Terracide

Terracide is a zero-G first person shooter developed by Simis and published by Eidos Interactive in 1997.

Terracide
Developer(s)Simis
Publisher(s)Eidos Interactive
Writer(s)Simon Carless
Phil Marley
Michael McHale
Laurence Scotford
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Platform(s)Windows 95
ReleaseAugust 27, 1997[2]
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Terracide plays out in a six degrees of freedom style, much like Descent, in a similar way in which the player is mostly cruising around levels until they find an enemy to attack, although sometimes the player is given on-screen objectives which are required to be completed to continue. Mouse controls are disabled by default, although add-ons such as an on-screen crosshair or mouse control can be enabled in the game's menu.

Reviews

Stephen Poole on CNET's Reviews section rates Terracide 3/5 as "Good", with its major flaws commented that Terracide is "an unabashed Descent clone coupled with a tired "save the earth from destruction by alien invaders" story", and its biggest issue was the control in which "it was almost impossible to line up shots on a consistent basis because the ship wouldn't stop turning when I wanted it to". Terracide is still rated as a decent 3D shooter by GameSpot, proudly ending the review commenting that if you can get along the delayed controls, the game is a definite buy.

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References
  1. "Terracide (1997) Windows credits".
  2. Staff (August 27, 1997). "Now Shipping". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on February 18, 1998. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
    "Meanwhile Eidos Interactive has begun shipping Terracide, a 3D shooter with support for all major 3D accelerator cards."


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