• Publisher: Mastiff
  • Release Date: Apr 19, 2004
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  • Summary: Nothing bites like a sky filled with invading alien space craft busily destroying civilization. And it gets really personal when the invaders drop hordes of ground troops to kill you and the people you love. Ask Justin the street gang leader hoping to find and rescue his friend alive, Ashley the fashion photographer searching desperately for her boyfriend and Naji, a cop who wants his partner back. They're all playable characters fighting for their lives, to avenge those who have died and in the hope of finding disappeared friends.

    Space Raiders, from the people who brought you Space Invaders, features addictive play, immersive 3-D environments, monster designs that keeps the player wondering what's behind the next corner, and great game balance. The story features one player Story Mode and one or two player cooperative Survival Mode.
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  1. Positive: 0 out of 8
  2. Negative: 6 out of 8
  1. My only real complaint about the game is that there aren't any bonuses or historical materials giving props to the original game.
  2. 40
    Despite selling for a steal, Space Raiders barely justifies the price of admission. Hard-core audiences will scoff at the game's wasted potential.
  3. The enemies are varied enough and can be deadly, but they are animated poorly and just look bad.
  4. Anyone looking for a game that plays in the old Space Invaders style can surely find an arcade compilation somewhere. The "just move right and left and shoot the enemies" idea was great back in the 1980's, but it just doesn't cut it by today's standards.

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Score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 1 out of 1
  1. ThisGameIsBad
    1
    I was so excited about this game until I played it. Then I found that it was boring and repetitive.