While filled with the intense action their is a lot of jump moments. The story is the same as the movie you plays a Ripley 8 and other members of the Betty crew at alternate times all of whom are trying to escape the xeno infested Auriga. The game was fairly advanced considering it was released on the PS1 this FPS boasted atmosphere and tension to boot and Argonaut Games who developed the arcade machine aboard the Betty wonderful job making you feel like your in the Aliens universe considering the tech they had to work with at the time.The player must complete different tasks to progress across the game. These include killing clones, rescuing researchers and ejecting overheating escape pods.
Enemies range from two different types as always with Aliens games. Human foes and Xenos. On the human front the Evil Weyland Yutani (having been bought out buy wall-mart...gAAAhe) is replaced with United Systems Military. These troops range from lowly grunts armed with pistol's and seem to be there as Alien chow to the Spec-Ops soldiers armed with grenade launchers and the advanced Pulse Rifle of the future the Lacrima 99.
Then theres Hazzmat troops armed with Flame-throwers.
That Brings us to the xenomorph selection...and that kinda is a let down. You'v the standard Drone Alien. Fast,agile and rarely alone these fucker ambush you at every twist and turn. Evening following you into the water....and if you dont have a rocket launcher your in trouble. Theres a wicked warrior class thats bright blue but I've only ever encountered three of these fuckers in total...like the Drones in most case's. Then theres the Queen boss who you have to battle half way through the game which is tough requiring you to sneak through her holding chamber and activate switchs ( what is with Queen boss battles and switchs?) Then there the New Born who stalks you through the last stage and you must evade and eject from the Betty. Your probably wondering why I have left the facehugger's till last. Well cause their a pain in the hole...thats why. The ship is littered with them and you have to keep your eyes peeled or else your the expecting mother of a unwatned baby xeno. Luck is at hand cause you can find auto-doc units scattered through out the ship These abort the Alien inside you before it hatchs....let yourself die once so you can see it erupt from your guts and slither off.
The games arsenal is fairly extensive, All four characters have access to USM pistols,a double barrel shotgun, Lacrima Rifle's and Darco Double burner flame units. Weapons unique to Ripley 8 are the electro gun and the Grenade Launcher, Call get's a wicked Laser Rifle, DiStephano while have no unique weapons he is a marine so starts with the Lacrima and a Launcher. Christie weapons include duel pistols and a Rocket launcher.
This is a very hard game but is also very enjoyable and a must for a Alien fan. Cool little things include that Raymond Cruz, Gary Dourdan and Steven Gilborn reprising their roles as 'DiStephano', 'Christie' and 'Father' even though Cruz and Dourdan mainly grunt and scream and have no real line's.
Like the Alien Trilogy from the PS1 also this games not easy to find now these days but if your online you could probably find it second hand. All in all a more then average Alien game. I bought this game when it first came out for christmas and keep in mind that was three years after the films release back in 2000 so thats 14 years ago and I still play it....thats how good that game is.
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