Aliens: Colonial Marines for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

I came into this game with some reasonable expectations for this game. It is a movie franchise converted into a game and they never turn out that great but this one was just bad. graphics were way behind the times, the enemies were not very engaging, and the pace just seemed to move very slow.

The key to the Aliens franchise has always been the suspense and horror of the aliens coming out of the walls and shocking you. This game felt as if you were fighting dumb chimps instead of a dangerous killing machine and the aliens exploded when they were killed for no reason.

along with the poor gameplay the story was not very compelling either I never felt like I was being drawn into the game.

This game could have been much better if they tried to do something in the ilk of Dead Space. with scary monsters popping out and creating a sense of tension and fear throughout the game.

Take my advice pass on this game and get one that doesn't seem like it is solely relying on the brand name.

I really tried to like this game. I tried to sit through its single player and multiplayer many times. In the end it was like being spoon fed vomit.

Lets start with the graphics. In short, they are ugly. I've seen better visuals in games with a fraction of the budget. They are extremely muddy and under polished. This game makes AVP (2010) look like a game that pushed the systems limitations.

Now on to controls. The controls are clunky. You will notice soon after you start playing that your character gets hung on the environment on a regular basis. This is also true with the AI enemies.

The multiplayer leaves something to be desired. Although I did like the notification of XP awarded when you get a kill, unseen in AVP (2010). That was about it. It did try a nice approach however, in forcing all players to play both sides (Aliens and Marines) in a single match which consisted of two rounds. However, the implementation of a third person view for the aliens caused more problems than it solved. I would have rather dealt with being a little disoriented. Playing as the marine was nothing short of call of duty. Playing as the alien was frustrating. Most of the melee attacks afforded by the Xenomorphs is poorly executed. They stop moving to attack, even a tail whip/impale, they stand up from the crawling position, making yourself an easy target. Also, since being in the third person, makes judging distance in the heat of battle, difficult. Wall crawling is rewarding, but the frustration due to clunky controls and the random chance that sometimes the controls reverse while playing the xenos when you are crawling up the walls makes it just as rewarding to stay on the ground and run head on into gun fire watching your insides explode into in to green burning goodness.

The single player was boring, I actually fell asleep at one point with controller in hand. The story is a slap in the face to fans of the franchise. Did they actually think we had not seen the film?