<s>
Alien	B-Application
Breed	I-Application
3D	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Grounds	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
,	O
the	O
fifth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Alien	B-Application
Breed	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
science	O
fiction-themed	O
shooters	O
by	O
Team17	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team17	O
had	O
originally	O
intended	O
this	O
to	O
be	O
its	O
final	O
Amiga	B-Device
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Worms	B-Application
,	O
Team17	O
's	O
first	O
multi-format	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
looking	O
to	O
get	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
market	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
become	O
stagnant	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
transpired	O
,	O
The	O
Killing	O
Grounds	O
was	O
not	O
Team17	O
's	O
final	O
Amiga	B-Device
titleWorms	O
:	O
The	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
was	O
released	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team17	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
freely	O
available	O
in	O
March	O
1997	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
cover	O
CD	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
magazine	O
issue	O
95	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Alien	B-Application
Breed	I-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
Team17	O
decided	O
to	O
follow	O
it	O
up	O
with	O
a	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
time	O
Team17	O
was	O
aiming	O
even	O
higher	O
,	O
hoping	O
to	O
recreate	O
something	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
engine	O
on	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reduced	O
version	O
was	O
supposedly	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
non-expanded	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
,	O
although	O
the	O
game	O
ran	O
slowly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Amigas	B-Device
of	O
the	O
time	O
struggled	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
even	O
with	O
upgraded	O
RAM	O
and	O
accelerator	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Amiga	B-Device
enthusiasts	O
have	O
only	O
been	O
able	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
recent	O
years	O
using	O
emulation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alien	B-Application
Breed	I-Application
2D	O
II	O
:	O
The	O
Killing	O
Grounds	O
received	O
mostly	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
were	O
divided	O
on	O
the	O
appropriateness	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
requirements	O
and	O
the	O
enemy	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
united	O
in	O
their	O
judgement	O
that	O
the	O
2MB	O
version	O
ran	O
smoothly	O
but	O
with	O
rudimentary	O
graphics	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
4MB	O
version	O
required	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
with	O
heavily	O
accelerated	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
justified	O
the	O
requirements	O
by	O
pointing	O
out	O
that	O
Team17	O
intended	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
definitive	O
Doom-clone	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
noting	O
that	O
Worms	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Director	I-Application
's	I-Application
Cut	I-Application
,	O
another	O
video	O
game	O
of	O
Team17	O
,	O
required	O
an	O
AGA	B-Device
chipset	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
praised	O
the	O
level	O
layout	O
and	O
acclaimed	O
the	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
of	O
which	O
had	O
given	O
the	O
enemies	O
"	O
a	O
sense	O
of	O
menace	O
...	O
that	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
matched	O
"	O
by	O
the	O
enemies	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Amiga	B-Device
competitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
enthusiastic	O
reviews	O
came	O
from	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
asserted	O
that	O
the	O
enemies	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
disabled	O
for	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
limitations	O
on	O
data	O
transfer	O
between	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
machines	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
only	O
criticisms	O
focused	O
on	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
weapons	O
tend	O
to	O
be	O
aimed	O
towards	O
ground	O
enemies	O
instead	O
of	O
those	O
hovering	O
above	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
favorably	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
quality	O
to	O
Doom	B-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
Quake	B-Application
as	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
alternative	O
designed	O
for	O
much	O
less	O
expensive	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Action	O
took	O
issue	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
hardware	O
requirements	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
both	O
2	O
-	O
and	O
4MB	O
versions	O
suffered	O
severe	O
technical	O
drawbacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
4MB	O
version	O
was	O
playable	O
only	O
when	O
the	O
screen	O
size	O
was	O
scaled	O
down	O
to	O
half	O
and	O
the	O
lighting	O
setting	O
turned	O
off	O
,	O
even	O
on	O
a	O
68060-powered	O
Amiga	B-Device
with	O
six	O
megabytes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
2MB	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
magazine	O
found	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
much	O
smoother	O
performance	O
,	O
would	O
run	O
at	O
the	O
lowest	O
possible	O
screen	O
resolution	O
,	O
and	O
lacked	O
lighting	O
effects	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
built-in	O
level	O
editor	O
only	O
worked	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
machines	O
with	O
at	O
least	O
four	O
megabytes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
was	O
more	O
critical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contrasted	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
pacing	O
from	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Alien	B-Application
Breed	I-Application
3D	I-Application
in	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
impossible	O
to	O
progress	O
in	O
certain	O
situations	O
without	O
a	O
certain	O
amount	O
of	O
health	O
before	O
grabbing	O
the	O
next	O
medikit	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
further	O
complicated	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
saves	O
occurring	O
only	O
between	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
wrote	O
it	O
felt	O
that	O
Team17	O
had	O
not	O
adequately	O
playtested	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
deathmatch-only	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
a	O
"	O
waste	O
of	O
time	O
"	O
before	O
concluding	O
that	O
Alien	B-Application
Breed	I-Application
3D	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Grounds	I-Application
was	O
"	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
disappointment	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PC/Dreamcast	O
follow-up	O
to	O
The	O
Killing	O
Grounds	O
,	O
entitled	O
Alien	B-Application
Breed	I-Application
:	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
,	O
began	O
development	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
date	O
,	O
Conflict	O
remains	O
as	O
the	O
only	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
that	O
was	O
developed	O
specifically	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
as	O
the	O
only	O
PC	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
developed	O
solely	O
by	O
Team17	O
(	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
Alien	B-Application
Breed	I-Application
was	O
ported	O
by	O
MicroLeague	O
,	O
while	O
Alien	B-Application
Breed	I-Application
:	I-Application
Tower	I-Application
Assault	I-Application
were	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PC	O
by	O
East	O
Point	O
Software	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
