By John Walker on November 28th, 2012 at 7:00 pm.
Ooh, I’ve been wanting a new top-down alien shooter for a while. I really cannot believe it’s over two years since Valve released Alien Swarm, and there’s another game just like it that I loved, and absolutely cannot remember the name of. (Not Alien Shooter – anyone who can name it for me wins an imaginary prize.) Fortunately, just announced today is Primal Fears, which looks to be sticking very firmly to the formula. Its first trailer is below.
It looks good, but I think its claims that it “harkens to the depths of the human psyche” might prove a little exaggerated. The trailer says it’s, er, soon coming to Steam, but I can’t find any proper release date anywhere. However, you can sign up to the beta here.
28/11/2012 at 19:04 Grey Ganado says:
Doesn’t everything that a human percieves harken to the depths of the human psyche?
28/11/2012 at 19:16 Kasab says:
RPS especially, I’m a-Freud.
28/11/2012 at 19:05 Hodge says:
Shadowgrounds Survivor?
28/11/2012 at 19:16 LionsPhil says:
That’d be my thought.
29/11/2012 at 00:30 lofaszjoska says:
O Shadowgrounds Survivor, now I’ll have to replay you again!
28/11/2012 at 19:06 Rahabib says:
Shadow Grounds?
http://shadowgroundsgame.com/new/
28/11/2012 at 19:07 ColOfNature says:
Shadowgrounds? Alien Breed?
edit: Ninjed!
28/11/2012 at 19:10 One Pigeon says:
I enjoy running backwards and shooting, this game seems to have an ample supply of both. Yipee!
28/11/2012 at 19:17 SconicX says:
Alien Breed?
28/11/2012 at 19:41 Scroll says:
Not the new ones though, right?
28/11/2012 at 19:20 Tusque D'Ivoire says:
It must have been Zombie Shooter then! (was probably shadowgrounds)
Imaginary prizes are the currency of the internet!
28/11/2012 at 19:29 vatara says:
Crimsonland was always a favorite of mine.
28/11/2012 at 20:52 Lucretious says:
Yes! I remember years and years ago not having a credit card, so I would just play the free trial over and over.
28/11/2012 at 19:39 mehteh says:
Alien Swarm was so damn good. Its a shame Valve treated it as an experiment. I played that game for nearly 100 hours. Alien Breed was terrible in comparison. I especially hated the rotatable camera.
29/11/2012 at 00:09 lordfrikk says:
It truly is a great game. What a shame that Valve doesn’t support it as much as they do with other products.
29/11/2012 at 00:38 Caiman says:
Alien Breed was great once you started to pick up the better weapons. Really what I found annoying about Alien Breed was the constant running to and fro of the objectives, fixing bits and pieces of the ship one after the other, it really turned you into a technician not a soldier. But in small doses it was good stuff.
28/11/2012 at 20:01 Pockets says:
… am I the only person who preferred the original Alien Swarm? I can’t say why, but the Source version never quite clicked with me the way the original UT2004 mod did.
28/11/2012 at 20:29 Zyrxil says:
You know what I want to see? A horror game where the player can trip. It’s such a simple concept, though I’m sure it’s a complete bitch to program.
If you can trip, you can’t always run as fast as possible. Backpedaling at high speeds while shooting? Right out. Moving fast in darkness without attention-attracting light? Impossible.
28/11/2012 at 20:35 JB says:
That would be pretty cool. I’m excited enough about the infantry physics upcoming in A New Zero, but in a horror game that could be even better.
*trips over a tree root and gets eaten*
30/11/2012 at 02:58 danielPT says:
Well, I think StarForge does fucking good in that area.
http://www.moddb.com/games/starforgegame
28/11/2012 at 20:51 Bigmouth Strikes Again says:
Having to go to the toilet undetected would revitalize the genre. Or any genre, for that matter.
28/11/2012 at 20:46 Keyrock says:
It’s already been stated, but the title you’re looking for is likely Shadowgrouds or Shadowgrouds Survivor
28/11/2012 at 23:06 Benkyo says:
Lots of people saying Shadowgrounds, ignoring the fact that it was rubbish and not a patch on Alien Swarm. Chunky, slow aliens that got stuck behind scenery, no pace, no tension…
28/11/2012 at 23:14 LionsPhil says:
Sure, but he’s a man of weird tastes, that Walker.
28/11/2012 at 23:14 darkmouse20001 says:
Just out of interest, Shadowgrounds, and Shadowgrounds survivor are on offer here for 99p and £1.75 respectively – if you’ve never played them, Shadowgrounds is awesome for a measly quid! https://www.gameolith.com/offer/frozenbyte-collection/
29/11/2012 at 07:31 f4stjack says:
I still long for a game like Crimsonland. Simple in execution, tongue in cheek perks & feats, tons of guns…
29/11/2012 at 14:05 Kaen says:
All i could think of whilst watching the trailer was “Nation Red with nicer visuals”