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I still find this game a real blast to play. Very atmospheric FPS, very memorable boss fights (the second boss was scary as fuck when I was little; used to run away and be scared witless when it showed up on radar..good times), and I like the music. Yes with it's beeps and all. It suits the game well.
Anyone agree? Or am I in the minority for liking this "turd"? Speak up!
I always liked Zero Tolerance, they really managed to make the game feel exciting. You got your motion tracker, your pulse rifle,
your corridors, space station, face huggers, flame throwers, grenaders, etc. at times it almost felt like I played a cool Aliens Shooter.
Makes me wish they had made an Aliens shooter with their 3D engine, would have been more fun then Colonial Marines for sure :p
I agree with you guys.
It's one of those games that overcomes the technical limitations of the hardware with an excellent art direction. Plus, i love the BLAST of the guns you use; it sounds terrific.
Here's a cool feature for the Zero Tolerance Link Cable that allows you to play co-op on two separate Genesis systems:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqQY1BfyEAA
I really enjoyed Zero Tolerance even though I played it after Doom on 32X. Now I am wishing that I got to one of the bosses when I made the ZT Overclock Comparison video. Zero Tolerance is a great game, it is truly a miracle that a developer chose to use the hardware in this way and so effectively.
Come on Randel B. Reiss, finish and release Beyond Zero Tolerance! The fans need it!
(no the Russian hack doesn't count, it has one or two Doom enemies and is not what Technopop originally wanted to do with it)
Def get an Alien vibe from it; the devs clearly used it for inspiration for the game. When you say facehuggers, are you referring to the robot spiders? They're great to run from; get like 30 chasing you, then turn around and roast 'em with the flamethrower. Effective and fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoVamp
I have two copies of the game, multiple systems and a cuople of dead controllers lying around so I can mod a cable, and yet, I still haven't tried this. I'd love to play the game in co-op, would be awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by FuturePrimitive
Passwords, Sheath, passwords. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by sheath
Haha agreed, I do that all the time :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
that WHOOOF that the flamethrower makes is so satisfying, useless weapon otherwise but for those tiny fucks its awesome.
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
Zero Tolerance is really awesome. I didn't know it was so awesome and the low frame rate always made me put this game aside. It wasn't until I overclocked my Mega Drive that I decided to test it and ended up playing it for like 6 hours without intermissions.
It is a stunning rendition of Aliens (1986) as a game IMO and way too damn mind-bowing for a 16-bit FPS, especially for the lack of any special chip on the cart.
During my first gameplay I was like "WHAAAAT?! They just couldn't pulled it off" in many instances, like when I saw the enemies guts flowing on the walls after I hit them with the shotgun or when having to use night vision goggles... The gore, the suspense, the brutal bloody scary action... It's all there!
The sfx have very good quality and the voice samples are actually comprehensible!!!
Also, there are several FPS gameplay elements which were pioneered by this game.
I really enjoyed this game a lot more than I thought I would. Too bad the music is so terrible. It just proves that even the people who designed GEMS couldn't make it sound good.
I only wish the game had real music during stages, it is incredibly satisfying to play otherwise.
That game does so much well before others... and on the MD no less !
Genesis Does.
...what Doomn't
I just wish that this game didn't had as much of situations where you get bullied around by hitscan attacks. That, and I can't help but to spend way too much of time by looking at radar, in order to get a first shot, not to mentioning that it's easier to see incoming enemies there, instead of looking for any pixeled mess on the screen.
Otherwise yea, fun game, with top-notch graphics and features.
"Legacy[edit]
Zero Tolerance was widely considered an enjoyable game with great visuals and a unique addition to the Genesis' library. Even though it was overshadowed by the other big first-person shooters of its day, most notably Doom, it is a cult favorite and there is still currently a large presence of Zero Tolerance fans amongst the retro gaming community. The game, as well as its unfinished sequel, have been deemed by developer Technopop to be publicly distributable as freeware."
Loved this game. One thing I remember was the fact that if you were walking into an area full of enemies, as long as you were facing away from them (ie. walking sideways facing a wall), they wouldn't attack. As soon as you turned around and faced them, they attacked. Would use this trick often to get to a better location before I would turn around and open fire.