Alien Breed: Impact is apparently a remake of a very old Amiga game, which is impressive. It probably takes nothing but a theme from the game, but it's great to see an old game get a remake.
Unfortunately, that's the last time I'll probably use the word great for Alien Breed: Impact, or really anything in this series.
It's not that these are awful games. They are technically good games, and functional. It's just the games themselves do nothing interesting or impressive in the least. The player goes between waypoints, presses A for a few seconds and then goes somewhere else. The whole time alien bugs are trying to kill him. He does this for five levels and there's a boss fight (A boss fight that was easy to not get hit during) and then the game is over.
While the game lasts 5 hours, I don't even know if I was truly interested in a full hour of the gameplay in total. The multiplayer is dead, but if you're not playing with someone I'm not sure if there's much reason to even play this game. The game is just doesn't do anything interesting after a level. You get more weapons but nothing even worth spoiler. They all operate about the same, and none feel that powerful.
The levels mostly start, to go to point A, get blocked, sidetrack to open a door, then go back, then get blocked again and sidetrack again, then come back. It's repetitive, but it's mostly just wave after wave of the same enemy. There are at least 6 or seven enemies in the game, but I really only remember 3 that constantly harass the player, and there's not much to tell there.
Is it a bad game? No, but it's not a good game. I don't know who I'd recommend this game to. Maybe someone who REALLY loves twin-stick shooters wants to shoot a lot of bugs over and over and has a lot of time on their hands. But really, I'm sure there are a few games that do it better than Alien Breed: Impact. Personally, I'd recommend Geometry wars, Everday Shooter, Beat Hazard, or HellDivers.
Note: I got this in a humble bundle I bought to get the Worm games which are also from Team 17, which I enjoy. This was an add-in that I was not planning on buying.
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