Krazy Ivan
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| Publisher(s) | Psygnosis |
| Composer(s) | CoLD SToRAGE |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, PC, Sega Saturn |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
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| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 7.75/10 (PS1) |
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  (PS1) |
| Sega Saturn Magazine | 75% (SAT) |
Krazy Ivan is a mecha first-person shooter released for PC, Sega Saturn and PlayStation in 1996 by Psygnosis.
The player takes the role of Ivan Popovich, a Russian soldier controlling a giant mechanical suit, defending the Earth from robotic aliens. The game consists of five zones: Russia, Saudi Arabia, France, USA and Japan. The game has an interface at the end of each zone allowing the player to spend the game's form of experience points (power cores) on upgrades and weapons.
The game uses full motion video for its intro movie and a cut-scene between each level. The in-game soundtrack was written and produced by CoLD SToRAGE, who also composed the music for the Wipeout series of games released by Psygnosis Limited.
The live action cutscenes were all filmed using the blue screen technique.
Krazy Ivan received generally mixed reviews. Air Hendrix gave the PlayStation version a mixed review in GamePro, saying the gameplay is repetitive and requires little strategy but demands fast reflexes, the controls are tight but conspicuously lack the ability to jump, and the graphics are detailed but suffer from slowdown. He concluded that "Krazy Ivan has some problems, but it stands tall above its Saturn counterpart, Ghen War."Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation version a 7.75 out of 10, calling it the first great mech game for the console and praising the graphics, the cinematics, the controls, and the close guidance through mission objectives. However, they criticized the lack of replay value.Maximum summarized that Krazy Ivan "is far too limited and, in all honesty, suffers from the perennial problem of presentation over playability." They specifically found that the game offers no motivation for the player to not simply head straight to the boss of each stage and defeat it using the simple strategy of firing while strafing.
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