Awesome

STORY / GAMEPLAY
You fly with your spaceship through various star systems blasting alien forces meteors or other space debris. Once you eliminate every enemy on screen you are warped to a planet where you can buy better weapons, stronger shields and enhance your spaceship. The enemies attack in squadrons and you have to move back and forth or rotate your spaceship to shoot them. You can spot any surviving alien ships through your radar screen. The game needs some skill since it's quite difficult to cope with.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
Awesome is another classic example of Reflections' strengths and weaknesses. It has a great sci-fi intro, innovative gameplay, beautiful graphics and sound, but all the technical specs are actually shadowed by its difficulty level. The camera perspective is top-down and you can move in all dimensions available. The graphics look ok, though a bit "empty", with most of the action taking place into the blackness of hyperspace. The animation is smooth with no slowdown issues at all. When loading, the game presents a great intro with almost digitized graphics and sampled sound effects. Into the game there are a few in-game sound effects like gunfire and explosions plus some nice music scores, mostly based on electric guitar and synth.