Amid humanity's effort to colonize the galaxy, the Amazon spaceship mysteriously disappears. This, the baseline plot of Creature Shock, is presented to the audience in superb, 3-D rendered, cinematic form. The opening FMV cutscenes transition to a track-based shooting spree in the darkness of space - reminiscent of Solar Eclipse with refined, sprite-based graphics. But, once the player character is tasked with blasting aliens on the surface of an asteroid, the gameplay style shifts dramatically to a point-and-click gallery shooter. The cursor in these scenes move at a snail's pace, dragging down the speed of CS to dreadful lows. Power-ups are sparse, and the monster thrashing becomes routine within minutes. Though it sports flashy visuals, players are better off avoiding this disc and spending their time elsewhere.
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