Reviews For: ALIENS the Board Game

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Score: 10
pico335

"This is a great game"

date: December 4, 2009

But you should be able to knock off the aliens in one hit.... because when i play rescue newt as soon as im tackled i die and HOW DO U KILL THE QUEEN???? one of the most hard lvls would have to be Operations

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Score: 10
anthonyray

"aliens"

date: December 1, 2009

pretty awesome a few problems.... u should make it so that aliens can't apear in the start zone on the first turn. and can someone tell me what the point of flaming the ground is?

December 2, 2009

Author's Response:

An oversight in my programming makes the flame ground a little less useful than it should be, but you can still use it in a few places. Key being to hold the aliens back in the Operations bottleneck before you close the door.

Use it right and you can even kill the queen with Ripley.

My error is that the aliens should not be able to move diagonally through the corners of flame and other obstructs like other flame and walls.

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Score: 10
BC-cobra18

"i like it"

date: November 13, 2009

im a big fan of aliens so yeah 10 stars

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Score: 8
terenas5

"A probably well known bug is..."

date: October 28, 2009

When someone with a machinnegun kills an alien, and he has the option to kill another alien near the first one the option to cancel is not visible. I'd say this is absurd and annoying. Because of that always some of the men dies killed by acid. Well, of course I should have moved the cursor over the character, and I would've seen I was able to cancel... but well, I am... lazy.

Still I liked it a lot and played it once a week for months, although I don't really like the chances to kill an enemy by shooting, it's so random.

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Score: 8
Kealis

"Very nice game."

by: Kealis
date: October 24, 2009

I certainly found it very enjoyable, but there is one problem I found.

There needs to be a rule to stop Aliens turning up right next to, or actually on top of, Marines. However faithful to the boardgame it might be, It's just aggravating when it happens, and very unfair because the chances are it will instantly grab and/or incapacitate the Marine.

I don't know how the game actually works, but hopefully this is possible.

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Score: 9
TheXenomorph1

"Awesome!"

date: September 20, 2009

I think there should be several updates for this game:
- Give this game medal system!
- I want one more level: the movie's scene where Ripley battles the Queen using Power Loader. You still can play as Hicks or Newt.
Those updates could make the game cooler and better.

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Score: 9
katanaone

"Very cool"

date: August 19, 2009

Only one criticism, and it's only because you're doing such a good job staying faithful to the original board game.

In the original board game, marines are allowed to move through each other's spaces, so long as they don't end their turns in the same space.

This tripped me up a few times the first time I played your version.

Oh, and the Operations scenario - in the original rule book, it states that Ripley *must* move Newt down the hallway at her first opportunity. (She can leave Newt there and return to the fight, tho.)

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Score: 8
Avatar72

"One issue with this game from the original..."

date: July 9, 2009

Marines and Aliens were not allowed to go diagnol. This is a huge flaw with the flash version. flaming the ground is not near as usefull because of it.

July 9, 2009

Author's Response:

The rules are pretty clear on movement, diagonal is fine.

But, you are right that there is an error. I can't believe I never realized it before, but the aliens should not be able to move diagonally through fire and a wall. Thanks for making me look at it again.

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Score: 10
Sluggonics

"Fantastic"

date: June 6, 2009

I bought the board game and the expansion both when they first came out, and have many fond memories of playing this game back in high school. This Flash version is a spot-on perfect recreation of the board game, and everything that made it fun-- the sound effects, music, everything are authentic and perfect.

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Score: 10
pubertfaggons

"Awesome Game!"

date: May 11, 2009

Hi, I am gonna try to learn flash so I can make boardgames like this. Is there a place you went or book or anything I can look at to learn to do something turn based like this? Or is it a secret? I know you guys make money off this so...
Thanks anyhow for a great game.

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