PSP Minis: "One of the very first Minis was Age of Zombies from Halfbrick Studios. You played a wisecracking action hero named Barry Steakfries and moved around a map shooting zombies. While it was very popular and got a pretty good review here (before my time), I never thought it was all that much fun. Or good, really. It was much too simple.
Angus hates Aliens from Team Stendec essentially takes that formula found in Age of Zombies (and other games, including Minis like Dracula – Undead Awakening) and made it something special. What’s more, it seems tailor-made for the PSP, which is rather remarkable for a game in 2015."
Westy at GameSpew writes: "It never ends well for aliens in games, does it? Regardless of where they’re from or how advanced they are in comparison to us, they always end up staring down the protagonist’s barrel or twitching under their mighty boot.
Except in Angus Hates Aliens, where it’s a stereotypical redneck farmer complete with a trucker cap and a white vest who was abducted from his farm. “I guess my minions weren’t enough!” the supreme leader quips, flying off in a 50’s-era saucer, whilst you restock from an A-Team styled van. Make no mistake; this is not a straight-faced game."
PS Vita Reviews has just finished playing the first PlayStation Mini release in over 2 years. Here are their final thoughts:
"Angus Hates Aliens is the first PlayStation Mini to be released in 3 years. On the downside, there are some issues with the game’s story translation, the visuals look very pixelated, and there are some areas in the game where you can get stuck and have to start the game over. If you can look past this and be careful with your save data, it’s an interesting little shooter, whether you’re on the go or at home."
It takes a lot to make a retro game that lives up to its roots. The developers of Angus Hates Aliens attempted to accomplish this by creating a 16-bit shooter that plays like a beat 'em up.
