Alien Swarm: The Model Kit: The Game Looked Great!

By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2011 |

Last year, Valve released – for free – a game called Alien Swarm, which ended up with a visual style somewhere between the original Alien and a 1980s action figure. This early concept, though, shows something a little more unique.

https://lastchance.cc/valve-unleashes-an-alien-swarm-on-steam-5589233%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Drawn by Valve environmental artist Ivan Simoncini, it depicts an early test for a “diorama” style appearance for the game. Seeing as Alien Swarm shipped with a tile-based level creation suite, this “model kit” look seems a natural fit for the pre-fab nature of the title, and seeing how cool it is makes me wish Valve had actually gone down this path with the game.

Ah well. We can always hope a future Warhammer game might look like this!

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