Alien Swarm

I was introduced to this game a few days ago. Its called Alien Swarm and it is on Steam. The great thing about it is that it is FREE. That word is music to my ears and I bet it is to most of you. I played the game for a few days and I was blown away how great it was for a free game. It’s a top down view game with one campaign and seven levels, each getting progressively harder. You can go through that campaign with three of your friends or just find a game in the public servers. There is easy, normal, hard and insane modes. There is your Officer, Special Weapon, Medic, and Tech characters to choose from, each having their own specialties. As you kill more and more aliens you level up. Twenty seven is the highest level but you can promote yourself three times, which like in the Call of Duty games “Prestige Mode” makes you go back to level one and lose all the weapons you unlocked. When I first played the game the graphics amazed me. The small details, like snow falling, pipes leaking, the way the alien’s insides burst out and much more. As you play more and more you get good enough where the hard difficulty will be your default place. But when you play insane, this is where teamwork and strategy comes into play. Aliens are twice as strong and you run out of bullets twice as fast. For a free game that I thought they could have at least charged $5 for I would strongly recommend this game. I put a little preview for your enjoyment.