I'm not sure if there is a difference in the game types, or the platform versions, but in my experience, there is absolutely no way the ALIENS are weak, in fact i think they are little overpowered. (i have been sticking to team deathmatch pretty much for now)
im on the PC version, 7 times out of 10, xeno's own marines in team death match. as an xeno, i kill marines easier than killing xeno's as a marine.
i never feel soft. i usually take several BURTS of bullets before i go down. and about another 3 bursts of bullets if i get a melee/special attack on the marine ( takes a lot of bullets to interrupt it, most the time i get the kill before i die).
as a marine, i find it an actual struggle to kill xeno's on my own. yes i know the game needed balance and incentive to keep marines from going lone wolf. but this is too much. as a marine, i should be able to own an xeno 1vs1 if i am seeing him from distance and shooting him down. instead, a xeno is coming at me from a mile away, i will hit him with at least 6 bullets ( a burst and a half by the time he is near or begins to leap a super-man's jump toward me, when he lands next to me, i unload about 2 - 3 bursts into him even while aiming down sight up close, and he still kills me with 2 quick claw attacks, sometimes even 1!
the only gun that feels like it actually can win against an xeno securely, and realistically, is the smart gun. its the Only one.
in Campaign / Single player, pulse rifle is a bit stronger. way it should be, maybe even more so.
does anyone else feel the same way? is it different in the othr modes?
i notice alot of people saying the Xeno's are overpowered. i'm rank 13 as an xeno, i usually play soldier.
