The company was known for its innovative line of graphic adventure games, the critical and commercial success of which peaked in the mid 1990s, as well as primarily games based on the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.įollowing the acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company in 2012, Disney closed down LucasArts on April 3, 2013, and laid off its staff.
It was founded in 1982 by George Lucas as the video game development group of his film company, Lucasfilm. LucasArts (traded as LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC) was an American action-adventure video game developer and publisher based in San Francisco, California.
The gameplay is really fun so no need to worry about the poor storyline.Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Thrillville, The Dig, Grim Fandango, Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Armed and Dangerous, Herc's Adventures, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Fracture The game has a poor plotline, but not to worry, it isn't canon. The game is actually an alternate timeline after the first Alien movie. The game starts off half way through Aliens, and later in the game, the prison from Alien3 is put onto the same planet as the colony, as well as the Malikak shipwreck. The game is titled "Alien Trilogy" making it assumable that it is a video game adaptation of the original trilogy of Alien. Of all the Alien video games I have played, this is the one I like the most. The game was easy and simple in a way that made it really fun to play. There are also dermpatches, which restore health by 1% whether or not the players' health is over 100, increasing the health maximum. The health kits are only effective if the player is under 100 health. There is also the adrenaline burst, which increases the health to 200. The health is at its maximum of 100, but if it is depleted, you can find and use health kits, which restores the health by 20%. Later on in the game you find a pulse rifle, which is also good for combating xenomorphs and company enemies, but rapidly fires and can launch grenades unlike the shotgun.Įven later into the game, you can find the smartgun, which is a pulse rifle that can fire at three targets simultaneously, which is helpful for when you are surrounded by aliens. In the first level, you must look for a shotgun for combating xenomorphs, company enemies, and destroying heat sealed barrels, which cannot be destroyed with the 9mm. The game starts the player off with a 9mm, which is good for combating facehuggers and busting open crates that have health and ammunition in them. If you do poorly, you must restart the level. If you excel, you are rewarded with a bonus level where you can stock up on health and ammo. If you do okay, you move on to the next level. The game keeps record of how many enemies you kill, how many secret areas you found, and how well you did the mission objective for the level. At the end of each section is a Xenomorph queen boss fight. There are three sections of the game, which are 10-14 levels. Throughout the levels you can look for health, ammunition, and new weapons such as a shotgun and later a pulse rifle. You play as Ripley and must complete simple tasks such as collecting ID tags, destroying crates, killing all Aliens in an area, killing all Synthetic Guards, etc. The game is basically Doom with Xenomorphs.
Later on in the game, it is revealed that the game is an alternate timeline after the first Alien movie as the Fiorina prison from Alien 3 is on the same planet as the Colony, and eventually Ripley goes into the Malikak shipwreck, which is on the same planet. Alien Trilogy starts half way through the second Alien movie that starts with the colony on the LV 426.