Ground Zero Texas

"By the standards of the day it came out, horrible...by todays standards, horrible."

Ground Zero Texas was released for the Sega CD gaming console in 1995. Published by this unknown (at the time) gaming company called Sony, Ground Zero Texas went absoultly nowhere except straight into the ground. Also, due to the fact that it received a MA-13 maturity rating, parents would not allow their children to purchase this game, contributing more to the minimal sales produced.

Gameplay - 3/10
In a nutshell, this game is just not fun. It is plagued by horrible controls. For example, there are certain points in the game where you will be fighting against somesort of alien, and the great *wink wink* controls will kick in a you will attempt to fire but instead just sit there and watch yourself get killed. Because of this, and many other reasons, the game has a high difficulty level. Some of the enemies you fight are way out of strength porpotion compared to you. So, when you go to shoot them, again you just find yourself getting killed. If you haven't been able to notice, you will be getting killed a lot in this game.

Story - 0/10
There is no story. Well actually there is so I will explain it: aliens have taken over El Cadron, Texas. That's it. When you are playing the game and expecting something good to suddenly kick in... you will find out that doesn't happen. Ground Zero Texas has no story from the start, and will finish with a ending just as bad.

Audio/Video - 0/10
Both of these are horrible in the game. The graphics are played out to look like a movie (the game was directed by Dwight H. Little who directed Halloween 4 and Rapid Fire) and if you are into that sort of graphics, you will still be stunned. It is not a good choice to have this game played out in. The music is equally as disturbing. In the rarity that there actually is music going on, you will see it is just as annoying as the rest of the game. Again, this section could have been improved upon a lot.

Replayability - 0/10
In the rare occasion that you do decide to finish this game, you will never want to touch it again. This game is essentially a mosquito bite, very annoying and very painful. Once you play 5 minutes of the game or actually beat it, you can find several household uses for this game. These include: coasters, doorstops, flyswatters, and anger management tools. Just throw the game on the ground and repeatedly step on it, guareented you will feel better!

To Buy or to Rent?
Neither. Avoid this game and if you come into close contact with it, rinse body with water for 20 minutes using soap. Again this game is crappy and should have never been released to begin with.

Reviewer's Score: 3/10, Originally Posted: 04/20/01, Updated 04/20/01