Eldaron Imotholin wrote on Jul 29, 2024, 08:54:

aka_STEVE wrote on Jul 29, 2024, 08:01:
Borderlands 1 & 2 were great. After that , they were all uninspired misses for me.
Maybe they could try to do another Aliens game...

Aliens: Colonial Marines.... tsk tsk.. I read this article that years later someone found one tiny error in the code for the xenomorphs' AI behavior, and that after it was fixed, the game actually worked. Did anyone try after that fix?

I did. Even with the patch, Aliens: Colonial Marines is still not a very good game. After all, it wasn't just the AI people took issue with.

The game isn't absolutely terrible; I'll say that much. Despite all the complaints, I didn't really have much issue with the visuals. It wasn't a high-end game, but it was okay. A few parts even looked pretty neat (I rather liked exploring the Hadleys Hope base from Aliens). But at best the game was a B-tier title; sometimes achieving competent design, often not, but never exceeding that low bar.

The improved AI patch helped... a little. But the game still suffered from poor level design, unexciting weapons, an awful story, worse voice acting, and generally lackluster mechanics overall. Except for diehard Aliens fans, it's not worth playing.

(the multiplayer was sometimes fun though... but it was still pretty poor compared to anything else. And it's pretty much dead nowadays).