Every Enemy and Non-Human Creatures in Aliens Fireteam Elite

[Kimarhi]

The caste system works best in the shooter Aliens games, but then again, nobody has tried it the other way except maybe Alien Res. 

[BlueMarsalis79]

Rebellion's AVP only used the Alien, the Praetorian, the PredAlien and Queen and although that worked I prefer more variety. Monolith's AVP maintained the right balance in my opinion for the time. 

But I'm not opposed to the idea of having two or three variants of each caste as applicable

Praeto Egg/Egg/Royal Egg,
Praeto Facehugger/Facehugger/Royal Facehugger,
Praetomorph,
Drone/Warrior,
Runner/Defender,
Praetorian Guard/Praetorian Charger, Queen.

Just not interested in rather arbitrary acid specialisations myself personally.

[PAS Spinelli]

Rebellion's AVP only used the Alien, the Praetorian, the PredAlien and Queen and although that worked I prefer more variety. Monolith's AVP maintained the right balance in my opinion for the time. 

But I'm not opposed to the idea of having two or three variants of each caste as applicable

Praeto Egg/Egg/Royal Egg,
Praeto Facehugger/Facehugger/Royal Facehugger,
Praetomorph,
Drone/Warrior,
Runner/Defender,
Praetorian Guard/Praetorian Charger, Queen.

Just not interested in rather arbitrary acid specialisations myself personally.

It had the Runner too

[BlueMarsalis79]

I can not see the image.
But I'm talking about AVP Classic.
AVP 2010 yes did have it though briefly.

[PAS Spinelli]

Gotcha, also that image should be working, oh well

[Mr.Turok]

I also find it strange that humanity didn't come across another sapient extraterrestrial race after all these years. The excuse in Dead Space for example was that the Brethren Moon, who are the creators of the Markers, ate almost all life in the milky way galaxy using the Markers as beacons for them to hone in on once the necromorph infestation takes hold on the race they are infesting. Humanity was one of the last ones to be eaten so by logic, the title "Dead Space" fits due to the Brethren Moons eating all life out there.

In the Alien/AVP/Predator Universes, there is no such excuse so I don't see introducing a new race being negative, rather it can open new avenues of storytelling.

Google the great filter.  There is evidence to support that we might be the only ones in the REAL universe.


I don't think so, but there is more evidence to support it now, than not.

Its also one that is still contested as the great filter is still constructed by human eyes. Some of the challenges we face may not apply to others due to unknown variables that are very different from the ones we have here on Earth. No planet is the same and we apply human traits on such things as its the only form of reference we have. Its very possible we are the only ones but life has a way to surprise us and there might be more out there than we actually thought.


So as I was reading on some of the posts here, I don't know how having different races will make a wonderful space exploration adventure like Star Wars  when it can be the polar opposite of that. I mean look at Warhammer 40k where everything is so grimdark, no one is friendly with each other and death is everywhere. Alien already explores the clashes of political power between human nations in space, why not one with some alien races? Like an uneasy alliance with a new race? Or facing a highly hostile one?

[BlueMarsalis79]

Because it's not what makes the Alien worth the time of day, the opposite in fact, anything you can think of applying to them's found amongst humanity anyway.

It stretches the believability for no real benefit.

And changes this into something it is not.

[PAS Spinelli]

https://www.esrb.org/ratings/37661/Aliens%3A+Fireteam/
"And Rating Summary
This is a third-person shooter in which players assume the role of a marine battling hordes of alien creatures in a futuristic setting. Players use pistols, machine guns, chain guns, and explosives to kill aliens and other beings (e.g., zombie-like creatures, synthetic androids) in frenetic combat. Aliens emit large amounts of mostly green blood when shot; explosive weapons cause enemies to break apart into chunks of flesh. Dead humans are found throughout the game, with their chest cavities burst open from a xenomorph (i.e., alien) emerging. During the course of the game, brief cutscenes are sometimes triggered when an alien kills a human character: aliens impaling soldiers with their spiked tails; soldiers stabbed in the face; humans getting grabbed and mauled by face-huggers—large amounts of blood spray accompany these close-up kills. The words "f*k," "sht," and "a*shole" appear in the dialogue."

Black goo zombies confirmed

[BlueMarsalis79]

Confirmed.

Hopefully also Neomorphs then?

[Kailem]

It'd be pretty cool if they jumped around all Fifield-like with their elongated limbs, depending on exactly what stage of infection we might get to see.

[Drukathi]

This game will be hot!

[Voodoo Magic]

Black goo zombies confirmed

Hmm. Not certain how I feel about this one.

[BlueMarsalis79]

It runs like that most likely because it's a Praetorian Charger, not a Praetorian Guard, judging by the prequel novel Infiltrator this uses Alien The RPG Lore.

[PAS Spinelli]

I liked the cut Farfield-Morph alternative scene, so I don't see a problem with this

[426Buddy]

Loving that idea. Excited to see prequels and Aliens mesh together a bit. It really works for me in Alex Whites novels.