By Alec Meer on March 27th, 2012 at 9:00 pm.
I don’t know whether this side-scrolling superhero vs aliens power fantasy is deliberately referential to Mass Effect 3, but I couldn’t help but read that into its “amount of planet saved” arbitrary giant number, excess of bombast and tongue-in-cheek downer ending. But maybe I’m just Mass Effect seeing Mass Effect everywhere I Mass Effect look these Mass Effect days. It wouldn’t Mass Effect surprise me.
Anyway, Fox Aliens From Space Invade A Planet In Space is free, only lasts a few minutes, and it is a total lark. Made in four days for gamejam mld#33, it is the overpowered tale of an overpowered superhero fighting vulpine soldiers, turrets, spacecraft and giant walkers. It is as silly as it is entertaining, and it makes me go like this:
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Download it from here. Via FreeIndieGam.es
27/03/2012 at 21:26 Bork Titflopsen says:
Too short, too easy, not enough gameplay, no replay value, terrible graphics, worthless points system.
8/10
27/03/2012 at 21:59 nemryn says:
I’m not sure what to make of this comment. Is it about games ratings inflation, or the punk aesthetic?
28/03/2012 at 00:54 TsunamiWombat says:
Yes
28/03/2012 at 06:28 pixel house says:
I love this comment, thank you.
27/03/2012 at 21:28 Phasma Felis says:
COMBO YEAH! BILLION POINTS
28/03/2012 at 08:22 wcq says:
GUY WIT DA RED TOWEL, HE MESSIN WIV OUR INVASION Y’ALL
27/03/2012 at 21:33 Xocrates says:
Nope! No Mass Effect parody there. No siree.
Title reminds me of this one though: http://sandbox.yoyogames.com/games/164848-space-marine-in-space-vs-space-aliens-from-space
27/03/2012 at 21:37 LTK says:
I don’t think I’ve ever had performance this poor on a downloadable PC game. Music won’t work, sounds only play the first 1/4 second, and the framerate goes to shit when there are over 5 enemies on screen. I didn’t know that was possible for a game with graphics consisting of a foreground, background and two-frame animations all drawn in MS Paint.
But it comes with a free mp3 soundtrack! GOTY 2012!
27/03/2012 at 22:00 nemryn says:
I took far longer than I should have to realize Red Scarf could suplex the big guys.
27/03/2012 at 23:17 Maldomel says:
Mass Effect Mass Effect. Mass Effect?
28/03/2012 at 02:04 Agamo says:
Malkovich effect?
28/03/2012 at 00:19 Gap Gen says:
What I want to know is why tall robot fighting things don’t fall over when you shoot them with cannons. Because they would.
28/03/2012 at 01:21 Bork Titflopsen says:
They are aliens, seems only natural.
28/03/2012 at 01:33 Tacroy says:
I like that the archive is named “FOXLZRS”. I approve of both things.
28/03/2012 at 06:50 Det says:
I think any animal based anthropomorphics abandon their animal origin as soon as they get opposable thumbs.
I mean shit, it’s just a dude with a fox/wolf/cat/robot/snake’s head. They even use fucking guns and stuff.
At least something like the hydralisk had to spit their projectiles. These fuckers might as well as be wearing silly hats.
p.s. aliens wearing silly hats were featured in touhou 8
28/03/2012 at 07:37 pixel house says:
haha I’m sorry but I think you’re taking this game a little bit seriously
28/03/2012 at 07:56 LionsPhil says:
…are…are you complaining about anthropomorphic animals behaving too anthropomorphically?
In the same breath as admitting an interest in Touhou?
28/03/2012 at 09:34 pixel house says:
HI EVERYONES
This was no way even inspired by Mass Effect lol what. I did a drawing of a fox robot shooting lazars from it’s eyes, then built a game based on that drawing within a week. that was the point of the gamejam. then I ate some toast or something, I can’t really remember. thanks.
- human who made this game
29/03/2012 at 00:31 Det says:
COME AT ME BRO
COME AT ME
28/03/2012 at 08:31 ThaneSolus says:
hahaha, i love the idea
28/03/2012 at 09:07 caddyB says:
Fox aliens? Fox Mulder? Mass Effect? SPAAAAAACE?
Where are you going with this, bro?