Alien Breed™ 3: Descent is the final explosive chapter in the Alien Breed™ series, and is a science fiction arcade-shooter with an epic story, swarms of highly intelligent alien enemies, high-impact weapons and stunning environments, developed using Epic Games' Unreal® Engine 3. Descend into hell an...
Alien Breed™ 3: Descent is the final explosive chapter in the Alien Breed™ series, and is a science fiction arcade-shooter with an epic story, swarms of highly intelligent alien enemies, high-impact weapons and stunning environments, developed using Epic Games' Unreal® Engine 3. Descend into hell and once again take control of the hero, Conrad, the ship’s Chief Engineer, in his last stand against the savage alien horde. While the doomed vessel, the Leopold, and the alien space craft plunge deeper into the planet’s atmosphere, with an icy ocean promising a watery grave, you have just hours to defy a grisly death and survive the alien onslaught for the final time. As you struggle deeper into the sinking alien ship, through the freezing waters flooding every corridor, the horrifying truth surrounding the existence of the Breed is finally uncovered…
Key Features
Alien Breed™ 3: Descent - The stunning final chapter in the Alien Breed™ trilogy - an action-packed mix of arcade-shooter, survival-horror and tactical weapons upgrades and customisation.
The final descent into hell!
Set pieces – battle the breed through flooded levels and hull walk sections.
Third-person action - take control of the hero, Conrad, in the new action-packed, third-person, sections.
Fight the last stand armed with powerful new weaponry:
The Project X is a ‘BFG’ that vaporizes everything it comes into contact with.
The Electro-Link gun fires bolts of electricity and also sends chain lightning to damage nearby enemies.
Survive new alien enemies – the ‘Electro-shocker’ and dramatic encounters with the final horrifying bosses.
Epic single-player Story mode – The final chapter in the single-player campaign mode that concludes the thrilling narrative of the game through huge and challenging environments, including the new research lab level.
Single-player Survivor mode – Resist endless waves of intense alien horde attacks in specifically designed arena environments.
Single-player Free-play mode – A single-player challenge mode – beat your high score on a previously completed campaign mission.
Upgrades shop – Search fallen comrades and lockers to accumulate cash, and then tactically spend it on weapons/kit upgrades in the in-game shop.
This 3rd installment of the series is as fun as the previous games but has one minor annoiance, at least for me - the almost scripted scenes with fixed camera angle, transforming this isometric game into a "2D" action game. Gladly, these moments are sparse, but when they happende they really broke the mood for me. In spite of that, I still recommend this game.
I am playing all 3 games in a row. AB3 is more of the same... and that´s a good thing. Alien shooting, dim lit corridors, comic-book styled interludes, and all other elements that made the other two games enjoyable.
Admittedly, these are simple games, and they all look pretty much the same with no significant innovation in mechanics or inventory besides a couple more weapons. But the atmosphere is great and the encounters are planned in such a way that will keep you on your toes.
The developers also managed to surprise the gamer with new combinations of previous mechanics, like water+electricity, placing explosives, or using ramps and changing/fixing camera angles.
On the narrative side, I liked the story of MIA more but here it's all mostly about the other foe, however it's not a bad story either. I wished that when the antagonist speaks aloud his lines would be typed on the interface because it is a bit hard to hear him. Also, I prefer shorter maps and more of them, but AB:3 is more like the opposite: long maps but fewer of them; nothing too extreme though.
Regardless, pretty enjoyable a game for when you are short on time or feeling lazy about getting the hang of the mechanics of some bigger game again. Especially tailored for Alien/Starship Troopers fans.
Update: One complaint only; The final boss is too hard! I am playing with keyboard, and basically procrastinating because turning so many corners over and over hurts, and it's just too tight on time. May get around it one day... or either watch the ending on YouTube ;)
Alien Breed 3 is a very nice game. Its graphics and game mechanics are similar to its predecessors. Also sounds and music are very good. These elements make the gameplay be felt as we are really inside a space ship surronded by aliens monsters. The narrative brings the trilogy to a close without any major news. If we can compare the feeling of playing Alien Breed 3 to a rock band, it would be something similar to AC/DC, always the same, always cool. Recommended, with the exception that you must play the previous two first to understand the plot.