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Mike Oldfield's Online Game Makes Like A Maestro

Posted by simoniker on from the wha?-whuh?-whah? dept.

Thanks to Terra Nova for pointing to information about Maestro, a game billed as 'Mike Oldfield's Virtual Reality Online Quest'. The title, created by the composer of the multi-million selling '70s album Tubular Bells, goes on to promise "a free form world offering a refreshing alternative to the typical, task-orientated 'in-your-face' computer game", although the gameplay seems somewhat less 'free form': "Your job is to find the Gravitars, bring them home to the mothership and put them in their pen." The demo is available from Mike Oldfield's website, and the full game is available next month for around UKP15 (USD28).

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  1. Played it... by WildFire42 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've played the demo. It's...interesting, to say the least.

    I suppose it's kind of a new way of looking at gaming, in that it can be simply a sensory experience, and not necessary something with set goals in mind.

    Still, this game has nothing on Rez, the game with the Trance Vibrator.

    1. Re:Played it... by masterQba · · Score: 2, Insightful

      exactly. you can almost feel the game trying to be like rez but failing all the way.
      what is it even about? how come I can't control the music? it should speed up when I'm flying faster, or there should be some noises when I hit things and so on. it's a game signed by a musician for God's sake- make it musical. sheesh.
      I'm definitly sticking to rez and frequency/amplitude (well I would if I still had my ps2 :-))

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