Game Debate #190: Alien Hominid

[Reed Rothchild | 9,548]

[Gloves | 11,794]

Hey I've played this one! 

[Link | 2,714]

Great cartoon run 'n' gun with some minigames thrown in. I waffled 7 or 8, went 8 because I like it a lot. 

[cj_robot | 543]

Oh man, it's been way too long for me to rate this one. I remember being really hyped when it came out, since good run-n-guns were an endangered species by this time, and it had a cool looking art style. I bought it when it came out and played it quite a bit for awhile, but yeah it's been a long time now. Definitely remember liking it.

[Webhead123 | 679]

It's been a very long time since I last played it but it was a great run 'n gun for its time. The difficulty was kind of aggravating toward the final stage or two but it manages to stay fun and charming enough to be forgiven for a little cheapness. Also not a terribly long game, so that helps it stay appealing.

7/10

[Kguillemette | 1,545]

I've always wanted to play this one. The cover art alone sold me.

[JamesRobot | 5,806]

I remember it being cool but I guess it's a 5 since I haven't gone out of my way to play it since it was current.

[wongojack | 217]

I don't think I've played this enough to rate it.  I would have never actually spent money on a game like this for the PS2/Xbox/GameCube, and then when it found its way to Xbox Live Arcade, I thought it looked like a kinda cool throwback to a game genre that I didn't really want to play.

I did actually play for a few hours when I set up a hard drive on my PS2 a few years ago, and I thought it was fun, but I didn't play enough to really be able to rate it.

[TDIRunner | 2,744]

Never heard of this one. 

[fox | 1,668]

It was good, but Castle Crashers was a blast

[Sumez | 2,967]

3/10, I was turned off on this game pretty much immediately. It really wants to be Metal Slug, but seems to completely misunderstand everything that makes the gameplay in those games work so well. It's just tedious and unfun.

Castle Crashers however is super enjoyable.

[Californication | 1,477]

I briefly owned. It checked all the boxes of what I generally enjoy, but was one of the few games I turned around and sold very quickly because it didn't click for me.

[NostalgicMachine | 238]

Never played it, but I love the name and concept!

Do Sonic CD next!

[koifish | 556]

I have nothing against this game personally, just not a huge fan of run and gun games.

[GPX | 1,370]

On 2/8/2024 at 6:33 PM, Sumez said:

3/10, I was turned off on this game pretty much immediately. It really wants to be Metal Slug, but seems to completely misunderstand everything that makes the gameplay in those games work so well. It's just tedious and unfun.

Castle Crashers however is super enjoyable.

I gave it a 7. However, I actually share similar sentiments to yours. I have it on Xbox Live and played it for a stage or two. I recall enjoying the game but for some reason it never hooked me to keep playing like Contra or Metal Slug. I might give it another go to see how my views have changed.

[Andy_Bogomil | 815]

Didn't like the design of this one. Kinda slow and odd graphic style that doesn't really go well with the run-n-gun genre in my opinion. 5.

[G-type | 2,482]

fun cartoony animation built on a classic game genre.