9/17/2023 0 Comments Aliens infestation rom![]() ![]() A squad of Colonial Marines are called to investigate the now-abandoned cargo ship made famous in the first movie, and soon after docking with the vessel… Well, anyone who's seen one the films can guess what comes next. Story-wise, Infestation is positioned as an "official" continuation of the events following Aliens. It seems like an impossible task destined for failure, but I'm happy to report that the result is wildly successful, both as a faithful expansion of the property and as a title that's great all on its own. Taking its own stab at this problematic conversion process, Aliens: Infestation repurposes the xenomorphs and space soldiers from one of the most well-known sci-fi properties of all time and crams them into a 2D Metroidvania-style game on Nintendo's DS. Despite appearances to the contrary, it's quite difficult to take a non-interactive property and make it a worthwhile interactive one. It's funny how certain film or book properties seem like they'd be natural fits as a video game, but it's been proven over the years that licensed properties are usually garbage. WTF Only missing two Marines? Where were they? ![]() ![]() LOW The pathetically weak Flamer should be a sub-weapon. HIGH Cleaning out a hallway, unscathed, with grenades and pulse rifle. ![]()
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