Videogamer: Alien Breed Evolution: Episode One Review

Videogamer: Alien Breed Evolution: Episode One Review

Videogamer writes: "Alien Breed Evolution Episode One, the first of three downloadable games based on the classic Amiga shooter Alien Breed, is too old school for its own good. Sure, the graphics have evolved, but the gameplay is frustratingly dated.

Take, for example, the save system. Back in the early Nineties, when dinosaurs ruled the earth and computers required bolts of lightning to get going, punishing save points were de rigueur, making you fear the game over screen like a child fears the dark. In today’s socially networked world, however, they’re just a pain in the backside. We don’t have the time to replay 20 minutes of gameplay. Why should we, when we could be playing Farmville instead?"

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