In addition to genre-typical actions such as running, jumping and shooting, quick-time events are also used in hand -to-hand battles against individual aliens, among other things to defend themselves against the facehuggers. The 'Crusher' are a new and much larger type of alien, which has an armored shield at the back of the head, which normal projectiles cannot break through and with which they try to ram the player or destroy obstacles. This alien queen appears as the final boss in the game. Drones carry and place the eggs in the queen's nest. This type of alien is based on the creature from Alien³. 'Runners' are a faster species that observes the marines' actions and attacks in small groups or alone. 'Warriors' are the predominant genre, as they are also known from the movie Aliens. 'Facehuggers' try to jump on the player's face in order to insert an embryo, which then kills them.

Different types of alien appear, each with its own attack tactic. The main opponents are aliens, who usually sneak up on the player or flank him. In addition, however, devices are used to localize enemy movements, for example, as they are known from the film Aliens. However, this concept has been discarded and displays for health, armor and ammunition are displayed. Aliens: Colonial Marines was originally not supposed to have a HUD that gave the player information about health or ammunition stocks. The self-firing systems known from the Director's Cut of Aliens - The Return are used. The marine can use various weapons such as flamethrowers, pulse rifles, smart guns, pistols, rocket launchers and various types of grenades.

LV-426, the Sulaco and the wreck of the alien spaceship from Alien as well as other locations serve as locations in the game.Īliens: Colonial Marines is a first person shooter in which the player takes control of the US Colonial Marine winter. The Sulaco was last sighted over the planet Fury-161 known from Alien³ and has returned to LV-426 for reasons unknown. A Colonial Marines search and rescue team was dispatched to search for Ellen Ripley, Corporal Dwayne Hicks, and the other missing Marines sent to planet LV-426 on the USS Sulaco starship. The events in the game take place approximately 17 weeks after those of Alien³. The Story of Aliens: Colonial Marines was written by Battlestar Galactica authors Bradley Thompson and David Weddle.

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