
You coulda said there was no bloody lift luv…
If you like action films and have never seen Demolition Man, watch it, watch it right now. If you’ve never played the SNES game based on the film, run, run far away because those who’ve been subjected to it are already long gone. On the face of it this seems like a no brainer, Sly vs Wesley in an action game can work. In no way does this game work. If you’ve read my article on Flying Edge/Acclaim you’ll see this was to be expected.
Ignoring the grainy intro screens, the graphics initially look pretty good. The backdrops and stages are well detailed and Sly’s character John Spartan (hee hee!) is also well drawn. Then things take a turn for the worse. After bungee-

Okay, where’s customer services? This is Dixons right?
The level design of these platform stages (I’ll get to the other variant in a mo) is abysmal. They’ve tried to use a 3-
Sometimes Spartan does a leap across big holes but this feels random and you’ll often fall to your death a couple of times before working it out. You re-

Don’t you dare tickle me Simon!
Interspersed with these platform levels are Smash TV-
This is one game franchise that fortunately won’t rise from the ashes.
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