Aliens: Dark Descent Needs to Break the Alien Game Curse

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Debuting in 1979 with one of the greatest Sci-Fi horror films ever made, the Alien franchise has enjoyed a long history in the pop culture landscape. The first Ridley Scott-helmed Alien essentially revolutionized the Sci-Fi horror franchise, and set the precedent for just about any that would follow it. Alien's influence stretches far beyond the realm of cinema, though, with some of the most popular horror gaming franchises using it as inspiration. Without Alien, there'd probably be no Dead Space, no Callisto Protocol, and maybe even no Starcraft. But sadly, Alien's own history of video games hasn't been quite so groundbreaking, though Aliens: Dark Descent might just break the curse.

Over the last few decades, there have been quite a few Alien games. While there have been some stand-outs over the years, namely the Aliens Vs. Predator games on PC in the early 2000s and Alien Isolation, the last few releases have received a mixed reception at best, and have been critical nightmares at worst. But the recently announced Aliens: Dark Descent has a chance to break the cycle, opting to go for a unique gameplay perspective that the franchise hasn't seen yet.

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Despite some rocky entries over the last few decades, the real Alien game curse begins in 2013 with the release of Aliens: Colonial Marines. Widely considered to be one of the worst games of all time, Aliens: ColonialMarines is a broken mess of a video game. While its core premise is solid, pitting players against hordes of Aliens in scenes ripped almost straight out of James Cameron's Aliens, the execution of just about every element of the game let it down dramatically.

Aliens: Colonial Marines' AI was broken, the gunplay felt