Aliens: Colonial Marines is a first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by Sega. The game was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles and for Microsoft Windows on February 12, 2013. The game is also set to be released on the Wii U in 2013. It is the third Aliens title that Sega has produced: the first was Aliens vs. Predator in 2010, and the second was Aliens Infestation in 2011. The game is set in the Alien universe and takes place after the events of the third film in the franchise, Alien 3 (1992).
Age limit: 18+
The test is based on 8 reviews
Sum of scores
Realistic: 57/100
''I think the gameplay is good exciting, there are many kinds of alien enemies. There are three default weapon, a machine gun, a shotgun and a pistol. In the game, if I shoot him a lot of aliens, you can move levels. But of course not track levels, but shooting skill level.''
Ign: 45/100
Gamespot: 45/100
''The first two Alien films are steeped in mystery and anxiety, qualities all but absent in developer Gearbox's lackluster interpretation. Instead, Aliens: Colonial Marines is a shallow bit of science-fiction fluff with cheap production values and an indifferent attitude. It's forgettable enough to deem unnecessary, which is a grievous sin for a game in a universe brimming with so much potential.''
Eurogamer: 30/100
''The first thing you see is a gun. Not just a gun, but the gun. The M41A pulse rifle 10 millimetre with over-and-under 30 millimetre pump action grenade launcher, as so lovingly described by Corporal Dwayne Hicks during an unlikely moment of firearms-assisted flirtation with Ripley in James Cameron's 1986 classic, Aliens. Before the game even starts, you're forced to watch as your virtual hands hold the rifle up and inspect it from every angle. "Look," Aliens: Colonial Marines is saying. "Just like the film!" ''
Edge: 50/100
''As a series consisting of two excellent films followed by a growing counterweight of bad – or at least divisive – ones, the wider world of Alien could really use a break. As such, Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines has been pitched as a corrective, using the smart, muscular intensity of Aliens (which had the original tag line of “This time it’s war”) to build a new narrative branching away from James Cameron’s film, one that’s not mired down by the inexplicable non-drama of Alien 3′s off-world prison or the faraway weightlessness of Resurrection. The violence and swagger of the Colonial Marines are the feature attractions here, and to solve the problem of the ones we knew having been eviscerated by the time that Aliens was done, the developer invents a second unit of grunts to investigate what happened to the first.''
Joystiq: 20/100
Electronic Gaming Monthly: 90/100
- ''THE GOOD: A modern Alien game that does much more than avoid being total crap.
- THE BAD: AI teammates that seem to forget the alien menace must be obliterated
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THE UGLY: The cutscenes. Love-ya-mean-it, guys, but next time, can ya get Halo 4’s CG squad?''
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Gametrailers: 59/100
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''Aliens is an undisputed sci-fi classic that’s left an indelible mark on pop culture, and no medium has soaked up more of its broad and lasting influence than videogames. The desperate conflict between a squad of cynical and badass but nervously vulnerable Colonial Marines and a lethal horde of sleek, deadly xenomorphs has echoed through countless game worlds. From Contra to Half-Life, and Halo to Dead Space, its influence is hard to overstate.''
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Average: 50.62% - Mixed or average
