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Review by Lenman all reviews by Lenman

HTL seems to be a finished game that entertained me for some time. You move along the rails, defusing bombs and killing enemies as you go. There is only one problem with the gameplay: It's always the same! It was fun to test out the different weapons, I especially enjoyed the ASCII garbage thrower, and the different difficulty levels add some gaming value to the game. But still, noone wants to spend ca. 15 minutes killing the same enemies with the same weapons all the time. I will give 3 as an overall rating because it was fun to play but lacks variety.

The artistic part is ok, the graphics are average and the train theme fits well into the game. The change from one track direction to another is not so pretty and the enemy graphics are a little boring, so I will give 3 points.

The technical part was handled well, the game works and I did not encounter any bugs. The help is screen is well-done, but there could have been more/nicer ASCII art. 4 technical points.

For the genre part, time is an essential part of the game as you need lots of it to reach the end. But seriously, the time theme is put into a nice story and I will give 3 points for it.

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 3 Technical 4 Genre 3

Review by Lenman all reviews by Lenman

I really liked the story approach, so you actually know *why* you should even bother to try to stop the train in time. But on the other hand, time is hindering the gameplay - if you really want to be as fast as possible, you will just repeatedly play the simplest games (arrows/alphabet) until you stop the train. There is no point in playing any of the harder games from a 'genre' point of view, so I will give 3 points for genre.

From a 'gameplay' point of view, the minigames are entertaining for a while, but some of them are just not challengin enough to be fun (that is, if you are not a toddler). The temporarily entertaining ones are not what I would call 'addictive' and get boring after a short time. That makes 3 'overall' points.

The artistic part... The graphics are limited to the (nice, btw) train image on the title screen, so I will only give 2 points.

There is a good help screen for every game and the ASCII art looks nice. The technical part was well-done, the game is well-programmed and runs well. Well, I will give 4 technical points then.

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 2 Technical 4 Genre 3

Review by Lenman all reviews by Lenman

What can I say? All you need to do is hold down the right key, jumping is not neccessary because nothing happens if you fall inbetween 2 wagons. Might have been fun if it had been finished.

Scores: Overall 1 Artistical 2 Technical 2 Genre 1