This is how the story goes... First of all this is a plain out and out racing game featuring Aliens on motorbikes! There is nothing wrong with this of course, but we just wanted to establish this from the start.

AlienGP is beautifully presented with a very intuitive main menu system that is easy to use and more importantly, works well. You can configure lots of elements of this game from the graphics to the controls. So what is the actual racing like?

Set over 7 varied levels, from Mars and Mountains to Space and Oceans (we loved the way part of the level actually goes underwater on the Ocean level) you get to zoom around a winding twisting track on your bike. You can have a "quick race" (you vs. one other, very good player) or a Tournament in which it's you versus lots of good other players!

Sadly we didn't manage to win a single race, even on the Easy difficulty level. Collision detection is good, as is the speed of the game, but it isn't very forgiving if you plough into a wall and you can often be restarted facing the wrong direction, which caught us out a few times.

The multiple cameras are great (including the chase-cam) and the wide screen option is a nice touch. All in all though a very well polished game which could benefit from some tweaks in the playability department.