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nanites, that has achieved sentience. Devlin then contacts Zak and informs him that the cyber-hacker himself is a weapon, which
Cyberion explains to mean that a high-yield explosive device has been implanted into Zak's brain. Upon reaching the Cyberion, Devlin had intended to detonate the device from orbit, eliminating the weapon and killing Zak simultaneously. Zak, frustrated over Devlin's betrayal and upon Cyberion's suggestion, merges with the Cyberion which defuses the explosive device in Zak's head. Together, Zak and the Cyberion launch into space to confront Devlin in the FWA space station. The station's defenses are slowly crippled until the Cyberion and Zak make the final move and kill the treacherous Devlin by destroying the station. The resulting shockwave causes the Cyberion/Zak amalgamation to lose consciousness while it plummets to Earth. Upon crashing, an FWA retrieval team led by a Doctor John Corbin is heard hoisting up the remains of Cyberion/Zak into a helicopter.
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Luis Arturo Santos and his assistant Gia
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released from each side of the turret when Zak fires it. When flying the stealth aircraft, Zak is able to dispense continuous bolts of blue energy at the cost of the aircraft's power supply. When controlling the virus cleaner, Zak is able to do likewise. The "Charlie" robot adds a new form of attack: a weapon which kills all enemies on the screen at the cost of a decent amount of the machine's energy. A similar electrical energy weapon seen on the virus cleaner is also used when Zak is joined with the
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echoed these remarks: "RPG purists will find this too shallow and action fans will find it too dull." They elaborated that the game tends to switch between gameplay styles abruptly, with no rhyme or reason, making it difficult to get involved with the game. Scary Larry complained of twitchy controls,
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is "a classic example of beauty but no substance." In IGN's words, "gameplay does tend to suffer in graphic adventures, which usually consists of doing things over and over until you do it right." Radion
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weapon that can be fired from Zak's arm. The only other modes of attack during the walking portions of the game consist of traps that must be set to outsmart an enemy, which goes hand-in-hand with the occasional demand for stealth. For the gun turret portion, two heat-charged energy blasts are
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likewise commented that "the graphics remain stylistically constant pretty much throughout (apart from the ropey anti-aircraft concept), displaying solid-looking rendered characters and backgrounds in a cinematic enough fashion to carry the atmosphere." Scary Larry and Tommy Glide of
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visuals during gameplay, and boasted impressive graphics for its time. While mostly linear, there are two points in the game where the player makes a decision that can change important outcomes. There are four basic methods of gameplay which
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and said that the game focuses too much on puzzle elements and not enough on action. Tommy Glide found the controls to be initially confusing and annoying, and said the game lacks replay value. One reviewer for
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was released in 1995 for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows as a sequel. It features the same gameplay as the original with improved 3D-rendered graphics and an increase in the amount of in-game cinematics.
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stated that the "use of multiple camera angles, eerie soundtrack, detailed light-sourcing, and short, effective cut-sequences really pulls the player into the game." Radion Automatic of
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recommend it to. The role-play element isn't quite deep enough to appeal to solid adventure fans and the action is a bit too simple for super-speed cyber-shoot-'em-up heads."
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in January 1994, and released two years later on the
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1015:. February 1996. p. 58.
852:"Maximum Reviews: Cyberia".
817:"PlayStation version review"
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1050:Snyder, Frank (July 1996).
259:3DO Interactive Multiplayer
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1166:Video games set in Siberia
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860:. March 1996. p. 143.
858:Emap International Limited
452:Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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1171:Single-player video games
1161:Video games set in Russia
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1121:Gray Matter Studios games
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983:Adventure Classic Gaming
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711:Cyberia 2: Resurrection
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18:Cyberia 2: Resurrection
1096:Action-adventure games
1029:"ProReview: Cyberia".
1005:"ProReview: Cyberia".
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123:Interplay Productions
1061:Computer Game Review
955:Sega Saturn Magazine
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620:Sega Saturn Magazine
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378:Sega Saturn
374:PlayStation
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238:August 1996
200:Sega Saturn
161:Sega Saturn
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1080:Categories
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366:video game
1106:DOS games
726:Cyberia 2
676:Cyberia's
625:82% (SAT)
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508:Reception
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427:nanotech
400:Gameplay
386:FM Towns
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1008:GamePro
685:Maximum
680:Cyberia
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634:Cyberia
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422:Cyberia
413:Cyberia
355:Cyberia
342:Mode(s)
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33:Siberia
29:Syberia
370:MS-DOS
149:MS-DOS
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525:Score
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434:pulse
415:uses
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