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Terror From The Deep

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espite the slightly corny title, Terror From The Deep is a worthy companion to The Enemy Unknown. Although on first impression, Terror From The Deep appears to be a rehash of The Enemy Unknown but with different graphics and sound effects, and a whole bunch of name changes, the game is significantly harder. Early missions are misleading - the computer lulls players into a false sense of security. It’s only after you’ve a couple of game time months under your belt when things get very difficult.

The Main Differences

Asides the fact that Terror From The Deep is set underwater (at least, for the most part), there are a number of important differences.

Firstly, all weapons used in Terror From The Deep are inferior to their equivalents in The Enemy Unknown - both in terms of stopping power and magazine capacity.

Secondly, the alien races you will find in Terror From The Deep (and there are many more of them) are individually more dangerous than those found in The Enemy Unknown. They’re both smarter and tougher.

There are many more different scenarios to be encountered in Terror From The Deep, some of which are extremely taxing with regard to agents needing to carry significantly more magazine clips for reloads.

The research tree in Terror From The Deep is somewhat more complicated, and it is possible to get caught in a dead end and be unable to complete the game.