Gaming Alien Hominid

[I, Colossus]

I very recently spotted this game while looking around on GameSpot, and I have to say, I'm pretty exited about this title already. It was originally a dinky flash game made by the people at Newgrounds, but the two owners (of Newgrounds) ran into someone, who is now the producer of the game, who pushed them into making a console version of the game. Thus, the developer "The Behemoth" was born, and they began working on the console version. Right now it's only GCN and PS2, but appearantly a while back it was supposed to be on the X-Box as well.

The story isn't an innovative one, but it did originate from a flash game, so you can't really ask for much.

[quote][b]GameSpot[/b]
[i]Alien Hominid's story is a simple one, and it unfolds much like a director's cut of E.T. in which, rather than passively sitting back to play with a Speak & Spell and sucking down Reese's Pieces, E.T. comes packing an alien piece. You'll play the role of a small yellow gender-neutral alien who has the misfortune to crash-land on Earth after slightly overzealous FBI agents shoot down his ship as it cruises by. To add insult to injury, the ship literally crashes on the doorstep of FBI headquarters. As if that weren't bad enough, some FBI agents make off with the craft. Our yellow hero, anxious to return home, sets out to reclaim his ship. [/i][/quote]

The gameplay is supposed to be simple run-n-gun, which is nice for me because I'm really into simple, old-school gameplay. Anyway, the real story here is the art style, this is truly a fresh art style.

[center]Screens: [b]GameSpot[/b]
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[Guest lavalamp]

Why does GameSpot have hands-down the worst screenshots ever?

They should distribute free copies to people overcoming drug addictions. Not feeling the Vasquezesque art direction that has virtually become the second most overused/imitated style ever, but it looks like fun. Eye-crossing middle of the night fun.

[natetron46]

yeah i dont like the art design of this game, but it looks like it will be decent, ive noticed that gamespot has very few pictures of actual gameplay, mostly cutscenes and stuff i dont want.....

[BlueYoshi]

[color=teal]I thought it was going to get a Xbox and PC release. I don't see why not because that's where it started off afterall, kinda.

I remember playing the Flash Game over at Newgrounds and getting bored very quickly, but yeah, you can't really expect much from a simple Flash animation.

The game does promise high levels of entertainment though, so you can't complain there, and some of the best shoot em ups have been the most simple 2D ones... Contra, Metal Slug, Mega Man, Metroid 2. With that in mind, I definitely won't be doubting this for a second.[/color]