which aren't so much levels as they are straight-up boss battles with a bit of platforming preamble. But that's just as well, because the feeling of chaos simply continues into the gameplay and doesn't dissipate a bit over the course of Alien Soldier's 25 levels. The story's a nonsensical chaotic mess, to be truthful, and plays out at the beginning of the game in a far-too-long text scroll, and then is never seen again after the action begins. His quest is to deal out death and destruction against his former terrorist comrades and their new leader, Xi-Tiger. Gunstar flashbacks are likely to hit you fast.Įpsilon-Eagle is the name of your gun-toting avatar this time around, and he's apparently some kind of reformed terrorist alien who's inhabited the body of a human-shaped bipedal bird, not unlike the Star Fox series' Falco Lombardi. If you wanted to play this one before present day in the USA (via Wii Virtual Console0, you would have had to import it from Japan or Europe, or have downloaded it through the short-lived SEGA Channel cable service. Whereas Gunstar was tough to find in the States in cartridge form, Alien Soldier was nearly impossible to track down thanks to its lack of an official American release. Unfortunately, it was even more obscure in its original release. It was also developed by Treasure, so it was a loose follow-up to Gunstar in many ways.
This is a game that plays very much like Gunstar Heroes, and finds appeal in much the same way - it's a side-scrolling action/ shooter with tons of explosions, enemies, weapon types and maneuvers, and lots and lots of huge, impressive bosses to face off against. And now it's time to submit a fresh addendum to our opinion about it - if you loved Gunstar Heroes, you're also very likely to dig Alien Soldier. If you've been keeping up at all with the overall opinion toward side-scrolling shooters here at IGN, you know by now that one of our top picks of all time is Treasure's Gunstar Heroes, a two-player co-operative action/ platformer/ shooter first released for the Genesis back in 1993.
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