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Notrium  
In Notrium, the player takes control of a crash landed pilot on an alien planet. Naturally, co-inhabiting the planet with a species of FEROCIOUS aliens isn't high on Mr. Pilot's to-do list, and so it is up to you to make sure he gets out of his miserable situation...in once piece.
Notrium can be described as an extremely dumbed down version of Crimsonland and Nethack. Just like in Crimsonland, there are lotsa aliens to be disposed of, and you do so from behind a very similar mouse-keyboard control scheme. The Nethack-ish end of the game is very basic, involving keeping warm by day, avoiding heat stroke at night, and keeping yourself fed, while collecting and combining items to help you on your noble quest. While constantly keeping up with the chores should be a real nuisance, it's not; because Notrium ends exactly when it should. It won't keep you entertained for hours on end, but you will get a very solid couple of hours out of it the first time you play, providing you dig the game in the first place. The only real problem I have with Notrium is that, while those 2 hours it takes to beat the game on the harder difficulty are quite enjoyable, I can't really see myself going back anytime soon to try again. There are a couple of different ways to beat the game...but I'm not very tempted to go back and try. There just isn't enough new material the second time around. There is word that the author, Ville Monkkonen, plans to update the game, with more items, enviroments, weapons, and monsters; and maybe then the game will be worthy of second and third playthroughs, and a 10/10 score.
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GAME AUTHOR Ville Monkkonen
REVIEWED BY Evil Boris
STAFF RATING 9/10
USER RATING 8.2/10
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FILE SIZE 7.2 MB
FILE DATE Sep 06, 2003
UPLOADED Sep 21, 2003
DEV TOOL VC++
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