10 Things Alien: Isolation Will Do Better Than Aliens: Colonial Marines
3. The Characters
Colonial Marines had bland, generic characters. Most of the cast was comprised of stereotypical space marines with little discernible personality between them. Camerons marines may have had their archetypes, but they all had moments to shine and develop their characters. In Colonial Marines it is almost painful how much the game tries to replicate the banter that made Aliens so famous. And thats all Colonial Marines is: a soulless copy. Much like the mystery surrounding the story, we still know next to nothing about the principle cast. We know Ripleys daughter Amanda is the main protagonist whom the player controls, as well as the names of some of the supporting characters, but other than that we dont know much else. And while that leaves the quality of the characters at question, it is not difficult to be better than those in Colonial Marines; so much so that we are extremely confident that they will be. Again, Isolations characters could be pretty basic and/or bland, and they will still be better. Just by virtue of not being marines for once gives the characters of Isolation the upper hand. Thats what happens when the bar has been set so low by your predecessor.
