Customer Reviews

Alias

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

i recieved an advance copy and I'm so in love! Sydney looks so much like the the real Jennifer Garner and also has her unmistakable voice making it feel personal when enemies start attacking. You have to fight the urge to be careful with her- she's stunning but she has all the moves and you have to sorta think (not such a bad thing, right?) The action is pretty easy to pick up if you're into it and they make it surprisingly realistic so that you really feel like you've been thrown into the world of Alias...which is the only place I'll ever be. The original cast voices and freaky realism to our fave characters add a great deal of magic. It's easy to see why it took so long to make this game...everything was perfect: the familiar disguises like her Las Vegas outfit and my favorite- her black turtleneck/black jeans we only saw in the pilot episode, the perfection of the colors and pixels, the heartpounding techno music, the amazon-like enemy Anna Espinosa who has vanished from the show since the first season (good to see her), acquiring and using Marshall's zany tech and trying to outsmart Sloane and everyone while watching the time dwindle away made this game hard to beat but it can be done. I was a geek and ditched school & cheerleading practice to play for days determined to win like Sydney naturally would. I just can't get over what you can do as Sydney Bristow in this realm- it's exactly what every fan could ever dream of. THE BEST

I've read the reviews on this game about the "uncontrollable" controls and cameras and whatnot and I couldn't believe my eyes. I am an inexperienced gamer, and found the controls seemless and easy to use. As for the save points, they were plenty, and the game is pretty self-explanatory. It is at times as challenge, but that is why I, and I hope others, play a game is for a bit of challenge-- nothing too large.

The best part of this game is the voice-acting. Marshal Flinkman is a funny as ever, and the voices sound real. The characters look very real-life-- there are some obvious flaws in the FMVs, but for the most part it is pretty seamless.

For those who complain about the lack of "moves", I wonder if they read the strategy manuel. Using a combination of buttons, many moves can be used, and there is even a special "stealth attack" move that comes in very handy. There was obvious attention to detail with using the stealth control and various uses of seeing people. There is a stealth mode that allows for easy targeting of enemies, and a thermal vision mode as the well as the regular "seeing" mode. All of these work well and have specific purposes. You can have Sydney slink around walls, collect all manners of weapons (such as pool cues, shovels, night sticks, etc) to use against the guards and enemies. There are all kinds of operational gadgets used, and chances for interaction.

The weak spot in this game is simply the variety of getting around. Granted, it's a "stealth" game, but in almost every mission, the majority of it is slinking around the walls and taking out the guards. This is fun, and is interesting to an extent, but when it happens for EVERY mission it can become a bit tiresome. Also, there should be a little more story substance added to pump it up. The FMVs are few and far between, and Sydney just pops from one operation to another-- there ought to be soem more space and analyzing inbetween.

I had a blast playing this game, and I think that others would too. This is a replay game (I play it over and over). If you are a fan of Alias, you will love this game. If you don't watch the show, you'll still have a lot of fun playing it. All in all, 4 stars! It was a very satifying experience.

Alias, ABC's conspiracy-filled drama in the world of spies, espionage, and double agents, is practically custom made for a video-game treatment--lots of gadgets, lots of close shaves, and lots of intrigue. Thankfully, they all translate quite well to Acclaim's interactive version, too. To summarize Alias's complicated backstory would take much longer than this review--if you're reading this, it's probably because you already know the twisted plot (or maybe you just think Jennifer Garner, who plays lead character Sydney Bristow, is wicked hot). The game takes place late in the second season--SD6 is gone, Sloane and Sark are pals, everybody else is working for the CIA, and the hunt is on for Rimbaldi's "Machine." With the show's writers, seven actors, and series creator J.J. Abrams all on board, Alias is as authentic as a licensed game gets.
The gameplay feels a little Splinter Cell-ish, but it's certainly more forgiving than Sam Fisher's tasks; very generous save points make Sydney's mission enjoyable instead of mission impossible. Players will need to infiltrate locations with the help of various gadgets, vision modes (night, heat, etc) and, um, sexy outfits. Sooner or later it comes down to brawling, and the fight moves look gorgeous. With practice, Sydney backflips off walls and batters bad guys with amazing grace. Once you learn the controls, they respond sharply). The fully user-controlled camera can still leave you in a lurch, but locking onto one target in a group makes the frequent two- or three-enemy smackdowns winnable. Although the scriptwriters are straight from the show, Marshall and Vaughan's dialogue feels a little forced; otherwise, the large cast participation and television soundtrack give the game exactly the authentic audio flavor fans would want. Characters closely resemble their real-life counterparts, and the environments look lovely, but Syd's "nonreflective" spy suit quizzically shines. Still, Alias is a great-looking and easy-playing game that should make casual-gamer fans of the show very happy.

This game is like being immersed in an episode of the great Alias tv show. With the show in hiatus until the new season, this game really fills a need for all the excitement and fun of the show. I love the characters, the action, the graphics and thrill of being Sid! This game is a wonderful treat for a fan.

In my opinion, I know Alias isn't that good, judging from other member reviews. But, they said it isn't that good, because they thought it was a stealth-based game. It isn't. As all Alias show fans know, Alias is not just focused on stealth, as we see in some episodes, when Sydney's on a mission, Alias depends on how is Sydney's performance on a mission, if she has been spotted by a guard, then she have no other choice but to defend herself and use brawns. But if only Sydney can be too quiet, and be very stealthy, you can really see stealth in it.

Depending on the player, if he/she is too lousy and can't be too quiet, then obviously, his/her character will be caught. This is not just a stealth-based game, but also into action. Unlike Splinter Cell, your character really needs to be stealthy because when you are being spotted by an enemy, what can you do to defends yourself? Nothing. You only have limited moves into fight scenes, but Alias has multiple moves that'll alow her to defend herself. If you want stealthy focused games, then you should buy Splinter Cell instead. But if want some action in your stealth gaming experiance, then Alias would be the first on the list!

I highly recommend this game to everyone. Yes, ALIAS was one of my favorite television shows, which added to my great experience with the game, but even an outsider would love it. The characters were great, and looked like the actors who play them in real life. The voices were also the voices of the actors, which was great. The actual game was challenging, but solvable, and very fun! The story was like just another episode of the show. In the game you get to hack into computers, tail Sark, steal weapons, free prisoners, and basically beat the bad guys. The graphics aren't top notch, but they are very good. You, as Sydney Bristow, get sent on many different missions, which are all different and exciting. You would think the game would end after some missions, but then HQ sends you on a few more. It's really great for the story to keep going like that, because I didn't want it to end! At one point Sydney even gets trapped and has to call HQ for help, where you get to play as Michael Vaughn for a little while. The dialogue is great and sounds like what they would say on the show...Especially with Marshall, the op-tech guy. He is hysterical as always...
Anyway, I could go on for hours about how great this game is...Again, I would like to say that I HIGHLY recommend this game, especially to the ALIAS fans out there. It's truly amazing.

If your a fan of the series then you will like the game. It is a great chance to play Ms. Bristo. There were a few clitches in the game. I was also disapointed that there weren't more fighting movies. Overall the game was fun and a good way to pass the time.

Alias fans unite in this fast-paced action game with real cast voices and awesome effects and graphics. I love Alias and this fun, challenging game. The digital Sydney is so good, it makes me dream of having Sydney walk off the screen and join me for drinks after the game.

When I rented (thank God) Alias, I was expecting a female-led good looking game. After all, Jennifer Garner is in it, lending her voice. I am not a big fan of the TV show, but I was most definitely expecting a good game involving espionage and guns. Sadly, I was very wrong.

Alias is not what it's cracked up to be. When I started playing this game, as Sydney Bristow in a beautifully detailed silver outfit and what looks very much like Jennifer Garner, I just ran around, looking at the bad camera angles. The gameplay, in my opinion, is very off. I wasn't expecting just a beat-em-up game, but at least a game with style. This isn't.

Don't get me wrong, it doesn't only have cons. The best part of this game and the only reason I gave it a whole extra star than it deserves is because of the great graphics. You feel like you're watching Jennifer Garner in real live action. It was awesome.

But the rest of the game were flaws. If you love the TV show, then rent it. But don't, under any circumstances, by this game.

I expected to be playing this game in October 2003 and now having played it I'm left wondering, what took them so long. The aspects of the game that have been inputted by the cast and crew are great; the voices, the music, the storyline (even if the end is a bit poor).
However some of the features added by Acclaim are not up to standard. The sound effects are awful (especially the female enemies), Anna Espinosa and Sark have the same fighting sound effects as all the other enemies, if you die you go back to the main menu, it doesn't save the options, some of the characters look a little dodgy, especially Vaughn, who also fights like a girl (because he has the same moves as Syd) and the AI is dodgy at times (the amount of times a person calls for back-up and receives none as well as losing interest if Syd moves out of room or even to the other side of one).
But it's not all bad, some of the weapons are cool (I like broom and the spoon thing that never breaks). The controls are good even though some people may find the fighting a little random; this is probably because the same combination will give different moves depending on you location (near a wall or behind a character). Most people will probably find that Sydney can't jump but what she can do is flip forward, side ways and backwards. The costumes are good some taken from the show; one of the best costumes is used the least in the Tattoo parlour. The attention to detail of some of the background characters is poor (check out the Sark's drivers date in the casino) and the environments are a little bland.
The PS2 version is graphically inferior to the Xbox version as you might expect and it takes so long to load (maybe I've just got too used to my Xbox)
The fact that the well-known red wig used on the front cover that is not even in the game tells us that Acclaim are relying hugely on the success of the show to sell the game. That's the only reason I bought it. So a must for fans but if you're not a fan either start watching Alias or give this one a miss.