Alien Shooter + Expansions

There is no need to glorify this game, because it's just a simple, yet VERY FUN shooter. It's you, some weapons and endless hordes of aliens to kill. I remember getting my first copy of Alien Shooter in some cheap gaming magazine, and I had a blast back then. While playing Alien Shooter again in 2021, I feel like nothing have changed - I still enjoy the game and love spending my time with it. There is nothing outstanding in this game, but notheless you still can't stop playing the game every once in a while. I wish more games were like that.

No crashes (windows 7), but this version is missing about half the secrets (breakable wall with items needed to complete the mission) are not there. After days of trying to complete mission 5 on "Experiment", I check youtube to see how anyone could do it. Well, it's not impossible if you can collect the items you need (invulnerability, megaheath, and armour. It's a good game, get it on steam.

As per the title, once you finish it, it's uninstall time! Albeit being a fun game to play once, you really don't play it twice since it's the same thing over and over again. No point wasting more time on that one. Might be worth 2$ here, no more.

Good old fun to take your mind off. If you want a good shooter that doesn't have puzzles or anything like that and is hard as hell, get this. Hours of fun guaranteed. My only gripe though is the monster AI. Its A without the I. When you find out how to exploit it, you can let them thin out themselves. Not that its going to help you in any way...

Pros: It starts off as a lot of fun. Waves upon waves of baddies to mow down, increasing in power as the game goes along. You can find, or buy, new guns through-out the game to combat those ever increasing powerful aliens. You can upgrade your Speed (how fast you move), Strength (how much ammo you hold), Health, and Accuracy (increases damage too!) Basic objectives are kill every alien and blow up every teleporter that is bringing these punks to fight you. It's a whole bunch of mindless killing and requires very little tactics. There also happens to be secret areas that contain weapons and money if you blow up certain walls... which is always a plus in my book. The high score board at the end reminds me of good old arcade games. Cons: Enemy AI is sorely lacking... many enemies will just get stuck behind a wall and not move. Stat increases are capped at 3 each, meaning you quickly max out your 4 skills. Old weapons become pretty worthless pretty fast (that grenade launcher you loved? complete garbage about 2 levels later) In conjunction with weapons becoming ineffective, ammo drops are still random in later levels meaning your gonna get shotgun shells near the end instead of those plasma bullets you REALLY need. Overhead map control is clunky at best. Sometimes you can see all the way to the edge... other times only about 3/4 of the way... Meaning that baddies can see you but you can't see them. Meaning if you are low on health you can expect to get mowed down. Or if it's the rhino looking thing with lasers on its back that doesn't miss, you're gonna get shredded. It's hard to know if you are hitting or doing any damage to an alien. You can pump dozens or hundreds of rounds into a monster, only to find out you were probably hitting that crate instead. Overview: I very much enjoyed it for about 3-4 hours... but then it became very frustrating and repetitive. Wouldn't buy at full price but worth a run if it's on a GOG sale.