Colony Wars Vengeance

Game Info

- Developer Psygnosis

- Platform PS1/WILL WORK ON PS2

- Released 1998

- Cost 99p-£5.00 on Ebay

The game takes place a few years after the first one,with the ending from the first game

where the Empire is sealed inside the sol system.The Earth Empire civilization fall apart

into tribes and factions fighting a civil war.Then the tribes are united under a new leader

called Kron and the break out from earth begins.

This time You play the role of a Navy pilot, Mertens, who is the narrator throughout the

game.you also have too other co pilots who will accompany you on missions as you progress

through the game.As before the game has a branching storyline told over 41 missions

divided into 19 chapters with between 1-3 missions per chapters and 6 different endings.

One of the major difference between this game and the first one is the addition of a hanger

that the player can enter.In the hanger you will be able to upgrade the ship using tokens

you recive from successfully completing missions,these tokens can be used to upgrade the

shield,engines,afterburners and gyros.As the game proceed you will also be able to select

4 different ship to fly.

The mission themselves are much the same as before ie protect or kill everything,with a number of

objectives to be completed,as well as some two part ones.The big addition here is some planet based missions

Each mission is preceded by an audio briefing,then a launch animation to hide the loading of the level.

Graphics wise the game looks great(for its time)The graphics are more sharper and detailed than the

first game,and again the design of the navy ships is excellent,with a lot of the big ship having rotating

mid sections.Space also looks good not so dark as it was in Colony Wars.(note the game looks better than the vid)

Combat is based on the arcade model,and the basic simulation of Newtonian physics has been some what improved from the first game,as you now have more time in which to maneuver the ship before slowing down.The enemy ship now have a target reticule and your own ship comes with afterburners.The radar has had a zoom feature added to it,as it will nowzoom out when you leave the combat zone,also the filled dots indicates ships in front and empty dots are ship behind.You still have the problem of not being able to tell if the ship are above/below your ship.

sound effects and music is pretty much the same as it was in Colony Wars,with a number of comment from you co pilots and Kron will remind you of your odjectives.

I like this game alot,it's more darker than the first one and the missions and story seem

more interloacked then they were in Colony Wars.Thers still the problem of becoming

disoriented in combat,but the target reticule and afterbunners add a lot to the combat,some

of mission are still very tough to pass with out the cheats.

moby review.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/playstati ... -vengeance

Review

Cheats.

http://uk.gamespot.com/ps/action/colony ... abs;cheats