Aliens
known as the “Morolians” invade the year 2499. These creatures that
look like a cross between teletubbies and Microsoft’s mascots have
hypnotized citizens with their uncontrollably funny dance moves. Who can
save them from this horrible disaster? The space diva herself, Ulala.
The game play itself is very easy. You
have to follow the rhythm a la bust-a-groove. Watch the alien’s moves
and mimic what they say. Once you’ve got that down there is a
shooting part as well. Again it is fairly simple, A, to shoot the aliens
and, B, to save the hostages. When saving the hostages they will join
you, building a giant dance posse! Sometimes you can get up to 20 people
or more following right behind you following your moves, without a hint
of slowdown. Keeping your T. ratings up is an important factor as
well. Each level is required for you to get a specific rating, if you
don’t reach that rating, you will have to restart the level. Another
factor are the hearts you have. They only give a limited amount of them
and each time you screw up they take one away, and if all are gone, your
show is canceled! So that means if you are on the last or longest level
and accidentally lose all your hearts you will start the level at the
very beginning. Other gamers have argued that sometimes they put in the
exact command but they count as if it was wrong, though you may have
this problem the first time you play it, you just have to adapt to the
timing to get it right. It may sound a little easy but it gets highly
difficult on the later levels. The game play will pump up the speed and
add more complicated commands.
The graphics are superb. The bright
flashy colors really make this game shine out. The environment seems as
if it came right out of “The Jetsons”. It’s a new and refreshing
look. The characters are highly detailed and so are the backgrounds,
though Sega used MPEGS for use of them, they still look amazingly
detailed. The sound is awesome! Some of Sega’s best work yet.
The
music is probably the highlight of this game. It’s a cross between
60’s groove and techno. You’ll be dancing in your chair all the way
through the game and humming or even singing to its incredible music.
But sometimes the alien’s sounds are too loud and therefore you
can’t here the music to well. The work done on the voices is sheer
perfection! Apollo Smile, who is the voice of Ulala, has done a
fantastic job; The other characters are extremely well done too.
You’ve probably heard this a million times about this game but if you
didn’t, the game is extremely short, about four levels. An above
average gamer can beat this in less than an hour; it’s sad but true.
But there is still life once you have completed the game entirely. There
are special routes you find once you’ve beaten the game. But still it
doesn’t add too much to the replay value. Also the game is just
screaming out for a multi-player, sadly there isn’t. But you can
always play the game over and over again which is still great.
Space
Channel 5 is a great game that anyone can enjoy. It dominates its genre
and though it may have some rough edges along the way, you’ll find the
game addictive and a blast to play again and again.
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