. Bizarre. The story is fairly unoriginal, but enough to keep you going...just about. It's a very simple out-and-out blaster - there's nothing wrong with that of course, provided it's well produced, but this game isn't. The AI of both friends and enemies is terrible. Squads of goons run straight at you and then pause out in the open, waiting for you to shoot them. Your friends frequently throw themselves into laser fences and stand directly in front of heavy cannons but are never there when you actually want them to make a gung-ho assault as a distraction. I had to re-start several times because my 'team' had me blocked on a narrow path or stairway and absolutely refused to move. Very frustrating. The final nail in the coffin comes about halfway through, when you gain access to cloning technology. This robs the game of any remaining tension or excitement, because as soon as you are killed you simply regenerate and take up where you left off. That's all very well in a frag-based game like Quake but doesn't work in a single-player experience. I lost interest rapidly, and didn't even bother with the final two missions. It's a great shame the developers didn't spend as long on the gameplay as they did on the visuals (although even these are far from perfect). It kept me mildly entertained for a few hours, and if you're an absolute die-hard FPS freak you'll partially enjoy it, but it just doesn't stand up to the current competition. A real wasted opportunity.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy this game unless a major patch is released, 10 May 2003
Love Unreal Tournament and Unreal? Get all gooey at Quake and its various incarnations? Does Max payne do strange things to you, and Medal of Honour make your fingers sore? Right we're talking the same language then.

Having played Unreal Tournament 2003 to death I was looking for a new FPS. Outwardly 'Devaststation' looks the part - nice shiney sleeve, dark cover featuring a man with a big gun! Most importantly of all, the sleeve says that it features the Unreal engine. Yum!

The reality is sadly disappointing, and an expensive waste of my money - and this isn't a budget priced game (although give it a month to hit the bargain bins).

I must admit that I have only played the single player mode so far - and haven't even completed that - but I have no desire to struggle through the rest of it.

The premise is promising. Set in the deepest, darkest, post apocalyptic mega corporation controlled future you and an increasing group of allies take on the mighty megacorp. So far so good. Lots of guns - yes - even better. Vaguely coherent plot? Yes again.Looking good!

however, the whole game is completely let down by its unplayability. As you progress through the game you gain team members controlled by you and the AI. To succcessfully complete a mission you must get all of your comrades through the level alive. You can give individuals, or all of them four commands, - Hold, Defend, Attack,or Follow.

Do they obey you? It's a complete shambles and ruins what would have been an enjoyable game

Put it this way I am now so irritated by the game that I have quit it and signed on the net to post a review warning you not to buy it.

This could have been a good game. It's not. Understand? Don't buy it.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Good looking but really cranky.., 15 Oct 2003
By A Customer
..kind of like some people I know...

It looks great; the graphics are awesome (although with my 1.6Ghz I had to switch everything down to lowest res/detail to get it to work). However, it is really glitchy - lots of times the engine just hangs and I don't think this is just about the performance of my machine, or at least shouldn't be. The artificial intelligence is pathetic - not only, as mentioned above, do the other players simply ignore commands, but the enemy simply stand there and let you take pot shots at them.

It's a shame because it feels like it should be great and it just isn't.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Devastation
when i first saw it i thought oh no another unreal tournament but No it has excellent grapics as expected but it also has a story line and an awsome aray of weapons / maps and... Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2003 by jthmpkns

5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another shoot-em-up. Keep 'em coming!
Written by Novalogic and using a 'heavily-modified' version of the Unreal engine, Devastation is a first-person perspective shoot-'em-up based in the future. Read more
Published on 21 May 2003 by Mr. D. Haylett

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this game
I'll keep it short and sweet. Potentially great game with the Unreal engine powering it. Good plot and some interesting game play that is totally and completely destroyed by the... Read more
Published on 20 May 2003 by mra

5.0 out of 5 stars Corporate malignance strikes again
This game starts with an excellent sequence that really draws you in, despite it being similar to some old movies. Read more
Published on 26 April 2003 by thetetchytechie

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad game plenty of promise
This looks like a cool game for multiplayer gameplay. Everything appears to be interactive and apart from the slightly less polished graphics this could be a good rival to Medal... Read more
Published on 3 April 2003 by brightk

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