Giveaway of the Day - Alien Terminator Deluxe

Alien Terminator Deluxe: (~38Mb)

The game installs without any shortcut so make a note of where it installs to. It installed to my root directory which is E: and then into my games folder E:\Games, however the root directory is usually C: by default so you’re more likely to find it at C:\Games\AlienTerminatorDeluxe. There is also no uninstaller, so to delete the game just delete the games folder. You’ll find the Gametop version, which I mention below does have an uninstaller, but you do get the usual browser opening when shutting the game down.

There’s a 4.35min video available to watch which will give you a good idea as to what to expect from this game. You can see it Watch video of Alien Terminator HERE

I’m off to the dental hospital in a few moments so haven’t had time to write up a full account of the game. I wasn’t given a download link for a demo of the game, however, I checked online and amazingly found the game for free at Gametop.

The Game

The first level is a tutorial level where you learn to maneuver your vehicle (using the keyboard cursor keys) to move around a maze like structure. The controls are a little twitchy; making it quite hard to control the turning of your vehicles, but it does get easier with a little practice. This is important as in later levels you have to maneuver around lots of objects. You’ll also be given the opportunity to try out the various weapons that you carry on your vehicle. The top mounted weapon is controlled by the movement of the mouse; the mouse pointer becomes the firing reticule and the fire button is the left mouse button; grenades can be thrown by using the right mouse button and the super weapon by using the space bar. All key bindings can be changed to keys more comfortable to the individual by going into the options menu via the main menu. Your main weapon can be changed from the default mini gun to a laser and pulse cannon using the mouse scroll wheel. It appears that all the weapons are upgradeable apart from the grenades, but I wasn’t able to confirm this as I only played as far as level 4 (the Jupiter level). You’ll find each level has a boss stage at the end of the level.

The basic set up of the game play is to destroy a building that holds the force field generators, then go collect the energy sphere that was initially protected by the force field. As soon as you collect the sphere you are attacked by hordes of aliens. As you progress the levels get steadily harder.

You’ll find several bonuses in game. You need to pick these up quickly as they disappear within around 20 to 30 seconds. These include the following:

A…….Armor (health)
S….…Super Weapon
G……Adds 10 grenades
T…….Time deceleration

Your progress is automatically saved at the end of a completed level. Failing to complete a mission means you have to start from the beginning of that level. You can replay any completed missions.

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Conclusion:

Alien Terminator Deluxe plays well, though can become a little repetitive at times. I found it was quite enjoyable the first time around, but because I was taking notes while playing I kept losing my health and having to restart the level, which did make the game feel much too repetitive, however once I completed my notes I was able to progress. I think this is one of those games that you’ll either love or hate. It’s basically on the lines of Alien Shooter and games of that ilk, which I posted links to the other week.

I did find the vehicle difficult to control at first, but with practice it became much easier, but I was never really happy with it. Trying to catch bonuses sometimes became frustrating when trying to maneuver to catch them, especially in later levels where there are lots of obstacles to maneuver around; only for the bonuses to disappear before I had the chance to collect them.

The lack of a developers web site is worrying. We’ve has several games from Some Company; I’d expect to see some sign of a developers credentials and previous work if I was going to purchase this game, though as mentioned below, this game is free all the time at Gametop (very recent addition), so there’s no need (if you know of Gametops existence, lol – by the way, there are a couple more new games available from Gametop).

I’d still give this 7 out of 10 as I think it’s a great game to fill in the odd ten minutes here and ther, the graphics are good and it gets progressively harder.

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Music.

The music fits well with this game. An energetic techno sound, however, if you wish to exchange the six tracks that are in the music folder all you need to do is re name the files to the ones within the folder which can be found by following the path:

C:\………………..\Alien Terminator Deluxe\Data\Music

The music is in the MP3 format which is handy as it simplifies the process.

Slideshow of in game images:

http://s571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/Whiterabbit04/Alien%20Terminator%20Deluxe/?albumview=slideshow

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Similar games available for free:

If you missed today’s game the good news is, its available via Gametop as a 27/7 download. You do of course get the browser opening to Gametops home page every time you shut the computer down, there may be pop ups depending upon what security you have and you do have to uncheck boxes to ensure no toolbars or your browser home page is changed.

Get Alien Terminator Deluxe HERE

The following game is similar to /alien Termination in that you use a vehicle. You can get the same game with two different names from different free sites,

Crimson Road aka Humvee Shootout

Get Crimson Road HERE

or

Get Humvee Shootout HERE

RIP3:

Get RIP3 HERE

Ariel fire:

Get Ariel Fire HERE

Absolute Survival:

Get Absolute Survival HERE

The following game doesn’t have the annoying window opening up when you close the game down:

Theseus: Return of the Hero:

Get Theseus: Return of the Hero HERE

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just posting some spelling errors I found. too obvious to ignore

It was the truck that was the sole hope of the entire planet earth habitants.

what are haitants? do they mean inhabitants?

rabbit, you posted game as being available a 27/7 download at Gametop.
did you mean to say 24/7?

…..MODERATOR COMMENT……

I was determined to at least post a token review. I really should have left it, but I’ve got so used to doing it I couldn’t stop myself. I actually had a rough draft of my impreessions of the game after playing it for 2 to 3 hours yesterday, but left no time to copy out what I’d written. I also wrote the above in a major rush and didn’t even get chance to proof read it. I meant to say it was available 27/7, implying its available any time and all the time, lol.

I may update it with the observations I made last night once I’ve moderated the comments already posted.