Awesome Amiga Games: Alien Breed

[runequester]

Due to a request not to use "lets play" as the title, Im going with "AAG" instead

So.. .lets talk about one of my absolute favourite game series ever.. Alien Breed.

Sooo many awesome things.
I loved the frantic two player games, trying to make it across an alien infested room.
I loved the different weapons you could get.
I loved the crude and irreverent cheat codes.
I LOVED the title screen music of the first game (have it on my MP3 player)

This is one of the few series where I love each and every installment: The original game, special edition, 2, tower assault, 3D and Killing grounds (though really better in emulation).

Haven't played the Xbox live one, but Shadowgrounds is a pretty nice modern day version. No big interest in that though. This thread is for the classics.

So.. talk it up, or boot it up and tell me how your game goes

[runequester]

yeah, killing grounds is insanely hard. THe second level is brutal. After that, it levels out a bit and you can progress though its never easy.

Things I really like in the first AB3D:
Level design is so well done
Very good feel. Footsteps have different sounds based on the surface you are walking on etc
The text splash screens inbetween levels, and how they portray your guy as a pretty regular guy, rather than a macho marine dude.
Shotgun with reload animations
The satisfying splash sound as you waste another bad guy
The way sounds muffle underwater.
THe sloshing sound as you wade through knee deep water.

[runequester]

they are pertty brutal

2 is probably a little easier, once you get past the atrocious first level.

[runequester]

Atrocious in what way? Design? Difficulty?

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moto

The first level is pretty much not fun, in every way. Its basically a "run through the map, dodging flying obstacles that instant kill on touch" which has nothing to do with the game itself.
It also has the benefit of being far more difficult in two player mode.

Once you figure out the route, you can get through it quick, but its extremely frustrating until then.

THe rest of the game is well worth it though.

[runequester]

Oh is it he outside bit where you get bombarded by meteors?

yeah

[runequester]

Hmyes I remember finding that bit very frustrating, but also the next level once you actually get inside. I could never work out where to go before getting killed!

There's a sequence to blowing up the power generator thingies, as if you do it in the wrong order, you wont be able to reach the exit. Use the scanner a lot (M), and start off in the right side of the complex, working your way left.

Also... buy the rebound laser thing, as soon as you can afford it (25K credits). it makes the game 10.000 times easier

[runequester]

so which one do you guys want to play together first?

Lets get something going
I dont have the equipment atm to really do any sort of "take pictures as I play" thing but a few of us playing the game at the same time and talking about it would be rad.


For some reason, the copy of tower assault you can get from the dream17 site seems to always crash after a few levels, so I'd rather avoid that one for the moment.