Space Siege is the spiritual successor to the Dungeon Siege series
from designer Chris Taylor and Gas Powered Games. The game opens
with a chilling cutscene as hundreds of alien warships descend upon
Earth with just one goal: extermination. As our home world
explodes, a lone colony ship called the Armstrong manages to slip
through the enemy armada, but it’s not alone. An alien pod attaches
itself to the hull, and insect-like creatures called the Kerak pour
into a cargo bay, hoping to destroy what remains of the human race.
You jump right in as combat engineer Seth Walker, armed with only a
machine gun, and begin blasting away at the Kerak menace. Watching
Earth explode is powerful, and a great premise with which to begin
a sci-fi adventure, but it’s all downhill from there.