Description of Total Mayhem
Total Mayhem is an ambitious isometric shooter that tries to improve the formulae of Origin's Crusader: No Remorse with new gameplay elements that don't quite gel together.
The plot: it was the year 2140, and the human race had become enslaved by its own mechanical creations. The "Mechs" that were developed to be sent off to fight distant wars and provide local security became too advanced, too intelligent; so much so, that they enslaved their creators. Sixteen years later, the humans have begun to fight back, using cyborgs created out of the same technology that cost mankind its freedom years before. You are the leader of a small band of human cyborgs, ready to do whatever it takes to recapture your home world.If you have played either Crusader games, you will be right at home with Total Mayhem. You explore the world from an isometric perspective, shooting anything that moves and a few stationary objects to boot. Along the way, you also have to solve the occasional puzzles using keys, trap doors and hidden entrances to complete the objectives for each mission. As the game progresses, both the bad guys and the arsenal at your disposal grow in power. In these respects, Total Mayhem and Crusader are identical.
The two games differ in the details, however. Total Mayhem allows you to control up to six soldiers (cyborgs, to be precise); Crusader has only one. Total Mayhem also lacks the gratuitous graphic gore found in Crusader -- persons running about on fire screaming, welling blood under dead bodies, and so on -- because the opponents in Total Mayhem are robots. When a cyborg under your control dies, the soldier simply blows up in metal chunks. The interface for controlling six cyborgs is confusing and never really intuitive, although after some practice you will get used to some of its quirks. The range of options are not very large, though, and any cyborg you don't directly control basically become dummies waiting to be shot, unlike the "intelligent" squadmates in Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri or the space marines in Space Hulk. If you are willing to invest the time and patience in a game, and to shift from soldier to soldier every few seconds, Total Mayhem is worth a try. It's not a worthy successor to Crusader games by a long shot due to poor interface and bad AI, but it's somewhat enjoyable if you have a high tolerance threshold.
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How to play Total Mayhem Windows
The game with patches works on Windows 3.1, 95, 98 & Me systems. DO NOT try to launch the game on Windows 2000 or later OS, the game will not work and launching the game on Windows 2000, NT, XP, Vista, etc. can ruin your system. The best way to play the game - install it on Virtual Machine with Windows 95 or Windows 98
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- Year: 1996
- Publisher: Domark Software, Inc.
- Developer: Cinematix Studios, Inc.
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