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The Top 7... alien invasions

Get ready to get your ass handed to you by a twisted menace from across the galaxy... seven times over

Words: Christian Nutt, GamesRadar US

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6. Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht (2003, PlayStation 2)

One of the freakiest alien invasions in game history comes in the overblown epic Xenosaga. The first several hours of the cutscene-heavy RPG detail the crisis brought on by the appearance of the Gnosis. These disturbing, malformed aliens do most malicious space races one better - they can't even be touched by conventional weapons. The first several hours of the game is consumed by a tense battle as the Gnosis engulf - and, eventually, destroy - the research ship Woglinde.

Though the Gnosis are completely impervious to guns, and use their bizarre powers to crystallize and shatter human beings, the most disturbing thing about the invasion is how the mask of sanity on the embattled soldiers cracks. Fortunately, badass, beautiful android KOS-MOS can take on the menace. Don't hope to catch your breath, though: the Gnosis keep on coming for the rest of the three-game series.

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thebigmo1 - 1 year 2 months ago

first not that i care

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thebigmo1 - 1 year 2 months ago

first not that i care

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Smeggs - 1 year 2 months ago

Yay, Half-Life. Y'know, I can't belive this but after play HL1 I belive I liked it more than its sequels O_O...Not that the sequels weren't the bomb.

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The_Tingler - 1 year 2 months ago

Halo 2 - yes, but then they screwed it up but then just going to another boring Halo for the rest of the game.

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BooyaBuda - 1 year 2 months ago

you forgot earthbound

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Predator428 - 1 year 2 months ago

Kind of a short article...

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Marioninja1 - 1 year 2 months ago

I love Half-life 2 and all the sequels, mostly 2, never played the first though

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Princeton12 - 1 year 1 month ago

Ummmm... Let's not forget Resistance and Gears of War!!! I mean come on...

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BooyaBuda - 1 year 22 days ago

Resistance is not an alien invasion

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ryno - 1 year 3 days ago

then how do you explain the giant ships in Resistance 2

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BooyaBuda - 11 months 24 days ago

ryno they explain it in the first one it was a virus thing created in russia

and i guess the ships are a way of moving thier guys over seas since the new game is all about the cheamara invading north america

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Blackbird1156 - 10 months 29 days ago

Gears of war wasn't and alien invasion. the Locust was there the whole time. Unless your talking about the humans invading

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ryno - 10 months 29 days ago

oh right

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jakery22 - 6 months 27 days ago

technically the locust are the good guys in gears of war it was the humans that invaded and the locust just got tired of there war and emulsion stealing so fought back

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Satanshadow94 - 6 months 25 days ago

Jackery22 I hate to do this to a Fellow H.I.M. fan but you have no say in Gears because your a ps3 gamer and don't think I'm not loyal to sony but right now it is about monney so unless sony pulls their head out of there asses anyways PS3 gamers can't coment on the games of 360, PC on the other hand go ahead

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BeastlyB - 5 months 16 days ago

When I started reading this article I knew HL was gonna b #1

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RedOutlive10 - 5 months 9 days ago

I really enjoyed how there's a whole story in Half-Life's background, I remember the Nihilanth often mentions unknown parties, and implies there's something else controlling them, as the Combine are a far superior force than what was faced in Xen. Well played, Valve.

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