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Reviews for Denizen (#1347)

Review by The Dean of Games on 05 Dec 2012 (Rating: 3)

1988 Players Software (UK)
by Paul Griffiths, Mike Brown, Andrew Severn and Martin Severn

I was expecting a little more action and fun of a game like 'Denizen'. I think from the start I raised my eye brow with suspicion at the quality of this title. But because you cant judge a book by it's cover I gave it a chance. Well, what I can say is that there are lots of other games similar to this I would rather play. The action is too slow and unresponsive. Shooting the aliens gets boring rapidly, and not as fun, by any means, as say, 'Gauntlet' for example. And there isn't much to do either, besides the usual collect, shot and escape routine. Mind you, this is not a bad game, but it's not good either, especially after playing the classics that inspired 'Denizen'.

Review by WhenIWasCruel on 06 Apr 2018 (Rating: 3)

by Paul Griffiths, Mike Brown, Martin Severn, Andrew Severn

Looks quite good, and it's not unplayable, but it's just slow and a bit jerky.
It's a sci fi version of Into The Eagle's Nest, which was a WWII version of Gauntlet, which I don't know what was.

3/5

Review by Ketmar on 22 Sep 2021 (Rating: 2)

This is definitely inspired by "Into the Eagle's Nest" and "Alien Breed". The graphics is acceptable, and the whole thing could be fun… if it wasn't so slow.

It is hard to control your hero, and the game feels very unresponsive. Of course, you can eventually get used to it, but why? There are better games of this genre around.

Sorry, graphics alone can't bump this above "poor".