Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders

Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders delivers a fast and deliberately old-school run-and-gun experience built around constant movement, heavy firepower, and increasingly chaotic encounters with alien forces. Developed by Combo Game Studio and published by Nuntius Games and Vsoo Games, it takes clear inspiration from classic arcade shooters without burying the action beneath complicated progression systems. Its strongest quality is immediacy. Within moments, the player is running through hostile environments, dodging attacks, grabbing weapons, and turning groups of extraterrestrial enemies into showers of pixelated destruction. The movement system gives the combat much of its energy. Characters can run, jump, slide, climb cables, and shoot in eight directions, allowing enemies to attack from multiple elevations without making the controls unnecessarily restrictive. Sliding is particularly useful because it provides another way to reposition quickly when projectiles begin filling the screen. The result is combat that encourages players to remain mobile rather than finding a comfortable location and firing continuously. Once several enemy types appear together, successful play become…

3.5/10 contra clone - some bs hitboxes. tossed pool of poison killed me from a platform above well i was jumping under it. wasnt even close + 3 player local co-op

Its ok. The problem I have here is the game isn't bad...but I can think of other Contra clones that are around the same price that do it better. I can even think of one off the top of my head that is 1/2 the price that does it better. Also It seems some shots just travel through enemies. But it is enjoyable. I got it in a pack of a bunch of Nuntias games for $8. I kept 4....so $2 for this isn't bad. Its decent...but prepare to not be fully impressed and you will do just fine.

This was a lot of fun and 3 players is more than contra/metal slug it is inspired by. It is cool to have super moves and 2 weapons to alternate between, in addition to easy mode. The demo is easily worth a try if you're on th fence.

fun game

I just came from playing Super Cyborg and this contra run and gun like game is not that good. The controls feel a bit floaty and some of the sound effects are annoying like Ice gun level 1 , but eventually especially with later levels, the game just gets annoying. Bosses have almost none to no tells about their abilities and there's no way to dodge some if they just spawn on top of you as well as enemies. It's not so much about skill but pure luck at points with how the enemies can just spawn on top of you. I would love to give this a mixed review but, it's been more , not so fun towards the end then fun.