Aliens: Colonial Marines (Video Game 2012)

Writers:

Bradley Thompson, David Weddle

Stars:

Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Mark Rolston

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Biehn	...	Cpl. Dwayne Hicks (voice)
Lance Henriksen	...	Bishop / Michael Bishop (voice)
Mark Rolston	...	Pvt. Drake (voice)
Al Matthews	...	Sgt. Apone (voice)
Travis Willingham	...	Pvt. Peter O'Neal (voice)
Derek Phillips	...	Cpl. Christopher Winter (voice)
Nisa Ward	...	Pvt. Bella Clarison (voice)
Jason Douglas	...	Cpt. Jeremy Cruz (voice)
Matthew Mercer	...	Keyes (voice)
Ashly Burch	...	Reid (voice)
Andrew Bowen	...	Pvt. Hudson (voice)
Kimberly Brooks	...	Redding (voice)
Markus Lloyd	...	Short / Marine (voice)
Jason Liebrecht	...	Quintaro / Marine (voice)
Adam Ray	...	Marine (voice)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

prequel | sequel | marine | alien

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 February 2013 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Demiurge Studios, Gearbox Software, Nerve Software LLC

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (all versions) DTS (playstation 3 version)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The story of the game is somewhat based off of the original concept story of Alien³ where Cpl. Hicks and another team of Colonial Marines discover a top secret research facility by Weyland-Yutani that is focused on using the Aliens as Bio-Weapons.

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Connections

Spun-off from Alien³ (1992)

User Reviews

I'll be brief...

Once upon a time the awesome Alien franchise was born... When i switched on my Xbox 360 earlier this week and played this game i quickly realised that the franchise, specifically in respect of video gaming, is dead and buried. The graphics are too sharp yet ill detailed and not at all Alien-esque... The titles are also juvenile attempts at mimicking the movies and are awful. The levels belong on an original xbox or PS2 release and are dreary, tiresome, repetitive and ill conceived. The interface isn't innovative in any way and must have been designed on the back of the blank cheque that Sega wrote Gearbox to bring this high school project to fruition.

I've been playing video games for 30 years and not ever has a publisher spent so much dollar on promotion for such a bland, weightless, empty shell of a concept that has not materialised into any semblance of a 21st century hi-def title.

In conclusion its like playing a several year old platinum title that has no place being in the modern era of video gaming. A poor poor title that'll keep you happy (in anticipation only) for about 10 minutes (if you're a die-hard Alien fan) before the disc is on its way to trade in for store credit.

What were 20th Century Fox thinking?! PS. Give the trailer director credit for clever editing, tricking us all into believing that we were actually buying something of substance.