Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure
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Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure is a 1995
Plot
Players take on the role of Lt. Col. Henry Hericksen, an ex-Colonial Marine aboard the USS Sheridan who is now the commander of a three-man terraforming team tasked with investigating a distress call originating from a remote outpost known as B54C. Players must search through a mining complex for clues.
The main protagonist, Lt. Col. Henricksen, is a nod to famed sci-fi actor
Development and release
In 1994,
The U.S. version of the game was completed in October 1994 and released to manufacturing, of which an initial 120,000 units were produced.[relevant?] In December 1994 Fox disputed that Dark Horse possessed adequate contractual rights to allow sub-licensing of the property to Cryo and Mindscape for a videogame. This caused a delay in the game's release, with Fox eventually relenting and allowing Mindscape to sell only the existing stock, disallowing any further manufacturing or marketing.[citation needed]
Reception
Upon its release, the game received mixed to mostly negative reviews. PC Gamer concluded: "A troubled and disappointing adventure for only the most patient gamer."[1] Joystick said: "The most beautiful adventure game in the world is also one of the most interesting and has a fairly long lifespan."[2]
In a retrospective article, Alexa Ray Corriea and Danielle Riendeau of Polygon wrote Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure "not only made the Aliens feel scary, but added a little more to the franchise by spinning different plot threads through the game."[3] According to Pete Worth of Thunderbolt, "The game featured some high-end graphics and a certain degree of tension but the inventory-based puzzles and grid-based combat were often tedious. Still, it was interesting to see xenomorphs regain their fear-inducing deadliness after being reduced to mere cannon-fodder so often in other games."[4]
On the other hand, Stephen Cleckner of
References
- ^ Vaughn, Todd (February 1996). "Reviews - Aliens". PC Gamer. Vol. 3, no. 2. Future plc. p. 120.
- ^ "Vidéotest - Alien [sic]". Joystick (in French). No. 66. Hachette Disney Presse. December 1995. pp. 58–62.
- ^ "From Atari to Isolation: A video and written history of Alien games". Polygon. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ Pete Worth (2013-02-11). "An Alien Retrospective - feature at Thunderbolt". Thunderboltgames.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ Stephen Kleckner (2014-10-06). "Games of the Alien franchise, Part 1: The bad, the canceled, and the weirdly cool page 2 | GamesBeat | Games | by Stephen Kleckner". Venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ Computer Gaming World No. 148, page 94.