Maximum Carnage
Game by Acclaim
Reviewed by Robby Cox
koi@magicnet.net
Save: None
Released: 1994
Works with: N/A
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Opening Snide Remarks: I've always dug Spider-Man.  He's not my favorite 
comic book icon, but he's still cool.  When I was younger, I remember going
to Sears and seeing the Atari 2600 version of Spider-Man and wishing that I
would get it.  Well I never did, but I bought this one and now I'm going to
review it. 

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Gameplay Descripion: Maximum Carnage is a Final Fight type of game.  You walk
from side to side and kick the crap out of anything that moves.  Well, this
game breaks from that formula a little.  You can use your webslingers to do
some interesting things like swing from one side of the screen to the next, 
grab enemies and pull them to you, and on certain levels you will have to use
them to go up the screen.  The big problem with this game is that there 
really aren't many Spidey villains to beat up.  You mainly beat up generic 
bad guys and this gets old real quick.   
Liked: Webslingers are cool.
Hated: Where's the Spidey villains?

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Graphics Description: The graphics in Maximum Carnage are pretty good.  
They're the best I've ever seen in a SNES beat-em-up.  There's lots of 
colors, but it gets old when every 4th or 5th villain is the same.  Sometimes
you will have to fight 3 villains at the same time, and 2 of the 3 are the 
exact same villains.     
Liked: Very colorful.
Hated: Same old enemies over and over and over and over and over!!! 

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Sound/Music Description: The music in Maximum Carnage is pretty good.  It's 
kinda like 80's hair band metal, which is probably who this game was aimed 
at.  The music is well-done and it is different from most games.  The sound
fx are prety good. 
Liked: Different music.
Hated: Nothing.

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Play Control/Game Design: Maximum Carnage has some decent controls.  They're
fairly responsive, but they're slightly confusing.  The game design sucks.
The levels are repetitive, the enemies are repetitive, and this whole game is
repetitive.    
Liked: Pretty good controls.
Hated: Sucky game design.

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Improve: Make a game that is actually a little like the Spider-Man comics.   

RIYL: Die Hard Arcade, Spider Man Vs. The Kingpin(GENESIS), Marvel Super 
Heroes 

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Final Words: Maximum Carnage is a decent game that you might have fun with if
you really need a beat-em-up for your SNES.  If you want a great beat-em-up
get Die Hard Arcade for the Sega Saturn.  It totally outclasses this game in
every area.   

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Score
Gameplay: **
Graphics: ***
Sound/Music: ***
Play Control/Game Design: **
Personal Opinion: **
Total: 12 out of 25
Final Score: 48 %

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Currently Known Codes: None

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