December 12, 1990
Brian sent me an Amiga computer so I could look at what the competition is doing. I went out and bought Shadow of the Beast II and played it for a good four hours, most of that time spent waiting for it to load. Nice parallax scrolling, atmospheric music, and a smashing opening sequence that makes me ashamed of every review that ever called Prince “cinematic” (because what Prince is, really, is theatrical). Beast II is also insanely difficult, and the 45 seconds it takes to restart every time you die makes it infuriating to play. Yet it’s the #1 Amiga game right now. Maybe it’s the adventure element that people find appealing. If there were some way to get that into Prince 2…
