Aliens: Colonial Marine’s long hard journey through development hell is finally at an end. For years we’ve been waiting for a proper shooter based on the ever so awesome Alien franchise, and here we get one that is part of the official franchise canon, and a spiritual sequel to one of the most acclaimed films in the series, but sadly Aliens: Colonial Marines’ story mode fails to do anything interesting with the license and falls short in almost every department.
Too many games aren't given a second shot. We at VGU choose which games we would love to see receive a sequel.
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.