Alien Breed 2: Assault
Good sequel to the first game though I should say that being in the same spaceship without real novelties apart the weapons and one alien… but well, you have MIA joining the party, so…
That’s how I can summarize Alien Breed 2: Assault. After colliding with your ship, you’re aboard that ancient lost ship, discovering what happened really, helped by MIA, the robot that you have to trust to get out alive. However, given the weird creatures that are living in it, you guess that it will not be a round of pleasure but a full assault that you will be conducting. Given the fact that nearly nothing changed, here’s a copy/paste from my review for the first part of Alien Breed, which was Impact.
– Real player with 12.7 hrs in game
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While did enjoy first Alien Breed game and second delivers more of the same, it kind of doesn’t. One point is still that played this one on hardest difficulty aka Elite instead of Veteran. Tested rookie after beating the game and it was truly fits it’s name, think someone who hasn’t even used controller before might have enough time to deal with them aliens.
So first two levels went ok, thing this time around levels are way more darker and claustrophobic and also felt like there were more locked camera phases which are tad annoying to deal with when aliens are starting to run at you from all around. Considering some of the basically can jump out of the floor right next to you from all side is pretty irritating on elite difficulty along the control scheme not holding up to that fast paced action with enemies taking much more punishment on lower difficulties while dealing way more from tiniest runt and it’s easy to get gangbanged and stunlocked in midst of that. Stunlock comes in using items like grenades, health packs, hardener armor etc which are life savers except your activation of them is interrupted due enemy attack. This caused severe issues during level 3 and especially during it’s ending section. While as an escort mission it’s not that annoying as Mia the synth friend won’t take much punishment and wait most of the time to you progress upon things, towards the end she stands in the way and kinda sets the pacing and alien AI really decides oddly whom to attack out of the two. After this phase it’s the ending room of level 3 which was worst thing so fart to deal with, masses of enemies surrounding all around and whacking you instantly to pieces, not good place to stand the ground due how arena is made and it’s in two sections and closest save is before escorting there so need to do quite a few things again with cutscene x4 to 5 for potentially dying quite fast again. This was quite annoying due first two levels giving more freedom on going around and giving chance to save, in third level this formula of opening map to be more approachable to limiting your access more and more when you proceed that kept going on till the end of the 2nd title.
– Real player with 10.8 hrs in game
Alien Breed 3: Descent
Long story short - 10/10, best game ever, this is how they did it back in the days, must have, old school…and why do this studio having this gem, creating other games, instead of a next part?!)
Long story:
Got first part for free on some giveaway long ago, and bought others with 90% discount.
Each part consists of 5 missions, if u play it slow, while checking all the map, u can complete each for 10 hours or so, I think, tops.
Bugs? There do u find them here?! And how?! The only four non-critical bugs I had, was in first and last part.
– Real player with 11.8 hrs in game
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Team17, the developer best known for the creation of “Worms” and other such classics are the ones responsible for bringing us the subject of my next review, a lesser-known title but a particularly lustrous gem nonetheless.
The Alien Breed Trilogy is a series of third-person shooters. Like their more popular distant cousins the FPS, they too automatically come with an ‘action’ tag by association because that’s what we all (myself included) have come to expect from the genre. Though categorized as such, the three I’m going to talk about today could more accurately be described as atmospheric, survival games wearing Sci-Fi party hats.
– Real player with 7.6 hrs in game
Alien Breed: Impact
My playtime: 36.7h (based on steam, 100% achievement).
~9h finishing the game in Rookie difficulty
~24h finishing the game in Elite difficulty
~3h finishing all multiplayer levels
Grindy Achievement: No.
Optional Achievement: Yes (11 achievements, although you’ll mostly get 3 of the optional achievements after you finish the game).
Difficult Achievement: Yes (2 achievements, might be more or less depends on your skill and (or) internet connection).
Developer Response: No (last response is in 10 Feb 2016, i think).
– Real player with 36.7 hrs in game
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Not sure why this game gets the hate it does. I certainly didn’t play this for the 15+ hours it shows on Steam but probably at least half that. The controls work well on controller, it’s honestly a rather great control scheme for controllers and it makes sense, this is a TWIN STICK SHOOTER. Not a M+KB shooter. I play FPS and TPS games with a mouser and keyboard but I play anything like this with a controller. People also complaining that the game is difficult or the enemies are cheap. I played on the hardest difficulty and it was a BREEZE, I didn’t die a single time. Make better use of your items and learn to scavenge if you’re having a hard time.
– Real player with 15.1 hrs in game
Shadowgrounds
Hi, everybody. I played this game ‘round 5 hours, killed first boss (2 lvls finished) and so what I got about it:
What’s good:
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Free Camera. It’s really comfortable. If you turn it on, of course
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Gameplay. So it’s good and not so good meanwhile. About bad sides of that I’ll tell later, but right now: it’s not complicated too much and it’s easy enough. You are not needed to pick “right weapon” to kill special enemy, Kill ‘em with any thing you like ;-)
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Not too complicated plot. On first view, it’s a real bad, but if you’ll look at the game like Alien Shooter clone, so that’s enough =)
– Real player with 14.0 hrs in game
This is an old top down shooter game so there maybe glitches and bugs running this on modern machine.
First of all, the most annoying part of the game is 6 out of 10 run it will gives an error saying “Failed to find Steam”.. the devs know of this problem but said “It’s Steam’s problem not ours.” Yeah, this is the only game i played having this problem so yes, you’re expecting us to believe that. The problem here is the game is having trouble getting the path to our installed steam folder. Especially those who didn’t install steam on their main drive.
– Real player with 11.9 hrs in game
UFO: Aftermath
I just completed the game. Holy crap was that fun!! This game is like crack!
Controls take a bit to get used to, but once you have, they’re not an issue. Only one bug I found, and that’s when one of your party sees a reticulan/bad guy, the movement orders you’ve given up to that point can be reset if you accidentally click the next destination point right as the enemy is sighted. This won’t even occur to you until you get a few rifleman with super-heroic speed that you use for ambushes anyway. If you even do.
– Real player with 90.8 hrs in game
The first and my personal favorite out of the UFO: After(??) series. (I seriously recommend the “Combo-mod” for newcomers and UFO veterans, it turns the game from a good game to a masterpiece.)
A true hidden gem that even fans of the series tend to overlook.
Sadly it hasn’t aged that well so playing the game today might feel like trying to drive a car with flat tires on a sheet of ice so if that is something that would turn you off from the game then i recommend going to one of the newer games, but if clunky controls is something you don’t fear then this game will reward you for mastering it. Unlike the newer games, it’s a lot more raw, chaotic and difficult.
– Real player with 47.5 hrs in game
Alien Earth
In the distance future, an alien race known as the Raksha have taken over the Earth, and you have been selected to be the prey in one of their deadly games. Released into the jungle to run for your life, you must face not only the dangerous mutations brought about by man’s nuclear assaults, but a vicious Raksha Lord as well. Legends speak of great ruined cities, brave freedom fighters, and even more wonderous things that lie beyond the jungle. Will you have the strength and cunning to survive to find out?
FEATURES
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Lush, fully-rendered 3D graphics draw you into the adventure
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Hours of intense gameplay
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Hundreds of detailed animations
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Dramatic rendered cinematic cut scenes
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Fully-digitized voices
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Intriguing storyline with dozens of characters, each with their own exciting personality
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Shadowgrounds Survivor is the unmistakable sequel to previous years top down horde mode shooter Shadowgrounds. Unmistakable because if you didn’t see the title you’d be hard pressed to tell them apart.
That’s not to say Survivor doesn’t introduce a few new features, multiple playable characters and a more detailed level progression makes the game a good deal more engaging as you go along. The storyline is as was in the original utterly forgettable and can be easily ignored.
The greatest strength of Shadowgrounds Survivor is once again it’s use of atmospheric lightning which does a good job at turning otherwise bland encounters with the alien horde into something a little more suspenseful, lending somewhat from the horror genre.
– Real player with 22.5 hrs in game
Like its immediate predecessor, Survivor is a top-down shooter that hearkens back to the days of Smash TV and Total Carnage, except that there is a much more detailed plot and a heavy nod to role-playing games. As opposed to the blanket machine-part upgrade system of Shadowgrounds, Survivor has implemented a more refined approach, with unique class abilities, general class abilities and weapon abilities tailored to each of the three characters.
Basic gameplay is still kill or be killed, run and gun, etc. Every kill nets you some experience, which is banked toward increased levels, and each level brings with it some upgrade points. Weapon upgrade parts are still found on the battlefield, dropped by enemies, but now you also get class-specific abilities and character tweaks. These are what increase with each level. Using the marine as an example, you’ll be able to buy quick weapon reloads, tough skin and fragmentation grenades. This is in addition to the basic set of character improvements that all three avatars have: radar display, increased health, critical hits, and an “auto-doctor” that will dose you with a health kit (if you have one stockpiled) if you fall below 50% health at any time.
– Real player with 9.0 hrs in game
Super Sanctum TD
This is imho 36 Tower defense or assimilated games i played sorted by interest :
Some people might find this list useful for discovering unknown TD.
Legend :
(TD) - pure Tower Defense
(ATD) - Assimilated Tower Defense
(FPSTD) - First Person Shooter Tower Defense
(S) - Solo
(M) - Multiplayer
1- (Warcraft 3 & Starcraft’s TD \o/) (TD) (M)
2- GemCraft Chasing Shadows (TD) (S)
3- Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal (ATD) (S)
4- Dungeon of the endless (ATD) (M)
5- Defender’s Quest : Valley of the Forgotten (TD) (S)
– Real player with 37.3 hrs in game
⚖️ Grade = B. Worth a buy, for those who enjoy variety of gameplay option. However, for who looking a exciting story, don’t buy it
EXPECTATION CHECKLIST:
✔️ Tower defense
✔️ Building mazes
✔️ Fast Forward
✔️ Variety of gameplay option
✔️ Urgent aids when needed
✔️ Versus friend best result
❌ Modern graphic
❌ Online mode
❌ Extra save slot
| GRADE | MATCHED | WORTH BUYING? | DISCOUNT? |
– Real player with 30.5 hrs in game
UFO Checkers
fun free little checkers game
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
I don’t think the UI scales with monitor size because my name was in front of the board so i couldn’t move some pieces
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Alien Shooter: Revisited
Alien Shooter Revisited takes you back to the campaign of the original Alien Shooter but with many of the new features introduced in Alien Shooter 2.
Alien Shooter Revisited is a isometric shooter where you run through a a secret laboratory while fighting off what seems like unending hordes of aliens hellbent on your gory demise.
As you progress through the levels you gain access to better and stronger weapons and the games level of gore reaches rather insane levels towards the end where entire maps will be painted red with alien intestines. You also have access to two separate last stand horde modes where you fend off a truly never ending mass of aliens as either a person or a static gun turret until you are overcome for the sake of high scores.
– Real player with 15.4 hrs in game
Refurbished version of the original Alien shooter. Looking slightly better with higher screen resolutions, provides more heroes to choose from at the start… And, the most noticable thing, right from the start, the game expects you to choose a difficulty level. And if you don’t have enough pain in your life, choose the “Impossible” level. Be my guest. It’s like smoking a cigar. No badge or achievement whatsoever, a lot of damage to your health… but, if you’ll manage it, you’ll be feeling yourself as tough as Schwarzenegger or Castro.
– Real player with 9.9 hrs in game