Spent a few more hours on it.
The campaign is horrible and a waste of time. This is not a good sequel, nor is it worthy. The story was pointless, Hicks was tacked on and it has one of the most anti-climatic endings i've ever witnessed. I finished the game in about 5 hours with no difficiluty apart from stupid glitches that got in the way.
However after playing on the multiplayer a bit more, it's semi-decent. My friends all have the game now so I had an okay time with a few of the modes, once you get over how dodgy it plays, it plays okay. Apparently I read Gearbox only developed the multiplayer (and let Timegate do the single player campaign) which is probably why it funcitions better. And it's much better being able to fight Aliens who are controlled by actual humans, rather than the crappy non-existent AI.
I've now got the hang of controlling the xenos better, and when you work as a team it's okay. I felt none of the game captured the experience of Cameron's Aliens film, but the multiplayer at least brings a bit of it to the table- the manic rush is almost similar to the tense gunfights of the film. Almost.
However the game overall is still very, very poor. And I am deeply dissapointed in the people who made it. Some of the levels Gearbox showcased last year aren't even in the game (such as the first video walkthrough with the crusher, where the queen comes in and smashes up the powerloader). Isn't this false advertising?
I'm trading the game in tommorow after having it for 2 days. Not worth keeping at all as the multiplayer will get boring very quickly, and I want to be able to get as much money from the trade in price as possible as I know lots of people will be trading it in this week.
A massive dissapointment.
