Enemies include everything the Alien life cycle provides: facehuggers, chestbursters, warrior aliens, dog aliens (from Alien³) and Alien queens, one of which waits in the final mission of every section. These include killing a certain number of enemies, finding items or activating switches. In every mission, certain goals must be accomplished to continue. Ripley in three sections, each based on one film: The colony complex on LV426 (from Aliens), the prison planet (from Alien³) and the derelict spaceship (from Alien).Įach section consists of about 10 missions. It was originally released for Playstation in early 1996 and ported to the Saturn and PC later in the year. Sega Saturn: NA: August 8, 1996, JP: August 30, 1996, EU: September 4, 1996Īlien Trilogy is a first-person shooter based on the first three Alien movies.
On the plus side is the fact that Alien Trilogy doesn't need one of today's high-spec machines to run on.PlayStation: NA: February 29, 1996, EU: March 1996, JP: May 31, 1996 Despite any good references given here it doesn't change the fact that there is very little to get excited about and it certainly won't win any awards for originality. While you will still be the victim of an ambush now and again, it does nonetheless help.Īlien Trilogy is no Doom but it is entertaining, and excellent background music gives the game a taste of the atmosphere created in the film. This alerts you of upcoming dangers by indicating the whereabouts of nearby aliens. One novel feature is your on-screen radar. Just as in Doom there are several weapons to defend yourself with (you start off with the standard 9mm pistol) and as you explore the colony you can pick up a host of power-ups - armour, acid protection, medikits, night vision goggles, automapper etc. There are over 30 levels to complete, interspersed with some bonus-like areas. For example the image of your hand holding the gun looks not unlike that in Wolf 3D which, as everybody knows, was released not long after the PC was invented.īut after your first encounter with some of the less-than-friendly extraterrestrials which are the staple diet in this game (you also have to destroy some of The Company's soldiers), you can begin to ignore its limitations and be subtly drawn into its nightmarish world.Īlien Trilogy, as the name suggests, is broken in to three parts. Initially Alien Trilogy sends out the wrong signals, with its below par graphics. Doom-meets-Alien certainly sounds promising. This storyline is the backdrop for what is basically another Doom clone and if it wasn't for its connections with the brilliant film it probably wouldn't generate as much interest as it does.
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