Alien Breed 3: Descent
Alien Breed 3: Descent is the final explosive chapter in the Alien Breed series, and is a science fiction arcade-shooter with an epic story, swarms of highly intelligent alien enemies, high-impact weapons and…
Alien Breed 3: Descent is an adventure developed by Team17, released 17 November 2010 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $0.87 at GameBillet. The main story takes about 7.3 hrs to finish.
What Alien Breed 3: Descent is
Alien Breed 3: Descent is an adventure game developed by Team17 and released in 2010. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Alien Breed 3: Descent is the final explosive chapter in the Alien Breed series, and is a science fiction arcade-shooter with an epic story, swarms of highly intelligent alien enemies, high-impact weapons and stunning environments, developed using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3. Descend into hell and once again take control of the hero, Conrad, the ship’s Chief Engineer, in his last stand against the savage alien horde. While the doomed vessel, the Leopold, and the alien space craft plunge deeper into the planet’s atmosphere, with an icy ocean promising a watery grave, you have just hours to defy a grisly death and survive the alien onslaught for the final time. As you struggle deeper into the…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 13 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Alien Breed 3: Descent holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7.3 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $0.87, that works out to about $0.12 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor, 1GB RAM and NVIDIA 6800+ or ATI Radeon X700+ Video Card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $0.87 at GameBillet, 91% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Alien Breed 3: Descent launched on 17 November 2010, within three weeks of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Call of Duty: Black Ops and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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