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I've heard that in Alien Resurrection's hardest difficulty the devs themselves appear in your house to peg you while forcing you to play with wet socks
@@raam726 I love how it's a line one of the characters uses when shit is hitting the fan in Left 4 Dead. I mean, not the same, but it's still cool to see the reference, hehe.
Speaking of Aliens games, why not revive "mod corner" with ALIENS: ERADICATION TC? It's a really awesome mod for classic Doom with multiple campaigns, missions and overall really good.
Honestly, I think that's the problem with most Alien games and especially these days. They have the very unfortunate position of having to be compared to AvP 1 and 2 now. "Yeah, this game looks great, but why should I play it over AvP?"
I get the same thing with a lot of FPS games. After finishing the single player campaign I'm left wondering "This was great, but why would I play this when I can play Quake II or Half-Life?"
@@chrisbingley I'm getting that over Doom Eternal and 2016. It use to be quake and blood, but doom 2016 and eternal are just the best modern fps games.
I wouldn't call it unfortunate personally, in fact these new devs have so much more to utilize in terms of resources and technology... there really is no excuse for why the alien/predator games suck ass/look like ass these days (same could also be said for basically any AAA title today). Longer campaigns, better content, MORE content, no endless patches, and even harsher deadlines than the ones currently imposed on dev companies right now "Sorry the game is like getting delayed rawr xD another 2 years maybe"
@@JKeltTV To each their own, but I find the Bethesda Doom games to be boring af. I think Half Life: Alyx is the first game in more than a decade that's really re-defined what an FPS game should be to me.
@@Skrenja I'll agree that the new doom games didn't bring anything new, but imo they truly mastered the element of what made the original dooms and retro shooters good. I can see why you would think the new dooms would be boring, but in my eyes I can also say the same things for the original dooms. But like you said to each their own. Also I just wanna say Bethesda didn't make the new dooms, just published. They're still IDs dooms, not Bethesdas
In the interview for Resurrection, I'm pretty sure they're not defending the difficulty. Rather, they're explaining how they fucked up. How they forgot to design it for people who didn't help build it. Fantastic video regardless of my little nitpick there, though.
Which makes sense. Devs spend so much time with the game themselves that they'll naturally learn & memorize everything without trying. They already know every ambush that's going to happen or wherever any ammo is secretly stockpiled. So of course it appears really easy and they crank the difficulty to compensate. Only now it's uber-hard for any normal person going in for the first time.
Alien trilogy has one of the best soundtracks ive ever heard in my life. I think i've had the majority of the tracks completely in my head every note for the last 20 years. Even the intro music is just fantastic.
Ah yes. Alien Resurrection. The game with the "terrifying" analog controls according to gamespot back in the day. Hehe imagine being the person that wrote that review.
I remember coming home super baked and being really excited to play Aliens: Colonial Marines. I proceeded to be really confused and ended up staring at the screen wondering why the game had graphics from 2002.
I reinstalled that this week and played it for maybe 20 mins before I said fuck it and just installed Aliens vs Predator 2010. That marine campaign is 10x better than all of Colonial Marnies.
That opinion about health kits and the example of silent hill is absolutely spot on, I remember playing through silent hill 2 and the whole way through I felt like I was barely scraping by on health and ammo but surely enough I was always able to find literally JUST enough to get passed the next area.
Silent Hill 2 have an overabundance of items. Even playing on hard difficulty you wouldn't have much ammo and health problems until final area of the game. Now Silent Hill 3 is a different story. It has so little, you can basically screw yourself up right at the end of the game.
@@Deimos_Fresh really? I suppose it all depends on your playstyle doesn't it, I know you're not supposed to in games like silent hill or resident evil but I'm the sort of guy that always has to kill every enemy I encounter so I always run short on supplies
@@mattyl9299, from my old experience playing on normal. I did kill everything back then as well, but mostly in close combat. Just recently I decided to replay the game in a light speedrun style on hard difficulty. In short I had very little focus on collecting items, so there was just enough recourses up to hospital. After hospital I had just too much of everything, except for rifle ammo, but even that little amount was enough to deal with final bosses.
@@Deimos_Fresh cool man, sounds like your pretty good at the game, when I played it it was my first time ever playing a silent hill game or a game of that particular genre, hence the needing everything the game could offer
@@mattyl9299, makes sense. I did have a prior experience with original Silent Hill, which is a harder game compared to SH2, I also experienced other classics like Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark, so my entering point with Silent Hill 2 was very smooth.
You've got to admit, Gman, the Aliens battle theme's got style. Also, Gormen's pistol is the H&K VP70. The same pistol that Leon Kennedy uses in RE2. A handgun that I've been wanting since I was kid.
10:06 I get your point, its not a canon-accurate way to handle facehuggers but I think an action game with instakill facehuggers would be annoying as balls.
I didn't really have this problem with Alien: Isolation and the Aliens: Eradication TC for Doom. That's probably because in both, you have a motion tracker and the facehuggers would screech before coming at you. So there's some advance warning to prevent you from getting killed by them. Without either the tracker or the screech, though, yeah, I wouldn't be having a fun time.
Alien trilogy was amazing. I loved that game. It was scary and it felt like Aliens! Alien Resurrection was honestly before it’s time. I remember when using the right stick to look was weird to me. But I enjoyed what it tried to do!
Alien resurrection is such an incredible looking game for its time, it still impresses me to this day. The sound is also really well made and adds to the overall atmosphere. Its a game I played a lot as a kid but never finished because it was fecking hard (I had to resort to cheats) and because it spooked my socks off. Its weird thinking back on it, me and my brother would run circles around MoH and MoH underground on playstation, but Alien Resurrection would kick both of our asses. I still have the physical copy of it kicking around somewhere, could be fun to emulate it.
Protip for Resurrection: Use 1 shotgun shot on the alien(s) then switch to the pulse rifle and aim for the upper body/head, it only takes a few bullets and you'll save a load of ammo.
I've seen so much gameplay footage of people who do things like hold full auto while aiming at the alien's feet, or burn an entire laser clip to kill 2 aliens when it's possible to kill them both using less than a quarter of the clip. In addition to your shotgun trick excellent shotgun tip, I have a couple of my own. 1. Aim for the head, it does anywhere from 2 to 4 times as much damage. 2. Trigger finger discipline. The "short controlled bursts" line is to be taken literally (for example, a laser clip holds 40. 2 of that is enough to crack a reinforced crate). The laser rifle is specifically put in stage 2 only to teach you this concept. 3. If you're on a controller, turn the stick dead zone to zero. Playing with stick deadzone is like playing with mouse acceleration, it fucks up your aim something fierce.
Amazing how Acclaim Entertainment was able to make this game along with Die Hard Trilogy the same year. Stephen Root did set the tone with those games. Also, the second episode of Duke Nukem 3D, the addition of Protozoid Slimer was a homage to the facehugger of Alien Trilogy. *How I miss Acclaim so much.* 😭
I think it’s kind of fascinating how the color green has become synonymous with the series. It’s present in most of the promotional material like movie posters and whatnot, but the color is largely absent in the actual films.
Alien Trilogy was a blind buy as a teenager, turned out to be one of the best gaming experiences I ever had. The OST is easily a 10/10, like this video is a 10/10.
Going by what I’m seeing of this video, you might like a Doom mod called Aliens Eradication. It doesn’t have the limited draw distance (although levels are still very dark), but it still has great horror atmosphere, especially playing as the colonist. EDIT:it also uses a lot of sprites from Alien Trilogy.
If I remember right, someone was making Ressurection using Doom 3's engine but I heard years ago they abandoned it around the time Alien Isolation came out for obvious reasons.
Oh man, my uncle played trilogy on Saturn when I was a kid and it scared the f. out of me back then. Also did Quake 2 copy that shotgun from aliens there? Or was inspired by?
"...like somebody stepping on a bag of Doritos..." (Door slamming onto Xenomorph, causing a CRUNCH) Ahh, that nice smooth satisfying Dorito Crunch. I guess in the year 2379 Xenomorph-flavoured Dorito corn chips will be commonplace... That nice acid flavour will give a whole new meaning to the term 'acidhead'.
Fun fact: Due to censorship issues, The Human Enemies where completely removed from the German PAL version of Alien Trilogy. I only found out that there where human enemies in the game when I emulated an NTSC version of the game a few years ago. Usually the 90s and early 2000s censorship of videogames in Germany led to dogshit results but in this case removing human enemies enhanced the gameplay experience by a lot imo.
Alien Trilogy and Alien 3 Genesis have some of the most dope classic soundtracks in gaming, and those 2 games single handedly made me an Alien fan back in the day.
This game was actually a tie-in with the release of the Alien Trilogy VHS boxset. back when there were only three Alien movies. Also, Die Hard Trilogy for the PS1 was released alongside the Die Hard Trilogy box set. The Sega Saturn port of Alien Trilogy is also quite good, BTW.
Has Gman ever reviewed AvP on the Jaguar? It seems like the combat mechanics play better then in Alien Trilogy and the character sprites aren’t as muddy and blocky. Also, the Queen in Trilogy looks like a giant cockroach.
He should do a retrospective on all AvP games since BB they're all mostly FPS games. And Predator: Concrete Jungle doesn't count even thought it has a level with them xenomorphs.
@@Invidente7 Concrete Jungle was pretty entertaining, also felt like someone saw the Kroot and such in Warhammer 40k and decided "Well, if you're going to steal the whole Predator deal by just slapping a beak on them we're going to steal from you too" and included Dreadnoughts and Vindicare assassins as enemies. ...Then the really terrible Predator movie decided to further steal the Kroot's genetic upgrading culture and made the Predators come to earth to steal our Autism.
Honestly AvP 2 and especially with Primal Hunt expansion is still to this day the ultimate Marine, Xenomorph and Predator experience. It is quite incredible what the devs achieved with a single game.
Things I learned from this video: 1. Ellen Ripley is actually secretly Duke Nukem. 2. Chimney's have assholes. 3. GmanLives believe in bigfoot, the lochness monster, and has seen my mother naked. 4. id Software ripped off Alien Resurrection on PS1 when making Doom 3. 5. GmanLives absolutely smokes those digeridoobies. 6. Facesitting is the best fetish. 7. GmanLives supports emulation, and by extension The Devil. 8. Alien Resurrection is as good as Doom Eternal. 9. Rhino's have tough ball sacks. 10. Tourette's Guy is secretly related to GmanLives.
33:07 someone for god sake, if this game is remade make a mod adding the sound of sideshow bob hitting the rake when a face hugger hug you, that was brilliant
Alien Trilogy and MK Trilogy were the first games I brought when I first got my PS1. I was 15 and I had worked picking fruit all school holidays to save and buy it.
I actually went out and bought a copy of this for my PSone. Such good times playing this as a kid. Looking forward to revisiting it. A great video as always Gman.
@@salokin3087 Hmm, guess I missed that part. Oh well. The point still stands that this game is WAY harder than it needs to be, especially for a game based on Alien Resurrection of all things.
Alien Trilogy was fantastic, seriously what a great FPS shooter based on the Alien series. I remember me my mum, dad brother and sister all playing it together. A remaster or remake would be perfect, and like you said that soundtrack, wow! I loved the pump action shotgun so much, it's animation has stayed with me through every game I have played, always thought nothing was as cool as the pump action in that game.
this was my childhood game Gman and to be honest, despite its issues, its a full on masterpiece. also those freaky guys in suits, ain't aliens, they're Wayland Yutani commandos. They're human alright.
What I miss in this review is the Sega Saturn version. While the PSX version strangely had its "own" auto door sounds, the Saturn version hat the original sounds of the second movie. Also the flame thrower opened hidden doors with goodies like ammo or acid resistant boots.
I have just replayed Alien trilogy on a PS1 and a CRT TV. Its got its fair share of issues but its heart is in the right place. It still delivers in 2021 - once you get your hands on the pulse rifle letting loose with it is still so satisfying amidst exploding barrels, crates and pixels! Love it!
The best tip for success in Alien Resurrection Aim for the head Headshots do crazy damage (up to double damage I think) and can really allow you to stock up on pulse rifle ammo early on. My first time playing through the game, I struggled incredibly, especially on levels 6 and 7, but when I replayed it on easy and hard, I found ammo to not be a problem, granted the game was still hard.
I know you mention it but I want to emphasize that Alien Resurrection was groundbreaking as it was the first console FPS to use the dual stick FPS movement controls that are still used today in every FPS.
I remember finishing alien trilogy game back in the PS1 days. Damn, the memories. My older brother was a fan of the movies and we got the game not knowing much about it. But it wasn't a bad game. In fact, it was pretty entertaining and a good time. Man, those were good days.
PS1 core coming on the MiSTer FPGA hardware by the end of 2021 or early 2022. This is huge because it will be the exact same thing as owning the original hardware, but with improvements like overclocking for better framerates.
Since I subscribed to this channel like 4 or 5 years ago, there's been two games I've wanted to see you reviewing the most. Alien Resurrection and Resident Evil 4. One more to go...
This game made me a man! I got this with my Sega Saturn when I was little and it started my addiction to all things Alien. Used to scare the piss out of me but I just loved the atmosphere and music. First game I probably really used a strat guide for, I thought I was like the only person that had that game because no one knew what it was!
I remember having Trilogy on the psone as a kid and literally getting stuck on the elevator you start the game on for days lol. We thought the game was broken until one day I finally figured out the button to open the doors but the game was so goddamn scary for me that never played past the first couple of rooms
thanks gmanlives for the doom 3 comparison piece on "alien resurrection". This is why I like these kinds of futuristic sci-fi horror survival shooter games, especially why I love " Alien Resurrection" the video game and why its one of my favorite alien video games of all time. The two aliens games "Trilogy" and "resurrection" are suprisingly my favorite alien video games of all time with "aliens vs predator" coming in right at no.2. Extra note: "Alien Resurrection" graphics do improve quite a bit if you play it on the backward compatible playstation 2.
Awesome video, Gman. I am planning to buy a copy of Alien Trilogy. Have owned Resurrection for sixteen years and always have problems getting past a particular door in Level 3 - which brings me to an important point - if you play Resurrection on anything higher than a PS2, compatibility issues mean that some doors won't open. I played mine on a PS3. Also some audio cues don't play. Best to play Resurrection on a PS2 but make sure you have a PS1 memory card since the game doesn't recognise PS2 memory cards.
I have since bought a copy of Alien Trilogy and played both that and Alien Resurrection on my PS2 (after getting a PS1 memory card just for those games) in a row. They're both now included in my "favourite games" list, although I just used cheats for both games. It made Alien Trilogy a kickass experience and was absolutely essential for Resurrection.
I actually did complete Ressurection back in the day, on normal... but it was absolutely brutal, you're 100% correct. Worth it though. I loved both, but I thought it was a lot more fun than Trilogy.
I will never forget the end of the level when you call the elevator and you have to wait for it while a HORDE of enemies come at you. When I killed the last xenomorph with the last grenade, I yelled and cried with happiness not believing that I actually survived the crazy onslaught🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
24:35 I've thought for a while now that an interesting way to treat flashlights in games would be to have them be like the small moderately priced led lights- at first, they're good, but over time as you carry and use them, they get dimmer and flicker and need a whack to work until you replace it after 6 months of hard use
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The game looks like doom. Also put the sponsors at the end so we dont skip it . I do it everytime
@@breathofdifferentair1950 Put them at the end so people can just quit the video early and take money from the man’s pockets?
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@@JoshuaJacobs83 idk, maybe the people who sub have a voice and aren't here to buy bullshit. If you don't have a VPN then you've already ducked up. I didn't click this video to buy bullshit. Get over yourself. I can't wait for a reply either bc it's not coming
The gamespot review even said that gamers should skip Resurrection and wait for Aliens: Colonial Marines
on the PS2.
Never has a comment ever aged as badly in the video game industry than that line.
Hell, its like reading those old ass Starcraft Ghost previews from them.
What could have been...
@@rileyglover4608 Theres a plenty, like, you know, Anthem would be the best online game ever" - IGN
Aliens : Colonial Marines on ps2 was great!
I've heard that in Alien Resurrection's hardest difficulty the devs themselves appear in your house to peg you while forcing you to play with wet socks
Can confirm this is true.
Oooh, really ? That's my fetish.
@@Gatorade69 ayo
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@@Gggmanlives Got video evidence? ;)
I heard Gman likes his pixels sharp and his scales integer.
Love your channel, great to see you here
Really enjoyed your take on dead space 3…I look forward to playing it soon.
That’s what I do if the game gives me a sharpness slider
Seeing your favorite channel commenting on another of your favorite channels is the pinnacle of UA-cam, never gets old
Cool to see ya here
Having "BRUH" play when a facehugger hops on you is a combination I never knew I needed
31:50 what about this combination 😅
I personally liked the "gotcha bitch" in the beginning lol
What do you meant "they cut the power"? How could they cut the power, man? They're animals!
Game over man! Game over!
@@metaldiscipline3955 why isn't this line played in a game over screen in an alien game. Missed opportunity.
@@raam726 IKR! I think it would be a great easter egg, and a huge love letter to fans!
@@raam726 I love how it's a line one of the characters uses when shit is hitting the fan in Left 4 Dead. I mean, not the same, but it's still cool to see the reference, hehe.
Those CG scenes in Trilogy looked amazing for the ps1 era. The way the headlights on the car highlight the rain 👌
Oh my god, Alien Trilogy on PSX was my first home console game ever. The nostalgic factor is through the roof here 🤩
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At the same time, the Sega Saturn version was no slouch itself!
@@classicplastic8776 They also made the psx version more darker on purpose, the shoulder flashlight was exclusive to the psx version.
Damn, i feel sorry for you that this horrible stinker was your first impression of a video game. The PSX had such a strong library.
Speaking of Aliens games, why not revive "mod corner" with ALIENS: ERADICATION TC? It's a really awesome mod for classic Doom with multiple campaigns, missions and overall really good.
I've been playing that recently, it's so good
Enjoying Aliens Eradication. I just need to figure out how to turn off the camera bobbing when I walk.
@@jpcarsmedia you have to really search through what seem like endless settings in the menus but it's possible
@@RowdyAF Thanks. Found it by searching through options. Feels just like a modern FPS once you set your key bindings up right.
@@RowdyAF GZDoom literally lets you "search" options
A fellow fan of The Exorcist III? Truly a man of good taste.
fellow fan over here as well!
Hallway sequence was on point
The legendary "Nurse Station Scene" still to this day unsettles and spooks the tits off of me.
Hey Jeffrey Dahmer agrees too!!! 😜
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Honestly, I think that's the problem with most Alien games and especially these days. They have the very unfortunate position of having to be compared to AvP 1 and 2 now. "Yeah, this game looks great, but why should I play it over AvP?"
I get the same thing with a lot of FPS games. After finishing the single player campaign I'm left wondering "This was great, but why would I play this when I can play Quake II or Half-Life?"
@@chrisbingley I'm getting that over Doom Eternal and 2016. It use to be quake and blood, but doom 2016 and eternal are just the best modern fps games.
I wouldn't call it unfortunate personally, in fact these new devs have so much more to utilize in terms of resources and technology... there really is no excuse for why the alien/predator games suck ass/look like ass these days (same could also be said for basically any AAA title today). Longer campaigns, better content, MORE content, no endless patches, and even harsher deadlines than the ones currently imposed on dev companies right now "Sorry the game is like getting delayed rawr xD another 2 years maybe"
@@JKeltTV To each their own, but I find the Bethesda Doom games to be boring af. I think Half Life: Alyx is the first game in more than a decade that's really re-defined what an FPS game should be to me.
@@Skrenja I'll agree that the new doom games didn't bring anything new, but imo they truly mastered the element of what made the original dooms and retro shooters good. I can see why you would think the new dooms would be boring, but in my eyes I can also say the same things for the original dooms. But like you said to each their own. Also I just wanna say Bethesda didn't make the new dooms, just published. They're still IDs dooms, not Bethesdas
In the interview for Resurrection, I'm pretty sure they're not defending the difficulty. Rather, they're explaining how they fucked up. How they forgot to design it for people who didn't help build it.
Fantastic video regardless of my little nitpick there, though.
Which makes sense. Devs spend so much time with the game themselves that they'll naturally learn & memorize everything without trying. They already know every ambush that's going to happen or wherever any ammo is secretly stockpiled. So of course it appears really easy and they crank the difficulty to compensate. Only now it's uber-hard for any normal person going in for the first time.
I remember how goddamn hard Resurrection was! Even if I play it now, the difficulty spike starting from Distephano's level was insane.
Alien trilogy has one of the best soundtracks ive ever heard in my life. I think i've had the majority of the tracks completely in my head every note for the last 20 years. Even the intro music is just fantastic.
*Alien Trilogy had an absolutely fantastic soundtrack.*
Pretty much the only good thing about it.
@@ShadowAngel-lt8nwNah, it’s an atmospheric, horror shooter classic.
I remember playing Alien Trilogy on the Saturn and loving it. Still play it on my PS3 to this day.
His reviews are getting longer. Im expecting 1 hour deepdive of some obscure fps in a year or so.
Well it's about 3 games, so of course the video is longer than usual 🤷
He’s going to start analyzing the every pixel for deep societal messages hidden in the game.
I'd love to see you review Aliens Eradication. It's like the sequel this game deserved albeit as a well developed Doom II mod
Ah yes. Alien Resurrection. The game with the "terrifying" analog controls according to gamespot back in the day. Hehe imagine being the person that wrote that review.
Bet they play inverted now
I found the idea of playing FPS games with a mouse and keyboard very intimidating when the original Quake came out
The controls are horrible. People are under the impression that it has an intuitive control scheme but it doesn't.
I remember coming home super baked and being really excited to play Aliens: Colonial Marines. I proceeded to be really confused and ended up staring at the screen wondering why the game had graphics from 2002.
Game had so much promise, they really fked up with that one. 😂😭
I reinstalled that this week and played it for maybe 20 mins before I said fuck it and just installed Aliens vs Predator 2010. That marine campaign is 10x better than all of Colonial Marnies.
I like how when you ADS in that game it actually shoots to the left of where your sight is.
😂
Baked? So stoned after having a big session with your mates! lol
Those pixelated face huggers are still the most scariest thing I’ve seen in a game
As someone who grew up in the 90s, xenomorphs were terrifying; Alien Trilogy definitely nailed it.
Hoping for Golden Light video this Halloween!
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Oh yea, its a nuce stuff
I mean nice
Yep, this game scare shit out of me
@@nocwyr-3833 relly, its scarest shit
This is the definitive retrospective my friend. I always thought Trilogy was underrated and one of the best console shooters to come out when it did.
That opinion about health kits and the example of silent hill is absolutely spot on, I remember playing through silent hill 2 and the whole way through I felt like I was barely scraping by on health and ammo but surely enough I was always able to find literally JUST enough to get passed the next area.
Silent Hill 2 have an overabundance of items. Even playing on hard difficulty you wouldn't have much ammo and health problems until final area of the game. Now Silent Hill 3 is a different story. It has so little, you can basically screw yourself up right at the end of the game.
@@Deimos_Fresh really? I suppose it all depends on your playstyle doesn't it, I know you're not supposed to in games like silent hill or resident evil but I'm the sort of guy that always has to kill every enemy I encounter so I always run short on supplies
@@mattyl9299, from my old experience playing on normal. I did kill everything back then as well, but mostly in close combat. Just recently I decided to replay the game in a light speedrun style on hard difficulty. In short I had very little focus on collecting items, so there was just enough recourses up to hospital. After hospital I had just too much of everything, except for rifle ammo, but even that little amount was enough to deal with final bosses.
@@Deimos_Fresh cool man, sounds like your pretty good at the game, when I played it it was my first time ever playing a silent hill game or a game of that particular genre, hence the needing everything the game could offer
@@mattyl9299, makes sense. I did have a prior experience with original Silent Hill, which is a harder game compared to SH2, I also experienced other classics like Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark, so my entering point with Silent Hill 2 was very smooth.
You've got to admit, Gman, the Aliens battle theme's got style.
Also, Gormen's pistol is the H&K VP70. The same pistol that Leon Kennedy uses in RE2. A handgun that I've been wanting since I was kid.
@Stefano Pavone
I've heard the trigger feels like firing a staple gun.
A couple friends have the vp70. Not too hard to find. Just keep looking.
If you add the special handle in the back it I think it has a three burst shot.
@Stefano Pavone and that's the version you should own the best version.
Did you get it
10:06 I get your point, its not a canon-accurate way to handle facehuggers but I think an action game with instakill facehuggers would be annoying as balls.
*laughs in AVP*
It’s like that in every alien game I’ve ever played. Of course, they’re also rarely used in those.
I didn't really have this problem with Alien: Isolation and the Aliens: Eradication TC for Doom. That's probably because in both, you have a motion tracker and the facehuggers would screech before coming at you. So there's some advance warning to prevent you from getting killed by them.
Without either the tracker or the screech, though, yeah, I wouldn't be having a fun time.
Instakill huggers are the norm.
Absolutely spamming huggers out of every box, nook and cranny is not.
You mean like AVP or Alien Isolation?
Civvie11 also said Alien: Resurrection was also said it was "one of the most cruel, sadistic games he's ever played." He made a great video on it.
Alien trilogy was amazing. I loved that game. It was scary and it felt like Aliens!
Alien Resurrection was honestly before it’s time. I remember when using the right stick to look was weird to me. But I enjoyed what it tried to do!
Alien resurrection is such an incredible looking game for its time, it still impresses me to this day. The sound is also really well made and adds to the overall atmosphere.
Its a game I played a lot as a kid but never finished because it was fecking hard (I had to resort to cheats) and because it spooked my socks off.
Its weird thinking back on it, me and my brother would run circles around MoH and MoH underground on playstation, but Alien Resurrection would kick both of our asses.
I still have the physical copy of it kicking around somewhere, could be fun to emulate it.
Protip for Resurrection: Use 1 shotgun shot on the alien(s) then switch to the pulse rifle and aim for the upper body/head, it only takes a few bullets and you'll save a load of ammo.
Quick switch, ala doom eternal
@@SuzukiRiderlv426 is it 'ala' or 'a la'?
@@bacondingo The second one.
I've seen so much gameplay footage of people who do things like hold full auto while aiming at the alien's feet, or burn an entire laser clip to kill 2 aliens when it's possible to kill them both using less than a quarter of the clip.
In addition to your shotgun trick excellent shotgun tip, I have a couple of my own.
1. Aim for the head, it does anywhere from 2 to 4 times as much damage.
2. Trigger finger discipline. The "short controlled bursts" line is to be taken literally (for example, a laser clip holds 40. 2 of that is enough to crack a reinforced crate).
The laser rifle is specifically put in stage 2 only to teach you this concept.
3. If you're on a controller, turn the stick dead zone to zero. Playing with stick deadzone is like playing with mouse acceleration, it fucks up your aim something fierce.
@@bacondingo allah
Stephen Root. Not just a great character actor, but amazing composer as well!
Bro, the soundtrack to Alien Trilogy. Groovy af.
Kinda reminds me of Depeche mode
Alien trilogy was amazing and held the atmosphere of the movies fully. One of my best ps1 experiences.
Amazing how Acclaim Entertainment was able to make this game along with Die Hard Trilogy the same year.
Stephen Root did set the tone with those games.
Also, the second episode of Duke Nukem 3D, the addition of Protozoid Slimer was a homage to the facehugger of Alien Trilogy.
*How I miss Acclaim so much.* 😭
@General Grievous The Galactic Hero That was developed by Iguana Entertainment; Stephen Root wasn't apart of that subdivision team.
Not only am i a massive Aliens fan, but i love looking for UA-cam reviews on these 2 games. So huge in my childhood!
Smiling CG Ripley is probably the most cursed face app smile cover art I've seen from you so far lol
The soundtrack to this game is a MASTERPIECE.
Resurrection was panned when it came out, and funnily enough I remember the dual stick aiming controls getting torn apart. Yikes
I think it’s kind of fascinating how the color green has become synonymous with the series. It’s present in most of the promotional material like movie posters and whatnot, but the color is largely absent in the actual films.
Not only do your videos rule but you understand the beauty of The Exorcist III. Awesome.
I still listen to this game soundtrack from time to time. Very atmospheric.
Alien Trilogy was a blind buy as a teenager, turned out to be one of the best gaming experiences I ever had. The OST is easily a 10/10, like this video is a 10/10.
Going by what I’m seeing of this video, you might like a Doom mod called Aliens Eradication. It doesn’t have the limited draw distance (although levels are still very dark), but it still has great horror atmosphere, especially playing as the colonist.
EDIT:it also uses a lot of sprites from Alien Trilogy.
If I remember right, someone was making Ressurection using Doom 3's engine but I heard years ago they abandoned it around the time Alien Isolation came out for obvious reasons.
Oh man, my uncle played trilogy on Saturn when I was a kid and it scared the f. out of me back then.
Also did Quake 2 copy that shotgun from aliens there? Or was inspired by?
Referring to the "Space Jockey" as "The Pilot": Absolutely Barbaric.
Great vid as always!
I seriously love this channel so much. Long time fan.
"...like somebody stepping on a bag of Doritos..."
(Door slamming onto Xenomorph, causing a CRUNCH)
Ahh, that nice smooth satisfying Dorito Crunch.
I guess in the year 2379 Xenomorph-flavoured Dorito corn chips will be commonplace... That nice acid flavour will give a whole new meaning to the term 'acidhead'.
Fun fact: Due to censorship issues, The Human Enemies where completely removed from the German PAL version of Alien Trilogy. I only found out that there where human enemies in the game when I emulated an NTSC version of the game a few years ago. Usually the 90s and early 2000s censorship of videogames in Germany led to dogshit results but in this case removing human enemies enhanced the gameplay experience by a lot imo.
Alien Trilogy and Alien 3 Genesis have some of the most dope classic soundtracks in gaming, and those 2 games single handedly made me an Alien fan back in the day.
This game was actually a tie-in with the release of the Alien Trilogy VHS boxset. back when there were only three Alien movies. Also, Die Hard Trilogy for the PS1 was released alongside the Die Hard Trilogy box set.
The Sega Saturn port of Alien Trilogy is also quite good, BTW.
Has Gman ever reviewed AvP on the Jaguar? It seems like the combat mechanics play better then in Alien Trilogy and the character sprites aren’t as muddy and blocky. Also, the Queen in Trilogy looks like a giant cockroach.
He should do a retrospective on all AvP games since BB they're all mostly FPS games. And Predator: Concrete Jungle doesn't count even thought it has a level with them xenomorphs.
@@Invidente7 Concrete Jungle was pretty entertaining, also felt like someone saw the Kroot and such in Warhammer 40k and decided "Well, if you're going to steal the whole Predator deal by just slapping a beak on them we're going to steal from you too" and included Dreadnoughts and Vindicare assassins as enemies. ...Then the really terrible Predator movie decided to further steal the Kroot's genetic upgrading culture and made the Predators come to earth to steal our Autism.
Honestly AvP 2 and especially with Primal Hunt expansion is still to this day the ultimate Marine, Xenomorph and Predator experience. It is quite incredible what the devs achieved with a single game.
Shut your fucking mouth. That predator film NEVER happened. Do you fucking understand me?!
Things I learned from this video:
1. Ellen Ripley is actually secretly Duke Nukem.
2. Chimney's have assholes.
3. GmanLives believe in bigfoot, the lochness monster, and has seen my mother naked.
4. id Software ripped off Alien Resurrection on PS1 when making Doom 3.
5. GmanLives absolutely smokes those digeridoobies.
6. Facesitting is the best fetish.
7. GmanLives supports emulation, and by extension The Devil.
8. Alien Resurrection is as good as Doom Eternal.
9. Rhino's have tough ball sacks.
10. Tourette's Guy is secretly related to GmanLives.
Been waiting a lifetime for you to cover this :D
Alien Resurrection was ahead of its time
I used to play all the time as a kid and it scared the piss out of me
33:07 someone for god sake, if this game is remade make a mod adding the sound of sideshow bob hitting the rake when a face hugger hug you, that was brilliant
Alien Trilogy and MK Trilogy were the first games I brought when I first got my PS1. I was 15 and I had worked picking fruit all school holidays to save and buy it.
That first soundtrack hit me in the Perfect Dark feels for a moment
"Who dat is ? Riley Re-"(EXPLOSION)
Ripley: "Heh, heh, heh... What a mess!"
You need to do Dead Space reviews. Especially with the remake on the way.
I'm more scared of the remake being for "modern audiences" than necromorphs
There is something about the smooth way you introduce sponsors that make me not hate ads.
I actually went out and bought a copy of this for my PSone. Such good times playing this as a kid. Looking forward to revisiting it. A great video as always Gman.
Game Covers : Exist
Gman: How about a smile?
Huh, so you didn't use cheats to beat Alien Resurrection? What's next, not using a hex editor to remove enemy respawns in Hexen?
Except he said he had to use god mode to get through some sections, so he DID have to cheat
lol i remember cheating it the last half of the game, this was beyond impossible with no analog stick.
@@martincann5052 some sections as a kid
@@salokin3087 Hmm, guess I missed that part. Oh well. The point still stands that this game is WAY harder than it needs to be, especially for a game based on Alien Resurrection of all things.
@@martincann5052 not gonna argue that
Alien Trilogy was fantastic, seriously what a great FPS shooter based on the Alien series. I remember me my mum, dad brother and sister all playing it together. A remaster or remake would be perfect, and like you said that soundtrack, wow! I loved the pump action shotgun so much, it's animation has stayed with me through every game I have played, always thought nothing was as cool as the pump action in that game.
Your love for Alien Trilogy is ace. Was the first "grown up" game I ever owned, nice to see it get the love it deserves
Resurrection was the first fps I remember thinking "man these controls actually suit 3d games"
this was my childhood game Gman and to be honest, despite its issues, its a full on masterpiece.
also those freaky guys in suits, ain't aliens, they're Wayland Yutani commandos. They're human alright.
Gman: "/skɑːs/ or /skɛːs/?"
Me, a non Enlgish speaker: "Yes."
Hey, chris is a pretty pop model with drama issues, his face means a lot to him.
I am glad he lived in the game.
That intro sequence seems like the perfect concept trailer for an Alien Isolation sequel. Would love to see a sequel to using the Cameron universe.
What I miss in this review is the Sega Saturn version. While the PSX version strangely had its "own" auto door sounds, the Saturn version hat the original sounds of the second movie.
Also the flame thrower opened hidden doors with goodies like ammo or acid resistant boots.
I have just replayed Alien trilogy on a PS1 and a CRT TV. Its got its fair share of issues but its heart is in the right place. It still delivers in 2021 - once you get your hands on the pulse rifle letting loose with it is still so satisfying amidst exploding barrels, crates and pixels! Love it!
The best tip for success in Alien Resurrection
Aim for the head
Headshots do crazy damage (up to double damage I think) and can really allow you to stock up on pulse rifle ammo early on. My first time playing through the game, I struggled incredibly, especially on levels 6 and 7, but when I replayed it on easy and hard, I found ammo to not be a problem, granted the game was still hard.
Those pink boots from Alien Trilogy still pop into my head all the time for no reason at all.
I know you mention it but I want to emphasize that Alien Resurrection was groundbreaking as it was the first console FPS to use the dual stick FPS movement controls that are still used today in every FPS.
Actually Medal of Honor was, but Alien Resurrection was still one of the very first
I remember finishing alien trilogy game back in the PS1 days. Damn, the memories. My older brother was a fan of the movies and we got the game not knowing much about it. But it wasn't a bad game. In fact, it was pretty entertaining and a good time. Man, those were good days.
Emphasis on was, doesn’t hold up today.
This is the happiest a video title has made me in a longgg time ❤
Thanks Gman xx
I think when the facehuggers grab you, you have to assume that it doesn't just die, but that your character is having to struggle to get it off.
LOVE Alien Trilogy. Was so happy my ps3 can play the Playstation version ^-^ bought it for cheap and quite recently.
Which playstation 3 system do you have?
@@necromorphkiller2553 all ps3s play ps1 games
@@ther0n1nnamed47 The super slim version can't play physical PS1 games, just the ones in the PSN store.
@@Invidente7 yes it can, I have the super slim and it plays them just fine
@@Invidente7 ALL ps3 models can play PS1 games. It's just ps2 games that can only be played with the launch 80gb model
PS1 core coming on the MiSTer FPGA hardware by the end of 2021 or early 2022. This is huge because it will be the exact same thing as owning the original hardware, but with improvements like overclocking for better framerates.
Since I subscribed to this channel like 4 or 5 years ago, there's been two games I've wanted to see you reviewing the most. Alien Resurrection and Resident Evil 4. One more to go...
Shout out to Alien Eradication, an amazing mod for GZDoom that is a must to play for Alien fans. Incredible level design and ltos of replay value.
This game made me a man! I got this with my Sega Saturn when I was little and it started my addiction to all things Alien. Used to scare the piss out of me but I just loved the atmosphere and music. First game I probably really used a strat guide for, I thought I was like the only person that had that game because no one knew what it was!
Love Alien Isolation! 👽
Alien Trilogy: "Oh, yay!"
Alien Resurrection: "I can't lie about your chances, but you have my sympathies."
I'm gay
Agreed
Woah, hold it. Rewind, cowboy - is that a Prometheus style engineer at 15:33?
Let's Go Brandon, boys.
I remember having Trilogy on the psone as a kid and literally getting stuck on the elevator you start the game on for days lol. We thought the game was broken until one day I finally figured out the button to open the doors but the game was so goddamn scary for me that never played past the first couple of rooms
thanks gmanlives for the doom 3 comparison piece on "alien resurrection". This is why I like these kinds of futuristic sci-fi horror survival shooter games, especially why I love " Alien Resurrection" the video game and why its one of my favorite alien video games of all time. The two aliens games "Trilogy" and "resurrection" are suprisingly my favorite alien video games of all time with "aliens vs predator" coming in right at no.2. Extra note: "Alien Resurrection" graphics do improve quite a bit if you play it on the backward compatible playstation 2.
Awesome video, Gman. I am planning to buy a copy of Alien Trilogy. Have owned Resurrection for sixteen years and always have problems getting past a particular door in Level 3 - which brings me to an important point - if you play Resurrection on anything higher than a PS2, compatibility issues mean that some doors won't open. I played mine on a PS3. Also some audio cues don't play. Best to play Resurrection on a PS2 but make sure you have a PS1 memory card since the game doesn't recognise PS2 memory cards.
I have since bought a copy of Alien Trilogy and played both that and Alien Resurrection on my PS2 (after getting a PS1 memory card just for those games) in a row. They're both now included in my "favourite games" list, although I just used cheats for both games. It made Alien Trilogy a kickass experience and was absolutely essential for Resurrection.
I actually did complete Ressurection back in the day, on normal... but it was absolutely brutal, you're 100% correct. Worth it though. I loved both, but I thought it was a lot more fun than Trilogy.
I will never forget the end of the level when you call the elevator and you have to wait for it while a HORDE of enemies come at you. When I killed the last xenomorph with the last grenade, I yelled and cried with happiness not believing that I actually survived the crazy onslaught🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
26:46 "Bruh" 😂
A remaster of this would be great
That mention of The Simpsons gag where Sideshow Bob walks on rakes over and over gave me a laugh.
When my mum bought me a PS1 in 1996 I got this game and die hard trilogy.
WILL NEVER FORGET THE AWESOMENESS!
The grin on that video thumbnail art though... that will haunt my nightmares...
24:35
I've thought for a while now that an interesting way to treat flashlights in games would be to have them be like the small moderately priced led lights-
at first, they're good, but over time as you carry and use them, they get dimmer and flicker and need a whack to work until you replace it after 6 months of hard use