Pandemonium

by Eidos

Product Details

• ASIN: B00002STJQ
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,856 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

GameSpot Review

When a main character in a game transforms into something completely different it usually means the game doesn't have an interesting main character in the first place. That's definitely the case here. Pandemonium's extraordinarily silly (and not very funny) storyline exists only to string together the graphically diverse levels - and make no mistake, the graphics are the main attraction here. As for gameplay....

Pandemonium has that unfortunate platform-game trait of forcing players to screw up certain puzzles before they learn to solve them. On the very first level, for example, players must fall straight down a wall in order to land on an important ledge. However, players won't know about the ledge (because the camera view prevents it) until after they plummet past it. The dramatically moving camera can also be thought of as a gameplay element. In fact, the camera zooms in and out of the luscious 3-D environment, making the gameworld so enticing that players presumably won't notice they're engaged in a glitzy game of run-jump-shoot. The few power-ups are fun (including a fireball, a freeze ray, and a shrink ray that zaps opponents into stomp-size morsels), though unoriginal. Pandemonium also commits the crime of never establishing clear personalities for Nikki and Fargus, whose morphing abilities only compound the problem. Their only real difference is that Nikki can jump high, and Fargas has a monster-killing tumble move.

Burke Tresichmann's jaunty music veers into the Calliope Zone at times, and some of the selections sound much like his previous scores for Captain Quazar and The Horde. Moreover, the sound effects are downright awful, and the rubber-bandy "boing" that accompanies each jump is more than annoying.

Despite all of its nifty graphics, Pandemonium doesn't have what it takes to contend with the latest 3-D action games, like Crash Bandicoot and Tomb Raider. Ultimately, Pandemonium is a game for run-and-jump junkies who've already beaten those two offerings and are still looking for an angry fix. --Peter Criscuola
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Manufacturer Description

Pandemonium starring the hilarious combo of Nikki and Fargus will tickle your funny bone while testing your reflexes. Prepare to enter a colorful and mysterious world filled with humorous characters of all shapes and sizes. Nikki's a wizard-in-training with quick reflexes a quicker wit and a propensity for acrobatics. Fargus is a slightly deranged jester who argues and cracks sarcastic jokes with his alter-ego a maniacal puppet-on-a-stick named Sid. Together these two troublemakers roam a wild and woolly world looking for fun and adventure. They make a great team because each character has slightly different abilities which are better suited for some levels. There plenty of hidden treasure to find and collect throughout this zany game.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars HAPPY!!!HAPPY!!!!!, October 14, 2011

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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Pandemonium (Video Game)

MY HUSBAND BOUGHT THIS GAME FOR OUR SONS IN 1999 AND WE LOST IT SO I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER IN HIS MEMORY, WE WILL ALWAYS PLAY THE GAME ITS A VERY GOOD GAME, THANK YOU SO MUCH

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a fun game, October 13, 2001

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richard (bklyn ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pandemonium (Video Game)

I liked this game. The character are funny and well designed, the graphics are really good, the polygons do not look messy or blocky. My favorite part of the game is the background, it is colorful and pretty (since this is a level game it helps keep it interesting). Buy it is it fun!