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Quick Look: Alien Breed: Impact

Geez Mike! This little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training!

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Jun. 22 2010

Cast: Dave, Vinny

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

Alien Breed: Impact

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good desktop lock-up ending.

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@Protome said:
" @TehJedicake said:
" I'll never get why people use controllers on PC games...  mouse > controller "
It depends on the game type. Dual Joystick shooters like this = better with controller. Mouse is adequate, but it's one of the few game genres that work better with a controller. Mouse is just better for strategy games, first person shooters, third person shooters,  RPGs, Sim games and well made/ported action games.  "
Couldn't disagree more. It's far easier to aim with the mouse then with a joystick in any situation.
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Looks fun!  Put that on XBLA/PSN

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Edited By Quacktastic

I'm also the guy who thinks Alien is way better than Aliens.
 
This game looks pretty good.

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@Quacktastic said:
" I'm also the guy who things Alien is way better than Aliens. "
That's because you know what you're talking about and are not a fool.
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OMG 
LOOK AT THOSE BRUSSEL SPROUT THINGS

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@drew327:  Wow, really? ...
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Bought this game, too bad they didn't show the Co-Op in the Quicklook, it's pretty good.

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That's a very random game to show.
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This looks like an old game I have called the same thing from the early 90s. I remember it cus it was hard to get it to work on the computer I had at the time, but the game is really cool. The flashlight was used very effectively. 
 
I wonder if this game is a remake of that. I remember that game ripping off Aliens pretty hardcore. The enemies all looked like Aliens from the Alien movies.

 

Ah well, I dont know if it has any relation to that game but it reminds me of it. I have to play that game again. Its a cool game. I might check this out too. 
 
Edit: No that wasnt it. ignore that last edit 
Edit #2: Yep Alien Breed Tower Assault which was a sequel to Alien Breed. I knew it. Sorry I had to find it, that was killing me =P

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The co-op looked so awesome. Especially what happens at the end of co-op with desktops.

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And for those who care - steam has a demo available.  Cause demos sell games.

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@NTM: I noticed that they tend to show PC games that are displayed very often on steam as featured games. Think I've seen this game on sale like twice. Didn't look interesting at ALL. But now it seems like I'll get it next time it's on sale for 5 dollars or something...
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@Spoonman671 said:
" @Quacktastic said:
" I'm also the guy who things Alien is way better than Aliens. "
That's because you know what you're talking about and are not a fool. "
Oh c'mon now. I liked Alien a lot as well, but don't try to act like a person thinking Aliens is better is nonsense. There is a reason why most quotes people use from those movies come from the second one.
 
"They mostly come out at night... Mostly"
"I like to keep this handy... For close encounters."
"Stay frosty!"
"Game over man! GAME OVER!"
 
Those are just a few. Really, anything that came from Hudson's mouth was pretty good.
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Why don't you put her in charge

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Oh man. Getting jumped while activating switches looks like it would get really annoying, really fast.

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Check out that hot desktop wallpaper.

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what's fsbeta? in their recently downloaded?
 
Edit: oh never mind it's frozen synapse

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THOSE ALIENS ARE COMMUNISTS

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The return of Mike!

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@MAST: Actually. I prefer Mouse & Keyboard over controllers for most genres. "Dual Stick" shooters however, like this one, I prefer to go with a controller. If we want to talk about origins, you'd look to Robotron as the input method (two arcade sticks) as the reasoning behind that as a preferred method for these types of games. Pick the right tool for the job I say. I play racing games exclusively with wheels for example. It's one reason I didn't buy or have any interest in Blur, because that game doesn't support wheels on the PC (not that it would be a good experience, but that was enough for me to know to stay away from that game).
 
If anything I've found that people tend to choose their version of a game not because of the input method, but because of achievements, which seems absolutely bonkers to me. Me, I just want the best version possible, and I'm a big fan of STEAM and it's portability. So I'll forgo 360 achievements for better graphics, a mod community and keyboard support. To each his own.
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ugh, im not a fan of mike. Im also not a fan of drew but thats for another comment.

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This is on the PC... WHERE IT BELONGS.  =D

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@digeratiX90:  Psh, they're great in my book, I enjoy all the varied commentary.
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"Starcraft II Beta + Crack" 

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I like the way the menu pops up with the blue static. Might be getting this.

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@digeratiX90 said:
" ugh, im not a fan of mike. Im also not a fan of drew but thats for another comment. "
Uh, okay? You often randomly walk around telling people you don't like them?
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Actually this reminds me of Space Siege...

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Vinny makes everything more entertaining...

I remember really liking the original Alien Breed on my Amiga 500..

Didn't like the xbla trial though...

And Aliens was fucking awesome when it came out, and still is!

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I used to play Alien Breed on my Amiga 32 as a kid. It was kinda wierd when I think about it, very limited ammo and if you ran out you were pretty much screwed unless you had some money and could get to a shop. 
 
You could also run out of keys for doors so you'd be stuck, you could spend a bunch of bullets shooting the door open, but yeah limited ammo. I mostly remember using all the keys to get into the treasure vault on level one, then going back to a terminal and using the password to get to level 2.

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Never should have made 'Aliens'?????? Fuck off!!

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Quick Look, my old friend, you've been missed. Now to go watch that Flotilla QL again because Steam makes me feel like I have too much money.

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'Cause you know with PC quicklooks, they sometimes end on a desktop. 
 
At least no nuke was involved this time around.

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this is on xbla? what about PSN? looks kind of awesome

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Thanks for the QL!  Didnt even realize there was a version on XBLA, going to have to check it out.

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I have the weirdest urge to see Aliens now.

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[nerdrage] 
it's Vasquez, not Ramirez.... 
[/nerdrage]

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This looks like a gritty Expendable remake. Not bad, actually.

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Makes me think of a SC2 custom map I played actually

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Injection - Extraction
 
That's how it goes...

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This game looks alright. Seems like something great to pick up on the cheap.
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Man, they really lost all the drama of deactivating the core from the original.  It was a tense as hell race to the exit while red emergency lights flickered, sirens blaring and floods of aliens.  It looks like in this you sit next to the damn reactor turtling out the time limit. Bleh.

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@Splodge said:
" Never should have made 'Aliens'?????? Fuck off!! "
Yeah, 'never should have made' is harsh, but Aliens *did* dramatically change the premise, it was no longer the masterfully made deep-space horror that Alien was. Also, it was an example that changes aren't necessarily bad, Aliens was several kinds of awesome. They tried to change it back from the over-compensatory, dripping with testosterone (and awesome) space marine movie into something more like Alien , and what we got was the even less popular Alien 3, which I still liked a whole lot, not a bit less than Aliens, in some strange way. It must be the one thing all of them had in common: those memorable characters.
 
On the game itself, I gave it a try, and I was quietly impressed with how decent the writing was, even though the Quick Look Squad made it look arbitrary and almost superfluous. The thing is, the writing was really passable, regarding the fact that it seemed so tacked-on.
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Game over man, game over.
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mount and blade warband represent!!

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@digeratiX90 said:
" ugh, im not a fan of mike. Im also not a fan of drew but thats for another comment. "
these are the best quick looks
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This looks great, had no idea it was on XBLA. I'll have to get it this weekend.

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Monday I will purchase this, monday is also the day I am building my new pc 

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This video discovered the truth of Half Life 2: Episode 3.  Gordon Freeman makes no goddamn sense!  Abandon ship!!!