Alien nation just didnt hit the same mark for me as Dead nation. Alien nation just became to much of a chaotic mess on the later levels, or maybe i'm old.
I also prefer Dead Nation as well. Alienation was basically just the same thing with a reskin, co-op and some new moves. It's not bad, but the dark lighting and heads exploding in Dead Nation is still more fun overall.
I even played through it on Vita lol.
Ha, same here. That was a bit of a slog.I even played through it on Vita lol.
Alienation has the same mechanics as Dead Nation, but I think the play is fundamentally different. One's pure survival and memorizing the levels or learning tactics to work most efficiently through stages, the other is more of a looter-shooter and more akin to a Diablo. Dead Nation has set paths, Alienation has fairly open stages and multiple goalpoints. Your weapons and your stats completely change how you approach goals in Alienation, and if you've got a co-op squad that's really buffed, you shifted from tactical defense to overwhelming offense in mowing down opposing forces (which was a problem IMO, that it was balanced in single-player but then I'd get into co-op and the stats were all over the map and it could lose the fun if you didn't enjoy the pairing.)
