Aliens: Dark Descent för Windows

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Aliens: Dark Descent är ett betalt actionspel baserat på den älskade sci-fi-filmserien. Detta spel från Focus Entertainment avviker från de vanliga överlevnadsskräckspelen från sina föregångare och antar istället en spelmekanik som fokuserar mer på realtidsstrategi och action. Du får kontrollera en grupp koloniala marinsoldater som skickas för att stoppa ett Xenomorph-utbrott i detta enskildspelar-spel.

Aliens: Dark Descent har förbättrad grafik som fokuserar på den massiva skalan av dess miljö, samt strategispel med fokus på grupp. I grund och botten känns spelet som en modern omtolkning av spel som Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich eller Wasteland 3.

Stop a Xenomorph invasion

The premise for Aliens: Dark Descent doesn’t directly tie into other titles under the Alien franchise. Still, it does feature a lot of elements that make it right at home and still recognizable by the fans. In this game, you lead a squad of battle-hardened Colonial Marines. You are sent to stop Xenomorphs, the iconic alien race, from taking over Moon Lethe.

However, they are not the only enemies as you also get to face rogue operatives as well as other alien races — all of them having distinct visual designs. In terms of gameplay, you can customize your squad to fit your play style. Enlist different character classes and equip them with various weapons. Be careful, though, as it has a permadeath feature included; units who die on the battlefield die permanently.

The game features a base-building mechanic, where you get to hire units and research new techs. It also requires you to keep an open eye as there are environmental hazards and secret paths and caches that can help you in your quest. As a squad-based game, it feels like it missed out on a multiplayer mode. Imagine going on missions with other players on a cooperative run.

Every decision made counts

What sets this thrilling strategy game from its peers is its extremely immersive atmosphere and premise. Some parts of the maps and enemies are also concealed from the naked view through the fog of war mechanics, forcing players to think twice or thrice about every single move. All movements across the map must be well thought out, as each step may lead the team into an ambush by the Xenomorphs.

Resources and supplies must be managed carefully too, as the player leads their squad toward escape. With the threat of permadeath and the lurking Xenomorph around the corner, each session is definitely geared to be exciting. Furthermore, there is also a slowdown feature that puts the squad into inescapable situations and forces the player to make crucial decisions on the spot. However, it is not all about being a tough game — players can modify accessibility options and lower the difficulty settings to a level with which they are comfortable.

Ett uppfriskande tillskott till franchisen

Överlag är Aliens: Dark Descent ett välkommet tillskott till den växande Aliens-portföljen. Genom att låta dig inta en mer aggressiv hållning istället för det vanliga rädsla- och smygspelandet, upplever du Xenomorph-möten på ett annorlunda sätt. Dessutom har det många spelfunktioner som gör det utmanande, framför allt den permanenta döden. Det har ännu ingen co-op-läge, men det är fortfarande ett rekommenderat tillskott till franchisen.