I was introduced to this PC classic by a friend who just “had to show me this cool new game called Crusader”. Boy, I am glad that he did. After watching him paly that day and trying it out myself I knew I had to go out and buy it. Although a shooter at heart, Crusader: No Remorse had a graphical style that was different form the corridor FPS that littered PC hard drives around the world at this time. Set in a 3rd person perspective you have a much larger view of the map that you are exploring so that you can see your enemies, discover the traps and plan your next move. This graphical style really made Crusader stand out from the crowd. If you decided to just blast your way out of these maps like in may other PC shooters, you were in for a sad surprise pretty darn quickly. You had to find and destroy security cameras, jump over land mines, disable alarms, roll away from lazer beams, decide weather to kill enemies or let the unarmed ones live all while searching for hidden items. One thing I loved about this game was the ability to remotely control turrets and armed bots from a distance, which  killed off many enemies before you set foot in that room. Another cool thing about Crusader was at the end of every level, you returned to a ” home-base” where you then proceeded to locate people and talk with them, getting new objectives and new weapons. It was almost like a little bit of RPG elements tossed into this action title and it worked very well for someone like me, who is not a big RPG fan. I use the term “RPG elements” very loosely here. The only minor issue I ever had with Crusader was the “choppiness” of the controls  at times when jumping and rolling out of the way of obstacles. This really became annoying in later levels sometimes. Check out the video below of Crusader No Remorse for more details,and I will see you all next time on PatMan Picks PC Classics !

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