"The
finest
platform game ever" trumpets the
box, to the sound of quotes from
rave reviews the world over. Given such a herald, you can't help but
expect
something really special to be lurking inside the box. So - is there?
The
background
story of Fire & Ice is quick to tell: A coyote
(you) runs, throwing ice cubes, through various worlds. In the levels
you must jump on platforms and kill your enemies. The enemies (for
example, birds and penguins) can be shot with your ice cubes; they
become frozen, so you smash them. Sometimes they leave part of a key
behind after they're destroyed. The complete key, assembled from all
the pieces, opens the door to the next world.
In
this "jump
& run" you can also get some power-ups. You can find some
coyote
puppies; these puppies follow you, are invulnerable, and also shoot
enemies. In higher regions you find some snow-flakes; enough of these
and you get a great snowball for freezing more enemies on the screen.
