Some aliens can climb walls, some can float in the air, etc. The only element that really mixes this up is that you'll have to use different alien abilities to pass each level. You'll travel to alien planets and see some of the worlds where Ben's alien forms came from, but it's the same song and dance everywhere you go. Jump from platform to platform, beating up and eliminating various bad guys along the way. Most of what you'll see in the game is Ben in all of his various forms fighting enemies in a side-scrolling platforming environment. There's also some kind of time travel element going on with some of Ben's allies, but other than that, the story is pretty easy to slip into.īen's friends don't make an appearance beyond the cut scenes that occur between levels. He also has to deal with having to regain his alien forms after he loses them at the beginning of the game. In this game, Ben fights against the alien leader Vilgax and all his minions. Ben uses his abilities to defend Earth from other evil aliens with the help of his friends. Well, 10 forms, to be exact (and to keep the kids from yelling at you for not knowing your cartoons).

A wristwatch-like device called the Omnitrix enables him to transform into several different alien forms. It's pretty obvious that Ben is a kid who has been given some special technology that's enabled him to become a superhero. There are a few voice snippets from some boss characters, but again, these will be repeated throughout the fight so much that it blends in with the laser, gun, or punching sound effects.īen 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks drops you into the world of Ben 10 assuming that you already know the basic story, but you won't have to worry too much about getting lost if you're new to it. Even when the game manages to produce more than a primitive electronic beat, the name of the game is still repetition. The repetitious beats might bring you back to the days of NES at times.

The background music is just as old-school as the format of this game. During actual gameplay, however, you'll only be playing as Ben in all his forms. Between levels, you're treated to some static portraits of the characters in the series as they act out the story during cut scenes. It is nice that the designers put so much variation in size and didn't try to squeeze 'Humungousaur' into the same sprite size as Ben himself. The different alien forms you take are interesting, and all are very distinct, though some of them are so small that they are hard to make out. It's a 2D side-scroller with some fairly decent art with a bit of a hand-drawn feel to it. Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks is your basic old-school style platforming game.

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