Alien Shooter

Alien Shooter is an old friend of mine, I first played this bad boy back in 2006, when it was already 3 years old. Today there are 2 sequels and a Zombie Shooter clone, all of which can be bought on Steam as a pack for 14.99. A Top Down Third Person Shooter with little distinction and a great deal of fun, this one comes highly recommended. Being as how there is so little difference between these 4 titles I'll treat them as one entity.

Alien Shooter Survival Mode

I had some trouble playing the first Alien Shooter on Windows 8.1, even setting the compatibility mode to Windows XP didn't help, the game loaded, but the video flashed off and on, however Alien Shooter: Revisited worked perfectly once I set the compatibility mode, and, being that Alien Shooter and Alien Shooter: Revisited are basically the same game, I wasn't worried about getting the first one working.

Zombie Shooter: As Mythbusters has taught us, everything becomes more fun when a Minigun gets added.

The games are very simplistic in story, alien invasion at a secret facility, it's up to you to stop them, blah, blah, blah (even Zombie Shooter is actually an alien shooter). The campaigns are short, you can play through the entire campaign in under an hour, and there is almost no difficulty curve; shoot more aliens, make more money to buy better weapons and ammo, and look for secret areas for extra equipment and money. What I like about the game is, despite the predictability, the game keeps being fun, thanks to an easy and well made interface and an amazing balance that keeps your guns on par with the swarming enemies.

My favorite part of the game has always been the Survival mode, just you against ever increasing waves of aliens, killing them will drop upgrades and ammo, and it keeps going until you get overwhelmed. In a rare treat Alien Shooter: Revisited actually upgraded the survival mode to include a Turret mode. If you can't be kept happy endlessly shooting wave after wave of alien life, using bigger and bigger guns, leaving nothing but greasy smears on the ground then I pity the cold sterile childhood you were subjugated to.

I'm giving this one a 7/10, the fun won't last forever, but there's lots there while it lasts.