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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: April 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The U.S. Army has received a distress signal from Area 51 where a viral outbreak has just shut down the research facility. A small Hazardous Materials unit led by specialist Ethan Cole is sent to investigate. As Cole, players will delve into the mysterious confines of Area 51, discovering a deadly mutagenic side effect of the virus that controls the minds of those infected, as well as an ancient alien colony buried beneath the facility. Chilling conspiracies such as the extraterrestrial crash at Roswell and the staged lunar landing, are investigated in order to solve the enigma of Area 51 before the viral mutagen is released and irrevocably mutates all life on Earth.

Wow

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: June 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As a huge fan of FPS games (I've been playing Counter-strike and CS:Source for a LONG LONG time) I have incredibly suprised as the quality of this game.

It's very fun to play and the storyline is great. I would recommend this to any FPS fans anywhere.

One of the best games ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: December 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is AWESOME! Non-stop action, very challenging, and super fun to play. The guns are awesome, mutating into an alien is awesome, and in the beginning when you fighting with your teammates is also AWESOME!

BUY THIS GAME!

Worth Every Penny!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

After playing Quake 4 and Doom 3 this game rules. And a lot less money!!! One minor set back is that there is no quick save and ( If Set ) an auto level save. Graphics are great and the story is far better than many movies I have seen. Get it!!!

Great game for a great price

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game, dark spooky atmosphere. And I got it sealed at a great price.

A Sci-Fi Epic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Lush graphics, great sound. these are just some of the things goin for Area-51. I have played the game over and over in single-player and i love the intense multi-player. Both are well worth the price, Well Worth It.

Good game overall.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Actually when I was buying this game thought I was getting PS2 game. Didn't matter game was fun, little hard here little easy there overall great game.

WOW!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: June 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game borrows heavily upon the finest elements of some of the best shooters out there. The textures and coloring borrow from Halo. The vocal synch/mouth animation is borrowed from Half-Life. The teamwork and the way Sarge would constantly bellow commands is reminiscent of Medal Of Honor. The storyline is compelling. Ther acting is, well, GOOD! David Duchuvney AND Marilyn Manson both star in this game! Very well written and sometimes quite frightening. The skeletal animation is outstanding! A very challenging FPS that we can only hope gets the attention It deserves!!!!

Very Surprized!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: July 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was very pestamistic when it came to this game. After Half Life 2, Doom 3, The Thing what could compare to that greatness that those games portrade?

Then I downloaded the demo for this game and I was very impressed to say the least. First of all it reminds me of a cross between HL2 and The Thing which came out three years ago. But what makes a great game to me might not to someone else, hey this is why we live in America, freedom.

Graphics: I thought the graphics were good enough with some surprizes like the lighting and that errie neon glow effect you'll see throughout the game. The spaceship is the best I hear.
Reminds me of the movie aliens!

Physics: are great with windows breaking, granades exploding in more ways than one and body's flying. Great! Nothing new though except that crazy energy granade? Where did that come from?

Gameplay: This is where it's at and should be with all games: A cool mystery of a story I tell you. Kind of scary in some places especially when your going down some dingy, dark cooridor and hear a sound behind you of someone creeping up on you and you think "what's that???" "Is it an alien???" "Or something else???" This aspect of the game is a lot like Doom's gameplay and I love that scare effect!!!

Sound: This is a neccesity. Get a good sound card like 3D Doby and a good surround-sound system and your good to go. If you have already played Doom 3 or Half Life 2 then your ready and good to go.

Conclusion: I think this is game is a winner.It's not the best nor worst nor is it as graphically intense as HL2 or Doom3 but what game is right now??? Give it a few year's and we'll see something top them all just like always. What this game is lies in the gameplay which is down right fun, fun, fun! Who cares about whether the game is as good as this or that I don't play to compare to other game's, I play to have fun! And you??? Get a life FPS die-hards! This game is fun not perfect and that is all that should matter! I admit there are some bugs here and there but a patch like always will fix most if not all of them, problem solved!

Why not us?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This nothing more than an average game. To the one who said that the rectical shake was crappy, if someone shoots you, you will become disoriented. It has a awesome weapons, from powerful pistols, to recharging plasma rifles. Oh yeah, and the grenades that implode then explode, those are real neat. Not to mention the option to dual wield SMGs and shotguns.

No game is complete without a multiplayer. I'm used to playing games like Counter-Strike: Source. So the multiplayer was very basic. About 4 different modes, and up to 16 instead of 64. Still I keep playing it for some reason. Despite its short comings like its lack of servers and players. (Only 3-4 Servers up at once. Maybe 30 players in every server at a time also.) Still it has many maps, which are based of off single player areas. Also the community is good. No team killers, and most servers allow you to vote! So its democratic. Just to mention, I've tried playing the multiplayer on dial-up and theres not to much lag! So if you have dial-up and have always wished to play multiplayer games, this will fit your book!

Overall if you need a new game to play. This is the way to go. Not only for the single player but for the multiplayer.

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