Hatch your own fish with human heads! (Seaman (DC))

Member Name: Johndonut

Product:	Seaman (DC)
Date:	04/09/00 (105 review reads)
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Advantages: Voice Recognition is 1st class.

Disadvantages: Ordering over the phone can be confusing. (Think about it)

Strange title, strange gameplay right? Correct - Seaman has got to be one of the wackiest games on the Dreamcast, and that includes Wacky Races!

Seaman is a game where you hatch strange fishy mutant creatures from eggs, and from their birth you must talk to them to help them grow both mentally and physically. Sounds weird eh?

Well, to bring the game to the edge of your sanity Sega has produced an addon to make your gameplaying experience as nutty as possible - a microphone that plugs into the VMU slot. The voice recognition that comes with it is incredible...

At first your Seamen learn basic words, such as "hello", and through careful attention they will learn longer sentences. For those of you who are wondering if this is a joke, I assure you it is not. This game exists, really.

Although it sounds bizarre, this game is surprisingly rewarding and fun. However, the happy feeling fades when you return to your Dreamcast the next morning to find all of your Seamen are floating upside-down in the middle of their tank. To stop this from happening, you must keep you pets in good heath, which means keeping them well-fed.

The games works by using the Dreamcast's internal clock, from the moment you place the GDROM into your console it starts ticking. So, if the last time you played your Seamen were still in egg form, it's a possibilty that by the time you turn it on the next morning they may have grown into little fish mutants. Sounds fun doesn't it?

To add to the fun, everytime you play the game you will be introduced by the only and only Leonard Nemoy, who will tell you the staus of your pets when you last left. Who could ask for more?

As for graphics, they are as good as you can expect from any Dreamcast game. Because the title only involves fish swimming around a tank, it's not too demanding on the Dreamcast's processor. Everything look fine...

If I were you, I'd wai
t expectantly for Seaman to come out and snap it up when it does. Only take care that you point out to the sales rep that you are talking about a game, and not some other subject!

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