Maybe not everyone knows Space Hulk, but probably all of us know what Warhammer 40k is; a wargame about the grim darkness of the far future, where there's only war. Space Hulk is one of Game Workshop's specialist games, based in this universe, where squads of Space Marine Terminators boarded alien spaceships in a turn-based game, fighting their, usually, abominable owners (mostly four-armed Alien ripoffs called "Genestealers", although it was possible to fight other stuff).
Somehow, the board game managed to bring the claustrophobic ambient of the spaceships by hiding everything the players couldn't see, and forcing them into narrow corridors where any step could lead to a more than certain death.
In 1993 EA published the first computer adaptation of the franchise, called Space Hulk (clever marketing there!). You can read the full story about this game on its Wikipedia article.
Years passed, and a small group of Swedish developers, TearDown, wanted to bring back this classic game to our modern computers. A praiseworthy action, if you want to know my opinion. Then the lawyers came in, the "no, you won't get the license", and all that stuff we heard before tons of times. The remake was almost finished, but it wouldn't be able to make it with Space Marines and Genestealers.
The result? Alien Assault. An awesome remake where squads of marines from the space fight hordes of four-armed aliens that may steal your genes, set in claustrophobic spaceships.
Made of 100% awesomesauce. You can get it for free from their webpage (while legal supplies last...), or download it from the mirror at the download section!
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Somehow, the board game managed to bring the claustrophobic ambient of the spaceships by hiding everything the players couldn't see, and forcing them into narrow corridors where any step could lead to a more than certain death.
In 1993 EA published the first computer adaptation of the franchise, called Space Hulk (clever marketing there!). You can read the full story about this game on its Wikipedia article.
Years passed, and a small group of Swedish developers, TearDown, wanted to bring back this classic game to our modern computers. A praiseworthy action, if you want to know my opinion. Then the lawyers came in, the "no, you won't get the license", and all that stuff we heard before tons of times. The remake was almost finished, but it wouldn't be able to make it with Space Marines and Genestealers.
The result? Alien Assault. An awesome remake where squads of marines from the space fight hordes of four-armed aliens that may steal your genes, set in claustrophobic spaceships.
Made of 100% awesomesauce. You can get it for free from their webpage (while legal supplies last...), or download it from the mirror at the download section!
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