(ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES BEGINS WITH AN OSTE...NSIBLY ABANDONED SHIP, THE U.S.S.SOLACO, RECOVERED IN ORBIT AROUND ACHERON (LV-426.) PLAYERS LEAD A GROUP OF HIGHLY TRAINED UNITED STATES COLONIAL MARINES AS THEY BOARD THE DESERTED CRAFT TO UNCOVER THE FATE OF THE CREW. SOME OF THE INCLUDED WEAPONS ARE PULSE RIFIES, MOTION TRACKERS, AND FLAMETHROWERS. OPPONENTS INCLUDE THE FAMOUS "XENOMORPH ALIENS" FROM THE FIRST THREE FILMS. BUT; HERE'S A GAME THAT MIRRORS A LARGE NUMBER OF CINEMATIC DETAILS, BUT NEGLECTS THE LARGER, MORE IMPORTANT, AMBITION TO PROVIDE AN ABSORBING EXPERIENCE WHICH SHOULD RIVAL ALL OTHER CONTEMPORARY FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS. THERE MUST SURELY BE A GOOD GAME LURKING SOMEWHERE IN THE STYLE AND BRAVADO OF "CAMERON'S MARINES." BUT THIS ISN'T IT - COLONIAL MARINES FEELS DATED, AND EVEN MORE DAMAGINGLY FAILS TO CAPTURE THE ESSENTIAL TERROR OF FACING THE CREATURE ITSELF...) THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND HAVE A GREAT DAY...
it's an ok game, and if you can get for a low pr...ice, it's worth the money. with the patches they've issued it's now a halfway decent game, then again, i'm a sucker for 'Aliens' related stuff.