Command a squad of up to 5 Marines as you take on the Xenomorphs in their varied forms, the corporations in their infinite greed and your own leadership in their armored APC.

Essentially you equip and train up your marines then take them into locations with specific objectives. Do it with guns blazing or TRY to sneak around aliens, androids, cultists and mercenaries. You'll always outnumbered, outgun and frequently out-flanked. Plus not only do you have to look after the marines' gear and weapons but also their mental health. They'll go nuts and... underperform.

So the game tries and succeeds in bringing the theme & settings from the Aliens movie (the second in the franchise) and even a bit from the other movies, when it comes to the lore and 'special ability'. The gameplay revolves around you navigating your marines as you make your way from objective to objective, trying to keep the xenomorphs at bay while trying not to run out of ammo, med-packs and sanity.

You can cut short a mission by simply making your way back to your APC and extracting but that means using up time as you have a limited number of days to complete your mission(s) to get off the rock you've landed on or... 'face' the consequences. At higher difficulties, you're almost certainly do each map in multiple deployments.

The POV is an overhead view, and you command your marines as a unit (a shame that, Starship Troopers Terran Ascendancy allowed you to command individual troopers to specific points). You get to see FOVs, lines of fire and stealth / hiding is almost a required tactic (especially on higher difficulties).

Graphically, it's fine - it's very easy to see things and the aesthetics match the movies. The audio / voice action is very good.

All in all, this reminds me a lot of Aliens Fireteam Elite, except it's played in a Tactical-lite setting. If you can find and run it, Starship Trooper Terran Ascendancy / STTA is probably a better if dated game ( '2000)

Command a squad of up to 5 Marines as you take on the Xenomorphs in their varied forms, the corporations in their infinite greed and your own leadership in their armored APC. Essentially you equip and train up your marines then take them into locations with specific objectives. Do it with guns blazing or TRY to sneak around aliens, androids, cultists and mercenaries. You'll always outnumbered, outgun and frequently out-flanked. Plus not only do you have to look after the marines' gear and weapons but also their mental health. They'll go nuts and... underperform. So the game tries and succeeds in bringing the theme & settings from the Aliens movie (the second in the franchise) and even a bit from the other movies, when it comes to the lore and 'special ability'. The gameplay revolves around you navigating your marines as you make your way from objective to objective, trying to keep the xenomorphs at bay while trying not to run out of ammo, med-packs and sanity. You can cut short a mission by simply making your way back to your APC and extracting but that means using up time as you have a limited number of days to complete your mission(s) to get off the rock you've landed on or... 'face' the consequences. At higher difficulties, you're almost certainly do each map in multiple deployments. The POV is an overhead view, and you command your marines as a unit (a shame that, Starship Troopers Terran Ascendancy allowed you to command individual troopers to specific points). You get to see FOVs, lines of fire and stealth / hiding is almost a required tactic (especially on higher difficulties). Graphically, it's fine - it's very easy to see things and the aesthetics match the movies. The audio / voice action is very good. All in all, this reminds me a lot of Aliens Fireteam Elite, except it's played in a Tactical-lite setting. If you can find and run it, Starship Trooper Terran Ascendancy / STTA is probably a better if dated game ( '2000)