Terracide Explained

Terracide
Developer:Simis
Publisher:Eidos Interactive
Released:August 27, 1997[1] [2]
Genre:Action
Modes:Single player, multiplayer
Platforms:Windows 95

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

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.

Reviews

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Two Games to "Labor" Over. https://web.archive.org/web/19980119052456/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/97_08/27_release/index.html. GameSpot. January 19, 1998. August 27, 1997. August 1, 2022.
  2. Web site: Now Shipping. Staff. August 27, 1997. PC Gamer. https://web.archive.org/web/19980218070532/http://www.pcgamer.com/news/news-1997-08-18.html. February 18, 1998. dead. December 5, 2019.
    "Meanwhile Eidos Interactive has begun shipping Terracide, a 3D shooter with support for all major 3D accelerator cards."
  3. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3511
  4. http://www.avault.com/reviews/pc/terracide-pc-review/
  5. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Generation%204/generation4_numero100/GEN4%20-%20n%B0100%20-%20juin%201997%20-%20page240.jpg