This is the 5 level presentation of the shareware "The Revenge of Dr.Chang 3D" which is actually the successor of "Master Won Liu 3d".
The Evil Dr. Chang has been resurrected after his defeat and his crave for power and might has even grown. Because he already owned the universe once he's pretty bored now and decides to put the one he most feared - Master Won Liu (that means you) - in a dumbass maze filled with ninjas, teleporters and ...crates.
So what Master Win Liu does here is basically walking through crates like thin air and pounding everything in sight. First there are only fists available, then there comes the dagger and finally a spear.
Occasionally you step in the wrong corner and your ass gets teleported somewhere you have never been. So it adds a ot of exitement 'cause you have to remember where the teleports are and where they lead to.
The graphics are a Wolfenstein rip-off! You will notice soon. Hell, they even _copied_ full Wolfenstein doors! The maze looks mostly boring and will test your orientation for sure. Fortunately there's an automap.
And beware of the sound! I decided to turn the music off in the video. Music means a 5-second sample is repeated over and over again. If the maze does not mess with your brain, the music will.
What the game lacks in graphics and sound and overall design .. it actually makes up in gameplay! Though it didn't sound like that before I really think this is one early litte underrated piece!
You have to be a little patient though .. you can't just RUN through the maze, you will just end up with some serious beating. Move around the corner too fast and they punch you in the face. Teleport to the wrong place and get punched in the face. Don't look behind for a while - get punched in the ..face ..well
Use your map constantly and plan your way. Because health and strength-packs are rare on the levels you better move carefully. Strength is important! If it goes down, you will too. So be careful how strong you want to pound your opponent as there are two ways - one normal punch and one heavy series of punches. I never used that, it deplets your strength way to fast. If health is zero - you die. If strength is zero - you die.
I uploaded the shareware (5 levels) only. The game is over 15 years old and I don't think there's a possibility to get my hands on a retail version.
This game could seriously need an updatet engine and overall reworked gameplay. It would be worth it and might be fun in mutiplayer.
Anyway .. don't be turned off by the graphics and have fun watching.
I really think this game has good ideas ..years before they could even think of shadow warrior (remember you could punch in a similar way there). Just sad they didn't put more effort into the acutal game mechanics. In the near future I will upload "Master Won Liu" which was released as shareware before this game. You will be "wtf" all the time, i promise.
Quarantineism 1 year ago