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Steam: November 1st 2023 | Xbox One: November 1st 2023 | Xbox Series X|S: November 1st 2023 | Nintendo Switch: November 1st 2023
Multiplayer?: Yes
(All Versions)
What is Alien Hominid Invasion about?
Alien Hominid clash lands on earth due to getting shot down by the FBI which starts the events of the first game, the other hominid's in a ship up in space notice this and decide to go to earth to fight back however the ship won't land on earth for another 15 or so years so nothing super eventful happens, time finally passes and an invasion (hehe) lead by the hominid's takes place prompting the FBI to fight back once again while the hominid's try to do tasks for the mothership
What is the game/gameplay like?
The game gameplay wise is very similar to the original, you run around and shoot FBI agents, robots whatever but this time around there are new mechanics like diving and being able to ride robots and FBI agents on jetpacks, there are also proper objectives like having to grab intel (pieces of paper) by killing enemies, moving an object from one place to another without getting hit too many times etc., after enough objectives have been dealt with you can go back into the mothership and continue with the mission you are currently on, just like the first game this game has multiplayer so you can do said tasks with other people if you want
also like the first game you get points added to a score counter depending on how well you did (how much damage you took, how many enemies you killed etc.), you'll also get a grade for each portion depending on how well you did (example: if you killed a lot more enemies compared to the average you'll get an A+)
also ALSO like the first game you can customize your hominid but unlike the first game you can customize more than just the hat they're wearing, you can now customize your hominid's colors (pigments), weapon, stats etc. by getting loot boxes from levels, buying them at hideouts or leveling up your hominid by getting XP from fighting enemies and such in levels
There were 3 betas/demos for the game ahead of release:
the 1st beta was from September 13th-20th 2020, the second beta was from November 12th-14th 2021 and the 3rd and final (non beta) demo was from June 19th-26th 2023