DESCRIPTION

The prison planet of RAULF isn't just any normal prison-planet; no, this particular prison-planet has been created to hold the vilest scum in the universe, serial-killers and mass murderers of an impeccable breed. It is run by a creature almost as vile as the inmates, a gigantic warden who's known only as Fat Ugly Boy. Rather than making sure they keep put, F.A.B. has made it possible for them to escape, provided they're bloodthirsty enough. It seems F.A.B. has created a device that is capable of bending time and space, and he wants to use it to control the universe. But first, he wants the worst of the galaxy to give him a challenge, to see if he's really up to the task.

Loaded, the multi-platform top-down shooter from Interplay, has made its way to the Sega Saturn, and has brought with it the game's trademark violence and mayhem. In Loaded, one or two players will take on the role of one of six deranged psychotics: Butch, the cross-dressing killer; Vox, a bombshell whose voice is deadly; Mama, a grown-up who loves diapers, his teddy bear, and ripping victims limb from limb; and three other figures who wouldn't qualify as having outstanding moral character. Needless to say, Loaded is not a game created for the weak of heart. Or of stomach, for that matter.

Loaded's engine runs on polygons, but it plays as a top-down fixed camera shooting game, although you can zoom the camera in and out. Players will choose from the six characters, each possessing their own stats in both speed and damage ability, and then hit the long, dark hallways of RAULF, moving through the labyrinth of hallways, rooms, and corridors. The point of the game is simple; to blast anything and everything that moves to tiny, little pieces.

Loaded is rated as a mature title, and the game certainly lives up to that status. The fast-paced combat is blood-drenched and gory, as is the scenery of the game's 15 levels. The motif is what you would expect from the story: prison cells, rubber rooms, and general dingy, dirty, and bloody props and areas make up the areas of play. ~ Jon Thompson, All Game Guide