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XBL's Deal of the Week: Alien Hominid HD

03/30/09 8:22 am | #1

Alright, so for those of you a little disappointed with the lackluster bargains that have been featured in previous weeks, this may perk your interest; Alien Hominid HD is getting a 50% price cut this week, taking the normally 800 Microsoft Points down to a respectable 400. Not too bad, I might have picked it up, if I had points, and didn't hear horror stories of how hard it was.

Also of note, x360a pointed out that if you own Alien Hominid HD, and have received at least one achievement in the game, then you will unlock the playable alien character in Castle Crashers. Just something of interest...

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Re: XBL's Deal of the Week: Alien Hominid HD

03/30/09 12:55 pm | #2

Yes, Alien Hominid is difficult, but not impossibly so.
The XBLA iteration of the game offers a lot of ways to help--3 difficulty levels that affect number of continues, whether you start with a shield, etc., plus you can start the game on any level you have reached, so if you die and stop playing on level 2-3 you can come right back later instead of having to start at 2-1. Playing the game 2-player co-op can help as well.

There are also a lot of extras included: tons of PDA levels which are mini-platforming and can be played with 1-3 friends over XBL, unlockable mini-games that either have certain moments from the game to play in a new format or else completely new games like Soviet Missile Mastar, and being able to collect new hats for your character by doing specific tasks adds some nice replay value along with the Achievements.

Alien Hominid is easily worth 800 points to folks that enjoy challenging action-platformers like Metal Slug 3, Contra and the like, but at 400 points it's practically mandatory for all.

The Achievements break down into 3 easy ones, 6 average ones and 3 difficult ones.

DLC for the title includes a small, free PDA level pack and then a huge PDA pack that costs Microsoft points.

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Re: XBL's Deal of the Week: Alien Hominid HD

03/31/09 4:52 pm | #3

Thanks for the info. I might just pick it up.

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Re: XBL's Deal of the Week: Alien Hominid HD

03/31/09 4:55 pm | #4

i really loved castle crashers.
is this game pretty similar? i've heard it is, just harder.

there's a good possibility i'll be picking this up now that the price has dropped.

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Re: XBL's Deal of the Week: Alien Hominid HD

03/31/09 5:41 pm | #5

I just picked this up. I love that you can just buy it at xbox.com and it will download the next time I turn my 360 on.

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03/31/09 10:45 pm | #6

Quote by Noah 9000:

i really loved castle crashers.
is this game pretty similar? i've heard it is, just harder.

Ehh... it's much, much closer to Metal Slug. Or think Contra with more stuff to do and crazier, sharper graphics.

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Re: XBL's Deal of the Week: Alien Hominid HD

03/31/09 10:49 pm | #7

okay meta. i loved metal slug solid.
watched my wife play contra. didn't care for it.

where does that put me? lol

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