Author Topic: Alien Syndrome Wii/PSP (Read 3820 times)

abrader · « **on:** July 25, 2007, 02:07:17 PM »

Who is getting this today? I am picking up the PSP edition after work (preordered).

Anyone get it yet?

Whats the haps?

Wobedraggled · « **Reply #1 on:** July 25, 2007, 02:23:36 PM »

Out already?

hyp · « **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2007, 02:33:47 PM »

i got AS on my gamefly queue. i'm hoping it's not ASS.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2007, 02:40:03 PM »

i'm gonna pick it up tonight for psp. i shall give evilbore a healthy set of early impressions because i care.

Tigerriot · « **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2007, 02:47:13 PM »

Save your money dudz. They even mentioned on EGM Live this week, that they never recieved reviewable copies.

You know what that means.......

tiesto · « **Reply #5 on:** July 25, 2007, 03:46:53 PM »

Alien Syndrome on SMS was pretty assy... I mean the idea was kinda cool (almost like a Zelda in space), but the control and hit detection were such rubbish, not to mention almost as many respawning enemies as the arcade version of Rygar.

demi · « **Reply #6 on:** July 25, 2007, 03:50:44 PM »

Alien_Syndrome_USA_PSP-ZRY

abrader · « **Reply #7 on:** July 25, 2007, 03:57:04 PM »

Quote from: demi on July 25, 2007, 03:50:44 PM

Alien_Syndrome_USA_PSP-ZRY

Can you test it within the next hour an 1/2 so I know wether or not its worth picking up?

Im also getting FFII for PSP today - that FFI for PSP was simply awesome.

abrader · « **Reply #8 on:** July 25, 2007, 03:57:44 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on July 25, 2007, 03:46:53 PM

Alien Syndrome on SMS was pretty assy... I mean the idea was kinda cool (almost like a Zelda in space), but the control and hit detection were such rubbish, not to mention almost as many respawning enemies as the arcade version of Rygar.

I personally love the SEGA Ages Alien Syndrome remake on PS2.

demi · « **Reply #9 on:** July 25, 2007, 04:00:42 PM »

I saw some old videos of it back when it was on SMS and such, having not played it before, and it looked like shit so I'm not downloading it

FF2 is the worst game in the entire series so I won't get that either

Shit week for PSP

Next week is Brave Story and D&D Tactics though

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #10 on:** July 25, 2007, 04:22:36 PM »

no reviewable copies is disturbing. still, the game has been in development for two years by larry holland and totally games, and sega is publish...oh FUCK

hyp · « **Reply #11 on:** July 25, 2007, 05:15:32 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on July 25, 2007, 04:22:36 PM

no reviewable copies is disturbing. still, the game has been in development for two years by larry holland and totally games, and sega is publish...oh FUCK

what else did totally games and larry holland do? that should be enough for me to keep or take it off my queue.

demi · « **Reply #12 on:** July 25, 2007, 05:17:52 PM »

Quote from: hyp on July 25, 2007, 05:15:32 PM

Quote from: Professor Prole on July 25, 2007, 04:22:36 PM
no reviewable copies is disturbing. still, the game has been in development for two years by larry holland and totally games, and sega is publish...oh FUCK

what else did totally games and larry holland do? that should be enough for me to keep or take it off my queue.

1988 - Battlehawks 1942
1989 - Their Finest Hour: Battle of Britain
1991 - Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
1993 - Star Wars: X-Wing
1994 - Star Wars: TIE Fighter
1997 - Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
1998 - Star Wars: X-Wing Collector's Series
1999 - Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
2000 - Star Wars: X-Wing Trilogy
2002 - Star Trek: Bridge Commander
2003 - Secret Weapons Over Normandy
2007 - Alien Syndrome (2007)

Dunno if this Larry guy did any of that, I snagged that from wiki

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #13 on:** July 25, 2007, 05:28:27 PM »

I think D&D Tactics may have been pushed to August 14th

hyp · « **Reply #14 on:** July 25, 2007, 05:32:08 PM »

Quote from: demi on July 25, 2007, 05:17:52 PM

1988 - Battlehawks 1942
1989 - Their Finest Hour: Battle of Britain
1991 - Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
1993 - Star Wars: X-Wing
1994 - Star Wars: TIE Fighter
1997 - Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
1998 - Star Wars: X-Wing Collector's Series
1999 - Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
2000 - Star Wars: X-Wing Trilogy
2002 - Star Trek: Bridge Commander
2003 - Secret Weapons Over Normandy
2007 - Alien Syndrome (2007)

Dunno if this Larry guy did any of that, I snagged that from wiki

thanks demi, that's not a bad track record... the x-wing games were decent back in the day. but looking at that 'ography, it's been a while since they've done anything else. nothing like alien syndrome either.

abrader · « **Reply #15 on:** July 25, 2007, 07:01:44 PM »

ok dammit -0 i was too busy about to play super contra to be bothered - but now after seeing that resume im intrigued.

Loading Alien syndrome PSP up now.

TVC15 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 25, 2007, 07:37:44 PM »

I want impressions quickly!

abrader · « **Reply #17 on:** July 25, 2007, 08:08:43 PM »

so far i think the game is a serious snore...

- the combat is boring old school gauntlet style (stand in a doorway so the enemies cant surround you and are forced to walk single file into your shots)

- It tries too hard with the RPG elements, not needed and not implimented well...

- the music so far is non notable

- the only boss i fought so far was engaging as any other enemy except he shot better...

Since I cant tell if this game is a keeper or not so far , I will dedicate my PSP playing to it for a bit to see how everything pans out.

its annoying that there are 1,000 items to pick up a second and you cant really carry alot - you find yourself pausing alot, and "scrapping" (an action like in some games where you can convert unneeded items into some sort of monetary points) and not knowing what the fukk to think of the item creation menu...

I wish it at least followed the old Alien Syndrome formula instead of trying to be what could be the worlds worst dungeon crawler.

I wanted to

- board a ship
- fight a tight time limit
- rescue hostages
- barely make it out alive
- fight badass bosses guarding the exit as the clock counted down...

not having the frantic time limits really takes the piss out of alien syndrome....

I REALLY home the game gets better during or after the first ship...

abrader · « **Reply #18 on:** July 25, 2007, 08:10:20 PM »

Any wii doods out there get it?

TVC15 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 25, 2007, 08:12:21 PM »

Doesn't sound like those are problems the waggle could fix

The Sceneman · « **Reply #20 on:** July 25, 2007, 08:13:54 PM »

Yeah, from abrader's impressions, sounds like a fucken turd. I'll wait for Metroid Prime I think

abrader · « **Reply #21 on:** July 25, 2007, 08:15:55 PM »

Its like Untold Legends meets Alien syndrome.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #22 on:** July 25, 2007, 08:27:04 PM »

that's what i want, though: diablo in space. fuck the original! how are the load times on the psp version, and are the graphics confusing or easy to follow?

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #23 on:** July 25, 2007, 08:28:32 PM »

oh, i won't be able to get it until friday -- thanks, gamecrazy

abrader · « **Reply #24 on:** July 25, 2007, 08:31:13 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on July 25, 2007, 08:27:04 PM

that's what i want, though: diablo in space. fuck the original! how are the load times on the psp version, and are the graphics confusing or easy to follow?

no notable load-times...and I need to see more of it to comment on the GFX.

I ned to try it 2P co-op - no infrastructure mode, and hardly no friends own PSP, much less this game.

abrader · « **Reply #25 on:** July 25, 2007, 08:34:01 PM »

I wish the game had a great combat engine like Killzone PSP.....then the RPG elements would be sex me thinks....

Also they should let you carry more...

At the beginning you make a character - same girl but many job types. I chose survivor.

you have all kinds of attributes tied to your job class - weapon and armor affinities, strength, dextarity, aiming, endurance....you have melee weapons but I havent tried yet...

Maybe I was just to hott for some coinop super contra action to see how lovely deep it was...

thats why - I need to play more

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #26 on:** July 25, 2007, 09:13:36 PM »

how much is it going for?

abrader · « **Reply #27 on:** July 26, 2007, 12:34:50 AM »

I played it a bit more...the levels are ok and do get better. The enemies get a bit more varied...

I wonder if this is more fun on Wii where 2 player co-op is easier.

I still just think its ok - some of the enemies even early on require so many shots - and so many of them spawn that you will sometimes spend like 2-4 minutes in one spot just nonstop shooting/killing.

It gets a little boring and numb feeling.

I will press on further. I think i can feel ok about keepingthis title in the library - but so far it just feels as good as Untold Legends.

I have managed to get a better grip on managing the ammo/weapon/item drops...and know how to properly use my ammo/energy.

demi · « **Reply #28 on:** July 26, 2007, 12:46:03 PM »

The camera angle sucks ass. I didn't really like it. Your character is a chick, I guess she's supposed to be from the "first" Alien Syndrome, that's what the story says anyway. There's different classes to chose from, different stats like armor (what you can equip) - weapons - stats (fire resistance, shock, poison, etc.). I chose "Tank" and they gave me a staff to whack things with. I walked around and eventually beat up big yellow turds. Got bored, shut it off. abrader's impressions are pretty around there, it is like an Untold Legends / Diablo

demi · « **Reply #29 on:** July 26, 2007, 01:08:57 PM »

And you have this little robot helper thing, it Crafts equipment and items for you, but I didn't understand how it exactly worked. I just clicked all the armor and it churned it out no problem.

abrader · « **Reply #30 on:** July 27, 2007, 05:09:15 AM »

i played it more earlier.

It kind of grows on you a bit as yiu get further in.

+ The enemies become far more evolved than the initial turds
+ they hunt, swarm, mob you and appearantly spawn limitlessly once you get past map 3
+ you get better weapons and melee weapons that actually do some vandamage

- still feels like the same old grind over and over.
- a good point of the game is that you can get better weapons and armor that start to look pretty damn cool on your character / the downside is that on the PSP screen you could mistake your character for a small small sugar ant or a flea and will only get to see this stuff on the sharacter screen / you can forget about your ad-hoc player 2 being able to see the gear you have collected too unless you show him on yer screen.

For now id give this game a 7.0 - it really needed online play and a better camera - otherwise it just goes to the dungeon crawler pile....

JPN PSN store got Kings Field today. Makes me wanna go bust out my PSOne copy and play a challenging RPG

abrader · « **Reply #31 on:** July 27, 2007, 09:32:53 AM »

I also forgot to mention many times that the PSP edition features some mega slowdown when the screen gets swarmed....

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Author Topic: Alien Syndrome Wii/PSP (Read 3820 times)