More Classic games please!

[primal.ice]

Having played Alien Breed Evolution for several hours now, I'm still loving it. It has made me nostalgic for all the old games I used to love and miss playing. One particular classic is Chaos Engine.

Although I accept that this was not a Team 17 game, but came from the long gone Bitmap Bros. I think it would convert nicely using the same engine that T17 have used on Alien Breed.

Buy the rights and let us play it gents.

Chin, chin.

[zamo]

Unfortunatedly team 17 thinks alien breed evo didn't sell out as well as they expected. I guess that's why we ain't got new from episodes 2 and 3 yet.

Xbox 360 got the exclusivity for 3 months as far as I remember and now we are on march 2010 but haven't still the whole thing. I smell something about it.

IMHO releasing it on PSN won't boost the sales, PC's steam maybe will do a bit, but TEAM 17 has to keep in mind that Xbox Live Marketplace is very dynamic, getting 1 and sometimes 3 new games per week, so you have to promote your product if you don't want to be buried beneath the new arrivals.

Why not posting a new video for Alien breed episode 1 on the marketplace ? Or even better... a video os episode 2! Release new gamerpics, desktop theme... or put FREE content for the game, no matter if it's ridiculously small piece of content cause since it will be free, people will download it. It will be featured on NEW ARRIVALS page and people will notice again about alien breed evo.

Voilá ! was that so hard ? I'm no pro and came up with this in a second. Hope someone at TEAM 17 reads this so they can take the advice.

Oh, besides... you know what makes a game sell like hell ? low price tag (800 points)...checked. Avatar awards... uh, missing. Update the game so it unlocks whatever for the xbox avatar (a miserable t-shirt with an alien breed texture on it will be enough but decen stuff willl be nice) and more people will jump in.

Another thing that makes a game sell well is easy achievements. You know, there are gamerscore boosters out there.

Man, we should get paid for this :))

[Darthuvius]

lol, if they add in some decent avatar awards I would probably buy episode 2, I have been wondering about the new episode's release date as well. It would be a shame if the project gets shelved due to lack of monies.

[BigMitts]

Yep. This is still one of my fave games but it is unfortunate that it got lost in XBLA. I don't really know what standard gamesites were holding Alien Breed: Evolution up against b/c it didn't get the best reviews either - despite being a top quality game for an excellent price.

My only suggestion would be to create a bit more noise leading up to launch (the suggestions above are excellent). Personally I only found out it's actual release date about 2 days before it came out.

Gameplay-wise I would like to see a bit more variety in objectives - Heroic last stand defense is always fun against aliens. Some type of equipment unlocking for customization would be cool too. Customized armour, weapon attachments etc.

Otherwise I still love this game and play it about once or twice a week.