best aliens game to date

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• Fun co-op play
  
• It's Aliens
  
• The weapons generally feel good to use and appropriately balanced
  
• Aliens / Prometheus aesthetic is usually pretty good
  
• Runs super smoothly / low hardware requirements
  
• Class system is interesting, if not fully fleshed out
  
• Level design is usually pretty good for what it is
  
• It's Aliens

• The overwhelming majority of dialogue on this game is El Cringe Grande, me da vergüenza ajena (tell me you've never met a Hispanic in your life - who wasn't your Consuela - without telling me you've never met a Hispanic in your life, e.g. "While you're out killing bugs, I'll be here eating my abuela's cookies!"
  
• A fair bit of the voice acting is on the same tier as the writing
  
• The story is pretty trash
  
• You'll see every "plot twist" from 20 miles away, through a thick fog, with glaucoma
  
• The campaign is very short
  
• Some animations are pretty stiff and unnatural

• Every character in this game looks biologically male
  
• Nobody moves their mouths while talking
  
• The soundtrack was nominated for awards, but didn't win any. Because it kind of sucks.
  
• Good luck making a character that looks like a marine and not a barista

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This game is cringy, tacky, and not particularly well polished. But it is usually fun, at least with friends, and fun is kind of the point of video games in general. If you can get this game for a few dollars or under, and you plan to play co-op, I'd recommend it. Otherwise, skip this one hard. You have a huge backlog of games anyway.

Having a friend know and understand the Alien world is cool, but not cool enough to help this game get over the hurdle. If you have 2 friends willing to play with you, that may just be what the game really needs. It's not bad, but if you're not a full fire team, it just doesn't feel right.
I enjoyed the story and environments, but outside that it can be very repetitive, there's enough content for about 10 hours (as of this writing, I only played through the missions without repeating any), but that won't be enough to unlock all the equipment if you're wanting to try different arrangements. Different classes are nice for diversifying the party, but at the standard difficult composition didn't matter.