Written by 155 & Rising
August 15, 2001

<2 cents> Hmm, where to start. Nice try, feels very moody, if a bit cramped, with appropriately placed sound clips styled after the second movie and some nice crumpling walls and doors as the aliens attempt to get to you. Unfortunately, it fails on a number of points. The client and mouse sampling is rock bottom low, circa quake 2 online without ps2rate. (Or Unreal Tourney fullstop..) The graphics are probably great, it's just *too* fucking dark to see any of it. And the pulse rifle now sounds shit. :) Largely, a demo from a game requiring far too much polish for the public to be seeing it at all now and I hope to god they don't release it like this, or that'll be the end of the license. </2 cents>

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