I had picked up this game a few months ago, but recently got around to sitting down with the game. I was skeptical, as it was a bargin bin purchase. As a developer, I feel that I should not only play the good games, but the bad ones too, to see why they failed.
That said, I was actually fairly surprised to find that Alien Syndrome is a game that has been needlessly crucified by reviewers. Sure, the graphics are pretty much last gen, but the game concepts aren't bad at all.
At first, the controls were odd, but after sitting down and understanding how they function properly, it became much smoother. The only odd thing with the controls is that lifting or lowering the nunchuck moves the camera angle. The side puzzles of modifying DNA, cleaning corrupted chests, etc were all interesting to do and easy as long as you follow directions.
The game has a very "Aliens" feel to it, as your character is a female space soldier, and is presented in a top down view. Weapons can be somewhat limited, but you can modify your character to become further enhanced, learn new weapon use, etc. There are modifiable stats to enhance your character as well as crafting systems to create new items, armor and weapons to use.
The enemies themselves are kind of repetitive at first, but as I venture further, I'm sure will vary up and become tougher, as is usually the case with all games.
The music/audio was standard, nothing to write home about.
Overall, for the $15 I paid for it, it wasn't a wasted purchase.
The one saving grace is that it is 4 person simultaneous multiplayer, so it can be played with some friends in the room
Overall, I give it a 7 out of 10, "Not Bad"
