Alien Syndrome
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Classic Example on Why Remakes are Bad
When i bought this game, i was lulled into believing that this was a good re-incarnation of the Sega classic which hit arcades back in 1987. But what i got instead was a shameless re-make which takes place 100 years after the events of the original Alien Syndrome, and to top it all off, it's more of a hack-and-slash like the 3D Gauntlet games (Legends and Dark Legacy). As if that wasn't enough, you'll find yourself waving the wii remote frantically trying to figure out what to do.
3/11/11
This game is GARBAGE!!!!!!
I love my Wii more than all of my other things combined. Alien Syndrome made me rethink this statement. When I first bought this game I was so exited to go home and play it. The game description was very well done and would trick even the most hardcore gamers into getting this game. I soon realized that the game would make a better pizza cutter than a Wii game. It was seriously, the worst game I have ever played. I was truly disgusted. This was the easiest game in the world. I had no trouble beating the enemies. The only thing that made it a challenge was the camera. The camera was directly above the player and you couldn't see anything around you. The graphics were LAME! I could hardly tell what anything was. As far as I was concerned, it was a pathetic attempt at making at making a computer generated alien. They all looked like square blobs! The producers were too lazy to add a decent story line. Your stuck on a ship with some poorly animated monsters. Big deal! The controls just didn't feel right. I would have changed the entire layout. In the weapons menu, it was all so complicated. I couldn't figure it out. Everyone knows that the Wii speaker on the Wii remote sounds like a child's blaster. Imagine that, only ALL of the sounds had that kind of quality (Or lack of it). There wasn't even background music. You can't even finish the game because it's so bad. You will play this game for thirty seconds, at max, and decide that this game is worthless. Alien Syndrome was by far the worst game I have ever played. If you have some spare money and you want to buy this game, burn it instead. You will get more enjoyment out of lighting your hard earned cash on fire than wasting it on this piece of garbage!
3/15/09
A complete waste of money
ok i thought this game would be pretty sweet but soon...and i mean very soon i found out just how wrong i was. camera first of all the camera is as if on the ceiling looking nearly straight down on you, so your vision is pretty limited. you can zoom in...but why would you zoom in so close you cant see 10feet all around you. the ant army method is used heavily here too. i.e. making 1000 of the same monster and send them against you. you never see them pop, only a minor, small text, very easily missed message in the corner says when enemies are around and about to attack you. weapons weapons in the most part are fine, only ones i found useful in the long run were energy weapons since the only way to run out of ammo is to run out of energy that comes from your suit.which, if you put points into the rite places can never happen. there is one model for the melee weapons that i saw but many many colors to separate each type from another. also there are bombs, flamethrowers, and automatic guns, but no shotgun oddly enough. controls and interface very simplistic, push button to pick up items and open doors, point wii mote to fire and look in certain directions. the personal menus can be very confusing at first glance. the robot buddy that comes with you on your journey not only helps you fight but also makes items for you at times. most of the time the stuff is total junk but a ruby pops up every blue moon. challenge i gave this a 2 for a very simple reason.....you point and shoot til whatever you want dead is dead.....that's it.... most enemies in the game are insanely slow so as you fire you just back petal til they go pop. same with the bosses. point, run, shoot, and heal when needed. graphics and animation the animation in this game is very smooth, running, swinging your melee weapon, moving your gun in a direction your point your wii mote thats different from where your running from is all well done. but the graphics suck. the main character model, the stages, everything about this visuals was lazily done. final thought this game was so awful that even though i tried to play it, i ground the final boss to the first area for the best energy weapon i could get, which took about 2hours since i kept getting everything but what i wanted. and forced myself to play this game to get my moneys' worth. i can only say now that it'll be never worth it. do not buy this game.
2/18/09
Remakes
This a remake of the old Alien Syndrome from the old sega console days. It was a awesome game then... and if Sega plays the rpg/action elements right. They could have a hit game. Either way I see it this game is going to be a hit rather a sleeper or fly off the shelves.
7/17/07
i don't know.....
This game DOES have potential, but as has already been said, so far Wii shooters havn't been all that great. It could end up being an amazing, must-buy game for Wii owners, or it could end up being a total waste of money, i'll at least rent it, ans see if it's good enough to buy. Definetly not worth a pre-order, rent when it comes out then decide. I'll post a review after playing it
7/16/07
Rip off
this is just a rip off of an awesome UT2K4 mod called Alien Swarm is suggest you play that instead because it has better graphics and is likely a much much better game. Its really a sad thing to see people stealing mod makers ideas and then selling them as their own new game play types.
7/15/07
Nope
Well... ok well last time nintendo released a re-make of an old game it was Excite Truck. Which i guess ok to good. But in this case im not to sure. Nintendo hasnt done to good on shooters this season. So i guess all we have to do is wait for the in-game preveiws to come out then we cross our fingers. Good Gaming, Cageddog
7/3/07
Yeah..
I agree with shooteriswrong.... don't post fakies. One thing though. It doesn't matter how many good previews a game gets, especially this one, because it looks like a Nintendo stab at Outerspace Shooters. They did good with Metroid, but any other games of the genre from them... I think it will be pretty much the same. Different characters, of course, but it will all be utilized on Nintendos single deciding factor: the remote. That motion sensor is what makes it all happen. Take away that, its gonna be a horrible game. We'll just have to see. SC
6/28/07
lies
people that give this game a bad preveiw they do not have a wii this will be a good game. if you have a wii this will be one of the wiis best games. aliens and humans lets just say a alien movie but you are the main star. if you like guns and aliens you will really like it, who really cares if it was made 10 years ago they made alot of improvements since then. it WILL be a big hit.
6/28/07
10 years ago!!!
Ahhh ten years ago 1997. Junior in college playing; I know those times can be a little hazy but I am sure I was playing Goldeneye for the N64 and not Ice Climber for the NES. So lets make it about 20 years ago huh 1987. Thats more like it.
6/27/07