Back of the Box
Summary
Prepare for a
non-stop adrenaline rush! Six intense levels with only one mission: Kill
them All! Rip, tear, and burn through hordes of robotic minions on your
quest for apocalyptic devastation.
Game Review
This game is one of the
most hated, most beloved, and most insanely hard shooting games ever
assembled. Originally released by American Sammy on the Neo-Geo system,
Visual Concepts brought it over to the PlayStation with a brand new graphics
engine and retooled music.
The premise of Viewpoint is pretty simple; shoot everything in sight, period. Besides your standard weapon, you can use a charge beam, acquire options a la R-Type, and unleash three types of Super Bombs. You have nothing even remotely close to a story to worry about, aside from your predicament being shown in the opening movie. After taking care of some minimal options, you’re off to the hunting.
What makes this old warhorse feel dated is it’s homage to the vintage game Zaxxon; the play field takes place in a 3/4ths view, so you’re moving diagonally up towards your death, rather then up or right. This takes a bit of getting used to on a PlayStation pad, though you can configure your directional input to allow for true diagonals or ‘forced diagonals’, where up is really left, and right is actually up.
As I said, the difficulty is astounding; while trying to do screenshots I died within the first 4 seconds of each level. Areas will be filled with random monsters, patterned enemy scouts, turret guns, and sliding gates that you must shoot open before slamming into them. You’re also only allowed three continues, which means unless you really adore the concept of throwing controllers you should stay far the hell away from this.
PSRM - 000410
SLUS - 00033
Barcode: 0 14633 07494 9
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developed By: Visual Concepts
Number of CDs: 1
Players: 1
Meg Size: 487
Accessories:
Password Function
Released: Nov. 28, 1995
ESRB: Kids to Adult
Animated Violence
Originally
Released in:
Long Box Saturn Style
Variants: None so far