Alien 3

retrobrothers · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:31 am Post subject: Alien 3

Hey guys,

I've just added Alien 3 to my blog if anyone fancies a read.

Not a bad game actually - better than a lot of 'tie ins'

It could have been a great game but turned out to merely 'good'

Alien 3 Amiga

Cheers all.
_________________
Love Amiga Games?
So do I - check out some reviews at Amiga Games

English Invader · Groupie in Training Joined: 15 Jun 2009 Age: 31 Posts: 49

I'm familiar with the Mega Drive and Game Gear versions of Alien 3 and it's always been regarded as one of the finer film tie-ins. Alien 3 is a fine game but it fails to re-create the atmosphere of the movie; it's a great platform shoot-em-up but if it didn't have Alien 3 on the title screen, you'd never know that it had anything to do with the film.

Aliens (UK version) on the C64 and Alien Trilogy on PS1/Sega Saturn are much more successful in terms of re-creating the world of Alien and making you feel like Sigourney Weaver instead of a man with a machine gun.
_________________
I'm an army of one... The man with the gun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHiwR9MR8JI

Predseda · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:47 am Post subject:

Bad game based upon bad movie.
_________________

Shawn Dimery · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:51 am Post subject:

Retroplay · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:53 am Post subject:

I've always liked the Alien 3 movie, the Directors Cut especially.

Btw, Alien 3 on SNES eats the Amiga/Mega Drive version for breakfast.
_________________
RIP mom (1953-2008)

Predseda · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:10 pm Post subject:

I dont like Alien 3 and I think directors cut (extended version) is even worse. Digital effects are just terrible, the whole movie lacks the atmosphere and people there act as fools. First movie is good, the second one is my most favourite movie ever, but third one is just bad. The only positive thing is the setting - the environment of the prison / former factory is fine. And the game has even nothing to do with the movie - hordes of aliens, tons of weapons, I think authors must have smoked something or they never seen the movie.
_________________

CTOJAH · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:25 pm Post subject:

Chuckles · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:31 pm Post subject: Likes

Liked the game better than the movie--
_________________
Who is John Galt?
Better yet--who cares!

MIK UK · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:00 pm Post subject:

The original Alien 3 movie is not worth watching anymore as the directors cut from the Quadrilogy box set is a better take on the film. Proper changed in many places with extras too.
_________________
A1200T, Apollo 1260, 32MB RAM, 3.1 ROMS, 4GB HD, Z4 Board, Picasso II, IOBlix (Serial/Parallel), Squirrel SCSI, 2X CD, IDE 100MB Zip Drive, OS - DOpus Magellan II. Plus an A500+ Yum.

Bebokus · Amiga Enthusiast Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 595

I heard that actually they were planning to make a game based on Aliens, but the third movie came out. So we have Alien 3 plus weapons, and I agree that the Snes version is the best one.