The game’s weapons are all inspired by what we saw in Aliens. The first act takes place on board the Sulaco and the makers hinted that the final act would take place on the aliens’ home planet. There are three main acts in the game, and each one is made up of about seven levels. It is discovered that the Xenomorphs were aboard the Sulaco and have infected the crew of the salvage vessel.Īliens: Colonial Marines is broken into levels and is mission-based. Your tasked to find out what happened and get the Sulaco back up and running by putting out fires and cleaning up toxic spills.

Nakamuri, orders your ship to dock on the Sulaco after the salvage vessel fails to respond. Story and GameplayĪt the start, you come across the Sulaco which has been boarded by a salvage vessel which is stealing the ship’s military equipment and resources. The game itself was a first-person squad-based shooter and you could play as one person from a group of colonial marines sent to investigate the Sulaco. EA announced the game in May 2001 and it was going to be released in Autumn of that year.

Publisher: Fox Interactive, Electronic ArtsĪliens: Colonial Marines was originally greenlit in 2000 to be published by Electronic Arts and developed by Check Six.

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