Xenomorphs are fast and primarily attack with their claws or by spitting acid, while mercenaries are slower and use firearms. Opponents consist of either Alien creatures, also known as Xenomorphs, or hostile human mercenaries. The game's campaign mode, which can be played by a single player or cooperatively by up to four players, features 11 missions that involve players moving from one checkpoint to another while fighting opponents controlled by the game's artificial intelligence. The health bar is displayed at the bottom left corner, while ammunition is shown at the bottom right corner.Īliens: Colonial Marines is a first-person shooter based on the Alien science fiction horror film series.

The player holding the pulse rifle in one mission. In 2017, a modder discovered a typographical error in the game's code, which when corrected notably improved the artificial intelligence of enemies. This led two players to file a lawsuit, claiming that Gearbox and Sega had falsely advertised the game, but it lost class-action status in 2015. The game drew a significant controversy for featuring a lower graphical quality than that of press demos. The competitive multiplayer mode was highlighted as its strongest aspect. Upon release, Colonial Marines sold more than one million copies in the United States and Europe, but received negative reviews from critics, who criticized its technical problems, low-quality graphics, and weak artificial intelligence of enemies. Four downloadable content packs were released, adding multiplayer maps, a new cooperative mode, and a new campaign mode that takes place before the campaign of the base game. Concept artist Syd Mead, who collaborated with Cameron to design the Sulaco, was hired to design locations. The game was heavily inspired by Cameron's film. Because Gearbox decided to focus on other projects like Duke Nukem Forever and Borderlands 2, they outsourced a significant part of the game to other studios. The game features a campaign mode that supports both single-player and cooperative gameplay, and a multiplayer mode in which players compete in different scenarios.Ĭolonial Marines was developed over six years and suffered from a tumultuous development. A sequel to James Cameron's 1986 film Aliens, the game follows a group of Colonial Marines, a fictional military unit, as they confront the Weyland-Yutani corporation in an effort to rescue survivors from the Sulaco spaceship. It was published by Sega for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Aliens: Colonial Marines is a 2013 first-person shooter developed by Gearbox Software based on the Alien film series.

Aliens colonial marines split screen