Straight away, some of you may recognise the name "Alien Syndrome" as the name of the arcade game released by Sega way back in 1987. It wasn't anything impressive, but saw itself ported to numerous consoles in the late 80's and updated in 2004 for the PS2 with better graphics and updated controls. ... Read review
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Alien Syndrome Nintendo Wii
Take control of Earth Command Lieutenant Aileen Harding as she adventures through intense
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sci-fi battles against hordes of unique aliens and huge bosses. With an array of special abilities and combat powers you'll draw on quick reflexes and skill plus ...
Alien Syndrome Sony PSP
Playing as Earth Command Trooper Aileen Harding gamers will take on more than 100
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different types of aliens and learn new abilities and skills as they progress. Aiding players in their cause are 20 different weapons including quad-barreled lasers nanobot swarms and more conventional flamethrowers. Accompanying Aileen is an indestructible robot that serves as both an ally in battle and a vendor from which she can buy items. The robot can also upgrade existing weapons and can upgrade itself with new abilities. The PSP version will feature cooperative play for up to four players through the handheld's Wi-Fi capabilities.
Advantages: Aiming to shoot works well Disadvantages: Bad graphics, awful gameplay and it wont last long at all
...you arrive you encounter the alien threat and decide to stay and fight it. That's the plot, pretty standard stuff I'm sure you'll agree. As for the gameplay, "Alien Syndrome" is a top-down shooter where you have to blast your way through levels of aliens. It is just as straight forward as the plot in all honesty. However, there are numerous problems with the gameplay. Firstly, aliens will spawn everywhere and I am not exaggerating at all. For example, ... ...to the area, another identical alien will have taken its place. You don't have to venture far for this to happen either, so you might as well slowly tip-toe through the levels with the fire button taped down. Of course, it isn't this simple as you will find out when you infuriatingly run out of ammo nearly all of the time. This seems like a major design flaw as the only thing you do in the game, at all, is fire at alien menaces who take a considerable ...
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