Atari Corp. conducts itself in the strangest of ways, first declaring its Jaguar an unparalleled beast of a games console with 64-Bit power, but then pushing ahead with a CD add-on device to... play catch-up to Sega, Sony, and Panasonic? The Jag CD, as an expensive attachment to a struggling machine with a less-than-stellar library, requires some rock star titles to attain success. With premier showings like this Slime Award recipient, we have to say the forecast is bleak. Based on the eponymous animated series as well as the far better Russell Mulcahy film, Highlander - Last of the MacLeods is Lore Design and Atari's honest yet awful attempt at a passable 3-D action-adventure with RPG elements.
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Highlander drops you into the shoes of Quentin, a rather ugly assemblage of polygons, on a pre-rendered planet akin to Alone in the Dark. Exploration is so-so with our main complaint being the unpredictable shifts from one camera-view to another. Combat is pure suckage. Quentin's ineffective and downright humiliating punches and kicks make your average toddler look like Riddick Bowe. The leg-sweep strike is the only move with range, but neither it nor your sword is much use. Brace for frustrating controls, too. You will unintentionally turn or walk in wildly wrong directions and watch in agony as your character takes several seconds to respond to the controller command. If there can be only one, it ain't this.
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