It just kind of pisses me off that everybody that develops these games says they are fans of the movies but they only take certain aspects of things they want to use.
Aliens can beat through steel doors in Aliens, carry an armored Marine with a full combat load up a wall one handed, yet can't keep an advantage over a pinned Marine in ACM. And I loved how a backpedaling Marine was faster than a front running Praetorian in the second AvP2 game. Only the Runner has shown the kind of ridiculous speed the Aliens had in the first AvP game, but I'm pretty sure most predators evolved to kill the kind of prey that the Aliens kill can catch up to its prey if its facing the wrong direction. (still love AvP2 but it has got its flaws).
Even the Predator was better balanced in the original AvP. He was a walking punishment sponge in the first game to be sure, but he also was a walking punishment sponge with few health pickups (or charges for that health) and slow repeating weapons.
Still think the first AvP despite its flaws is the best Aliens game in the franchise.
I do think AvP2010 did better portraying the Marines than any of the other games though. Even ACM. Epic shit talking hardasses who spend all their time in the gym getting their upper body swell on.
Also tired of all these games insisting on retelling stories that have already been told. ACM would've been a better game if it only featured Acheron at the beginning or not at all. And I'm also tired of how blatantly evil everybody has to make Weyland Yutani. The dudes are douchebags, but if they did have a covert ops Weapons Division that nobody was supposed to know about they wouldn't be telling everybody who the f**k they were by wearing company logos and identification on their persons, equipments, buildings, starships.
The franchise as a whole is so much wasted potential. I don't get my hopes up for ANYTHING related to the franchise anymore. Books, movies, games etc. I remember coming out of Alien Resurrection at the theater being like, "What the f**k?"
If only I had known that AvP2 (game) would probably be the highpoint for the rest of the franchise after Res. Probably wouldn't have spent so much time on Gamegossip and here hoping that something would've come along to surpass it.