In my honest opinion, the Alien resurrection movie was somewhat a return to form. Unfortunately, by the time Alien Resurrection was released on the Playstation, the movie tanked three years ago.Īlien Resurrection is a great game, attached to a bad movie after the hype was killed off and the Alien franchise was left forgotten. Alien Resurrection is the last movie in the Alien franchise (to date) and marks the last time an Alien videogame would have a ‘new release’ to tie into. A game borne out of a movie no-one wants to admit enjoying. Instead, we’ve gone with reviewing a key mile-stone in the Alien video-game series, Alien Resurrection.
That episode would have been far too long. Originally, I wanted to do a massive Aliens Retrospective Covering everything from the games, changes in genre and really dissect the question “at what point did they stop releasing movie tie-in games and decide to stray out on their own?” What does it take for a franchise to get to a point where the movies have dried up, but they’re still releasing cross-over films and games for the fans? The game may have disappointed plenty of Alien fans, but I still enjoyed it (mostly) and it started a fascination with how we got to this point.
ALIEN TRILOGY PSX REVIEW FULL
More cinematic than any game previously and full of references to the movie and the Alien series. Since then, I’ve become massive fans of the Alien and Predator franchises respectively, seen all the movies, played most of the games ( Alien vs Predator on the SNES as well as AVP: Extinction for the PS2) and a game like Aliens: Colonial Marines really felt like a game for the fans.
ALIEN TRILOGY PSX REVIEW SERIES
I was really getting into the Alien vs Predator series (the games, not the movies) and it really started on the humble Jaguar for me ( you can watch the review here). I was really excited about Aliens: Colonial Marines. An auto mapping system helps in not getting lost, night goggles and shoulder lamps (running on battery power) allow you to see in the dark and the motion tracker tells you where your enemies are - but only if they are moving.Could the worst Alien movie spawn one of the best Alien games? Hidden areas may be uncovered by using explosives like grenades and seismic charges. Ammunition, health upgrades and other useful items are scattered throughout the levels. Weapons to be used include pistol, shotgun, pulse rifle, flame thrower and smart gun.
In addition to the Aliens, you also have to fight employees of the Company, who have either been infected by the aliens and are beyond saving or who actively want to obstruct your mission. These include killing a certain number of enemies, finding items or activating switches.Įnemies include everything the alien life cycle provides: facehuggers, chestbursters, warrior aliens, dog aliens (from Alien³) and alien queens, one of which waits in the final mission of every section. In every mission, certain goals must be accomplished to continue. Each section consists of about 10 missions. Ripley in three sections, each based on one film: The colony complex on LV426 (from Aliens), the prison planet (from Alien³) and the derelict spaceship (from Alien). Alien Trilogy is a first-person shooter based on the first three Alien movies.