![]() ![]() ![]() While most levels are set in the day, the levels of Shadowlands take place at night, when the entire screen is pitch black, save a moving circular patch of light within which the player is visible. The game contains 150 single-player levels broken up into ten different "worlds": Moss Caverns (jungle), Fungus Delvings, the Lost City of Ur (ancient world), the Crystal Hoard, Winter's Dungeon (ice world), Skeleton's Keep (fossil world), Inferno's Playground (lava world), Shimmering Caverns (phosphorus world), the Shadowlands (dark world), and Meltdown Metropolis (industrial world). Another form of turf is introduced: gooey turf, which slows the passage of both the player and his enemies. In addition to the standard turf, which is susceptible to being dug through with the player's blaster, there are also the nostalgic bedrock (which can only be penetrated with a jackhammer or a larger bomb that, unlike small bombs, permanently destroyed turf or any other item in the level except the exit) and trapdoor turf, which resembles regular turf but which actually is empty space. The game also resurrects the original Lode Runner's several varieties of "turf" as well as introducing one more. These devices include snare traps, incapacitating sprays, jackhammers, two types of bombs, pickaxes (which make a pile of rock from the ceiling blocking enemies from advancing), and buckets filled with goo that is used to cover surfaces and slow characters down. New elements include devices that can be picked up and used only one at a time. The goal is to collect all the treasure, avoid touching any of the monks, and reach the exit. The soundtrack is one more reason to enjoy the game because it is also very good and appropriate to the game.The game takes place in a single frame with many different elements such as ground, ladders, treasure, items, and villains. The game has very rich texture and design detail and very tasteful coloring. The visuals really are outstanding and, when used to the side view, the your will really get into it as you always do when playing Lode Runner. Hard core fans might dissaprove, but I hope they will get around their prejudice and reconsider playing it. Lode runner 2 is played from an isometric view, which will need getting used to, since we are used to play Lode in standard 2D view. ![]() This is the same fun and great platform game, only with better graphics and more options. What is great is that the developers have succeeded in making the game look and play better without losing any of it's quality. There were separate levels designed for cooperation, as well as Deathmatch in multiplayer mode, so you can mix gaming with hanging with friends. In Lode Runner 2, you can choose to be a woman or a man, and you play the typical game of cat and mouse, in which you have to avoid angry homocidal monks while collecting gold and making your way to the end of the level. Lode Runner 2 is the first game in this fantastic platform series (the first being Lode Runner) to introduce 3D graphics, which was grounbraaking for the series. ![]()
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