And on that, a
blog about what so many Aliens games get wrong.
It mirrors me and my brother's thoughts on why the marines in AvP's species deathmatch mode was shockingly fun. The other two races are far and away better than you from a gameplay perspective. All you have is a motion tracker and some source accurate firearms. But it was terrifying in the best way imaginable. The Horde Mode in AvP, which was the marines' exclusive mode, was
spot on. All it was ape the trend seen in other shooters, but it was
so right in an Aliens game. Like 'take Assassins Creed predatory stealth gameplay and apply to Batman' right.
But alas, we have an Aliens game that doesn't hold up to the games the brand helped spawn. Like the tragic poetry of a bad Starship Troopers game.