Today is September 30, 2011 which means that Aliens Infestation has been officially released in Europe. The game is available for the Nintendo DS and has been developed by Wayforward in association with Gearbox Software. It’s an action-packed, platform shooter with a hardcore, retro feel and a deep storyline that combines elements from the upcoming Aliens Colonial Marines game and William Gibson’s unused script for Alien 3. Players are able to recruit and play as 19 different marines, each with their own unique dialogue, and explore iconic environments including the Sulaco, the Derelict ship, and LV-426.
Let us know what you thought of the game in the Fan Reviews thread. If you’d like more information on the game you can check out our interview with WayForward and all three developer diaries from SEGA (1, 2, 3). Aliens Infestation launches in North America on October 11, 2011.
Here's my review guys.
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Any hints on how to beat him?
Cant wait to read it, been playing it on an emulator, great game.
And my review is written. Will be up shortly.
Anyone know where any more marines are?
I've found Sinise, Ficher and Losso.
Solved it.. didn't know you could run & jump. Powered ahead through 2 more levels!
I love how the flamethrower (the original Alien weapon IMO) is actually powerful!
There's a vent the furthest forward you can go... and ledge i can't reach
And I finished the game.
I had to loose a man to that boss. I just kept shooting, moving backwards as I shot. Once he came towards me, dodged or ran away and repeated.
Is the game fun? Challenging?
I'm now onto the bull alien. These bosses are ridiculously hard. I can't seem to dodge any of its attacks. Tips?
I've got only one man at full health and the smartgun.
theres a ladder down next to airlock activator computer, go down and activate anather airlock computer, then go down again etc. you got to activate like 4 computers on each side and then just run away to the right side and up the ladder.
I've just done the Queen too. Lost 2 men to her. Really enjoying it so far.
Just finished level 2. Very very cool. And unlocked a knife game which I'll try once I find a save room.
Rightio. I'm on Phobos and I'm finally stuck on the boss. I've only got 2 marines left. Has anyone been able beat it?
Well , i was, but its was for a boss battle and the only part of the ship that you get to see is room with space jockey (the one from oryginal Alien) so nothing new. I wish there was a part where you explore the ship but thats not the case. kind of missed opportunity there, they should have done something like that. its like half of the game takes place on the sulaco, its just cut into parts, sulaco, something else, sulaco, something else and so on.
Have you been to the derelict?
Does this mean that you already completed the game? If so, how many hours did it take you? Is it easy enough to complete the marines with all 19 characters surviving? In sum, when is avpgalaxy going to put up their review? LOL.
Very few games achieve that old arcade/action style successfully nowadays. And Infestation is one of them IMO. I also get the feeling that I'm rushing through the game and have left many areas unexplored so I'm already thinking of re-playing it. I rarely replay any games and that's what makes it amazing for me.
1. Game looks great, but im a fan of 2d old school action so its right up in my alley.
2. Marines moves are awesome, lots of actions to do, not your average run and jump character. Controls are great and responsive.
3. environment is really good, but doors and elevators get really repetitive after a while.
4. enemies are challenging, i've stumble upon alien workers, alien warriors, droids, soldiers, chestbusters, facehuggers, Alien Queen and "space jockey alien" . Boss fights (i've done 2 so far) are cool, pretty hard at first time .
5. Searching around Sulaco and Lv-426 is nice, with a lots of vent exploring.
6. Weapons are really cool (shotgun with upgrades is awesome, hell yea )
7. Lots of reading guys, many conversations between marines, although mostly about what to do next, where to go etc.
Fisrt act feels very nice, puts you in great atmosphere, although u should play it in the dark, its way more intense. we know what happens from the trailers and gamplay vides so nothing new if i tell you that you just search for survivors and answers for what happend on sulace, you find survivor , fight boss, and we bring party to lv-426. There you fight more and more enemies, search for explosives, destroy few things, and we get a little point and shoot game with apc. then another boss fight. 3rd is where thing start to get intresting storywise. at least for me cause i knew what to expect from first hour of the story. so We are back on the sulaco and... well no need to spoil , but it really doeasnt feel like the first act , althugh we're back where we started ( we got a lot of new areas to check , and story is gettin a lot better) .
I think for non-aliens fans this is a anotther good/very good 2d game. For myself and most of you guys, definetely something worth playing. It,s more like comic book aliens than movie like (we got to wait for colonial marines ) but i love it.
I suppose what bothers me the most is how games companies have the nerve to charge £25-£30 for this which offers a couple of hours of gameplay, when the iphone has games for 99p which offer a lot more.
You need to go back to the building you were before encountering that door. It's there just before the tunnel with the eggs, aliens and explosive barrels.
The game is a lot of fun. I find it amazing. My only complaint is that you can kinda skip through some of the areas but it doesn't really bother me. The graphics are very nice and detailed. They fit perfectly within the Aliens universe. The derelict was very atmospheric too. I wish the player could spend more time in that level.