A Blast From The Past! : Alien Breed
Alien Breed HD (PS3) – Team17’s Classic Reborn in Style
Back in the day, Alien Breed on the Amiga was a tense, atmospheric, and explosive top-down shooter that proudly wore its sci-fi horror influences on its sleeve. Fast-forward a couple of decades, and Team17 decided to bring their iconic title into the HD era with a stunning remake for the PlayStation 3—and what a blast from the past it turned out to be!
Alien Breed HD isn’t just a pretty facelift; it’s a full reimagining of the original game with slick new visuals, an enhanced audio atmosphere, and optional twin-stick controls that make the action more fluid than ever. But for the purists? Don’t worry—Team17 wisely included the full original Amiga version, playable in all its pixel-perfect glory.
The PS3 release captures the claustrophobic corridors, the nerve-racking ammo management, and the relentless alien swarms that made the original a cult classic. It’s a perfect mix of nostalgia and modern polish, proving once again why Alien Breed was—and still is—one of the most intense and memorable sci-fi shooters out there.
If you grew up playing this on your Amiga, the HD remake feels like a love letter. And if you’re new to the series, this is the perfect way to experience one of Team17’s finest creations.
Alien breed
A lot of visitors on this blog are old Amiga users, so this title should be familiar to most of them, and to some, it might even be one of their top 5 Amiga games ever.
Alien Breed is a 2D Vertical Horror themed shoot ’em up action (phew!) game series that spawned loads of sequels and even First Person 3D games, ones ala Doom and Quake called Alien Breed 3D and Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds.
This new Alien Breed game is just Alien Breed 1 retouched and added a few minor things so that they could make the crowd happy by releasing a classic Alien Breed game instead of their new series or whatever.
There was an Alien Breed Trilogy released a year or two ago, and this game has nothing to do with them, so do not expect those average games as here you will get a great game with the AB Special Edition remake version included (which is a much easier AB game).
This remake/touch-up is a very good version and one of the better remakes done in a while, so Team17 did a wonderful job on this one.
Trophies, Leaderboards, ad-hoc Co-Op and Online Co-op, Cross Buy, Cross Play and Cloud Save!, now that’s a feature list to be proud of!.
Unlike the original Alien Breed, the shop is very easy to find now, and it makes the game somewhat more playable too (if not too easy?).
The alarm that we all remember so much and still frightens us as much as before.
It’s even scarier on the Vita version, without a headset!.
A boss, damn! i remember these being so much bigger and scarier back in 1991, btw all the tricks still work in this remake, so if you remember where to stand to take them out, then you can do it in this remake too.
In this package, you get five Alien Breed games, some new, some not, although in the end, all five of them are very much the same game (sort of).
Alien Breed 2, Alien Breed Tower Assault and so on are not included in this package, but i bet that they might show up if this game sells well.
In the end, this might be another cash cow for the general public, but retro is fun when it’s done properly!.
I completed the game(s) today, AB and AB: SE are still awesome and worth the money, as for the “level packs”, they’re ok too!.
Thanks, Team17! Now you should do a Superfrog remake/touch-up!
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