Aliens: Infestation
GAME OVER, MAN! The Xenomorph, the ultimate killing machine, returns. Only the Universe's toughest, the Colonial Marines, can exterminate the galaxy's most feared species. Can you fight off the terror of the…
Aliens: Infestation is an adventure developed by Gearbox Software, released 30 September 2011 on Nintendo DS.
What Aliens: Infestation is
Aliens: Infestation is an adventure game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2011. It was published by Sega. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
GAME OVER, MAN! The Xenomorph, the ultimate killing machine, returns. Only the Universe's toughest, the Colonial Marines, can exterminate the galaxy's most feared species. Can you fight off the terror of the alien infestation? -Choose you squad and watch the dynamic story system adapt -Pick up where the Aliens crew left off and fight through the U.S.S. Sulaco, planet LV-426, and more! -Load up with iconic weapons from the film, including pulse rifles, smart guns, and flamethrowers.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Alien series
Aliens: Infestation is the 36th of 76 entries we hold in the Alien series. It arrived 2 years after Aliens vs. Predator. The next entry was Aliens: Colonial Marines in 2013. Its critic score of 63 is 7 points below the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Alien: Rogue Incursion at 90.
How it was received
Aliens: Infestation holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Aliens: Infestation launched on 30 September 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus (2011) and Gears of War 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus (2011), Gears of War 3.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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