{"id":24010,"date":"2023-12-27T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24010"},"modified":"2023-10-31T12:22:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T12:22:34","slug":"alien-hominid-invasion-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/27\/alien-hominid-invasion-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Alien Hominid Invasion (Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have so many good memories playing The Behemoth\u2019s games and visiting their booth at PAX.\u00a0 It all started with Alien Hominid.\u00a0 I had this game on the GameCube, but it originally started out as a Flash game on Newgrounds.\u00a0 It was a hand drawn 2D run-and-gun that was very similar to Metal Slug, with lots of goofy humor and challenge.\u00a0 Since then I\u2019ve enjoyed playing and reviewing other games from them, like Castle Crashers (one of the best beat \u2018em ups ever made), and BattleBlock Theater.\u00a0 And now they\u2019re back where they started with Alien Hominid Invasion, a brand new game with a multiplayer focus, but still fun for one.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on some game consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

So the premise here is that the aliens are seeking revenge on the FBI after they blew up the alien\u2019s ship from the original game.\u00a0 So they send a mothership with a horde of aliens to wreak havoc.\u00a0 You play as one of those aliens!\u00a0 The game starts out on a map where you choose a level path.\u00a0 They are different each time you play.\u00a0 Some paths may have bonuses and extra challenges, depending on where you choose to go.\u00a0 When you are ready, you can start the stage.\u00a0 Your alien can run, jump, roll and dodge, hop on enemies and bite their heads or ride them, shoot a gun, and throw grenades.\u00a0 As you play, you\u2019ll unlock more weapons and other things to use besides grenades (the game calls these \u2018mutations\u2019).\u00a0 You can also customize your alien with colors and heads you\u2019ve unlocked.<\/p>\n

The stages are presented in 2D fashion and you\u2019ll start by shooting FBI agents and collecting papers.\u00a0 Then you take the papers to a dumpster and they get tossed in and then the mothership will send you a mission.\u00a0 These missions may be to destroy a certain number of enemies, rescue a certain number of kids (the same kids who were on your side in the original game), among other things. If you complete the mission, you\u2019ll get bonuses.\u00a0 If not, you\u2019ll have to do the process again until you do.\u00a0 After a few of these, you\u2019ll have to find the exit to get beamed back up and start another stage.\u00a0 After each stage you\u2019ll level up and unlock new bonuses.\u00a0 Up to four can play online or local co-op.\u00a0 You can also select your difficulty level and you get an energy bar this time, which is nice since in the first game it was a one hit and you die kind of situation.<\/p>\n

The game has a few minor problems.\u00a0 Even though it\u2019s fun for a single player, you can really tell you\u2019ll get more enjoyment out of it with others.\u00a0 The mission objective text was way too small to read, even on a big TV.\u00a0 And even though they explain the controls pretty well, I wasn\u2019t exactly clear on how certain bonuses worked and how to equip them.\u00a0 But even so, I still had a lot of fun with this one.\u00a0 It\u2019s accessible for any skill level and has a lot of humor and I laughed out loud a bunch of times during play.\u00a0 So if you like The Behemoth\u2019s games and especially Alien Hominid, you\u2019ll want to check this one out!<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alien Hominid Invasion is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Blood, Violence, and Crude Humor.\u00a0 You can shoot cartoony FBI agents and they can spew out blood and turn into piles of meat and bones when defeated.\u00a0 But you also have the option to turn off the gore if you like.\u00a0 With the gore off, I\u2019d say this one would be OK for older kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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