Alienation
Isometric shooter set in the fantasy/science-fiction, which is the spiritual successor of similar conceptually, Dead Nation. The player takes the role of a mercenary who fights against all the hordes of…
Alienation is a shooter developed by Housemarque, released 26 April 2016 on PlayStation 4.
What Alienation is
Alienation is a shooter game developed by Housemarque and released in 2016. It was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4 only. It runs on Proprietary Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Alienation is an action role-playing shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. It was released in April 2016 worldwide. The game is an isometric twin-stick shooter in which one to four players defend themselves against an alien invasion on Earth through increasingly-difficult levels. Players can choose one of three character classes, each with its own abilities. Players can upgrade their weapons with collectables, known as upgrade cores.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.
How it was received
Alienation holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 70 hrs.
What it launched against
Alienation launched on 26 April 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Doom, DOOM (2016) and Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Doom, DOOM (2016), Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Alienation yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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