Area 51

by Midway

Product Features

• Arm yourself with 10 human and alien weapons as you explore dark and menacing corridors
• Discover the real answers behind such conspiracy theories as the alien autopsy and faked lunar landing
• Take the action online and set up matches with your friends

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00080L35S
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: July 7, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,999 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

Area 51 is a great aracde shooter that's bringing its action and challenge home to you. You'll lead a special unit into the famous Area 51 and discover just what's really lurking in that mytserious, classified desert base. An infectious mutagen has given players alien-enhanced physical abilities but is slowly transforming them into an alien. They must find the cure before it's too late and their humanity is lost. Face off against a horde of horrific creatures - and secure Area 51!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, June 11, 2005

By 

J. M Quiggins "Sole_Fish" (Owensboro, Ky. USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Area 51 (CD-ROM)

This game borrows heavily upon the finest elements of some of the best shooters out there. The textures and coloring borrow from Halo. The vocal synch/mouth animation is borrowed from Half-Life. The teamwork and the way Sarge would constantly bellow commands is reminiscent of Medal Of Honor. The storyline is compelling. Ther acting is, well, GOOD! David Duchuvney AND Marilyn Manson both star in this game! Very well written and sometimes quite frightening. The skeletal animation is outstanding! A very challenging FPS that we can only hope gets the attention It deserves!!!!

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Weak, and embarassing. Not up to par, November 5, 2005

By 

D. Crain "nanohead" (NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Area 51 (CD-ROM)

The story is decent, the premise and setting is ok. But this game borders on unusable sometimes. There is NO save system. Pathetic on a 2005 title. You can play 20 minutes, looking for some bizarre thing that they hid in the game, and get killed at the last minute. Another 20 minutes playing the same thing again. Argh.. I thought we were past that years ago. F5 guys, F5.

Then there's the controls. The book tells you very little about what to do in the game. I wandered around for 6 or 7 sections of the game not knowing what to do with the darn scanner. Also, there seems to be a total lack of health when you need it most, and an abundance when you don't need it. Didn't the developers play this thing before they shipped it? Totally wierd. And there are so many cut scenes and cinematics, its hard to get into the rythm.

And then the most troubling thing. I love these FPS games, Far Cry, Doom 3, Half Life 2, etc. Play them all. But Area 51, I find it very hard to see where I am. The action is pretty wierd, which is ok (it is a fictional game after all), but because of how murky the controls are, and how wide the field of vision of the character is, I end up with a headache trying to see where I am half the time. Its hard to know where the shots are coming from, and where the enemy is. Its hard to describe, but the field of vision is just lousy. And for a First Person game, thats indeed bad.

All in all, very disappointing. I can see why it didn't to that well. Its klunky, has poor playability, and its hard to see whats going on. Too bad actually, as the story is not that bad, David Duchovny, while bland as heck in this, at least is a real actor, and Area 51 is steeped in fantasy lore as a subject in general. All in all, a bargain bin special

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Surprized!, July 25, 2005

By 

Jason W. Blanton (Groveport, Oh United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Area 51 (CD-ROM)

I was very pestamistic when it came to this game. After Half Life 2, Doom 3, The Thing what could compare to that greatness that those games portrade?

Then I downloaded the demo for this game and I was very impressed to say the least. First of all it reminds me of a cross between HL2 and The Thing which came out three years ago. But what makes a great game to me might not to someone else, hey this is why we live in America, freedom.

Graphics: I thought the graphics were good enough with some surprizes like the lighting and that errie neon glow effect you'll see throughout the game. The spaceship is the best I hear.
Reminds me of the movie aliens!

Physics: are great with windows breaking, granades exploding in more ways than one and body's flying. Great! Nothing new though except that crazy energy granade? Where did that come from?

Gameplay: This is where it's at and should be with all games: A cool mystery of a story I tell you. Kind of scary in some places especially when your going down some dingy, dark cooridor and hear a sound behind you of someone creeping up on you and you think "what's that???" "Is it an alien???" "Or something else???" This aspect of the game is a lot like Doom's gameplay and I love that scare effect!!!

Sound: This is a neccesity. Get a good sound card like 3D Doby and a good surround-sound system and your good to go. If you have already played Doom 3 or Half Life 2 then your ready and good to go.

Conclusion: I think this is game is a winner.It's not the best nor worst nor is it as graphically intense as HL2 or Doom3 but what game is right now??? Give it a few year's and we'll see something top them all just like always. What this game is lies in the gameplay which is down right fun, fun, fun! Who cares about whether the game is as good as this or that I don't play to compare to other game's, I play to have fun! And you??? Get a life FPS die-hards! This game is fun not perfect and that is all that should matter! I admit there are some bugs here and there but a patch like always will fix most if not all of them, problem solved!

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