Release Review for Rise

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Rise Mellow Chips-TRSI                               #1 at The Gathering'98
                                                                     
Like in a dream...  A beautiful girl, Jane, in a yellow bikini walks to you in
a  dark  tunnel.   Then  stops  behind  the entrance of this cave covered from
falling  water.   The camera flys around her wonderful body and she's ready to
jump  into  the  waterfall, a big jump in a kind of little paradise with great
and  colourful  flowers and a temple with a big portal.  Another scene:  Under
the  water  in a dark and obscure room a trap-door opens and an octopus exits.
Into  its  hole  a blade is rotating as an evil mechanism activated.  But this
time  the evil forces are too late!  Jane has just entered into the temple and
she's looking around:  Big windows show a blue sky and green trees, and in the
last  room  there's  an  altar  to  the goddess (the mother goddess?) with two
templars  standing  before  and  a stained glass ceiling.  Jane arrives on the
altar and she's ready...  to rise in a cone of blue light with an explosion of
colourful  spots.  This girl is not for the evil forces and the snake can only
wait  for  another  victim, but not this one!  Yeah!  Finally a demo which can
define  a  new standard in design!  All in this demo is made keeping in mind a
very  storyboard.  And also if some particulars are not completely clear (what
represents  the  octopuss?  ;-) or the effects are nothing new on your screen,
you  don't  mind!  You are seeing a brief story with a concrete sense!  That's
what  I call "Design"!  The 3D engine by Aivo is the same of other productions
such  as  Divine  and  Dim,  maybe a bit improved, but with the same 2x2 pixel
graphics and the same persistance effect.  Interesting, but in some parts such
as  the  paradise, the persistance effect is a bit annoying.  Probably without
this  effect  could  be more cpu time for a 1x1 pixel resolution!  The graphic
work  by  Ola,  Lich, Tequila and Aivo for 3D objects is really incredible and
the  Jane  gait remember Lara Croft (but Jane is more sexy!  ;-) Noteworthy is
also  the title parts with sparkling stars joining in the word "present" and a
laser  beam  writing  the  word  "Rise" on a marble plate amid sparks and lens
flares:   very  impressive!   The  2D  pictures  by  ReWired are very good and
technically  valuable.  Of course also the rendered title picture by Asa, Lich
and  Ola  are  great with a wise use of translucency and colours.  The Kalsu's
musics  are  not  only  functional,  but very atmospherical and give the right
enphasis to the various scenes.                                   
                                                                     
                                                                     
                                                                     
Coding      : Very good - maybe to improve a bit                       
2D Graphics : Very good - functional, but very accurate                     
3D Graphics : Fantastic - at least something new and not only torus!      
Music       : Very good - especially the little final scrolltext tune    
Design      : Fantastic - a new horizon!                              
                                                                     
Overall vote: Very Good - A must for your collection!