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Alias

Alias has Sydney use stealth, disguises, gadgets, hacking, and melee in television-style spy missions. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.

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6.8 / 10
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Alias has Sydney use stealth, disguises, gadgets, hacking, and melee in television-style spy missions. Disguises, gadgets, and voices preserve spy tone, while stealth, melee, and environment vary play. Awareness, camera, and combat are inconsistent, and linear routes, retries, and loading slow play. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox release. This description covers the original xbox release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries. Its conclusion weighs the complete documented play loop, progression, pacing, presentation, and usability together rather than inferring quality from the title or franchise alone.

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6.8 / 10Original Xbox

Alias has Sydney use stealth, disguises, gadgets, hacking, and melee in television-style spy missions.

Disguises, gadgets, and voices preserve spy tone, while stealth, melee, and environment vary play. Awareness, camera, and combat are inconsistent, and linear routes, retries, and loading slow play. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox release. Overall, its main strengths are Disguises, gadgets, and voices preserve spy tone; Stealth, melee, and environment vary play. Its material limitations are Awareness, camera, and combat are inconsistent; Linear routes, retries, and loading slow play. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.

Strengths

  • Disguises, gadgets, and voices preserve spy tone
  • Stealth, melee, and environment vary play

Weaknesses

  • Awareness, camera, and combat are inconsistent
  • Linear routes, retries, and loading slow play

Who it is for: Players who value disguises, gadgets, and voices preserve spy tone and accept this release's limits.

Play notes: Expect awareness, camera, and combat are inconsistent and linear routes, retries, and loading slow play.

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Stealth, melee, and environment vary play; Linear routes, retries, and loading slow play.

Reviewed6.5 / 10Not provided
Dimension

Disguises, gadgets, and voices preserve spy tone; Awareness, camera, and combat are inconsistent.

Reviewed7.0 / 10Not provided
Dimension

Stealth, melee, and environment vary play; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone.

Reviewed7.5 / 10Not provided
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Judged on the original xbox release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Awareness, camera, and combat are inconsistent.

Reviewed5.8 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Developer
Acclaim
Publisher
Acclaim
Release date
2003
Platforms
Original Xbox
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Offline maximum players
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Online minimum players
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Tags
Modern Setting3D GraphicsStory-drivenSolo-friendlyThird PersonLinear LevelsStealthInvestigation
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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