<s>
Apocalypse	B-Application
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Neversoft	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
brilliant	O
evil	O
scientist	O
named	O
"	O
The	O
Reverend	O
"	O
has	O
created	O
a	O
powerful	O
theocracy	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
rapidly	O
approaching	O
apocalypse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
uses	O
his	O
expertise	O
to	O
create	O
four	O
powerful	O
"	O
Horsemen	O
of	O
the	O
Apocalypse	B-Application
"	O
,	O
War	O
,	O
Plague	O
,	O
Beast	O
and	O
Death	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
ensure	O
this	O
comes	O
to	O
pass	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apocalypse	B-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
character	O
is	O
moved	O
using	O
the	O
DualShock	B-Device
controller	O
's	O
left	O
analog	B-Device
stick	I-Device
,	O
and	O
shooting	O
is	O
handled	O
independently	O
by	O
pressing	O
the	O
right	O
stick	O
in	O
a	O
given	O
direction	O
,	O
which	O
automatically	O
fires	O
the	O
current	O
weapon	O
in	O
said	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternately	O
,	O
movement	O
may	O
be	O
controlled	O
through	O
the	O
directional	O
pad	O
and	O
shooting	O
performed	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
four	O
face	O
buttons	O
on	O
a	O
typical	O
PlayStation	B-Device
controller	O
(	O
which	O
lack	O
analog	B-Device
sticks	I-Device
)	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
buttons	O
 '	O
placement	O
on	O
the	O
controller	O
correspond	O
with	O
the	O
fire	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
engine	O
for	O
Apocalypse	B-Application
was	O
completed	O
in	O
January	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Activision	O
later	O
signed	O
a	O
multi-million-dollar	O
deal	O
for	O
Bruce	O
Willis	O
to	O
provide	O
Trey	O
Kincaid	O
's	O
voice	O
and	O
likeness	O
,	O
using	O
"	O
cyber-scanning	O
"	O
and	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
performance	O
was	O
recorded	O
at	O
House	O
of	O
Moves	O
,	O
a	O
film	O
studio	O
in	O
Venice	O
,	O
CA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Poe	O
was	O
cast	O
as	O
the	O
character	O
Plague	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
combination	O
of	O
cyber-scanning	O
,	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
,	O
and	O
voice	O
recording	O
as	O
done	O
with	O
Willis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apocalypse	B-Application
features	O
several	O
songs	O
from	O
various	O
artists	O
,	O
including	O
Poe	O
and	O
System	O
of	O
a	O
Down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apocalypse	B-Application
game	O
engine	O
was	O
reworked	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
Neversoft	O
's	O
next	O
title	O
,	O
the	O
seminal	O
Tony	B-Application
Hawk	I-Application
's	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Skater	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Already	O
having	O
in	O
mind	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
going	O
to	O
begin	O
work	O
on	O
Tony	O
Hawk	O
following	O
completion	O
of	O
Apocalypse	B-Application
,	O
the	O
team	O
said	O
they	O
had	O
developed	O
rough	O
in-house	O
playable	O
demos	O
of	O
Trey	O
Kincaid	O
skateboarding	O
around	O
Apocalypses	B-Application
game	O
environments	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
the	O
way	O
they	O
wanted	O
Tony	O
Hawk	O
to	O
feel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
Neversoft	O
continued	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
evolve	O
the	O
engine	O
primarily	O
to	O
suit	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
Tony	O
Hawk	O
series	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
put	O
to	O
use	O
in	O
another	O
action	O
title	O
by	O
the	O
team	O
,	O
the	O
popular	O
Spider-Man	B-Application
game	O
they	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
that	O
allowed	O
for	O
the	O
live-action	O
music	O
videos	O
to	O
be	O
displayed	O
within	O
Apocalypses	B-Application
game	O
world	O
was	O
also	O
utilized	O
in	O
Tony	B-Application
Hawk	I-Application
's	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Skater	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
subsequent	O
Neversoft	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
in	O
this	O
fourth	O
generation	O
of	O
PlayStation	B-Device
games	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
simply	O
not	O
acceptable	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
