Alien Shooter + Expansions

One of the few childhood games that is close to my heart and the soundtrack is from another planet.

I like that there are tons of enemies on screen and they can blow up really nicely when you have the right weapon. The controls are easy to pick up. Graphics don't look insultingly bad and the music has its moments. What I don't like is that on later levels with maxed out stats, weapons and ammo, you still ran out of ammo anyway. That is, ammo for the good weapons. Starting weapons are only good for the weakest enemies and after some time you will be forced to take on a mass of strong enemies. What is also incredibly annoying is that the levels are very small and packed to the roof with enemies, no room to maneuver. Often there are spawning platforms that you need to blow up with dynamite or they will spawn monsters all the time. But it isn't that easy, you first need to find the dynamite on each level and get through a flood of aliens. The enemy AI, oh man, I have never seen such a shitty AI in my whole life! Seriously, you think that the AI in Painkiller and Serious Sam is bad? Take a look here. The enemies get stuck in walls constantly and sometimes shoot at the wall and kill themselves. Too stupid to live. I can't really recommend this game.

If you've played Zombie Shooter, you've played Alien Shooter. Waves of enemies, purchasable load-outs, character upgrades, isometric perspective...you get the picture. However, Alien Shooter manages to break up the repetition a bit and feels less grindy. All-in-all, six bones well spent.

Summary: Not RECOMMENDED. It has every single kind of bug out there and also the unique insta-crash-every-time-you-die bug. More importantly, it has a minigun that does not hit point-blank objects UNLESS YOU AIM FOR THEM. That is enough reasons to not touch the game with a ten-foot pole. Not even on sale. Expansions are lame and are generic harder-mode reruns. Simply, having just played through the whole content, DON'T BUY THIS. It's a game concept fresh for one level, stretched out to ten levels and something like six per expansion times two. There are so many things wrong with the game it is difficult to choose. The Orange Rhino enemies. Dear mother of Russia. Imagine an enemy with a practically auto-hit cannon that can shred in no time even with max health. Then add sick amounts of hit points to that thing and put a lot of them in the game. I have tested that you can shoot that thing with a pistol for minutes without coming even close to taking it down. Here's the fun part: the 2nd strongest weapon (flamey) is short-range i.e. completely useless against the dude. Alien spit that lasts for almost 10 seconds that is quick to kill you. You can have 100 health, walk out of a door with 20 stacks of alien spit and instantly die. Bonuses that do not last long enough for you to collect them. The horde will push you back and prevent you picking up anything, causing you to run out of ammo. Once you only have the first three guns, it's over. Instead of struggling, cheat yourself some cash, weapons and ammo cheatm/w/a and enjoy the hollow experience the game even at its best is. Only becomes casual fun (instead of old-granny-pace risk-management simulator) once you load yourself up with cheats such as super health cheath and tons of ammo cheata . All expansions do is add levels with even more enemies at once, no new content whatsoever except a couple token new monsters in Experiment.

Do you like aliens? Do you like shooters? This game is probably for you! This game can be boiled downed to hold down left-mouse button and kill everything, can't get any simpler than that. A few issues I've noticed: Enemies can be very bullet-spongey, so you'll run into instances where you run out ammo and have to rely on the weak pistol. Playing on easy is recommended as the balance seems to be just right. Normal can get very difficult very quickly. Aiming is weird. You have to put your crosshair on the target to hit instead of aiming in their direction to hit like other shooters of this type. This can take some getting used to. The AI is very simple. I think the AI is programmed to just follow the player and that's about it. It's very easy for them to get stuck on obstacles like walls or boxes. While this can be amusing to watch, it can get annoying quickly. Ammo, health, cash drops don't stay long enough in game. You break some boxes and find an abundance of mini gun ammo, but you're full so you decide to come back later to pick them up after fighting off some aliens. By the time you get back they're gone. Best to not break open boxes unless you need the health or ammo. Low replay value. Once you beat it that's it! No alternate endings or additional weapons to unlock. Not much more to see. Overall it's a decent game. There is no of a story to follow, just kill all the aliens. Recommended if you want a simple, fun, mindless shooter.