It's more challenging than similar, like Xcom, because it includes additional factors, like dealing with resource limitations during missions.
The problem, as one gamer in another forum pointed out, is that those factors may eventually overwhelm, turning the game into a set of squad-based missions with an Alien skin, but with several cut scenes to make up for such. In which case, one can imagine not using the Aliens franchise for the game and getting similar results, or even coming up with other storylines for the same or similar missions.
OTOH, one can argue that similar applies to something like Alien: Isolation in light of games like those from the Amnesia franchise, though: action-adventures where you simply hide and solve puzzles.
In which case, what would a fan of the franchise consider? Probably a game that combines both?
