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Solid near classic PS1 fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: July 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Originally released way, way back a little after the release of the original Playstation; Acclaim's Alien Trilogy (you can tell this game is old considering the film series stopped being a trilogy when the fourth film Alien Resurrection was released a year later on) is a straight forward first person shooter in which you play as Ripley going through all the Xenomorph infested areas from the first three films. By today's standard's the graphics, gameplay, and weapon options are all pretty dated, but in it's day Alien Trilogy was one of the better FPS games to hit the PS1. All in all, if you still have your PS1 and dig older FPS games, you should give this one time gem a look.

You thought the movies were scary? Then play this game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: May 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This was one of the first games I purchased for my Playstation way back in 1996. I eventually traded it years later, but when I did own it, it brought me a lot of enjoyment and thrills. The game has a "Doom" style look to it, but with quite a bit more strategy involved. For example, it isn't smart to run into a dark, gloomy room or hallway with guns blazing -- Aliens can be lurking around any corner, or even the face-huggers! Luckilly there is a radar that tells you when aliens are in close proximity. But it isn't always necessary since you can occasionally here them screaming and scurrying around. Some of the levels can be a bit confusing and long, but they still provide quite a bit of enjoyment. Different weapons and power-ups are available, so it's not an impossible mission. In fact, it's not terribly difficult either -- battling the Alien Queen is not as daunting as it sounds. Patience and fighting finesse is the key to this game (some mental mapping helps too). One word of advice though...DO NOT play this game in the dark!

true classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: November 26, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is really a great shooters game with lots tension . If you liked the movie , you should love this one . The graphics can be pretty dark at times , just like the movie . The sounds of the aliens are just as scary , if not more so , as the movie and you're constantly warned of their presence by the sound . I rate this right up with Doom .

Solid fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you want a [well priced], yet fulfilling few hours of destructive fun, this is your game. I found the ambience slightly disturbing, that's good. Fans of the films will appreciate all the locales being included. The graphics are extremely dated, but for fans of old school games who don't need extreme eye candy, this is a solid buy.

Ditto: PSX Classic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: September 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

For those of us who got a PSX at rollout, Alien Trilogy deffinately belongs in the list of all time PSX classic games. Sure, by today's graphics standards it's not so great but it has great game play. The best thing about this game is the ambiance - dark, great music, it is a little scarry. The game is simple to play and control. Yes, the Doom/Unreal crowd won't like it - not enough buttons and weapons of mass destruction. No, this is the first person shooter your girlfriend will want to play too. Acclaim should remake this title for PS2 with more CG story cuts and cohesive plot.

DIE, MONSTER, DIE!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game. Yeah, the graphics are a bit creaky, but the atmospheric soundtrack more than makes up for that. My son and I have been playing this game together as a tag team for more than two years. It will fill you with anxiety, make your pulse pound, and--yes--it may even make you cry for your mama. If you liked the 1st two films, this is the closest you'll get to LV-426 (in this lifetime anyway) . . . at least until an upgraded version comes along. But try to snare a cluebook as well. We've been stuck at level 3/3 for about 3 months!

Good game bad grapics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game has good sound,music,missions and bad grapics.If you want an action adventure game with lots of challanges for beginers get Alien Trilogy.

ok graphics, good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

the graphics are a little chunky but I was still compelled to buy it four years after I played it

BORING!!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought my PS1 in 1999, and this was the 2nd game I bought. This game is only fun if you cheat. Mainly because it is too boring to spend countless times replaying the same level over and over again to finally advance to the next one and have the exact same objective. Find batteries or some item, then find the mission end door. This wasn't poorly made, by any means. It is a good early FPS, maybe I played it just too late. A definite buy if your an Alien fan though.

ALIEN trilogy -true to form

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I played this when it came out in Japan and have been looking for a US version. Personally I feel it's a better FPS on the marine side than AVP1&2. Very dark and brooding. Excellent soundtrack and environments. The game actually goes in the order of ALIENS - ALIEN3 - ALIEN. Which works quite nicely.

true to the movie-weapons, aliens, Weyland/Yutani symbols and guards. Very familiar maps and objectives. Imagine DOOM on LV426..

the only cons are that 1. it seems hard to find now. and 2. it was never remade. It's on the PS and the graphics are to be expected for that system. Though like most Playstation games, the play control and game scheme makes up for it..

`michael
http://noiseprocess.net

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