I think Ive written this in another thread semi recently, but I must admit I never really got right into the alien breed series. I didnt dislike them, but it was only the 1st half hour or so of playing the original when it was 1st released that I thoroughly enjoyed any of them. To be fair I never really stuck with it, or gave the sequels much more than a casual play to check them out. I've finally got myself an a1200 again, after not having has a working "real" amiga for a few years, so I'll have to have another look at some of the classics (alien breed series included) when it arrives (Im excited
The exceptions though are the ab3d games, which is maybe a little ironic seeing as Im more of a 2d shooter fan than I am fps fan. The 1st one, despite the very low resolution, is not just a great attempt for custom chipset based amigas, but a great game fullstop. While it shares little more with Doom than it's genre and basic game style, it's just as good (and from me that's quite a compliment, as I see Doom as still being close to the pinnacle of it's ilk, sure it's dated, but they just got it right... good levels, good weapons, good enemies, new things being introduced at the right time for optimal effect, and so on).
AB3D2:TKG I actually never liked until I played it on amithlon using the rtg patch. With the hardware grunt behind it, it too holds up well against other games of the genre regardless of platform. (I'll have to try the turbo patch when my a1200 arrives, I've always been curious to see how much faster it makes things).
While there's some decent attempts, for me the AB3d series are the pinnacle of amiga specific fps games.
