Winter 2000 24 Hours of Zeux Judging Sheets:Herc

Hey Ib, 

I have an extremely busy weekend, but I managed to get you the scores now, so I'm not slowing up the entire process. Anyway, I'm off to Amsterdam for a huge rave. Here are the scores, and see you later! ^_^ 

=== Exploration (#285): 

Overall Rating: 1 
Theme: 5 
Gameplay: 1 
Plot: 0 
Graphics: 0 
Sound: 0 

TOTAL: 0.7 

Comments: 
"Augh! Junk entries spoiled several 24hoz's in the past, and now the DoZ's are getting them, too. It ain't funny, so stop it." 

=== Ford Explorer (#936): 

Overall Rating: 16 
Theme: 9 
Gameplay: 9 
Plot: 1 
Graphics: 1 
Sound: 7 

TOTAL: 4.3 

Comments: 
"This entry had some good gameplay, but got somewhat boring after a while. The graphics were very, very poor and seemed kinda rushed. It completely lacked a plot, too." 

=== ??? (#714): 

Overall Rating: 9 
Theme: 4 
Gameplay: 3 
Plot: 2 
Graphics: 3 
Sound: 1 

TOTAL: 2.2 

Comments: 
"Hmm, this entry kind of confused me. What's the point? For some reason, it looked unfinished to me." 

=== The Horror (#5666): 

Overall Rating: 4 
Theme: 1 
Gameplay: 0 
Plot: 1 
Graphics: 6 
Sound: 0 

TOTAL: 1.2 

Comments: 
"It started out cool - the intro seemed really good to me, but then it turned out to be an unfinished entry. I'm sure this entry would have done well, if it was finished." 

=== Soul Excursion (#6361): 

Overall Rating: 28 
Theme: 19 
Gameplay: 13 
Plot: 13 
Graphics: 10 
Sound: 10 

TOTAL: 9.3 

Comments: 
"Whoa! The deep plot intrigued me and the graphics and music are awesome! The puzzle and the multi-char enemies and boss are really well-programmed, too. This entry shows you ARE able to create a kick-ass game within 24 hours." 

=== X-pedition (#6068): 

Overall Rating: 21 
Theme: 18 
Gameplay: 11 
Plot: 7 
Graphics: 7 
Sound: 6 

TOTAL: 7.0 

Comments: 
"I kind of missed an explanation on the game's controls (how to select weapons, inventory, pressing 'space' during conversations). Overall, it's a fun lil' old-skool adventure game with nice graphics and some good gameplay." 

=== The Secret of Conflict Island (#5236): 

Overall Rating: 22 
Theme: 16 
Gameplay: 12 
Plot: 9 
Graphics: 6 
Sound: 5 

TOTAL: 7.0 

Comments: 
"Monkey Island, anybody? :D I liked the sword-fighting and the rest of the game was rather funny, too. Graphics could have been better, though." 

=== Space Scout (#5105): 

Overall Rating: 20 
Theme: 19 
Gameplay: 10 
Plot: 7 
Graphics: 6 
Sound: 5 

TOTAL: 6.7 

Comments: 
"A typical item-hunting adventure game. The graphics weren't anything special, but still decent. I started to find the music annoying after a while, too. Not a very original entry, but still not bad." 

=== The Fog (#4849): 

Overall Rating: 15 
Theme: 15 
Gameplay: 10 
Plot: 9 
Graphics: 8 
Sound: 5 

TOTAL: 6.2 

Comments: 
"The title screen started out promising, but when I pressed 'p' I just got to see the title screen again. I played the game by starting on the first board and it seemed to be decent (as in graphics and plot), but it got boring soon. After several boards, the screen faded to black and nothing happened. A shame this entry was so buggy, because it was otherwise not bad at all." 

=== StarQuest - the Next Generation (#4214): 

Overall Rating: 18 
Theme: 11 
Gameplay: 12 
Plot: 8 
Graphics: 8 
Sound: 6 

TOTAL: 6.3 

Comments: 
"A funny entry with some good graphics. However, there was a fatal bug somewhere half-way in the game that caused the game to stop. I had to check the rest out via the editor." 

--Hercules 
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