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(Temporary) free (old) game: Alien Shooter!

FremFrem Registered User regular
edited April 2007 in Games and Technology
So, there's this site that gives away a new game every day. 95% of the time, it's all pretty much crap. Today, they're giving us fun crap. http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/alien-shooter/

The game is Alien Shooter. Think, like, your average Diablo clone. With guns. In the future. Also, Zerg. I've been having fun with it for the past half hour.

Each level consists of two parts. First, an endless journey through the darkened reaserch complex to flip the lightswitch. For some reason, all the star-trek doors start working when the lights come on. Behind one of those doors is a freaking massive horde of aliens. The second part of your quest is to kill each and every single one of the aliens and beam out, leaving a trail of red (or green. family friendly!) blood in your wake.

Screenshot:
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That pretty much sums everything up right there. Guy with a big gun against a straight line of pathfinding-impared zerglings. Behold the amazing desk-chair physics.

Yeah, only like 7 and a half hours left to download before the offer expires. The install seems to be free of badware. Have fun.

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  • FirebrandFirebrand Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Looks like Crusader: No Remorse took a teleporter into Theme Hospital.

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    They need to remake crusader. That game was awesome.

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  • LemmingLemming Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Oh wow

    This game is awesome!

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  • brynstarbrynstar Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Sweet, I love this style of game. Thanks for posting this. I'll have to check out this giveaway site more often. And yeah, a new Crusader game would be amazing.

    People would probably just complain that it ripped off Halo and Diablo though...ugh.

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  • DamionDamion Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    I just passed this up this morning when I got email. I'm glad you posted it or I would have never given it a second thought.

    not bad for a mindless shooter.

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  • FremFrem Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    brynstar wrote: »
    People would probably just complain that it ripped off Halo and Diablo though...ugh.

    Yeah, I've had quite a few "Crap, it's the flood!" and "Onoes, Zerg rush!" moments. The solution to these impossible situations with 5000 red beasties coming at you in a hallway seems to be purely "Buy a bigger gun."
    Not that that's bad or anything.

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  • JensenJensen Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Hey this game is pretty cool :D

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  • HarshLanguageHarshLanguage Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I'm going to look the gift horse in the mouth. You have to download and install the game within the "giveaway" period - 1 day. So no future installations, and clearly the installer is "phoning home" to check the date. And (being as I'm suspicious of free things) I wonder what other info is it sending? The terms and conditions mentioned in the install process do not appear to actually exist on the site (at least not in anyplace I can find). They say it's adware/spyware free, but nothing seems to hold them to that. That's a little scary.

    So free game = Yay. Strings attached = Boo.

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    > turn on light
    Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
  • JimpyJimpy Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Anyone else having a problem where absolutely none of the text appears on the menus?

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  • ValernosValernos Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    So how is this related to Alien Shooter:Vengeance? AS:V looked pretty cool, and this does look like the same kinda thing. Is this just a powered down older version?

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Alien shooter vengeance is the sequel..i think

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  • JensenJensen Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I love running through a huge crowd of aliens with the minigun. It's awesome.

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    AS:V's sort of like a reimagining, I think. Makes me wonder if it'll get expansion packs as well.
    HarshLanguage wrote: »
    I'm going to look the gift horse in the mouth. You have to download and install the game within the "giveaway" period - 1 day. So no future installations, and clearly the installer is "phoning home" to check the date. And (being as I'm suspicious of free things) I wonder what other info is it sending? The terms and conditions mentioned in the install process do not appear to actually exist on the site (at least not in anyplace I can find). They say it's adware/spyware free, but nothing seems to hold them to that. That's a little scary.

    So free game = Yay. Strings attached = Boo.
    So what's to stop people from getting "creative" once they've got it installed? Not that I advocate such, of course.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Survival score: 123, 311.

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  • LemmingLemming Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Oh man

    I am so buying Alien Shooter: Vengeance

    SO BUYING IT

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  • LemmingLemming Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    Survival score: 123, 311.

    229,555 bitch

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  • The Muffin ManThe Muffin Man Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    This is probably the most fun I've ever had playing a free game. Although the "No updates" probably means they've put some game-fucking bug they'll fix in a week...meaning you either buy it, or you're screwed.

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  • XieflowXieflow Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    the non-game side of the giveaway of the day is pretty sweet a lot of days... probably. I've downloaded a lot of stuff, but haven't used anything yet, because it's usually specific-case stuff.

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  • JobastionJobastion Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Frem. Thank you. Win. You WIN HARD. Now I'm a go kill aliens.

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  • HarshLanguageHarshLanguage Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    This is surprisingly fun. I think I like it more than AS:V, for some reason. Not much difference in the graphics, though the AS:V animations are a lot smoother.

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    > turn on light
    Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Meh. The little cannon fodder lizards just don't have that awesome something that makes the spider things from Vengeance so - well, awesome. That and the lack of the so-obscene-it-must-be-a-parody gibbing. Still fun, though.

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  • LemmingLemming Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Oh man

    I just played the demo for Alien Shooter: Vengeance

    That is definitely getting bought tomorrow

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Lemming wrote: »
    Oh man

    I just played the demo for Alien Shooter: Vengeance

    That is definitely getting bought tomorrow
    I've wanted to buy it for awhile..but no stores around me have even heard of it..and the last update they gave on the digital download version was "We'll also be announcing Alien Shooter: Vengeance's availability as a digital download in the coming weeks. " over a month ago..>WHY WONT THEY TAKE MY MONEY!?

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I tried this game once from a link from Crimsonland (which I will go on record saying is the best thing man has ever made) but it blue screen crashed my computer when I installed it. It looked very similar to Crimsonland minus the 2D awsomesauce

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    taliosfalcon wrote: »
    Lemming wrote: »
    Oh man

    I just played the demo for Alien Shooter: Vengeance

    That is definitely getting bought tomorrow
    I've wanted to buy it for awhile..but no stores around me have even heard of it..and the last update they gave on the digital download version was "We'll also be announcing Alien Shooter: Vengeance's availability as a digital download in the coming weeks. " over a month ago..>WHY WONT THEY TAKE MY MONEY!?
    ...so why didn't you just snag it from Amazon or something? That's, like, ten days at worst by freebie-mail.

    Hmm. This could lead to some interesting discussion. ::Heads off to the freeform forum::

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  • LemmingLemming Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    There isn't much time for this

    I HIGHLY recommend that everyone download and install this game immediately, it's SUPER awesome

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Alien Shooter: Vengeance was really hard to find when it was first released, but I've noticed it's gotten easier. Many Gamestop's carry the game (check their website to see if any stores near you do) & I noticed that my local Circuit City had a couple in stock when I was there yesterday buying a DVD.

    AS:V is also known as Alien Shooter 2 so it's the sequel to this free game. I haven't tried the first game, but AS:V is a lot of fun in a mostly mindless blow up everything in sight way. I haven't played it as much as I'd like (got distracted with stuff like Castlevania on XBLA, the Titan Quest expansion, and now Guitar Hero 360), but I have a 5 day weekend starting tomorrow so I'll probably work on the Story mode (finished the Survival Mode on Normal already).

    AS: Vengeance really gives you that feeling of incredible power to an extent that few games I've played have matched. Among other things, if you max out the rocket launcher line of weapons in Survival Mode, the final weapon it gives you is a Nuclear Warhead Launcher that destroys all normal enemies instantly without injuring you, seriously damages mini-bosses & the final boss, has an area of effect larger than the screen, and has a rate of fire of about once every 5 seconds. Oh and ammo is not a problem. And the really fun thing is that you practically need that weapon at that point in the game due to the crazy number of monsters that show up at that point.

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  • The_DcipleThe_Dciple Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Oh fuck.

    I got to the part with the giant assed turret.

    <3<3<3

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    The_Dciple wrote: »
    Oh fuck.

    I got to the part with the giant assed turret.

    <3<3<3

    I seriously hope you buy a flamethrower for the next level.

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  • TrevorTrevor Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Apparently I missed it, what a bummer.

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