Dark Omen Compared Die-hard fans of Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat will want to compare some of the advanced features of Dark Omen. COMPARISON WITH SHADOW OF THE HORNED RAT - PC VERSIONS Shadow of the Horned Rat Dark Omen 1/3-screen true 3D battle area Full-screen true 3D battle area. 96-colour graphics in battle area Up to 32,000-colour graphics in battle area No lighting effects Real-time 3D lighting effects No particle graphics system Particle graphics system for special effects Terrain has no effect on troops Terrain has many effects on troops 2D line-of-sight system True 3D line-of-sight system 2D targeting/projectile system True 3D targeting/projectile system Complex multi-level interface Simplified context-sensitive interface Battles run at 10 frames per second maximum Battles run at 15-30fps depending on PC spec 2D animated character portraits Real-time generated 3D character portraits 640x272 animations at 8 frames per second 640x360 animations at 15fps MIDI music Sampled context-sensitive music Speech in English language only Speech localised to French and German Single player only 2-player serial/modem/network play No support for 3D acceleration hardware Support for 3D acceleration hardware No support for MMX™ processors Support for MMX™ processors No extra mission disks available Extra mission disks to be available
	COMPARISON WITH SHADOW OF THE HORNED RAT - PLAYSTATION VERSIONS Shadow of the Horned Rat Dark Omen No shadow effects Realistic shadow effects No lighting effects Real-time 3D lighting effects No particle graphics system Particle graphics system for special effects Terrain has no effect on troops Terrain has many effects on troops 2D line-of-sight system True 3D line-of-sight system 2D targeting/projectile system True 3D targeting/projectile system Battles run at 15 frames per second maximum Battles run at 30fps 2D animated character portraits Real-time generated 3D character portraits 320x136 animations at 8 fps, in 256 colours 320x180 animations at 30fps, in 16m colours Speech in English language only Speech localised to French and German Single player only 2-player linkup play No single player scenarios Single player scenarios