Full Throttle

"One of the best Adventures form Lucas Arts, too bad it's so short"

Full Throttle is the story of Ben, the leader of a gang of bikers named "Polecats". He is involved into an evil plot and is charged of murdering someone who he didn't, and your mission is to prove your innocence and put the bad guys in the jail. Of course I'm beein very vague on this, it's because I don't want to spoil the surprises of the storyline, wich is the best part of this game. This and the jokes, of course. The puzzles vary from middle to easy, but are very adequate to the game. I mean, you won't have to win a chess game in order to fix your bike, like we see in other adventures around...

There's some action too. You have to fight against rival bikers on the road in the middle of the game. But it's not hard, even if you have no hand-eye cordination. Alas, if you the right weapon against the enemy you only have to hit once!

Gameplay: 9
Its very funny to play it. There are jokes all around. Ben's actions are laughable at most times. The problem is that the game is too short. It won't take you 10 hours to beat it, even getting stuck in the puzzles.

Graphics: 9
They are quite good for the time this was released. The animations are well drawn and smooth.

Sound:10
Sound effects are real and the voices of the characters are well chosen. The music of the game was made by the band called "The Gone Jackals". I have never heard of them before, but I guess they are pretty good in this "rocking on the road" style. Anyway, the music fits well to the game, and that's what matters.

Replay Value: 3
It's an adventure, so you shouldn't expect to find great replay value. Even if it had multiple endings and hidden things, wich it doesn't.

That's it. It's on bargain bins and can be found in some of those game collections that pop up once in a while. Any Pentium with 8MB RAM will run it perfectly.

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 11/01/99