What if XCOM but with aliens?
It really does do the license justice, so if thats what youre looking for, dig in.
I just wish it trusted me to be able to count higher than one.
Not that much higher, either.
Dark Descent is not a game forstrategy gamefans nearly as much as its one for Aliens fans.
What if there was a way to doXCOMbut without all the knobbly bits?
I have a tablet holder attached to my bed frame so I can play Switch lying down.
Its the apparent disdain for micromanagement thats done it.
Need to heal a marine, and itll pick your medic, if you have one.
Need to open a crate or weld a door shut, and itll pick the closest unoccupied marine.
Whoa, slow down there, Sun Tzu!
Any more hysterics out of you and we might have to grab the icepick and hammer!
Youll move as a squad, and youll like it.
This tendency towards streamlining also rears its ugly little mouth-on-a-stick in both the campaign and mission structure.
This is all a personal gripe, though.
Marines get stressed out and develop psychological disorders.
They get wounded, sometimes to the point where they cant run or use rifles.
you’re able to spend time healing them, or training them.
you’re free to develop new weapons and abilities and xeno-tech.
Xenomorph encounters usually come in three types.
Theres also permadeath for your marines, natch.
The game makes the very smart decision to limit not only healing items, but also ammo clips.
Thats Aliens to me, genuine survival horror punctuated by bursts of intense, terrifying violence.
Dark Descent pulls it off masterfully.
If youre thinking, wow, what a snob, then, congratulations.
You get to enjoy something more fully than I did, which is much better than griping about things.
Dark Descent is beautiful, engaging, and absolutely drips with authentically atmospheric Aliens goo.
