A game version of «Alien: Covenant» is unfortunately not planned today. Although the option according to the film studio is not final from the table, but already to "Prometheus" no license game was developed. Best opportunities currently has a mobile game. So consoles and PC gamers will probably have to resort to the games that have appeared so far. And it has real hits under it - and unfortunately also really bad flops.
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One of the most successful games is "Alien: Isolation" from 2014. While most alien games - especially shooter - are based on James Cameron's action sequel «Aliens» from 1986, this Sega title plays with the oppressive atmosphere of Ridley Scott's original. Not for nothing, the Stealth game was awarded several "Game of the Year" awards and became a huge success.
One blockbuster was the "Alien vs. Predator ". The resulting film did not meet the expectations, but the shooter has set the standard for "Alien" games. With his three campaigns from the perspective of a Marine, Alien or Predator, the Rebellion title was based on a clever concept. And the nervous tension makes even the film franchise honor. This also applies to the 2001 hit "Alien vs. Predator 2 ".
Still popular today is "Alien Trilogy", which was published in 1996 for PS 1, Sega Saturn and MS Dos. The game was programmed as part of the First Person Shooter boom at the time and combines the actions of «Aliens» and «Alien 3». It may have been badly aged - but in 1996 "Alien Trilogy" was a coherent and very difficult shooter.
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Not just badly aged, but generally bad was "Aliens vs.. Predator: Extinction "(2003). The decision to raise the game as a Real Time Strategy title turned out to be tricky. However, the game still has fans - which one can definitely not claim from "Aliens: Colonial Marines". The game is quite rightly considered one of the biggest flops of the game history. Because on a great trailer followed in 2013 only an unfinished game with gruesome graphics, drunken gameplay and a stupid story.
Is it even worse? Yes. The "Alien", released in 1982 for the Atari 2600, was more or less "Pac-Man" with the monster by H. R. Giger. Instead of fruit there were spaceships, instead of ghosts aliens - instead of high tension and horror just a fun game for the sake of. The Engineers were supposed to have passed the time.
