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Really great game, definitely better then the original! Better then a lot of the more expensive games out there

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: May 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As a fan of the original Alien Shooter game I was really excited when I heard about this new title. The basic game and gameplay mechanics remain the same as before except for a few new additions.

In case you haven't played the original Alien Shooter I will briefly go over the gameplay. You basically roam around a level and blast wave after wave of aliens. The pace is sort of like Serious Sam 1 or 2 except faster. The goal is to not only stay alive but to get to a computer and download something, escort and protect someone, blow something up, or retrieve an item. Nothing to original but it is a ton of fun. Things get very frantic and your pulse will quicken as you try to fend off the enemy's with your favorite weapon. At the end of a big battle there is nothing more satisfying then seeing a sea of red blood and body parts covering every inch of the floor. It never gets old and makes for a great pick up and play game (levels last 10-20 min on average) You will always look forward to getting to the next level so you can sell some stuff and buy that new piece of gear you've been drooling over.

To start, the graphics have undergone a major overhaul, check out some screen shots and you'll see that there are very few games from this genre with graphics as good as this. They are presented in a 3/4 isometric view which gives everything a nice 3d look (much like Diablo2.) The game features levels with great atmosphere, excellent lighting and very nice explosion and gunfire effects. Many of the things in the level are also destructible. The character you play with looks great as well as the wide assortment of alien enemy's, vehicles, and NPCs.

The game now features a huge assortment of weapons which help to keep the game interesting. The weapon system is divided into categories like handguns, shotguns, machine guns/sub-machineguns, rocket launchers/greneade launchers, and power weapons. Each category contains a large variety of weapons (many are real world weapons while others are purely fictional like the power weapons.)

Much like a RPG game, you will gain experience points as you beat levels and kill off enemy's of increasing difficulty. Each time you level up you will be granted 5 skill points that you will spend to improve your performance or weapon type skill in any of the many categories. Depending on how you spend these points you will be able to move faster, gain strength, use more powerful weapons, implants, armor, and other useful items.

As you play each level you will find cash and even weapons and other items scattered around the level which you can take for free. Your character can equip one gun from each category plus you get set number of squares for storing anything you might pick up. Therefore there is some item management involved as you'll often need to decide what to keep and what to throw away. You can usually find a item store at the beginning of each level where you will buy, sell, and repair equipment.

Another big part of the game is using bio-implants which are chips you install into your body to improve certain stats. You can use 3 of these at any given time and they are available in the store as well as in some levels (usually hidden.) These are particularly useful for when you want a new weapon but are a bit short on the needed experience, they'll give you a boost and you can use that weapon type.

Another new feature is the game now has some vehicles and stationary weapons. You'll always be excited when you find one of these because they are very powerful, fun to use, and finding one generally means you are about to get an entire army of aliens thrown at you. This includes things like an armored jeep with mounted machine gun, a remote controlled laser shooting hover droid, and stationary high caliber chain guns.

As for the story, they did try to have a better story in this game then there was in the previous version. Still, the story is the same alien invasion thing we see in a lot of games (this one is sort of like a Doom/DukeNukem 3D mix)So it's mostly ignorable, its only there to give you an excuse to slaughter 1000's upon 1000's of enemy's.

The game has pretty decent sound. The guns, vehicles, and enemy's all sound the way you would imagine them to. You'll also hear some character voice overs which is a nice touch especially since they aren't to terrible or cheesy. The music is the one thing that could have been much better, I would have really loved a custom mp3 soundtrack feature. Instead you have some techno sounding music that gets faster as the battle heats up and dies down to almost nothing when your no longer fighting.

So in the end I think this game is a really great value. Definitely the best PC game I've ever bought for 20 bucks. I would highly recommend this game to you, despite it's low budget price it feels like a full priced game. You will admire its high quality and great presentation after only playing for a few minutes. It will be sure to entertain you for a long time. If anything it demands a demo download! I hope this review has helped you :)

A fun 3rd person shooter.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a 3rd person shooter with RPG type upgrades.

This game was offered on 'Steam' for under $10.00 so I took a chance and purchased it; a good decision.

There is nothing fancy here, mediocre graphics, OK sound, BUT the game is fun. Basically it's just non-stop alien slaughter that results in blood and body parts everywhere.

The Pros:

1.)What makes the game interesting is the large choice of characters, weapons, skills and upgrades (this also gives the game some replay value).

2.)The game is playable on easy, normal and impossible (but this is changeable anytime in the game, even mid level).

3.)You get to drive a vehicle with a Gatling gun and also a tank; both will give new meaning to the words 'weapons of mass destruction'.

4.)The game was a definite challenge at times; it's basically you alone (with some minor exceptions) against hordes of aliens. Because of this, you do need to consider how you will spend your hard earned XPs (on upgrades and/or skills) and your money (on weapons and/or armor).

The Cons:

1.)You can have up to 5 lives, but there are no game saves; so if you die fairly well along in a level (and in dying, have used up your last life), you'll have to repeat the entire level all over again. Luckily, most of the levels aren't particularly long, however, having said that, there were a couple levels that were a real pain to start over again.

2.)My character got stuck a couple times where I couldn't move and had to restart a level.

Conclusion:
This is your basic run and gun, not-much-thinking-required, shooter; but the various weapons and upgrades made this game great fun to play; plus the price was very reasonable. 5 Stars.

Not a particularly good RTS game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: May 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The controls are difficult to use and the game play is not up to the current standard for this genre.

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