Alien Resurrection for PS1 is an underrated gem and should be more often in the conversation of the best Alien game
In the year 2000 Alien Resurrection was released for PS1, three years after the movie of the same name and near the end of the PS1 life cycle. I played like half of this game as a kid, but I'm replaying it on my Steam Deck as an adult.
I remember that it scared the shit out of me as a kid. The atmosphere is creepy and the enemies are very oppressive. In a very survival horror style there are few save points and few resources. This game is a hidden gem and a must play for Alien fans (even if you didn't like Alien Resurrection the movie), specially if you're into survival horror.
It baffles me how underrated this game is. Everyone talks about Alien Isolation and don't get me wrong it's a good game, but Alien Resurrection in my opinion is a more impressive, fun and even scarier game. On a technical level it's a masterpiece for PS1 standards, it really pushed the console to its limits. It even set the standard for modern FPS controls.
Even for today standards I think the game is still chilling. A lot of its charm is in the small details: the lack of music, the echo of your footsteps, the AI voice, the xenomorph behavior, how hearing the facehuggers crawling makes you paranoid, entering a room a finding out its full of eggs... man, this game is badass.
In the year 2000 Alien Resurrection was released for PS1, three years after the movie of the same name and near the end of the PS1 life cycle. I played like half of this game as a kid, but I'm replaying it on my Steam Deck as an adult.
I remember that it scared the shit out of me as a kid. The atmosphere is creepy and the enemies are very oppressive. In a very survival horror style there are few save points and few resources. This game is a hidden gem and a must play for Alien fans (even if you didn't like Alien Resurrection the movie), specially if you're into survival horror.
It baffles me how underrated this game is. Everyone talks about Alien Isolation and don't get me wrong it's a good game, but Alien Resurrection in my opinion is a more impressive, fun and even scarier game. On a technical level it's a masterpiece for PS1 standards, it really pushed the console to its limits. It even set the standard for modern FPS controls.
Even for today standards I think the game is still chilling. A lot of its charm is in the small details: the lack of music, the echo of your footsteps, the AI voice, the xenomorph behavior, how hearing the facehuggers crawling makes you paranoid, entering a room a finding out its full of eggs... man, this game is badass.