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All the mystery of London awaits you in this thrilling game of espionage.
You'll enter the real world of actual London streets as the American agent Jon Daring.
Your mission: infiltrate and prevent an evil drug lord from taking control of
England's capital city. But beware, for those who've gone before you have never
returned! Visit sites such as the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, the Tower
of London, and hundreds more as you learn your way around one of Europe's greatest
cities. This is the Plan 9 from Outer Space of CD-ROM games, a graphic adventure that
tries to take itself seriously in the face of goofy acting and silly dialogue. On
the serious side, C.I.T.Y. 2000's premise of James Bond-style intrigue and espionage
set on the streets of London seems interesting enough. There's an impressive
five-minute video clip intro of Daring's latest spy episode. Summoned to London due
to evil drug lord S. Rooter having some nefarious plans for the city, you Daring's
role upon arrival at Heathrow Airport. From there you'll do the standard spy stuff:
knocking around the city looking for clues, making contacts, drinking martinis, and
so forth. Most of the screen is occupied by a digitized color photo depicting where
in London you are. The game is little more than a collection of photos interspersed
with the occasional live-action video clip. There's virtually no interaction with any
of the scenes - you simply point and click your way from one photo to the next.
What's worse, continuity between scenes is lacking. At the bottom of the screen are
game-control icons for picking up objects, examining your inventory, talking with
others, mixing chemicals, etc. Whenever you examine an item, you're treated to a
nifty 3-D animation of the object and a verbal explanation of what it is. |
