Aliens Dark Descent Review - You Heard The Man And You Know The Drill!
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This feels like an older game, like something that'd come out in the early 2000s, back when different developers tried different things, before everything in the gaming industry got so homogenized. Both the fact that it's a SP only game, without a COOP component, or a "social live service" thing, but also how the gameplay works. It doesn't ape after other popular games out on the market. It's not an "Aliens"-version XCOM, it's not an FPS, it's not a low-budget RTS. It's literally its own thing, hard to compare to anything else in the gaming landscape today. Ironically, it feels like an old game, and that gives it a breath of fresh air.
Red Solstice 2.
Great break down; I may have to buy it
Watched a couple play throughs and it actually reminds me of Company of Heroes II, not the vanilla game but the Wikinger mod. Basically your sentry guns are your hmg team and they're one of your greatest assets on the battlefield when placed at correct locations. Your marines are your infantry squads that you use to capture strategic points and can be upgraded with various weapons and perks as the game progresses. And you apc is your basically tiger/pershing ie your mobile strong point that helps you punch through.
Weirdly enough, I think the game closest to Aliens Dark Descent is Darkest Dungeon. If you already know, then no explanation is needed.
I would say it's XCOM 2 (base management/timer), Darkest Dungeon (stress mechanic) and Dawn of War 2 (squad based rts) mixed together. I wish they ported AVP Extinction to PC, that was decent RTS.
The only time you want a game released full of bugs👍
the only good bug is an alien bug.
@@vycanismajoris5501 Do you want to be a citizen?
This another stand up fight or another bug hunt?
"All we know is, we've lost contact with the colony, and that a xenomorph maybe involved..." ..."Anymore questions?"
- "Yeah, how do I get out of this chicken shit outfit?" 😅😆🤣
"Just another bug hunt!"
I always know if a game is truly good when he says "I want to play it again differently"
Except that this game plays the same way in higher difficulty skill with a different dmg and stat stuff. For more watch other reviews.
Always watch multiple reviews. ACG, Mandaloregaming, Splattercatgaming, and more. Worth a buy is great but leaves out huge amount of details that could effectively make or break your experience with the game.
For example...
You can't skip the tutorial that is at the beginning of the game. On harder difficulty, you get the same thing. Annoying.
You don't get to do much other than replay the same game, this is not alien swarm: reactive drop that has huge replay value due to having same maps but mods and more contents. Up to 8 players coop and so on. That game came out in 2017. Has PvP, leaderboards and more.
This game, compared to that: what else can it provide other than same maps? Price point: $40. Too steep. It's good but still for that money how much value?
@@mindsoulbody The value is measured by the individuals experience of the game that makes it worth it in their opinion. For example 60 aint shit, I spend at least twice that amount at dinner minus drinks. So a few hours playing a game I got some enjoyment out of is worth it TO ME. You're also recommending other reviewers to people who watch Mack for very specific reasons. Right off the bat he mentioned annoying quest reminder dialogue from npc's. This is something most reviewers wouldn't mention let alone mention it right off the bat(it bugs tf out me when games do that, especially read dead 2) He also mentions graphics first which is huge for a lot of people me included.
I aint playin Diablo cuz fuck blizzard, id rather play this regardless of other great Alien games like Isolation and the AVP fps games.
4:18
@@mindsoulbody Alien swarm is a twin stick shooter and looks dumb as hell. It is not tactical whatsoever like this game nor does it have any atmosphere at all.. The gameplay trailer makes it look like a kids game. There is no comparison.
@@BeefHammer1 Ironically, the reviewers he mentioned - ACG, Mandaloregaming, etc. actually recommend the game and point out its strengths. And they are unanimous is praising its value for money (being only 40 bucks). I dunno why he cherrypicked the weaknesses and didn't mention the strengths at all, despite these reviewers being more positive than negative about the game.
Better than IGN reviews by far
What comes out of IGN can barely be called reviews IMO. Usually just sponsored buttlicking by copywriter level "reviewers". That's why we're all here for Mack I guess ❤
Now you made me courious to see that one too
As always!
not a high bar to pass...
@@Dja05exactly my thoughts 😂
Nice to see an Aliens game that’s actually good.
Thought it was a sequal to Alien isolation. Now im dissapointed
i liked fireteam and isolation. imo the only bad one was colonial marines, and the last avp game was just meh compared to the olds.
I liked Isolation and Fireteam Elite
still waiting for a proper sequal to AVP2, been 20 years of trash...or the wrong style of game, so yet to get my fix.
isolation was excellent! You're right though, it shouldn't be too bloody difficult to make a decent Aliens game. This looks like fun though :)
Glad to see they were able to make another good Alien game. I think the atmosphere is always key and that's what made Alien: Isolation so great.
I thoroughly enjoyed Alien Isolation, but once I finished it I had no desire to go through it again. For me it had zero replayability. It was a great one and done game for me. I'm looking for a game with more replayability and this may be it.
@@EDFCentralgood thing it's a long game then lol
@@EDFCentralWait a few years and you want to play it again.
@@EDFCentral Alien Isolation was a stressful game for sure - One that you're almost relieved to have finished. I think that some of the set pieces were incredible. I went back for the DLC but never did the main story more than once. This game seems to have huge replayability which is really exciting!
"It got a few bugs"
Yeah I would imagine it does 😂
Thanks for the review as always might give this a spin.
To the point it is frustratingly broken. 8/10 for a Work in Progress seems a bit too high.
Always good to see more independent coverage of games. You do an excellent job of a condensed highpoint/lowpoint review based on gameplay.
Good to hear it, been waiting to hear your review on this. Ill pick it up today
Love the review. So glad they came through on this. Aliens is one of my all time favourite franchises. Thanks!
Thanks for the review, I’m definitely checking this one out when I get a chance
Wow! I've been looking forward to this review. Excellent as always. I was sceptical about Aliens Dark Descent as I don't play many top down real time strategy games. Found it difficult to get into Darksiders Genesis for example. Anyway, my interest in this Aliens game has skyrocketed due to your thorough and perceptive analysis. Incidentally, I recently completed my first playthroughs of Half Life 2 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Great games. Your reviews got me inspired to play them. Finding more and more I prefer the older titles which don't have X-ray vision, waypoints, bad AI and so on. Thanks for your amazing content. I'll definitely be watching this again soon.
isolation was the last game I played of this universe I love. Most new releases have been awful. Glad to see it is something great for a chance.
I feel like there was only 1 game since Isolation
Thanks for your review Mac! I was on the fence about this game but your seal of approval was all I needed!
2:22 - One does not simply descend into darkness.
Still want an actual good modern Aliens story-driven single player FPS.
Well that's Alien Isolation, and it's still modern.
@@Wolfsheim23 Calling Alien: Isolation an FPS is like calling Metal Gear Solid a third-person shooter. Sure you can do it, but is it really the focus of the game? No. This guy wants AVP 2 but modern and without the VP.
@@mablesfatalfable6021 2010 was 13 almost 14 years ago.
@@Wolfsheim23 That's Alien, I want Aliens.
@@mablesfatalfable6021 I just want Aliens only, not predator. Basically something like what Aliens Colonial Marines should have been.
Yes Mac, I'm loving this game. Not sure I'll make it to the end though. Lots of bad decisions so far I'm afraid. Maybe we could build a camp fire and sing songs
Yeah I wasted loads of time early on and it's biting me in the ass now
@@WorthABuyreviews advice for not wasting time in the beginning?
We made a decision and.. it was a bad call, David, a baaad call...
Game over man! Game over!
Good to see another Aliens game that isnt just a soulless cash-in
Reminds me of Alien Swarm on Steam, which is still and always will be free. Amazing asymmetrical shooter. Great atmosphere in this game, but clearly ruined by annoyingly shit AI that doesn't shut up. Love the way you have to use forethought with the resources you collect. That's really engaging and thoughtful.
Yeah buddy. I played the heck out of that game with a work buddy. I was basically Aliens but without the franchise specific characters. I see this ADD as a spiritual successor of Alien Swarm and also heavily inspired by X-com, especially in the base management. What a great game. I wish i had a rocket PC to run it...
@@mancamiatipoola So many wonderful mods on Alien Swarm too, one of which is the Pulse Rifle, Smart Gun and the Flame unit, all with the right sounds. Wicked stuff.
So glad I pre ordered. After work tomorrow I'm diving in to this nightmare
Never thought I'd see Mac and MandaloreGaming cover the same game, let alone on the same day!
Why is it so hard to make a good modern Aliens game? I just want Alien Isolation 2.
With action
This one looks really good but i agree. Alien isolation is my favorite horror game
With guns, marines and room fortifying.
@@capnphuktard5445 But not too much. You should feel helpless against the almost invincible xenomorphs, that's what made the first game so unique
I just want a remake or port of avp extinction
I hadn't heard of this until now and ngl for more than a second I thought it was some high budget parody / crossover between Aliens and Amnesia with that title lmao
I wish this game had more base customization and RNG mission generation.
First game in years I pre ordered. Wanted to show that Aliens games are sought after. I definitely want an Isolation 2 but will be happy with this until then. Also give me and Isolation type game with Predator in the Jungle or in a City. That would be awesome.
As an avid fan of the original films, for decades I've wanted to see this style of game but focused primarily on base defense. Basically, a spiritual recreation of the Hadley's Hope sequences from Aliens. Would be even better if you could play some earlier missions completely marine-less as the colonists in their desperate attempt to survive. It's a real shame that no one has ever capitalized on that opportunity. Perhaps this is a step in the right direction.
Ya Aliens would be a great theme for a They Are Billions game.
I expected this kind of Alien game for such a long time! And now it's here for us! Let's rock Mac!🤘❤🦇🦇🦇
Something like this, though based on a Deathwatch Squad/ Kill Team on a space hulk in W40K would have tickled my fancy better. “Aliens” is just done for me, just as the “Starship Troopers” RTT is the finish for that title. I guess the licence is cheaper, but still …
I guess I have “Red Solstice” until this game's price plummets, as I will get it.
Sounds like something passionate modders will fix and make even more immersive.
Thanks Mac, I'm a huge aliens fan, and was waiting for something like this. Excellent review, really excited to play this.
Did I not hear a bell ring? wow...gonna grab this next week then :D
I’m so glad Mack likes this. Been looking forward to it!
Great, will wait for patches, dlc and mods.
Modern games and their talkative characters. Even Path of Exile 2 has this in the trailer, every time you changed skill she'd announce it. Image listening to that for 500 hours
Dark descent is one of the top 5 games I’ve played ever. Will play it again later on with higher difficulty 👍✨
Yeah, a great game indeed! In the beginning it actually took me a while to realize that all the warning yells from the team weren't actual danger situations, it was just ordinary patrols moving or a static wall-bug. At first I was panicking like "where?? WHERE IT'S COMING FROM?" only to realize that it's generated every time you have dots on the radar and they aren't actually closing in, in any manner. I hope the yelling would be a bit more sensical, though it would be pretty cool if only that would happen _only_ with some personality states or stress states.
Finally an Aliens DD review! That’s it, I’m pre-ordering.
noooooooooo!
"Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?"
Was hoping you'd do a review for this one, Mac. Had my fingers and toes crossed that the game didn't suck. So glad to hear they nailed it! 👍
Not seen your channel before but your red and green logo made me think of you'd have an italian accent. I laughed so hard when I realised you were a geordy!
Great, honest review. I'll definitely watch more of your vids.
Fantastic review! Highly relevant and entertaining (ie: funny as hell!) commentary, concise and informative: well done sir! I just bought this game and I couldn’t agree more, it’s incredible. Cheers from London- ❤
Looking forward to getting this games 😊 The reviews are mostly good..... mostly
I was actually waiting for Mack to review this one because it seems like it could go both ways this game, it could be a horrible flop or a hidden gem. It actually sounds like it's the latter.
It sounds pretty bad.
@@majorgear1021 I actually bought the game and played for five hours. It's very good
@@majorgear1021did you only watch like the first 3 minutes of the video? Game sounds great
This game looks amazing. I've been waiting for Alien Breed 4 for a long time :)
A few concerns though.
- The audio sounds flat, the guns sound sooooo generic. The hip gun and the pulse rifle in the movie sounded way way better and those sounds were designed almost forty years ago.
- At 11:01 the dude is on fire and his mate bandages his arm to put the fire out :)
- At 11:02 the burned guy just stands in a small pool of green, acid alien blood while he loots a box.
- I like the fog of war where you can only see a room once it has been in line of sight. But having everything be so murky all the time, despite being atmospheric, just make the graphics look muddy.
I was a little hesitant to preorder this or to be hyped since I heard about this game but it does look like a game I will be losing hours of my life to
You shouldent pre order anyway there isnt going to be a shortage of copies
Is there any benefit to be gained by pre-ordering?
@@MrShadowfax42 no
nah i basically run through the game it actually works after you complete the goals you go through and get the supplies when applicable along with a few other upgrades and perks the later levels actually get a little easier
This game looks awesome.
Oh good, i just bought this and then realized I forgot to watch your review lol
Glad it worked out this time
I was watching a playthrough and it looks real good. I like the inclusion of Hayes and seeing the beginning through her eyes. Makes the game more personal, so far it looks like a game worth its money.
As a DM, players making smart tactical decisions instead of running into my big set piece is annoying. But the answer is to lure them where you want them not to force them.
The lift was off in the second floor mac , you have to call it from second floor and it just works. It's not a bug
Didn't expect this game to be as good as that
1 th, Mack how come you did not review D4 ?
Thanks for your honest review. Just started playing it. It is great.
All i needed to know....my body is ready.
Came in for the title. Just started playing this and always awesome to have an excuse to rewatch all the alien movies. The game is great
Someone just make AVP III already with some proper MP shenanigans again.
Imagine that shizzle with all of todays awesome realtime lighting effects ect. Hell a spooky shit yer pants times :)
Always authentic. best reviewer on Utube. thx for being real.
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Always check the Worth a buy reviews when I'm on the fence about a game
This game is awesome having ton of fun , I want a resident evil game like this
I'm currently reading Aliens Omnibus volume 1 with 3 self contained stories of The Wayland Yatani corp up to its usual evil pipedream of expending marines to capture the xenomorphs & control the perfect killer.
Was on the fence with this one, a little dissapointed you cant individually move the soldiers, but your review has helped, hopefully a few more strategy game gems to come this year
It seem in the video you can indeed move them independantly.
The soldiers move as a group but when you use a special skill e.g. flamer the guy with the flamer will do that action but all movement orders you give are for the entire group and it works very well.
@@WorthABuyreviews That's good to hear, hopefully the devs bring out a few patches to smooth out the rough edges
Even as you move as a group it doesn't feel like you'd just control one blob as each of the marines have their own special skills and it can matter where each of them stands and what tasks you order them to do - perhaps blocking another equally important task at that moment, especially when things start to heat up.
That ammo system seems like it needs rethinking.. "can loot everything but it doesnt respawn if you revisit" it would make more sense if you could loot it all, then take more ammo with you from the ship on subsequent missions...
Yay, an aliens game that isn't crap
I think you might be the first review, good work. The "1st!!!!!!111oneeleven" of game reviews. :D
I guess there's not going to be a Diablo 4 review? I was really looking forward to that one
I don't think he likes diablo
"Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen!"
Quality review and my go-to reviewer these days. So funny and informative at the same time 😂
I like all the alien movies, dunno why you say it went bad after 3. I agree first 3 are the best but it didn't share TERMINATOR faith.
They just get weird and a little extra. Still decent
Ive just binched all of them. Alien (79) is fantastic. Aliens has MAJOR problems. The marines are laughable, the dialog is total crinche. Alien 3 does at least take itself seriously. Rescurection is... one of the worst scripts of them all. The guy playing the general is either a seriously crap actor OR trying to be comedic relief where none is needed.
I prefer 4 to 3 to be honest.
At least Resurrection didn't kill off Hicks & Newt for zero reason, and is at least entertaining to watch.
Aliens is my favourite, a practically perfect example of sci-fi movies, action movies, and also how to write a sequel.
For me, Ripley's sacrifice at the end of 3 was a good place to stop. The one's that followed were okay but I don't consider them as part of my personal canon. Another example would be the John Wick series: at the end of 2 when he did the "Tell them, tell them all" speech, I felt that was the perfect ending. I still watch - and even enjoyed - some of the other ones, but I just don't consider them essential for my personal canon/collection.
Alien is great, Aliens is my favourite, 3 and 4 are crap imo
Honestly my only complaint with this game is a small handful of things:
- Cosmetically there's no character customization similarly to XCOM like I was hoping for it's very bare bones and maybe that'll be resolved with dlc for the future.
- I absolutely hate how the same "Currency" to craft weapons and engineer anything is the same currency you must use to "Promote your troops"
Saw this on steam come on to RUclips to check it out.... Almost knew Mack would have this reviewed... Wasn't disappointed 😁
elevator is bugged because your drone from tech operator is left behind somewhere on the map
Aliens: "There's a few bugs."
Im someone who can easily have their immersion completely shattered by cringe dialogue. I just cannot move beyond it when characters are quipping and making stupid jokes when they should be terrified and fighting for their lives.
Now that I’ve completed the game I can say it’s a deal at $40 USD. Lots of good stuff here BUT there are still a few bugs that need to be fixed (played on PS5) and yes, they definitely need greater diversity in the voice overs and they need better context detection when the voice over gets delivered.
Yes looks amazing! Gonna wait for a discount on the Series x tho. Looks like an awesome couch game on big screen in 4k 👌... but first the price needs to drop a little imo.
Glad you reviewed this and got a key ! For some reason I thought this was an FPS and wasn't going to get it but after this review I got it and I'm loving it so far !
Cons at the end on the summary: "a few bugs"
LOL
The one review of this game that I've been really waiting for. Thanks!
Great finally another good Alien game. It's been awhile.
So glad you reviewed this, I can buy it now with confidence
i'd love the developer to do this but with imperial guard in the 40k universe....
Thanks for the review. I will pirate it in a week or 2 when it hits torrent. The vocals were enough for me.
If I see your face on the opening pic, I upvote, that is how it works. :)
Will you be reviewing Battlebit Remastered, Mack?
I hear you are working at the loading docks. I think it’s good you’re keeping busy.
I ended up getting it. It was worth it. The game reminds me somewhat to that old The Thing game on Xbox 1. The game also reminds me of a mix of dawn of war 2 (with just one squad), with rpg elements and of course the game gives a slight horror aspect found in alien isolation. I’ve heard this game compared to xcom as well (I’ve never played). So far I’m three hours into the game and loving it.
Great review that mate. Gonna buy it on ps5 and start it today
I preordered this for Xbox Series X. So hopefully it plays great on controller as well.
is it true that mid game missions will start implementing a timer?
Am I the only one who says worth a buy the same way when I see a thumbnail? 👌👌🤣🤣
love the emotional 10 min rant about the merc voices haha
Thanks for the review!
i remember Valve removing Alex's constent nagging to keep going and she only does it once or twice then never says it again.
This looks like a good game, and thank you Mac for the review.
Watched the trilogy while smashing this for 200% immersion.
“Another glorious day in the marine core, a day in the core is like a day on the farm, every meal a banquet, every pay check a fortune, I love the core!”
Corp*
Sounds good, but I'll wait for devs/mods to let me disable that idle banter. That shit would drive me crazy.
I’m curious how many hours (ballpark) of game time this has.
mack this review is great and all, but just wondering if you are doing diablo 4
Reminds me a bit of Enemy Infestation from back on the day.