Scary game. do not play at night seriously
Alien Trilogy was the first on PSX to bring us the horror and adventure of the three Alien's movies that have become cult classics. Alien Resurrection brings us the final events of the movie series in the first person shooter format that Alien Trilogy brought us. What this title brings to the table is a game that is dark and moody, offering you up some different characters with different weapons, a ton of puzzles and some good old fashioned alien blasting in the process! Most fans of the movie will see that the locations of the game are a little bit off, but the overall feel of the game is there from the start with the amount of shadows and otherwise that you encounter throughout the game. With the addition of surround sound extensive effects and music, you’ll be immersed into the world of Alien Resurrection without much of a problem, as long as the lights are down low, the music is up high and you don’t have anyone interrupting you while you play!
Ah...the days of the first person shooters live on. Done much in the style of Doom, Quake, and other first person games, it features you as the survivor on a ship filled with death in the form of Alien killing machines. There is a slight twist; you can change your characters from one to another depending on the level you're on. This adds a different bit of gameplay, considering that only certain characters can use certain weapons! For instance, one of the characters from the movie uses a dual pistol that is strapped to each arm...well, the only character in the game that can use dual pistols, is that same movie character. All characters can be switched up at small communication stations. New to the Alien game saga, is the introduction of the Chestburster meter; when you are infected by an Alien Face Hugger, you're implanted with an embryo, much like in the movies...then a meter will appear with a disappearing bar. You have just a certain amount of time before you're player is dead from the Chestburster exploding from his/her chest. Pretty cool addition! The gameplay itself is your usual run 'n gun gameplay, with Aliens crawling, hurling, jumping, and all out running at you. However, it's not just one here, and one there...when you step into the mix, you get them all at once, and it's be quick, or be dead. With the look feature, you can see ahead of you...and do watch your Motion Tracker...you'll need it when you start getting closer to the bad guys. The little screen in the lower left hand corner will blip when you get closer to an Alien, and then go to a high-pitched scream when you {or they} are on top of you!
As with most Doom-style games, Alien Resurrection supports the usual functions that a first person shooting game does. It gives you a firing button, weapon selections, item selections and the essential look buttons {Up/Down, Left/Right}. With that being said, AR also supports the mouse feature, but, most gamers out there don't have one of these to play with, and it can be cumbersome to try and play with both the mouse and the controller using the analog stick as your movement and other buttons on the PSX controller as your item selection. Outside of the massive amounts of buttons, the control is near perfect!Read full review
