Alien Hallway Demo

Sigma Team are famous for developing the timeless classic called Alien Shooter, which is basically a top-down shooter in which you have to kill thousands of aliens to pass each level. Now, the same studio has decided to change the formula a little bit, although not by much, since both the aliens and the shooting part have been kept intact for this game as well.

Alien Hallway is a tad more team-oriented, on the other hand, since you get to control entire divisions this time around, not just one tough survivor. Hence, you must worry about much more than watching your back, since every individual in your command needs weapons and protection in order to properly deal with the threat from outer space.

In fact, this release is much more related to tower defense games, only you get to control soldiers and robotic turrets instead of towers. Depending on how well you fare when it comes to dispatching with the aliens, on the other hand, you are rewarded with more troops and better upgrades, which can be applied in order to increase the damage your soldiers do with every shot.

Speaking of which, there are a variety of upgrades you can buy and use for your units, most of which deal with armor and damage. Hence, you can sacrifice protection for efficiency, although you can pretty much do however you like, as long as you manage to survive. Not only that, but special abilities are available as well, such as airstrikes that can deliver a massive amount of damage in a very short time.

Visually, the game is not as gritty as the Alien Shooter franchise was. In fact, it is much more colorful and cartoonish, which means that it takes a more relaxed approach to the situation. That doesn’t mean you get to just sit and watch the pretty colors, on the other hand, because the pace of the action is just as brutal and there’s barely a second of silence.

In the end, Alien Hallway may not be as innovative and addictive as Alien Shooter was, but it does come pretty close to it on some aspects. A lot more work could have gone into the variety of the soldiers and the environments, but you can easily forget about that if you concentrate on the challenge itself.