![]() ![]() This sacrifices a little of that sense of breakneck speed, but makes it a lot less frustrating. Bumping up the resolution, Epic opted to pull the camera back, showing more of the level at any given time. While a little buggy at launch, Jazz 2 is a marked improvement over the first. Sega didn't really consider the implications of giving Sonic a gun until Shadow the Hedgehog. If nothing else, it was ahead of its time. ![]() ![]() Still, in its favour, it did have pretty good art, plus a fantastic soundtrack. In this case, it's Sonic The Hedgehog, only with guns and an even more claustrophobic camera, even twitchier movement and very little warning that you're about to collide with an obstacle or enemy, forcing you to shoot wildly into the distance every time you start running down a corridor. As with so many PC 'classics' of its time, it's a crude imitation of a console game design that doesn't quite understand what it's doing. In all seriousness, I'd recommend skipping the original Jazz Jackrabbit. Just be warned that nostalgia is a fragile thing, and fond memories may crumble when exposed to the harsh light of the modern day. Back before the studio developed humility and dropped the 'Mega', the Unreal Engine giants were big on the PC shareware scene, and now you can experience both Jazz Jackrabbit games and Epic Pinball for yourself through the combined magics of DOS emulation and fan-patching. This week, GOG raided the vaults of Epic Megagames. As such, it's always worth celebrating when someone untangles the red tape and strikes a deal in order to re-release some of the games I grew up playing. Growing up with PC games (I didn't get my first console till my teens), I lost count of how many floppy disks I've seen lost to the natural magnetic entropy of our world. Game preservation is a subject near and dear to my heart. ![]()
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