A famous slot machine hit is the Area 51 shooter .
Unfortunately, the version adapted for the PC turned out to be somewhat weaker than the original in terms of graphics and playability (first of all, I would like to note the impossibility of using a light gun). In general, Area 51 on PC looks more than worthy.
Of course, this game does not burden the brain with exorbitant efforts, and all you need to successfully complete the plot is sharp eyesight, good reaction, a steady hand and a strong mouse.
The game is a classic version of the so-called "rail" 2-D first-person shooter, where the hero's progress through the scenario is completely controlled by the computer. But the limited freedom of action in this case is not at all annoying, since computer cameras change their angle unobtrusively and according to the situation in the game. The graphics, with all its minor flaws (some slowness and blurring of the picture in close-ups), are quite decent, and explosions, blood and pieces of mutants torn to pieces by your bullets are simply good. Natural sound and digitized speech, convenient control for two players, simple settings - this is what puts the game in the category of uniquely popular. Yes, and plot collisions on fashion in literature,
BACKGROUND
In the deserts of Nevada, ninety miles from Las Vegas, there is a secret military base of the CIA, codenamed "AREA 51". This is one of the most fortified and secure facilities in the United States, and the functions of protecting the base are performed not by army units, but by a detachment of highly qualified mercenary specialists. The level of secrecy of the object is so high that officially it does not seem to exist at all, only a few in the Pentagon and the White House know about it. In the underground laboratories "AREA 51" biological research and experiments are being conducted with the remains of the bodies of aliens who died during the crash of their spaceship near the town of Roswell in New Mexico in 1947.
Suddenly, the headquarters of the command of the special tactical rapid response unit (STAAR) received an emergency message describing the difficult situation at the facility and containing a call for help, sent by the security officer on duty a moment before death.
It turns out that as a result of unsuccessful experiments with alien DNA, a virus spread throughout the base, which mutated in the human body, using it as a kind of incubator. All base personnel were infected. The products of the transformation of human and alien genes were three types of mutants, in which all the people who were at the base turned into. Having seized weapons and ammunition, they are in complete control of the situation, threatening further invasion of the neighboring regions of the country.
You have to try on the white beret and blue uniform of a STAAR squad fighter, taking part in the operation to completely destroy the mutants and the source of infection at the "AREA 51" facility. Hold high the brand of this oldest unit with a glorious history, because it was formed back in 1958, at the dawn of the Cold War, at the time when the first clear reports of UFOs discovered near planet Earth appeared. Since then, the squad has completed hundreds of secret missions, but this one, perhaps, in their rich practice will be the most difficult...