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You drop into Alien Attack Team 1 like you’re being shot out of a cannon—one moment you’re in the briefing room, the next you’re dodging plasma blasts on a ruined space station. There’s something instantly familiar about the pixel art style, but the slick animations and chunky sound effects give it a fresh, arcade-y feel. I loved how each level unfolds, with new alien bugs or robo-sentries popping up just when you think you’ve got the hang of things.
Each member of your squad has a distinct flavor: there’s Rocket, who lives for explosives, and Vira, the sharpshooter with her railgun. Swapping between them on the fly keeps things feeling dynamic—like, oh, I better switch to Vira to snipe that cloaked Marauder. Between waves, you use salvage to upgrade armor plates, boost firing rates or even unlock sweet new abilities, and tinkering with loadouts quickly becomes half the fun.
When you round up a friend for co-op, Alien Attack Team 1 really shines. It handles drop-in, drop-out like a dream, so if your buddy bailed five minutes ago, you’re not left stranded. And if you both stick around, you get these hilarious callouts—Rocket might gripe about stepping in alien goo while Vira quips she’s recalibrating her scope. It feels like real teamwork rather than two people shooting the same things at the same time.
The story is lightweight—just enough to give you reasons to chase down a mad scientist or save some space colonists without bogging you in lore. By the time the credits roll, you’ve got that sweet arcade gratification mixed with genuine fondness for these ragtag heroes you’ve leveled up. It’s exactly the kind of pick-up-and-play blast you didn’t know you needed on your gaming roster.