timshen
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Posted: June 10 2003, 03:02 |
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Well i've just downloaded the demo and gone through it (as much as I think there is). It works fine on my system (P4, Nvidia GeForce 4 graphics card, 256Mb RAM).
It was a bit confusing at first as the initial start up screen is exactly the same as Tres Lunas and the title given is MVR 1 Tres Lunas. But, trust me, when you strat the game it is The Tube World.
The graphics are roughly the same, except the sky and cloud effects, mist etc.. which is a bit better.
There's not much music in this demo, except that which you trigger in a few scenes - which BTW are quite breathtaking.
There is a new flight feature, banking. This is a bit annoying at first if you're used to the old MVR engine, but after a while it proves to give a more realistic sensation of flying and actually helps in getting more accurate directioning.
OK..as to the world itself and what you have to do.
1. Initial scene.
Initially you are in a darkish deserty world with a castle and a set of seven portals (same as before but with stained glass windows in the portal bit). They don't appear to do anything in the demo. You can fire a metallic object which makes a tubular sound.
To get in the castle you have to fire the clock hand pointing to 12 and the gates will open. Quickly go through the gate before it closes. In the castle are two avatars, a hang glider and a magic carpet (?). Go to the far side of the ruined catle and you will find a picture gallery. Only one of the pictures (which has the opening piano sound to TB2003) is a portal in the demo. It is the picture of the windmills and it leads you to the space craft chase game...
2. Space Craft Chase Game
Here you are in a lovely mountainous scene which is partially covered with clouds (where the windmills are). There are many tubular 'mobiles' (like the things you hang from the ceiling to blow in the wind) above the clouds that don't trigger anything.
The sound in this scene is the bass riff of Finale TB2003.
In this scene you have to chase and shoot two space crafts that will turn into seagulls on shooting.
On shooting both of them you will be taken into an ethereal scene..
3. Ethereal Scene
This is a specey scene with many landing platforms in it. Some platforms are empty, some have a roundish metallic thingy on them which takes you back to the initial scene.
I forget what music's playing here.
You must find the portal that looks like an 8 and shoot it then you'll be taken to a lovely Far above the Clouds scene with many Tubular Bells and the Opning theme playing briefly before you go back to the initial scene.
That's all i've discovered so far. Anything else you've found?
Pretty much what I expected actually, although the Space Ship chase was especially fun!!! Hope there's more music triggers in the full version (and more variety in music).
Well, that's my 2p worth...
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(Haven't found anything extra on what has already been discovered).
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