Hello again folks, ended up doing something challenging opposed to the easy stuff, still I really just wanted to do this one after gunstar heroes.
Alien soldier, a boss rush game and according to a friend is meant for people who are good at run n’ guns, naturally I had to try it myself. The most amazing part about alien soldier is that 1 person made it which just blows my mind.
(Digested the story for your sanity)
The plot for the game is just completely whack, I’ll try my best to summarize it.
In 2015, A-Humans of A-Earth can now make super humans and fuse them with animals and machinery. A terrorist group named scarlet wants to take over A-Earth. During the height of this destruction, the group planned on assassinating their leader Epsilon Eagle. They were successful and even breached the space time continuum during their fight.
Afterwards one of the members, Xi-Tiger took over the organization. The members of scarlet eventually couldn’t handle Xi-Tiger’s reign, so they want Epislon back. Xi-Tiger then decided to take Epsilon down himself. He then went to a research lab in A-Earth that experiments on children with special abilities. Xi sensed Epsilon’s presence in one of the boys. Unable to pinpoint Epsilon he threatens to kill one of the girls if he doesn’t show up.
Epsilon then reveals himself. Out of fear Xi killed the girl and ran off. It also says that his personality is now split in two, a good and bad Epsilon. Epsilon then decides to save A-Earth (and I guess his terrorist group?)
(Revised too)
Now that we got the bizarre story out of the way, let’s get to the game. It’s your standard run n’ gun but in the form of a boss rush game.
The moveset is surprisingly diverse for a run n’ gun.
Players have two ways of shooting, standing still to aim or lock in one direction and still move. There’s zero teleport which at full health deals massive damage. Last is counter, it can counter enemy projectiles or turn them into health items (which is extremely useful when you battle Z Leo.) As for the weapons, players can choose between 6 in the start of the game, by all means just don’t touch homing and ranger force. You’ll do fine with the remaining four forces but I suggest sticking with buster force instead of Sword force. Sword force is fine but it eats energy to quickly and doesn’t damage flesh like enemies.
On to the levels, it starts of with a usual run n’ gun segment then throws you into a boss fight. The bosses themselves are easy to dodge, however if you mess up they can deal heavy damage making Epsilon a rather fragile character. All the bosses have some cool and grotesque designs. The first few bosses are alien abominations while the rest are cool mechs, even seven forces (though seven forces is only five now lmao.)
Most of the bosses also require specific weapons to be defeated or else they don’t deal damage. Their hitboxes also require some precision, the game indicates it where the weak spot but since the bosses always move, you have to time your forces or you’ll likely miss the weak point. If you manage to hit the boss but not at the weak point, you’ll still deal damage only not as much.
There’s also the timer that adds to the games challenge. You gotta time your zero teleport on certain bosses for quick kills. There are also your forces, it has limited energy but gradually regenerates when not in use. It also doubles energy when you pick up the same force. Manage your forces or you’ll get stuck in a boss.
There’s also RNG in this game, mainly which attack pattern the bosses will give. If they keep giving you bad attack patterns, then it’ll just eat out your timer.
As for graphics, it’s quite superb for a genesis title. It has rotating sprites and pseudo 3d effects in the later stages. Music goes really hard which fits the games overall aggressive tone.
If your looking for a really challenging run n’ gun, then try out alien soldier. Despite how difficult the game is, I still love it really. It’s got solid gameplay with outstanding graphics and gritty music to go with the games overall aggressive theme. It’s a must play for genesis lovers.
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What a game. Still holds its own even today.