Bermuda Syndrome
Bermuda Syndrome is a PC game developed by Century Interactive and published by BMG Interactive in 1995. In 1997 it was included in the " Gold Games 2 "game collection. The game is similar in gameplay and appearance to the classic Flashback from 1992. The main character is controlled from the third person , side-scroller perspective.
Storyline and gameplay
The main character is called Jack Thompson. He was part of a US Air Force bomber squadron during World War II . On a mission over Germany , his plane is attacked and hit by German fighters. For an unknown reason, a portal opens into which the bomber falls. This portal leads into a parallel universe . After the crash, Jack is the only survivor in a strange, dense jungle. In this parallel world, meanwhile, a young woman is said to be sacrificed to a carnivorous dinosaur . However, Jack's plane kills the creature when it crashes. Jack manages to escape from the plane and parachutes into a tree. So when the game starts he hangs in the parachute ropes on the tree, only armed with a combat knife . He must first free himself with this knife. After Jack subsequently cuts off the young woman, she reveals to him that she is Natalia, the princess of the kingdom of Ijagmar and that she should be sacrificed for her terminally ill father. At first, she's not happy about Jack's interference. However, she becomes Jack's companion and falls in love with him as the story progresses, which is mutual. As the game progresses, the two encounter other helpful characters such as Tauron the Wise, who also reveals the name of the kingdom to Jack.
The adventure consists of many individual scenes in which the player moves and has to complete puzzles or battles with dinosaurs and other opponents. To solve some problems, objects have to be picked up and used in the right context. Other puzzles can only be solved in conjunction with the princess.
criticism
The game got mixed reviews. Many of them praise the game's good graphics, which were of high quality by the standards of their time. The Coming Soon Magazine wrote: "The nicest thing about this game is the background scenery. Every picture is unique and the result of tremendous effort and talent. "
On the site justadventure.com there is a report written in English, the author of which is very critical of the game. He judged the puzzles to be too difficult and gave the game a D. The rating scale on the page ranges from A for an excellent game to F for a poorly done game. The tester wrote (translated accordingly): "Nice things for the eyes and ears are of no use if the game is not fun, and it is definitely not fun to play Bermuda Syndrome."
On the a-for-adventure.com page , the game is judged controversially: On the one hand, the graphics of the game are praised, on the other hand, the high level of difficulty of the puzzles is criticized. As of September 25, 2009, nine users of the site rated the game, which resulted in a grade of 3.3. The rating scale on this site goes from 5 for an excellent game to 1 for a bad game. The author of the test report, which was written in English, says about the graphics (translated accordingly): “The game has stunning graphics that look very realistic when you scroll gently over the fast-moving background.” At another point the author criticizes the Difficulty level of the game: "The game character's movement and action options are downright ridiculously difficult to use."
Individual evidence
- ^ Soucy, Glenn: Bermuda Syndrome Review. 1996, accessed March 10, 2007 .
- ^ Rodman, Adam: Bermuda Syndrome Review. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011 ; accessed on March 10, 2007 (English).
- ↑ Grave Digger: Bermuda Syndrome Review. September 13, 2003, archived from the original ; accessed on November 11, 2019 .