Aliens colonial marines has had some what of a car crash of an development with up to 4 studios developing the game Gearbox Software, Nerve Software ,TimeGate Studios, Demiurge Studios (Wii U).
It all starts Seventeen weeks after the events of Aliens the search-and-rescue Colonial Marine team on board the Conestoga-class space cruiser USS Sephora receive a distress call sent from the USS Sulaco. The Sephora sends squads to investigate the missing ship, in orbit around LV-426 and not Fiorina-161 as it was supposed to be during the events of Alien 3. A massive xenomorph infestation is discovered inside the Sulaco, and several marines are killed. While investigating the ship Corporal Winter, Sergeant O'Neal and Private Bella discover Weyland-Yutani PMC commanding the Sulaco and using Sephora marines as hosts to the xenomorphs. The hostile corporate mercenaries attack the Sephora using the Sulaco's weaponry and both ships are destroyed after the Sephora retaliates. Winter, O'Neal, Bella, Captain Jeremy Cruz, Sephora android Bishop, and drop ship pilot Lieutenant Reid crash-land on LV-426 and take shelter in the ruins of the Hadley's Hope colony complex, which was almost completely destroyed after the destruction of its atmosphere processor. Captain Cruz orders all the other survivors from the Sephora to gather at the Hadley Hope's ruins.
Aliens Colonial Marines isn't the sexiest game I've ever played, but when you can put a that a side then it starts to look promising because it looks like aliens and feels like aliens! They have everything from the Pulse Rifle To The Motion Tracker which will get any aliens film fan heart pumping... I know it did to mine! Also Micheal Biehn has reprise his role as cpl Dwayne Hicks, also Lance Henriksen as Bishop but when the novelty wears off it turns into an very very basic FPS and repetitive most of the time as time is spent holding down the fire button while aliens run at you. It's one of the most basic, one-dimensional first-person shooters I've played in a while, with no tactical depth to speak of. Smart enemies are absolutely crucial to a good FPS also the dialogue is terrible too... Really seriously bad! They've tried to ape the film's notoriously macho military slang, but it comes across like a cheap imitation, and the actors' attempts to sound like hardened soldiers are unconvincing with sayings like (you know the drill chicks and dicks) overall its a disappointing affair, to what could have been an amazing game from what i think is an amazing franchise.
Verdict 3/10
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