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The squad that stays together, slays together<\/h2>

Over the years, we’ve seen a few different takes<\/a> on the\u00a0Aliens<\/em> franchise. The xenomorphs have been tackled in shooters,\u00a0Pac-Man<\/em>-style mazes, and of course, raw horror<\/a>. With\u00a0Aliens: Dark Descent<\/em>, the player takes command of a crack squad of commandos, heading into derelict depths of space that may or may not be crawling with the multi-mouthed creepy crawlies.<\/p>

The question, really, was whether a narrow focus on just a squad of units, with individual talents and a high risk of immediate doom, could incorporate the tension and fear one might look for in an\u00a0Aliens\u00a0<\/em>game. The answer is yes, it is extremely tense, and has some really cool ways of conveying the omnipresent fear of the xenomorphs. But it’s a little complicated.<\/p>

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Quiet space goliaths<\/h2>

Sitting down for my demo at PAX East 2023, I was intrigued by the premise. I’ve really enjoyed small, focused takes on the strategy genre. Developer Tindalos Interactive has previously worked on some Battlefleet Gothic\u00a0<\/em>games, and that legacy shows here. Right out of the gate, the atmosphere is superb. Even in a top-down, overhead view, corners felt dangerous and the shadows were imposing. Fog of war, a strategy mainstay, works incredibly well here as a tool for tension.<\/p>

Ticking in the bottom-right corner is a minimap, complete with the\u00a0Aliens\u00a0<\/em>signature heartbeat monitor. Each little pip heightens the mood, and once the xenomorphs are loose and on the hunt, it can really feel like you’re scrambling and hiding from a horde of the nasty hunters.<\/p>

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What starts out as a routine mission quickly descends into chaos as you try to work your way through a ship overtaken by the xenomorphs. So from the outset, Aliens: Dark Descent\u00a0<\/em>nails the setting. It’s the combat that adds a few more wrinkles.<\/p>

All for one<\/h2>

Aliens: Dark Descent\u00a0<\/em>is a tactical action game, set in real time, with the potential to pause and issue commands. If you’ve played a real-time-with-pause game before, it will feel familiar. There’s just one twist: you don’t issue commands to individual marines, but to the entire squad.<\/p>

Commands will<\/em> let certain marines enact their own special moves, or automatically assign them based on proficiencies. Otherwise, ordering the squad means ordering the whole\u00a0<\/em>squad in\u00a0Aliens: Dark Descent<\/em>. Part of this helps, as a full squad can mitigate the damage that would otherwise overwhelm a single marine. When I was exploring, sweeping for information and extra munitions for an eventual holdout against the xenomorphs, it worked fine.<\/p>

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Eventually, Aliens: Dark Descent\u00a0<\/em>narrows the battles down and focuses them. In one section, I knew that the second I activated a certain machine, the entire nest would descend on me. This is a classic set-up that works great for the Aliens\u00a0<\/em>setting, and I had many interesting tools to hold off the horde. Auto-turrets could maintain killzones, welding doors allowed for chokepoints, and different vantage points meant I could maintain range and fire on enemies as they rushed in.<\/p>

Once the swarm started up, though, it was an awkward moment of sitting and watching. There are abilities to use, like the flamethrower, but they felt a little awkward. A developer I spoke with afterwards mentioned this particular slice takes place later in the game, after some of those elements have been explained. Maybe they’re a bit easier to implement when the player’s more familiar with them.<\/p>

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Either way, this was the one moment I wanted to pause and shift around a bit. Setting up alternate angles for cover, or even getting a finer control of my marines, would’ve made me feel more in control. It’s a nitpick, but one I felt right away as the action got heavy. Despite all that, I still loved the holdout sections. While the mission had up to that point been a lot of eerie quiet punctuated by sudden xenomorph strikes, this was all-out chaos, looking on as I tried to mete out what resources I could to keep the waves of xenomorphs from overwhelming my hapless team.<\/p>

Down to the wire<\/h2>

I eventually limped my way through the mission, perishing to a wave of aliens my few surviving marines couldn’t handle. Xenomorphs are intimidating, and I really felt like I was constantly up against difficult odds. The resource management is an especially interesting wrinkle; taking stock of ammo, ability points, and the turrets I had to cover retreats was a constant source of tension. These moments made Aliens: Dark Descent\u00a0<\/em>click a lot more for me.<\/p>

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Control woes aside, this is at least a novel take on the franchise. Tindalos Interactive and Focus Entertainment have the atmosphere nailed, and some of the resource and squad management meta-layers seem compelling too<\/a>. I’m curious to see how this lands, as\u00a0Aliens: Dark Descent <\/em>will head to both PC and consoles, via PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Console strategy games have their ups and downs, and maybe the focused squad controls will feel comfortable on a controller. I’m still really into Tindalos’ take on the Aliens\u00a0<\/em>world, and even after seeing my squad wiped out, I’m still curious to see whether the tension can carry over mission-to-mission.<\/p>

We’ll see soon, as\u00a0Aliens: Dark Descent\u00a0<\/em>arrives on June 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