Sci-fi shooters have borrowed elements from the Alien movies for as long as I can remember. Gearbox's Alien: Colonial Marines started off looking like it had potential.  Unfortunately, the final product leaves much to be desired.  The game feels empty, clunky and dated.

Based on the cherished Alien franchise first founded in 1979 by director Ridley Scott and writer Dan O'Bannon (along with artist H.R. Giger, who created the original xenomorph design and who has probably set records for being one of the most influential and least credited designers in modern science...

Unified experience between single-player and multiplayer; The motion tracker is pretty good

Awful story; Boring level design; Repetitive gameplay

Let's not beat around the bush here, Aliens: Colonial Marines is a bad game. I can't say I'm surprised. It's been in development for over six years, passed through the hands of several developers, and was delayed a number of times. Not exactly a recipe for success in the video game business.

Building a game around James Cameron's 1986 sci-fi classic should be the recipe for a tense, action-packed shooter bursting with atmosphere and scares. Instead we get one of the biggest disappointments in recent years.

I bought this when it was on sale for only like 10 bucks new. I didn't have high expectations coming in because of all the bad press and reviews. Playing through, I actually didn't think it was all that bad. That is until I go to a boss fight that was unbeatable.

My motion tracker reached fever pitch as I relayed the grim news to my fellow marines. We'd already lost two squadmates to a cunning spitter who melted them into slop with molecular acid, and the slavering hunters had hounded us into a dank stairwell.

Excellent multiplayer mode; Impressively authentic level dressing; Nails atmosphere and attention to little authentic details

Unambitious; boring; stodgy campaign with nil replay value; Broken AI makes Xenomorphs pathetic and marines useless; Visually underpowered and riddled with glitches; Shockingly awful (borderline insulting) storyline; poorly delivered; Five multiplayer maps (only two in some modes) is not enough

There was a lot of hope for Aliens: Colonial Marines but it seems the gaming world is let down with another attempt to make a successful film tie in. The review should give you a few good reasons why the game suffers but other aspects such as the overused catchphrase ‘Stay frosty!

Lots of fun weapons and equipment; Extensive multiplayer which can be fun with a group of friends; Four player co-op

Awful graphics that belong in the last generation; Even the toughest difficult setting provides no challenge; Over use of franchise catchphrases

It's hard to deny it, Aliens: Colonial Marines isn't the greatest movie tie-in title ever made – even though it really should have been. It had everything in the right place during the early development scenes and splashes we got a chance to see.

THY TYRANT KING ALIEN PRESENTS GAME REVIEW ALIENS COLONIAL MARINES THE FACTORS IN THIS REVIEW are CONTROLS/STORY/MULTIPLAYER/ENJOYMENT. CONTROLS The controls are the same as most first person shooters. MARINE CONTROLS As the marine left stick controls movement and clicking it causes you to sprint.

decent enough story ;  agressive ai ;  allmost great MULTIPLAYER

kinda messed up multiplayer/story/last boss fight .

Set aboard distant space craft and alien worlds with iconic weaponry and characters fighting one of the most well known enemies in science fiction;...