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Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.

Alien Breed: Impact is a action, shooter and top-down game developed by Team17 Software Ltd. and published by Team17 Digital Ltd.
Released on June 03rd 2010 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 1,775 reviews of which 1,325 were positive and 450 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 8.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Alien Breed: Impact into these genres:

Action Shooter Top-Down Sci-fi Aliens Co-op Isometric Singleplayer Space Third Person Twin Stick Shooter Arcade Top-Down Shooter Horror Third-Person Shooter Shoot 'Em Up Online Co-Op

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Windows

OS *: Windows&reg XP SP2 or later
Processor: 2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor
Memory: 1GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA 6800+ or ATI Radeon X700+ Video Card
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 1.5 GB
Sound: Windows Supported Sound Card
Other Requirements: Internet connection required.

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March 2025

The Classic Amiga game Alien Breed is back with this re-mastered & re-invented single or co-op action shooter. The original Amiga game was extremely tough, even in co-op mode and I never actually finished any of them, this revamp adds difficulty settings and even though its still challenging, you definitely feel like you have, much more of a chance to survive. The story is a standard sci-fi one, set aboard space stations, infested with an alien presence. Take control of your soldier and investigate the aftermath and a horror of an alien attack, the general gameplay loop is find keys to unlock areas, accessing terminals to activate or shutdown things to help you explore more of the area, all while fighting off the relentless hordes of small and large alien creatures. Combat is mainly shooting but you also have a basic melee attack, you start off with 2 weapons, an assaults rifle and a shotgun, they can be upgrade and more weapons can be found or purchased. You can also purchase grenades, armour and health upgrades and more. Ammo and resources are milted, you will often find yourself running out and visiting the nearest computer terminal to buy and health kits, the combat also starts fairly simple but soon becomes challenging so make sure you have plenty or ammo and healing at all times. There are some nods to the Alien film series with automated turrets you place, either by finding or buying them. You can search lockers, corpses and will find logs to give you more insight into what happened, there are also some secrets to discover. The action is always tense and exciting, explosions are often going off, the ship is shaking, dangers and disasters are around every corner. missions are varied, one minute you could be defending an area, next escorting a scientist to their destination, there are also some challenging boss fights. You can play the whole game in single or multiplayer, saving happens at the Intex computer terminals and I recommend you save often. Fans of the original may remember how tough it was and realise how this new game is much more forgiving, this doesn't mean you should take this for granted as the difficulty and challenge increase with later missions. Graphics are excellent and capture the whole onboard a space ship / alien vibe, your player may move a little slow for some but you are an elite soldier and not an Olympic sprinter, special effects of fire, electric sparks and the overall look are excellent, some voice over is provided in cut scenes and terminals, sound is the usual shooter, explosions and alien creature sounds that do the job, music is also good and suits the game. Whether you're a fan of the original Amiga classic or just looking for a new action / sci-fi shooter, I highly recommend all of these new Alien Breed games, this is the first of a trilogy. Some gameplay on my Retro Pauly Gaming (available at 11pm GMT 17/03/25) https://youtu.be/OavyHFz9aMU?si=SO3ZuPmPQ03yt86O

Feb. 2025

When this game came out I didn't have the computer strong enough to run this game. Now I do. The game is actually pretty good for what it is. A horror - sci-fi - shooter. Go here...shoot that thing over there...collect that there and so on.... It's not a game that the spoiled generation would appreciate I suppose. This game here you need to try if you love video-games for more than just the latest graphics and player count.

Sept. 2024

Short game that gets a little repetitive by the end, but it ends about the right time before it becomes annoying. Ambushes happen often and there is little variation on that and you occasionally wait outside their holes waiting for the last alien to appear, which feels a little underwhelming. The boss fight at the end isn't very interesting and can be beaten by just moving while sprinting mostly. I would recommend playing this with some form of controller. The price for the trilogy pack is decent, maybe pick it up while on sale. I did lose my save at one point and had to restart, but I would say the game is 4-6 hours long total.

July 2024

The Alien Breed trilogy ( Impact, Assault and Descent ) is a remake of the legendary Alien Breed games on AMIGA. I played them to the death when I was a child. They are made by the same developer, which is Team17. Alien Breed 1 (Impact) is a nice remake. They tried to recreate the legendary atmosphere and suspanse of the Amiga games. With solid success. You are a soldier/mechanic alone against an army of aliens. There is alot of backtracking and you have to constantly solve mechanical problems on the ship. The difficulty is just about right. On Veteran it's always on the edge of survival. It's very linear but the gameplay is still entertaining. You have to be tactical with the money and ammunition. There are 6 weapons to chose from, some are more efficient then other. It's of critical importance to upgrade some of the weapons. Of course the graphics is not very good but it's an old game. A big downside is that there are constant explosions on the ship and the camera shakes badly, so it's not good for the eye sight. A solid 2D retro shooter.

April 2024

It's a pretty straight forward isometric arcade twin-stick shooter. Simple to pick up gameplay, mild maze layouts with typical backtrack and find the key mechanics. Graphics are average for 2010; sounds and music are suitable for the genre. At this price, it's a cheap fun few hours of wiping out alien swarms with guns and grenades. --- Bottom line: It's simple, it's cheap and it's fun if you like twin-stick shooters. --- [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38232109/]While you are here, would you consider following my curator page? [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/kunovega/recommended/]Want to read all of my reviews and not just the curated ones?

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8.99€

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Developer

Team17 Software Ltd.

Publisher

Team17 Digital Ltd

Release 03 Jun 2010

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