Saxonia Issue 04 Part 015

Published in

· 5 years ago

  

Imitation by Loonies 
Reviewed by Rumrunner/Void 
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Now, this is one of the better 4k intros, I've seen in quite a while. 

It all starts out with precalcing, it takes lots of time on my 040-equipped 
Amiga 1200. Usually I reset the computer before waiting that long, expecting 
nothing to show up anyway. However, I'm glad I didn't do that this time. 

The intro starts off with a sequence similar to the opening in Nexus 7 
by Andromeda, the effect runs slower but decent anyway, also the music 
is "emulated" Nexus7 openingmusic. 

The effects in the next part is difficult to describe, since they look 
like a slideshow on my computer. It's some lines bouncing about, all 
growing out from the center of the screen. This is perhaps the most 
disappointing part effects-wise from my point of view, however, the music 
is brilliant. 

Then, there's a creditsscroller, but also, the computer "says" the names 
of the groups credited. I've never heard this before in a 4k, and it's 
impressing even though it's a bit hard to hear what's said. The scroller's 
not as even as I would have liked to see it, but I guess that that's 
probably solved in the next 4k from Loonies. 

Now comes the high point of the intro, a copy of the shadecluster-part of 
Nexus 7. This is perhaps the best part of the intro, except for some bugs, 
which at times makes the display go mad on my computer. 

It's about time to close down, so next part simply says the end, and the 
intro is finished. 

All in all, I like this intro alot, however I would rate the music 
higher than the code, simply because it sounds good and plays evenly, 
which I unfortunately cannot say about all the effects. Ofcourse, I expect 
the intro would look different on a 060, but I don't have one, so vieweing 
on such a computer was out of the question. 

I really look forward to seeing more intros (and hopefully also larger 
productions) by Blueberry (the coder of the intro) and also hearing more 
music from Maytz.