UFO Aftershock - Altar Interactive

by ALTAR INTERACTIVE

Product Features

• Fight to reclaim earth in this exciting sequel to UFO: Aftermath
• Global strategy and small-scale tactical missions intertwine
• New amazing technologies and items to be researched and developed
• New enemies and allies; resource and base management in the strategic game
• Improved SAS and RPG systems in the tactical game; strong story

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BYR42C
• Item Weight: 13 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: October 25, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,210 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The year is 2054. Fifty years ago, something terrible happened and the surface of Earth became uninhabitable. The remnants of humankind escaped to an immense flying island, the Laputa. However a revolt against increasingly rigid and corrupt human leadership of the island escalated into a conflict that eventually destroyed it. The survivors of the survivors flee once again. Can they reclaim the Earth from the unknown forces now holding her in their grasp?

Features:

• Global strategy and small-scale tactical missions intertwined
• Sequel to the successful UFO: Aftermath
• New amazing technologies and items to be researched and developed
• New enemies and allies
• Resource and base management in the strategic game
• Improved SAS and RPG systems in the tactical game
• Strong story
• And many other new features

Product Description

Platform:  WINDOWS 2000/XP Publisher:  ALTAR INTERACTIVE Packaging:  RETAIL BOX Rating:  TEEN The pact has been concluded with the alien invaders.  They took control over the Earth in exchange for a safe place in a huge orbital space station.  Fifty years later the player will need to investigate what happened on the Earth surface and if somebody survived.Players will land on Earth and start building bases and collecting resources to be able to produce new technologies and develop weapons for fighting against new enemies who want the Earth for themselves. Features:Sequel to the successful UFO: Aftermath Global strategy and small scale tactical missions intertwined. Destroyable environment Resource and base management in the strategic part of the game. Improved Simultaneous Action System and RPG system in the tactical part of the game Fights taking place inside of the buildings. The new system of leveling up and training your troops New amazing technologies and items to be researched and developed. New scary enemies and powerful allies Diplomacy an important strategic element combine with a strong storyline.System Requirements:Windows 2000/XPPentium or AMD 1GHz or faster512MB RAMNVIDIA GeForce 5700 or ATI Radeon 9500 video card or betterDirectX 9.0 compatible sound card4x DVD-ROM DriveMouseKeyboard

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great game, October 6, 2006

By 

infael "infael" (CO) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: UFO Aftershock - Altar Interactive (DVD-ROM)

Even though Aftershock was created in the X-com vein, it's not an X-com game and as thus, should not be compared to X-com.

Instead of talking about what was good, I'll just discuss the bad things which is a much smaller list.

The game introduces resource management, which can be really difficult. I would strongly recommend going to www.strategycore.co.uk and reading the resource management FAQ. Read all the Aftershock FAQs as well, to enhance game enjoyment.

The game is actually too long. Near the end, I pretty much stopped using strategy and just swept the mission area, killing and healing as I went. :)

Sure, there are bugs. Nothing is perfect. There are also workarounds. I finished the game long ago so I do not remember what the latest patch number is. Again, those FAQs and reading the strategycore forums will help you alot.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Played the Demo (overseas demo), November 28, 2005

By 

J. D. Worth (Sioux Falls, S. D. , USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: UFO Aftershock - Altar Interactive (DVD-ROM)

<<Update at the bottom.>>
...and this game SO reminds me of a current-technology update of the favorite X-Com that this game is derived from.

This game has evolved from it's previous incarnations. Better tech, Diplomacy, Research and Manufacturing. Multiple bases and Character advancement for each of your squadmembers.

I encourage you to download the demo before buying the game if you have broadband, it is worth the look. I actually didn't like the previous UFO game, and didn't play it 30 minutes. This demo sold me to this game.

(The average rating is because I have yet to play the WHOLE game in all it's complexity.)

JW

<Update>
The games pirate protection may cause your PC to blue screen at times. The blue screen will happen whether you are playing or not. I finally had to ditch the game - uninstall it completely. I only got 5 missions into the game. Good game - bad protection.
bummer.

JW

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Game, lots of bugs, bad experience, August 18, 2006

By 

D. Kells - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: UFO Aftershock - Altar Interactive (DVD-ROM)

This would be a fantastic game if the developers actually worked out the bugs. To date they have not, even with a 1.2 patch.

The turn based strategy game had me hooked for months until I reached a point in the game where one of the many glitches meant I was unable to complete the mission. Upon reading associated forums, I could fix this problem if I restarted an earlier saved mission (2 solid weeks worth) or emailed the saved game to the developers. I have been waiting two weeks for this 'fixed' save game to be sent back. Really annoyed, by all accounts I was just one piece of research away from finishing. I have no faith in this software developer and consequently will never buy one of their products again.