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Parents beware: NOT a 'Teen' game!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Despite the "T" for Teen rating shown on THIS VERY PAGE, Area 51 is in fact rated "M" for Mature and is for ADULTS!!! I purchased this for my young teen and it wasn't until viewing several disturbing and graphic scenes of violence and hearing some very inappropriate language that I peeled off the sticker covering the rating on the box and found an "M" instead of "T!" So parents beware: This might be a great game and lots of fun for older players, but it is NOT for young / teenage audiences!!!

One of the great games available on XBOX

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Recently I've been going back through and playing some of the games I've never finished in my library (such as this title). And realizing I've never given a review on some... So here goes...

This is a great game, EGM said it "could be your second halo" but I believe this is what halo was meant to be. It's a fast paced first person shooter, but with more 'meat' to it than halo. The visuals are what you would expect from all the original Xbox hype. They are sharp and clean. With an HDTV (which I didn't have when I played it before) you can really see how sharp the graphics are. It's a harder game than halo, and even halo 2, so it provides plenty of challenge for the hardcore and casual gamer alike. This one is online enabled, but like many gamers, I've never bothered with paying MS to use their service, so I have no idea how the multi-player is. But the single player game is definitely worth the money.

Fun!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this game is rly fun and it has a few humorous parts... for example, if u scan the people in the first area with the shooting range with your scanner... they have some unusual items... but w/e.

This game is addicting. It has a great multiplayer mode, unfortunalty no co-op, but that can't be helped.

You wont be finishing this game in under 2 days straight, unlike some people did with Halo, because let me tell you, this game is LONG.

And another thing, this game is VERY hard, but the joy of finally blowing that one annoying alien's head off is the fun part.

The graphics in this game are pretty good, but its not exactly halo 2.

One last thing....

I hope you like puzzles, because there are at least 2 or 3 hard ones. Well, not really. There arent any puzzles actually. Except maybe trying to figure out how to get to the roof of some control booth.

One more last thing....

The scanner is pretty cool. You can scan a lot of things. Allies, bonus things, secret documents, dead bodies, you can get an air sample, and yes, you can even scan the living breathing aliens trying to gouge your eyes out!!

Well, i hope u buy this cuz it PWNS U ALL!

XBox's Failure for multiple players

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: October 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It's a great game....If you want to play alone.Ever since Microsoft Xbox has been pushing their "Online Cyber Friend Players" You find more and more that you cant play at home With your REAL FREINDS, using split screen or otherwise. This is microsofts biggest folly. I want to play with my friends in the room...not some"unknown" a thousand miles away. Take a hint microsoft.............We're not nearly as dumb as you think we are.READY TO PITCH XBOX FOR A PLAYSTATION!

Not Great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: July 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am a big fan of video games. I own over forty XBox games, most of which are the First Person Shooter type. This game is very good, but you had better take the time to study the book and have the time to play the game, it is not easy by any stretch. I know everyone reading this is saying " Well, do you really want a game to be easy enough to beat the first day?". Of course not, but a game should be easy/hard enough to be enjoyable and not nearly impossible

Area 51 Xbox Game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: July 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game OK. It had some very interesting areas and screens to fight through. But the AI for the enemy was not very good. They would attack the same way over and over again.

Almost as good as Halo and Halo 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: July 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Wow midway did a good.Job The grafics are amazing! The story and control are amazing. I love this game so much. I would not let any kids play this. This game could scare them. For a M rated game on the back it does not say gore but this game is gorey. It is creppy at times to. You have to use your head alot to to find your way thorugh the levels. I would by this game after you have halo and halo 2. This game is graet by it.

Enough of Halo already...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: July 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was reading the reviews to see if I might want to buy this game and for a minute I thought I might be in the wrong area 51 (pun intended)
Yes, Halo is a great game, but NOT anymore great than Half-life, Deus Ex, etc... You guys act like Halo was the second coming of Christ or something! It's just an FPS, just like any other FPS, let it go already!
And about your comment on beating Area 51 in 4 days, I beat Halo 2 in 3 days, doesn't really justify $50 does it?
Btw the other reviewer is right, Halo 2 is garbage, all $50 worth of it

This review written 2005 A.H. (after Halo)

Bloody First Person Combat Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: June 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Area 51 is a shooter game where you - a HazMat team member - go in shooting away first at mutated humans, and then at a series of aliens. Shall we call this Half-Life-A?

You start, pretty typically, with training style stages. You learn how to shoot, how to move. But in no time at all you and your team are off taking out virus-infected humans. This game definitely earns its Mature rating. Even some of the first scenes of the "transformation" are pretty gruesome. When you get into full blown combat, there is blood flying everywhere, and some decapitations.

You move from area to area, looking for key cards, trying to open doors, blowing away tiny scorpions and giant six-eyed monsters. About halfway through the game you get infected and are now able to switch easily between a human and an alien. This gives you a nice mix of awesome firepower and bone-crunching hand to hand combat.

The graphics are reasonably nice, with shiny liquids, matte metals, and yes, a lot of blood. The sounds involve some well known voice talent (David Duchovny, Marilyn Manson) and in general helps to draw you into the game.

Really, though, the reason you play a game like this is to blast things. There are secret items to find on each level, plus different levels of difficulty to challenge you.

Yes, it can be relatively quick to just zip through the game from start to finish if you're skilled at this type of game - maybe about 6 hours for most. Still, if you go back and start looking for the secrets, and finding the hidden weapons, you can really hone your skills.

Plus, as with most games of this ilk, the multiplayer is where you really get to test your skills. It's easy enough to fight off AI - but can you handle yourself when real humans are involved? You can easily get hooked for weeks if you find yourself some good multiplayer partners.

Well recommended for those into bloody first-person combat - just be sure you don't mind blood before you begin!

Good game but rent first

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

you must compare this game to halo 2 because everyone who owns an xbox should play halo 2. also because it is the best fps ever. Getting to the point this is a good game but not great. descent graphix, good sound but i wouldnt recomend buying. please rent first

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