Underplayed Gems

Alpha Prime (2007)

Alpha Prime cover
Developer
Black Element
Publisher
Bohemia Interactive
Genres
Action
Rating
2.8 of 5, 1,522 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 5.3 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A tense, solitary sci-fi shooter with punishing difficulty and a gritty atmosphere of malfunctioning machinery and desperate survival.

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What players say

Players describe it as a mediocre 2000s sci-fi FPS that borrows heavily from Half-Life and F.E.A.R. The difficulty is frustrating due to aimbot enemies, and a fan patch is considered essential. The campaign is short at around 4-6 hours, and the flamethrower is widely panned as useless, though bullet time and hacking add some variety.

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