There's a certain puzzle element found in many stages as well. For example, you might have to pull a switch in one room to open up a path in another. Techniques like this are commonplace in P2, and they require you to use your head as well as your thumbs (the tell-tale sign of a good platformer). The camera work is more aggressive too, and there are more areas that require lightning-fast reflexes to get by. Pandemonium 2 should be on store shelves in the middle of October (the version previewed was about 75 percent complete), so be sure to check back next month for the Review Crew's opinions of the final game. Pandemoniuml's trio of main characters have undergone a pretty severe facelift (particularly Nikki, who looks like an entirely different person in all ways but one. Check out these before and after shots to see what we mean. The best way to describe this game is by calling it a platform game. You have your traditional coin gathering, jumping on the bad guys' heads to kill them, moving from platform to platform, and facing off with bosses at the end of stages. I do hesitate to call it a platform game-it has all of the characteristics of a traditional platformer, but there is nothing traditional about this game. Let's cut to the chase: the best part about Pandemonium 2 is that it's original. The first Pandemonium was original too, and this sequel plays a lot like the first game. I can still call this game original because, unlike most successful games, nobody has tried to copy the style.
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