Abuse resembles a side-scrolling platform game. The game is marked for its unusual control scheme: The keyboard is used to move Nick, while the mouse is used for aiming the weapons. The basic gameplay consists of fighting various enemies (mostly the various forms of mutants, who prefer to attack in huge swarms) and solving some simple puzzles, most involving switches.
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A reminder that it was called 'Doom in 2D,' it's freeware, and I have to play it again.
An excellent MS-DOS game where platforming and shooting go hand in hand. The enemy design is interesting: the variety of enemy units isn't high, but given the game's brevity it's more than good. The placement of both creatures and obtainable resources (also in terms of distribution and quantity of power-ups) allows for a challenging yet not brutal experience, despite often being discouraged by frequent deaths in the first 20-30 minutes. The jet boots and the ability to aim with the mouse for shooting play an important role in this.
I can't shake off the feeling that the character design is borrowed from Predator and Alien.
An excellent MS-DOS game where platforming and shooting go hand in hand. The enemy design is interesting: the variety of enemy units isn't high, but given the game's brevity it's more than good. The placement of both creatures and obtainable resources (also in terms of distribution and quantity of power-ups) allows for a challenging yet not brutal experience, despite often being discouraged by frequent deaths in the first 20-30 minutes. The jet boots and the ability to aim with the mouse for shooting play an important role in this.
I can't shake off the feeling that the character design is borrowed from Predator and Alien.
Creo que este es uno de los primeros plataformeros en incorporar el teclado y ratón en un shooter side-scroller que algunos juegos en adobe flash utilizarían mas adelante (como intrusion, raze, SFH, etc.), y para ser de los primeros no esta nada mal. Lo que mas destaca del juego es su creativo level-design, sabe llevar muy bien los caminos, secretos, trampas, posicion de enemigos y la curva de dificultas (aunque estos dos últimos se exagera demasiado a la mitad del juego), además de tener una estética buena y llamativa que, a día de hoy esta bien. Lo malo sería sus controles que pueden llegar a ser toscos, sobretodo en partes donde se tiene que saltar, además que los fps limitan mucho el movimiento de algunas plataformas, enemigos, etc.
Si lo quieren jugar, les recomiendo que le bajen mucho el volumen, ya que en el momento en que aparece una orda de enemigos, el audio se sobresatura.
Si lo quieren jugar, les recomiendo que le bajen mucho el volumen, ya que en el momento en que aparece una orda de enemigos, el audio se sobresatura.
Muito antes de existirem os 'twin sticks shooters" Abuse trazia a experiência de um jogo 2D com movimento no teclado e mira dos disparos no mouse, com uma temática que lembra Alien e um gameplay sólido, com bons gráficos e level design recheado de segredos e muita ação.
Hi Octane jill of the jungle... always liked the abuse guy, carries himself with admirable gamer slouch and strong predilection toward explosion.spr