This program is aptly named. I don't like it and think it is poor value.
It is based on defending hives from attack. At the first level
you control a swarm of bees to repel invading bees that are
attacking three hives. When a hive gets overtaken you move to
the next screen which requires you to defend an individual hive - and so on.
The game creates some interesting graphics displays, but to my mind falls
down on giving the players much opportunity to show their skill. When I first
played it I was troubled by an apparent lack of control via the joystick.
However, this is intentional. If the joystick is not moved, the defending
bees swarm around in a random manner. In practice, the effect is loss of
control by the player. As an experiment, I let the game play by itself and
it scored 374 against my 532.
As a final put-off I had loading trouble, which nowadays is very rare so,
having reviewed it, I would not be inclined to play it again.
20th March 1984
