Aliens Thanatos Encounter (GB)

James Cameron's fest of alien gore and big guns, Aliens has to include some of the best films ever made and some pretty good games have come out of it too, unfortunately, Aliens : Thanatos Encounter is not so good. Basically 5 marines no-one has ever heard of answer a distress call from the freighter Thanatos (anyone who knows ancient greek may notice that thanatos means death but then again these marines are pretty dumb). The marines investigate and basically mucho alien exploding ensues. The game has a lot of potential and the ideas are all there. The graphics are not awful but not great either. The game contains nice ideas such as the variety of ...

Every one who love the second aliens film will instantly want this game after seeing the picture on the back off the box, of a marine holding the signature 'Pulse Rifle'. But before you give into your cravings, there are a few things that need to be said about this game. Firstly a quick synopsis. The story behind the game is that a group of hard ass marines are traveling home from a training exercise. They recieve a distress call from a large cargo ship, and, because they really do love civilians, respond to this call. What they find is that the ships crew is in tatters and the ship has been taken over by Xenomorphs. This involves lots of blasting ...