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2008-12-18 20:27:14
35 votes, rating 3.5
35 votes, rating 3.5
Aliens
While waiting for Space Hulk...
The old, but excellent, co-op boardgame of Aliens.
Anyone else who played it?
It is almost the same.. at least theme-wise.
And here it is in Flash.
Enjoy!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/408816
Edit: Click "Play this game"
Unfortunately it is only 3 levels, but still... better than nothing.
The old, but excellent, co-op boardgame of Aliens.
Anyone else who played it?
It is almost the same.. at least theme-wise.
And here it is in Flash.
Enjoy!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/408816
Edit: Click "Play this game"
Unfortunately it is only 3 levels, but still... better than nothing.
Comments
Posted by PhrollikK on 2008-12-18 21:29:03
Never played the board game but that was totally cool! Makes me wanna invest in the board game :)
Posted by SillySod on 2008-12-19 00:09:51
LOL, I managed to get two people to survive the first mission, how many should survive? :D
Posted by Gran on 2008-12-19 02:51:07
Damn you for getting me hooked! Really nice game, and quite hard too.
Posted by PhrollikK on 2008-12-19 09:16:51
It's funny that because first time I played the game I got 5 marines to survive(!). Tried it a couple times after that and they all kept dying on me! A very hard game in which methinks I had beginners luck.
Posted by DonTomaso on 2008-12-19 09:53:33
It is hard to finish... I haven't yet.
PhrollikK: Good luck in finding it. Very very difficult (and expensive) to get a hold of.
On e-bay very rarely.. At least so it seems when I've been looking for a while now.
:(
PhrollikK: Good luck in finding it. Very very difficult (and expensive) to get a hold of.
On e-bay very rarely.. At least so it seems when I've been looking for a while now.
:(
Posted by westerner on 2008-12-19 16:01:19
Thanks for linking to a very fun game. Captures the flavor of the movies well as Aliens can come out of nowhere and jump you.
I managed to finish all 3 scenarios but it took several attempts. One strategy that worked OK the first scenario is keeping the MG's back providing long range cover fire while the flamethrowers move up. The MG's eventually die but I was able to get 4-5 others to survive.
If you play thru the scenarios in sequence, I think you can get extra marines depending on who survives.
I managed to finish all 3 scenarios but it took several attempts. One strategy that worked OK the first scenario is keeping the MG's back providing long range cover fire while the flamethrowers move up. The MG's eventually die but I was able to get 4-5 others to survive.
If you play thru the scenarios in sequence, I think you can get extra marines depending on who survives.
Posted by SillySod on 2008-12-20 02:15:01
Ok, I managed to get 5 marines safe through the first mission (everyone was safe until I screwed it up near the end). The trick is to keep moving in a tight bunch and not let anyone get too close to the sides so they dont get jumped on by fresh aliens. By staying in a tight bunch you can concentrate your firepower. Try to keep moving forward where you can... I like to make the pistols go first, then the flamers, then the machine guns, and finally anyone who has 3 activation points. Pistols are pretty useless but having a pot shot dosent hurt, I tend to stick them on the edge of formations so the aliens eat them first.