I had absolutely no issues getting into the controls, even back when I first played it upon release.

This new way of playing was the biggest notch against it for many reviewers at the time but it's since become standard. Alien Resurrection was the first game to use both analogue sticks of a DualShock controller for movement with the shoulder buttons being used more than the face buttons. There wasn't any real standard for their console counterparts so Argonaut chose to do something different. Or at least it was unique for the time.īy 2000, the mouse and keyboard set up had become the norm for first-person-shooters on the PC. This whole introduction is perfectly designed, with a pace that allows you to get to grips with the rather unique control method. There are moments before this where you'll catch a xenomorph scuttle by in the corner of your eye which, in all honesty, freaked me out more than any of the actual fights. It will be ten minutes or so until you find a weapon and it will be that time again before you encounter an enemy. Dead crew members are strewn around the place and the electrics are going haywire. Playing as Ripley, it begins with you waking up to a space station in a crisis completely defenceless. Unlike Alien Trilogy or Alien vs Predator, Resurrection has more of a focus on a thoughtful philosophy to its level design. A shame considering it's pretty damn good. With all this going on it's no surprise the game wasn't exactly a hit. On top of all this, the admittedly superior (though not by much) Alien vs Predator on the PC came out the year before. Critics and fans alike agreed it was by far the worst in the series and the PlayStation 2 was to be released imminently, hogging all the industry hype. The movie it was based on was coming up to three years old and quickly being forgotten. Was the additional 3 years in development well worth the wait? Hell yes it was!Īrgonaut Software's first-person-shooter had a lot going against it. The movie came out in 1997 but it wasn't until the new millennium that the tie-in came out on the original PlayStation. The videogame adaptation of Alien Resurrection really missed the boat.

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