I was ready to gestate that facehugger, what what burst forth from my chest was only dissapointment.
The main Giantbomb review by Navarro is pretty much bang on so I'll keep this short and toward my own focus. I'm someone who is usually willing to trudge through less than great FPS just to see the end. I'm the guy who played and actually enjoyed (kind of) such gaming masterpieces as Duke Nukem Forever and W40K Fire Warrior.
I did not finish this game. I tried, I really did; I got right up to the ubiquitous showdown-with-the-Queen end boss fight when the Queen clipped through a wall and got stuck, rendering the end sequence impossible. That final fart in the face from this anus of a game concentrated all the disappointment and frustration that had been building up over the course of the campaign and focused it violently over the alt and F4 keys. If I had been enjoying the game I would have gone back and replayed that sequence, but no, simply no.
I'm giving it two stars rather than Navarro's one star, which for me defines something that can be installed and played but has no other merits whatsoever. This game isn't that; it has serviceable gameplay and visuals, but mostly it ends there. I won't go into the who controversy surrounding the scripted/fake demos and lofty promises, that's a different kettle altogether. Discounting all that stuff, this remains a two star game.
Anyone who wants a truly terrifying Aliens FPS experience, play the marine campaign of the original Aliens Vs Predator (PC) without the checkpoint saves patch. That's got what you need.
