Not only were they fighting against history, but Gearbox were fighting against a genre as well: Horror. Very few games can manage to pull it off, and none of those have been first person shooters. Clive Barker's Jericho failed, and while condemned and F.E.A.R. (Oh, the irony) managed to instill some tension, you were never really terrified. So, trying to marry the stalking slasher horror where nobody feels safe of Aliens, with the one man army ethic of an FPS was never really going to work either. It still could have been a very good game with a little bit of imagination, and a LOT more polish. But given the fact it's had a rocky road of development in these 8 years, and it comes off the back of a very good year for Gearbox, it's hard to shake the idea that maybe all their best ideas and efforts went into Borderlands 2... What did you think of Aliens: Colonial Marines? Share your thoughts below.
I'm just a humble wannabe writer from the midlands, who reads too much, watches too much tv, and hopes to one day be at the helm of some dramatic brilliance of my own. But for now, the likes of Breaking Bad and anything Stephen King are far too distracting.
