Players can find intel or hidden caches in each mission of Aliens: Fireteam Elite, but these are typically easy to find. Each mission will take players through a cave, a spaceship, or a hive, with the game never veering from this pattern, and the first two being the dominant environments. The lack of variety in gameplay is further accentuated by the same problem in the environment and enemy types. Every little action a player will do summons a horde of Xenomorphs, even collecting dog tags from a fallen Marine. Players will go down a claustrophobic, hallway-like structure while fighting Xenomorphs, which will open up to a bigger room where players can fortify and defend. The extent to which players can customize their characters and their classes is limited, bearing in mind that this is still one of its best features, and the lack of variety becomes evident throughout every aspect of the game.įor example, while there is a total of twelve missions in Aliens: Fireteam Elite’s story, playing the first mission once is what players will do over and over again on repeat. For a game designed with replayability as a core component, there is no incentive to do so. Yet, from there, the fundamental flaw of Aliens: Fireteam Elite's gameplay just becomes more apparent. Each class can be ever-so-slightly tweaked with modifications that allow players to set up and kit out each class to their liking. Players can take on one of five classes that further refine this: Gunner, Demolisher, Technician, Doc, or Recon (with the latter being unlocked at the end of the story). Each weapon feels good in the hands of a Colonial Marine, whether it's a wide-blasting shotgun or heavy machine gun. Perhaps the best parts of Aliens: Fireteam Elite are its classes and moment-to-moment gunplay.
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On paper, Aliens: Fireteam Elite seems to get everything right, but it trips itself up with misstep after misstep. The game is best played with friends, but the game will fill the missing party members with Synth AIs should players go at it solo. Aliens: Fireteam Elite attempts that same formula, putting it into the titular survival-horror franchise as a co-op shooter.Ĭhoosing from one of five classes, players can team up with two others in co-op to take out unending hordes of Xenomorphs. There are several Left 4 Dead-inspired games currently in some stage of development, ranging from Back 4 Blood to Redfall.
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