Jason is happy to see gaming coming full circle with updates for retro classics such
as Alien Breed, Superfrog and Crash Bandicoot.
Not exact matches
Team 17, developers behind the
Alien Breed series on XBLA, recently announced that their Unreal - powered trilogy will be coming together
as one in the form of a... Read More
Se7en (1995), which turned David Fincher from that guy who screwed up the
Alien series to a new
breed of popular auteur, came out around the same time
as The Usual Suspects.
Reminiscent of the 1997 sci - fi movie, Cube, the pyramid reconfigures itself periodically to create a multitude of scenarios in which hunter becomes the hunted
as aliens begin hatching,
breeding and running around.
Some
breeds, like the Cornish Rex and Devon Rex (a delightfully
alien - looking cat described by the The Cat Fancier's Association
as a madcap mix of a «cat, a dog, a monkey, and Dennis the Menace») have short, curly whiskers.
Just
as PSN gets Worms, XBLA gets Worms 2: Armageddon, just
as PSN gets
Alien Breed Evolution, this comes out.
So is the price of
Alien Breed: Impact going to drop down to $ 9.99
as well?
Pineapple Smash Crew is a squad based shooter that is influenced by games like
Alien Breed and Cannon Fodder, and it becomes obvious right away,
as you have to take your team of four through a series of derelict spaceships, looting items and dispatching a wide variety of
aliens and monsters along the way, from little spider like creatures to giant gun turrets.
The cache of weapons are the same
as the two other
Alien Breed titles, plus an additional 2 new designs.
This top - down shooter has a little bit of an
Alien Breed feel to it
as the once great rivals are kidnapped by militant extremists.
You play
as Theodore J. Conrad, an engineer on the spaceship Leopold, who has successfully made his way onto the ghost ship which had initially collided with his in the first
Alien Breed.
You can also get
Alien Breed & Tower Assault, Worms United and other games
as part of the weekend promotion.
I have to admit I never experienced
Alien Breed first time round
as I was only five years old when it was released, but I can say with reasonable confidence if you played the original and it holds a fond place in your heart, it's definitely a title you'll want to delve into once again.
Alien Breed includes both the original release and subsequent releases in their original graphics,
as well
as a remake of the same levels with up - scaled graphics.
It's inspired by classic titles such
as Smash TV, Gauntlet,
Alien Breed, and Grand Theft Auto to name a few.
Inspirations include classics such
as Smash TV, Gauntlet,
Alien Breed, and Grand Theft Auto.
But pimping isn't necessarily the key to a better game, because I liked Team Mango's Dysnomia much better than Team 17's XBLA - rehash of their classic
Alien Breed as it was much closer to the original experience and easily one of the best shooters this year.