Players take on the role Lt. Ripley as she makes her way to space colony LV426 to investigate and crash an alien egg laying party. Along the way she’ll take on face huggers, aliens, dog aliens, adult aliens, even evil corporate bastards trying to keep the acid dripping monsters alive. If you’ve ever wanted to take your frustration out on a corporate entity, now’s your chance.

Referencing Doom means we’re talking a First Person Shooter (FPS) type experience, and it’s a kicker of a journey. All of the requirements of early FPS games are represented; shot guns, pistols, big weapon, huge weapon, hordes upon hordes of targets, hidden doors, lost items, and the uncanny feeling you’re about to get slimed.

The game does a great job bringing the player into the environment, except that it does it a little too well at times. This experience is dark; really, really, dark. So dark that at first glance you think your TV’s brightness knob is busted. With a little fiddling, you can get the brightness to a more respectable and playable setting without ruining the mood of the game. While the levels are polygon based, the creatures and human enemies are sprite-based, and both do a fine job. I’m actually surprised how well the level visuals held up after all this time. One of these days I’ll get back a save I know I have somewhere and finish the damn game.

Considering its relatively easy-to-find status on the buying side of things, for the few bucks it commands you owe it to yourself to check it out.

Just watch out for the face huggers.

• The game was released in both Jewel case and Long box: See below.
  
  
•  Insert the CD into your PC, and view the files. You should see a folder marked Language. Click on that, and open the "missionu" text file. You can now view the entire mission log that you would normally see before each stage begins.
  
  
• CD supports red book audio. Place the CD into your music player, and skip to Track 2 to hear the soundtrack.
  
  
• The original long box case does not mention the Memory Card in the icon section. The game does indeed support the Memory Card, and this oversight was corrected on the Greatest Hits packaging.
  
  
• One of the very few games to offer in-game Memory Card management. You could delete data / format the card while still in Alien's Option Screen.



• Pat Sones, whose only voice-over work was in this game, is more commonly known as a Hollywood 'Location Manager', and has worked as a crew member on such films as The Hours and Requiem for a Dream.



• Jeffery Lee Gibson performed several motion stunt captures for the game. He has worked on and coordinated feats in a lot of Hollywood productions.