Step into the world of Evil Twin. Where giant bugs attack you and a scarily small deformed twin roams the different levels. You play as Cyprien and Super Cyp, the latter being the evil one to can transform into when you have collected enough tokens. The game is a standard platformer with many levels and collecting different items to power yourself up. Not to give too much of the story away you start off you quest on your birthday when your friend (a toy bear) Lenny disappears into nowhere, you then get transported into a strange world as you go looking for him. So what is the main game like?

Gameplay: 7/10
In Evil Twin the gameplay is the only real thing holding the whole game together. Without the fun of platform jumping you would be left with a weak wobbly effort, much like jelly that has been heated. The controls you use for the characters are not spot on but you can get used to them quickly. An annoying aspect to the actual playing of the game is the difficulty setting, the developers have really cranked it up which makes progression through the game slow and frustrating. But there are some cool tricks the game has up it’s sleeve. For one you can do many butt kicking moves whilst in the super Cyp psyco mode. You can also go into a first person mode where you fire stones out of a carefully aimed catapult. This is fun and is also useful for activating switches and picking off enemies before continuing.

Sound: 6/10
There is good music, unfortunately there is not enough of it and there is no variety in tunes. You will get a main soundtrack whilst traversing through the large levels. But there isn’t any sort of written score for the cut scenes and the sound is in no way used for dramatic affect to add to the gameplay. Sound quality is average and nothing special, you won’t notice anything great. There again you won’t notice anything really bad, it’s a half way thing. Effects in game are realistic, the catapult for example will have the sound of the rubber being stretched and then the twang as the leather is released, hurtling the projectile through the air. The voices for the creatures and other characters you will come across is convincing, but not so much for Cyprien himself. He has a terrible accent, one minute his voice is breaking then it is higher pitched. The lip animation of the characters is average, and is not an area that shines. The developers should have spent more time on these smaller things because the whole feel of the game is that is has been rushed.

Graphics: 5/10
I felt let down by the graphics. Before getting the game I had looked up screenshots of the game on some sites, under the Dreamcast section. They looked good and the textures were detailed. They must have used the PC screens again, because the graphics are poor. The game could have almost come out on the Playstation 1 with visuals like these. Although if it had it would not run as well on account of RAM issues. All the levels are large and smoothing of objects is okay, but the textures are plain and bland. The character model of Cyprien is well done and the times where graphical detail is upped is in the very long cut scenes. Some people buy a game based on the visuals, if you are one of these people then this game is not for you. After a couple of minutes you forget about the graphics and start to get into the gameplay.

Final Verdict:
Evil Twin is a slightly above average platformer. It has good gameplay but bad graphics. If you want one last platformer for your Dreamcast and you are a hard-core gamer then I suggest you get a copy of this game. But if you have a short attention span and get bored easily then steer clear.

Buy or Rent?
Buy it if you really want the game, otherwise it is not that great so don’t bother.