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Dom Robinson reviews
Cyprien’s Chronicles
Distributed by
Sega 
Evil Twin– where to start with the plot? It has rather a complex one, or one that atleast seems that way given the way it’s been described in the press releaseI read, but I’ll try to simplify it.
You play Cyprien, a small boy whose friends are throwing him a birthday party.For some reason you’re full of anger so lock yourself in your bedroom andsuddenly find yourself transported into an eerie, nightmarish world whichtakes elements of his real life – such as his friends – and twists thingssuch that the baddies he has to avoid or kill look like them. Friends fromhis orphanage also appear as horrible monsters and Cyprien’s task is tosort the world out once and for all.
When playing the game, though, before you can say “David Banner”,Cyprien, too, can be transformed on occasion into his ultra-powerful double,Super Cyprien. He kicks bottom even more.
To simplify things further, this game plays like a cross betweenIcoandFinal Fantasy VII,in that it captures an element of the former’s free-roaming spirit, but thegraphics look rather dated by comparison and your impish character reminds meof Cloud Strife from the latter.
For the music, the game plays a soft, subtle bassy piece of classical pianomusic, which does work quite well for the game, but is rather repetitive.Sound FX are nothing to write home about though.
It’s a bit of fun to leap about from platform to platform and shoot yourcatapult at enemies, such as one guy who appears to be split in half, butit soon becomes tiresome and if you have a PS2, you’d be better off gettingIcoinstead.
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Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.