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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

1. Half-Life (1998, PC)

It wasn't until the late '90s that the pure physical terror of an alien invasion could be communicated in a game. Half-Life captures the utter chaos of a world torn to pieces by aliens pouring into it - and destroying everything in their path. The detailed creatures and their advanced behavior was entirely fresh, and still stands as a high watermark. The epic battles against the invasion forces from the world of Xen are unsettling and extreme.

And, eventually, you become the invader - taking the fight to the alien world. It's a game that managed, through the application of quality writing as well as convincing graphics and gameplay, to really communicate the truly disquieting possibilities that lie at the core of contact with a species that has nothing in common with humanity.

 
10 Comments
thebigmo1 - 2 months 27 days ago
first not that i care
thebigmo1 - 2 months 27 days ago
first not that i care
Smeggs - 2 months 27 days 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.
The_Tingler - 2 months 27 days ago
Halo 2 - yes, but then they screwed it up but then just going to another boring Halo for the rest of the game.
BooyaBuda - 2 months 25 days ago
you forgot earthbound
Predator428 - 2 months 25 days ago
Kind of a short article...
Marioninja1 - 2 months 21 days ago
I love Half-life 2 and all the sequels, mostly 2, never played the first though
Princeton12 - 1 month 12 days ago
Ummmm... Let's not forget Resistance and Gears of War!!! I mean come on...
BooyaBuda - 24 days 21 hours ago
Resistance is not an alien invasion
ryno - 6 days 45 minutes ago
then how do you explain the giant ships in Resistance 2
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