Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
You’re pitted against Dr. Pyrus Goldfire. He’s found a way to replicate pure gold, which he’s using to fund his maniacal plan. Goldfire has built six highly-secure, futuristic locations where his creations are being hatched. It’s up to you to penetrate his security and stop him at all costs.
"Blake Stone…isn’t simply Son of Wolfenstein…it’s a wish list fulfilled, enhancing the Wolfenstein canon with many sensible tweaks and some new tricks that’ll make your jaw drop." – Electronic EntertainmentFeatures
Break and Take: Crates can be blown apart to reveal weapons and other goodies, such as gold, money, food and ammo.
Break a leg. Theirs.: Over 20 unique and adaptive actors, including guards, aliens, mutants and pods.
Inside Intel: Interactive informants give you clues and hints.
Future Soldier: Five futuristic weapons – from a silent shotgun to an explosive grenade launcher.
See Earth: A stagerring 66 levels, including two secret levels per episode.
Controller Support: Partial Xbox 360 Controller support.
Game Discussion
Steam User 19
Wolfenstein 3D clone where you play as British special agent. Game is set in the future so the whole setting is sci-fi like. Level design is manageable. A few different type of enemies and 7 weapons to pick up. Plays ok I guess. You can look only horizontally, which is the main con here. Visual side is pixelated but good looking (enemy's sprites and weapons). Music and sounds are ok. Remember that game is from 1993 so don't expect much but for what it is it's a decent Wolfenstein 3D like shooter. Just make sure to grab source engine port which have many QOL improvements, like HI-RES scaling and mouse control that works good enough.
PS: Grab the source port HERE
Unzip to the main game folder. Also I recommend to turn on BRZ x4 scaling in the options for higher resolution while still maintaining original visuals.
Steam User 4
It's amazing that this ancient monster works on modern hardware. But that's not important, what's important is that the bundle with it is slightly cheaper than Turbo Overkill itself
Steam User 2
I'm adult enough to admit that I bought this game out of nostalgia even though I knew I could of played this game online for free or download DOS BOX and play it, again, for free.
Steam User 2
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold does very little to distinguish itself from the game its engine was made for. While this does not mean there is no fun to be had, it does make it hard to recommend for anyone who is not a big fan of Wolfenstein 3D. Ultimately though, the game is well designed and very cheap, so look at giving this a shot if you are a fan of old raycaster shooters.
PROS:
- Decent length, taking around 5 hours to complete, and a great value at just $2
- Game has some small improvements when compared to Wolfenstein 3D, such as the minimap
- Fun visuals and sprites
CONS:
- This is just a DOSBox port, look at installing a source port like BStone alongside
- Has not aged terribly well when compared to the Doom and Quake era FPS games
- Lacking in weapon and enemy variety
Steam User 0
Never got to play this one but its existence explains so much...as a lad, i had always wondered how such a big leap was made from Wolfenstein 3D to Rise of the Triad..and here's the missing link that quite eloquently presents as a stepping-stone between the two games.
don't let the OG mechanics fool you - this is a good game and its a challenging FPS.
Steam User 0
I mean it's just a classic shooter in the style of wolf 3D but I found the movement gave me motion sickness so beware. but i had some fun.
Steam User 0
Great classic first person shooter! Very addicting