Aliens Dark Descent Reviews Reveal A Good Strategy Game Harmed By Performance Issues
gameranx.comReviews are out for Aliens Dark Descent, and I’m afraid there’s both good and bad news.
Let’s start with the good news then. Reviewers seem to have formed the general consensus that Aliens Dark Descent is a good game at its core. First time developers Tindalos have done a good job building a real-time strategy game that captures the tension of the Alien franchise, harkening back even to the first game.
The bad news is that the game is launching with multiple performance issues, and it has split reviewers on how much these issues can be forgiven.
On OpenCritic, Aliens Dark Descent has earned a 73, with 67 % of reviewers recommending the game. On MetaCritic, Aliens Dark Descent has earned a 72 on PC. As of this writing, that PC MetaCritic score is based on 16 Critic reviews. Reviews for other platforms have not been uploaded yet to form the MetaCritic score for those respective platforms.
As an example of a positive review, GodIsAGeek rated the game a stunning 90. They declared it “very possibly the best Aliens game we’ve ever had. It knocks spots off titles like Colonial Marines and Fireteam Elite. Dark Descent is to Aliens what Isolation is to Alien, and that means both good and bad news – though mostly good.”
On the other hand, IGN’s reviewer gave it a 7/10, stating
“These issues are just a bit too frequent and a bit too game-breaking for me to look the other way. Most can be laboriously worked around by restarting a mission, but that could be over an hour of progress lost.”
But don’t let these quotes mislead you, they are definitely talking about the same game. GodIsAGeek referred to the “glitches that may well be patched out in launch week but which did hamper my enjoyment a little.” On the other hand, IGN says that
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