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{{Infobox VG <br />
|title = Alien Earth<br />
|image = Alien Earth Box Art.jpg<br />
|caption = Box art<br />
|developer = [[Beam Software]]<ref name = GSpyBio>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespy.com/company/026/026025.html|title=GameSpy: Beam Software|website=www.gamespy.com}}</ref><br />
|publisher = {{vgrelease|NA|[[Playmates Interactive]]|GER|Funsoft GmbH}}<br />
|designer =<br />
|engine = <br />
|released = <sup>'''[[North America|NA]]'''</sup> July 21, 1998 <br />
|genre = [[Action role-playing game|Action role-playing]]<br />
|modes = [[Single-player]]<br />
|platforms = IBM [[Personal computer|PC]] compatible<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Alien Earth''''' is an [[isometric platform game|isometric]] [[pseudo-3D]] [[action-adventure game]] with [[Role-playing video game|role-playing]] elements. It was released for Windows.<ref name = MGae>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/alien-earth/release-info|title=Alien Earth (1998) Windows release dates|website=MobyGames}}</ref> It was developed by [[Krome Studios Melbourne]] (known as Beam Software at the time), and released in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecomputershow.com/computershow/reviews/alienearth.htm|title=Alien Earth review by Al Giovetti|website=www.thecomputershow.com}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
What remains of [[Earth]] and most of its inhabitants after a [[nuclear holocaust]] is dominated and enslaved by the insect-like humanoid Raksha, invaders from another planet.<ref name = GSpyPlot>{{Cite web|url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/alien-earth/|title=Alien Earth - PC - GameSpy|website=pc.gamespy.com}}</ref> Many years later, only the Resistance remains free, in the sewers of a ruined city. The player takes control of Finn, a villager in a jungle that the Raksha use to hunt their slaves as prey. A Raksha hunting lord marks Finn as a troublemaker,<ref name = GSpyPlot/> and he must outwit the Raksha, and seek aid wherever he can find it, to survive. His nemesis vanquished, Finn searches for answers about the fate of his civilization in a wartorn city, despite the Scavengers hunting through the ruins for scraps of remaining technology and intruders.<br />
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==Gameplay==<br />
Resource management is a key part of the game; items are collected, as in most games, but also combined; the latter is crucial to completing the game. Combining a wooden pole with a metallic blade forms a Spear, for example, or an empty bottle, petrol and a rag cloth to form a [[molotov cocktail]]. Separate NPCs make scavenged Raksha weapons usable and sellable, and level up Finn's [[Psionics (role-playing games)|psionic]] abilities. Finn's fighting abilities use a skill levelling system; the more Finn uses a weapon, the better he gets at using it.<br />
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==Development==<br />
The game was showcased at [[E3 1997]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Helen|last=Lee|url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/97_06/13_beam/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19981206230300/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/97_06/13_beam/index.html|title=Beam Software and Melbourne House Unveil E3 Lineup|website=[[GameSpot]]|archivedate=December 6, 1998|date=June 13, 1997|accessdate=July 27, 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "Well-designed and (mostly) well-implemented, it might not be flashy, but the game possesses a depth and quality that marks it as one of the brighter spots in the lineup this month."<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=42|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=June 1998|pages=142, 144}}</ref> ''{{ill|PC Action|de}}'' gave the game a rating of 53% and said the game had a good idea but implemented it half-heartedly.<ref name="pcaction">{{cite magazine |last1=Aichinger |first1=Herbert |title=Test - Alien Earth |journal=PC Action |date=August 1998 |issue=8/98 |page=112 |url=https://archive.org/details/pcaarchiv-1998_202104 |publisher=[[Computec Media]] |language=German}}</ref> ''[[PC Zone]]'' gave a rating of 60% and said "the storyline is mildly enthralling, but nothing makes you sit up and take notice."<ref name="pczone">{{cite magazine |last1=Taylor |first1=Adam |title=Reviews Extra - Alien Earth |journal=[[PC Zone]] |date=July 1998 |issue=65 |page=113 |publisher=[[Future plc]]}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1998 video games]]<br />
[[Category:Action role-playing video games]]<br />
[[Category:Action-adventure games]]<br />
[[Category:Beam Software games]]<br />
[[Category:Funsoft GmbH games]]<br />
[[Category:Playmates Interactive games]]<br />
[[Category:Post-apocalyptic video games]]<br />
[[Category:Science fiction video games]]<br />
[[Category:Single-player video games]]<br />
[[Category:Video games about extraterrestrial life]]<br />
[[Category:Video games developed in Australia]]<br />
[[Category:Video games with isometric graphics]]<br />
[[Category:Windows games]]<br />
[[Category:Windows-only games]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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