History VideoGame / Microcosm

Oh, and there's a small novel's worth of completely pointless information about the history of an entire fictional solar system in the instruction booklet for some reason.

* AllThereInTheManual: Every piece of information about the game's back story around the two warring companies is in the manual, along with [[PlayTheGameSkipTheStory several pages of completely useless information about the game's setting that has nothing at all to do with the gameplay.]] The backstory is the length of a couple short stories. Both PC and Sega CD versions.
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* PasswordSave: A notoriously ill-thought out one. It consisted of a series of animated symbols, some of which were similar to each other (but animated differently. - How do you write an ''animation'' down?) And if that wasn't bad enough, the game allowed you only a limited amount of time to write the password down.

* {{MST}}: Courtesy of ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' in a full review.
--> "If your movie is worse than ''Film/{{Stealth}}'', you got problems."

''Microcosm'' is a video game published by Creator/{{Psygnosis}}, released on PC and Sega CD. It was heavily advertised to being a game that verges on being both a fully interactive video game with Hollywood-style visuals and an interactive movie with the play-ability of any video game. The PC version especially makes sure to advertise it very well, as well as make it's packaging stand out broadly (a square donut-shaped box with the game in the middle). If you persevere past it's marketing and it's attempt to sell itself to your face, you'll find that it's a bad to mediocre RailShooter similar to ''VideoGame/StarWarsRebelAssault''. On top of being frustrating, it is littered with poor design choices and eventually fell into obscurity.

''Microcosm'' is a video game published by Creator/{{Psygnosis}}, released on PC and Sega CD. It was heavily advertised to being a game that verges on being both a fully interactive video game with Hollywood-style visuals and an interactive movie with the play-ability of any video game. The PC version especially makes sure to advertise it very well, as well as make it's packaging stand out broadly (a square donut-shaped box with the game in the middle). If you persevere past it's marketing and it's attempt to sell itself to your face, you'll find that it's a bad to mediocre RailShooter similar to ''StarWarsRebelAssault''. On top of being frustrating, it is littered with poor design choices and eventually fell into obscurity.

* AllThereInTheManual: Every piece of information about the game's back story around the two warring companies is in the manual, along with [[PlayTheGameSkipTheStory several pages of completely useless information about the game's setting that has ''nothing at all'' to do with the gameplay.]] The backstory is the length of a couple short stories. Both PC and Sega CD versions.

Oh, and... there's a small novel's worth of completely pointless information about an entire fictional solar system in the instruction booklet for some reason.

* AllThereInTheManual: Every piece of information about the game's back story, along with [[PlayTheGameSkipTheStory so much unnecessary information]] that it is just as long as a couple short stories. Both PC and Sega CD versions.

* MST: Courtesy of ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' in a full review.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Subverted. The game does seem to accurately display some basic human autonomy, but it actually has a problem with keeping the mission objectives on track. To put it in perspective, you're suppose to travel to the brain. You start in the cephalic vein as a means to get accustomed to the environment and controls. For some reason, you later take a trip to the femur...
--> "Brief biology lesson. *Points to his head* The brain is up here, *points towards his thigh* the femur is down there. [[{{Squick}} You're heading towards his dick!]] You're going the wrong way!" -Spoony One.

--> "If your movie is worse than ''Film/Stealth'', you got problems."

''Microcosm'' is a video game published by Creator/{{Psygnosis}}, released on PC and Sega CD. It was heavily advertised to being a game that verges on being both a fully interactive video game with Hollywood-style visuals and an interactive movie with the play-ability of any video game. The PC version especially makes sure to advertise it very well, as well as make it's packaging stand out broadly (a square donut-shaped box with the game in the middle). If you persevere past it's marketing and it's attempt to sell itself to your face, you'll find that it's a bad to mediocre RailShooter similar to ''VideoGame/StarWarsRebelAssault''. On top of being frustrating, it is littered with poor design choices and eventually fell into obscurity.

''Microcosm'' is a video game published by Creator/{{Psygnosis}}, released on PC and Sega CD. It was heavily advertised to being a game that verges on being both a fully interactive video game with hollywood-style visuals and an interactive movie with the play-ability of any video game. The PC version especially makes sure to advertise it very well, as well as make it's packaging stand out broadly (a square donut-shaped box with the game in the middle). If you persevere past it's marketing and it's attempt to sell itself to your face, you'll find that it's a bad to mediocre RailShooter similar to Star Wars: Rebel Assault. On top of being frustrating, it is littered with poor design choices and eventually fell into obscurity.

* MST: Courtesy of [[TheSpoonyExperiment the Spoony One]] in a full review.
--> "If your movie is worst than Stealth, you got problems."

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Microcosm is a video game published by Creator/{{Psygnosis}}, released on PC and Sega CD. It was heavily advertised to being a game that verges on being both a fully interactive video game with hollywood-style visuals and an interactive movie with the play-ability of any video game. The PC version especially makes sure to advertise it very well, as well as make it's packaging stand out broadly (a square donut-shaped box with the game in the middle). If you persevere past it's marketing and it's attempt to sell itself to your face, you'll find that it's a bad to mediocre RailShooter similar to Star Wars: Rebel Assault. On top of being frustrating, it is littered with poor design choices and eventually fell into obscurity.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Subverted. The game does seem to accurately display some basic human autonomy, but it actually has a problem with keeping the mission objectives on track. To put it in perspective, you're suppose to travel to the brain. You start in the salvelic(?) vain as a means to get accustomed to the environment and controls. For some reason, you later take a trip to the femur...

* AllThereInTheManual: Every piece of information about the game's back story, along with [[ExcusePlot so much unnecessary information]] that it is just as long as a couple short stories. Both PC and Sega CD versions.

Microcosm is a video game published by Psychosis games, released on PC and Sega CD. It was heavily advertised to being a game that verges on being both a fully interactive video game with hollywood-style visuals and an interactive movie with the play-ability of any video game. The PC version especially makes sure to advertise it very well, as well as make it's packaging stand out broadly (a square donut-shaped box with the game in the middle). If you persevere past it's marketing and it's attempt to sell itself to your face, you'll find that it's a bad to mediocre RailShooter similar to Star Wars: Rebel Assault. On top of being frustrating, it is littered with poor design choices and eventually fell into obscurity.

Microcosm is a video game published by Psychosis games, released on PC and Sega CD. It was heavily advertised to being a game that verges on being both a fully interactive video game with hollywood-style visuals and an interactive movie with the play-ability of any video game. The PC version especially makes sure to advertise it very well, as well as make it's packaging stand out broadly (a square donut-shaped box with the game in the middle). If you persevere past it's marketing and it's attempt to sell itself to your face, you'll find that it's a bad to mediocre shoot-em-up similar to Star Wars: Rebel Assault. On top of being frustrating, it is littered with poor design choices and eventually fell into obscurity.

* OneHitKill: The second phase of the final boss has an instant kill move.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Subverted. The game does seem to accurately display some basic human autonomy, it actually has a problem with keeping the mission objectives on track. To put it in perspective, you're suppose to travel to the brain. You start in the salvelic(?) vain as a means to get accustomed to the environment and controls. For some reason, you later take a trip to the femur...

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Subverted. The game does seem to accurately display some basic human, it actually has a problem with keeping the mission objectives on track. To put it in perspective, you're suppose to travel to the brain. You start in the salvelic(?) vain as a means to get accustomed to the environment and controls. For some reason, you later take a trip to the femur...