Alien Trilogy is a first-person shooter that combines all three Alien movies into one quest broken into three chapters. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of its respective movie, but does not follow the order in which they were released.
You begin on LV426--the setting of the sequel, Aliens. The game then flows into the prison colony of Alien 3 and finally comes to a close aboard the derelict spacecraft from the original Alien. Regardless of their order, each quest requires the completion of missions loosely based on those of the movies. They range from going from point A to point B to destroying the Queen's nest. Each one intertwines with the overall story line, which is told via cinema sequences rendered and inspired by the movies.
Also lifted from the movies are the way the three sections are presented in atmosphere, mood, and level design. Most corridors are dark and ominous and attempt to embrace the player with a feeling of suspense and fear. All of the creatures seen in the movies have been included, such as the face-hugger and regular aliens. If it's not killed fast enough, the former will jump up on your face/screen and begin sucking your life away.
Alien Trilogy is for one player only. Playing with the lights off or on is entirely up to you...H.R. Geiger's Alien creature, still ranks as one of the big screens greatest creations, spawning three very good movies, Alien, Aliens and Alien 3. Here we have Acclaim pitting the player against the Alien in a game based on the successful trilogy of films.
The game is split into three sections, with the first revolving around the story line of the second movie, Aliens, where the objective is to explore LV426, seek out the stricken colonists and clear an access for the Marine landing. The second section is set on Fiorina, the isolated prison colony, where your objectives are reminiscent of the Alien 3 story line. The third and final section is loosely based on the crashed Alien ship, which appeared briefly in the Alien movie.
The plot for each section is explained via a series of intermission FMV scenes, which would not look out of place in any of the movies.
There are thirty three levels and bonus areas, with each of the three sections concluding with a battle with the Queen who must be defeated in order to advance further.
Manufacturer's description:
Alien Trilogy features all the gut-churning fear of the complete Alien saga in one black-death, white-knuckle nightmare. Welcome to the first-person, 3-D blitzkrieg of overwhelming horror that no one can resist! This is the hottest game around!
You're Ripley...and you're facing over 30 levels of hell!
They've lost contact with the colonists on LV426. The Company sent you there to find out what happened. You hope that there is just some communications problem...but deep down, you know... they're back!
But you haven't come unprepared. You're packing the state-of-the-art alien-killer tool kit!
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- SCI-FI, Futuristic & Aliens themes.
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