The game is remarkably light on variety. A couple of battles masquerade as boss fights, but they require no strategy and are just as easy and thrill-less as the rest. The four- to five-hour campaign has no thrust to it; it feels the same from beginning to end, and the finale just drops with a thud. And by being so easy and predictable, the game lets down the license. There's little suspense, nothing to absorb you or spur your curiosity. Colonial Marines is tone-deaf to what makes the Alien franchise what it is--and what makes the best shooters so exciting.
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The Saboteur - criminally underrated and a fantastic mechanic of bringing colour back to Nazi-occupied Paris.
The article lists Bulletstorm, Sleeping Dogs, and Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Player 2 takes some quiet time to look back at some of the most hyped failures of the past 10 years.
Can't argue with any of those really, but I would add Resident Evil Operation Racoon City and Metal Gear Survive to that list. Both terrible games from good franchises.
Bulletstorm, I actually liked the gameplay but the atrocious writing and characters made me despise the game by the end of it.
Thanks to a bustling mod community on Steam, Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines actually has a stellar multiplayer experience to offer these days.
Ouch! that hurts, Charlie.
How about the Wii U version? They said it was the best.
The nearly 15 year old Atari Jaguar Aliens/Predator game is better than this effort!
Hand the series over to Monolith of Fear 1,2 fame...even Rebellion could do better..remember PS1 Aliens game?
poor SEGA
I love these reviews, one gives it a 4.5 then the next review gives it a 8.5. I sure wish these guys could get there shit together. You can't trust any reviews when there that far apart, even without playing the game I still can't believe is a 4.5!
man, so disappointed. been waiting for this for so long, and havent loved an aliens game since aliens 3 on snes and alien trilogy on psone. had such high hopes.
i usually just ignore bad reviews if ive been wanting a game and go with my gut, but my guts saying pass this time. that, and im hungry.