Zax - The Alien Hunter

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Product Details

• ASIN: B00066FIG4
• Item Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,209 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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Zax - The Alien Hunter

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GEM FROM THE PAST THAT STILL SHINES!, January 27, 2008

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NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Zax - The Alien Hunter (CD-ROM)

If truth be told, isometric shooting games are not easy to mess-up. I mean, what is there not to like? ZAX:THE ALIEN HUNTER may not be the very first game of this genre, however it is the most memorable for me.
Such games offer an array of weapons and upgrades, a multitude of enemies and a variety of maps that will keep you zapping until the early hours of the morning! The inability to tear yourself away from your PC can only be compared to CIVILIZATION games.

The graphics are a tad outdated after 6 years (true, much better shading and explosions can be seen today) but the gameplay will reward you many times over! And it will keep going much longer than more recent releases (SHADOWGROUND: SURVIVOR, for example, may sport dynamic shading but it runs no longer than 5-6 hours). This is a game you will greatly enjoy!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good ol' fashion pixel-crazy action adventure game!, May 25, 2006

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Escapist "Escapist Entertainment" (NYC, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Zax - The Alien Hunter (CD-ROM)

I picked this up knowing absolutely nothing about it. I bought it based on the look of the game and its premise.

You crash-land on an alien planet. Youre a non-human being with super technology and an onboard AI that talks to you like an English soldier girl. Your ship isnt destroyed just out of commision.

On the planet is an ancient race of hippy-like peoples that are being oppressed by an alien race of nasty cyborgs.

As you explore the planet you find ore that is gold to you and just rock to the inhabitants. There's also jems you find lying around. Using these elements the AI delvelops weaponary that you use in the fight to free the indigenous folk from the baddies.

The platform play is similar to the Diablo games and is very easy to use. The graphics (I say graphics because there are no polygons anywhere) are very well deatailed, the GUI is very good for the exception of the descriptions of the weapons and items that can only be identified when you go to the user-interface or back to the ship for analysis.

Speaking of weapons: this game offers a wide array of guns, shields, mines and other fun toys at your destructive disposal.

Its got some great voice-over actors as well as some joke dialogue thrown in there for Zak.

Terrific visuals and level design and great mazes and puzzles make this a fun game you can play for hours on end or until your hands cramp up on you.

8/06 Addendum: I have finished this game and can say without any reservations that this is one of my favorite games ever!

BUY IT!!!