I decided to not review this until I completed the entire game.

First, I am amazed at the story line. I am a die hard Aliens fan, owning every book / comic book / etc. ever released kind of die hard. So when I say it has one interesting and well done story for this kind of theme, I'm not just blowing smoke up your rear end.

The game started out rough, not going to lie. A lot of what people had problems with were very true, but the devs here listened and jumped right on with a patch for many of them. Kutos on keeping up with the fanbase.

The game is hard, even on the easiest setting it can still down out right slaughter your entire squad if you let it - and a Queen or Praetorian can still rip one in half regardless. If you want to feel like your inside a real Aliens story, set it on a harder difficulty and you too will be quoting "It's game over man."

The look and feel of the game is that nearly right out of the second movie, Aliens. Your fear and helplessness for your squad feels almost out of "Alien Isolation" - except that you can at least shoot back and smack a few before you go down on harder levels.

The sound and graphics are superb. You can feel the slimy ground squish as you walk around on them as the rain falls just outside a window. Feel the fear of your soldiers as they are dragged away into the darkness when you make a mistake. The rumble of the ARC and APC vehicles and the chest vibrating thud of their guns.

There's a lot of great things about the game for an Aliens fan, that much is for sure.
The game has many classes to choose from for your marines. The only one that felt out of place and kinda, well, useless was the Recon. I found you keep your stealth about the same amount of time even if you go guns blazing on a harder difficulty - and mowing down aliens fast and efficiently is the name of the game - no time for the single shot sniper rifle.

I would list some of the things that drove me bonkers in game, like your squad hitting obviously hard coded sound bits like "Shhh, there's a drone" even though you spotted it earlier and blasted it with a rocket, or other little things - but I have a feeling that with this dev team, those things won't be relevant very long or if at all by the time you read this. They really are on top of things.

So in the end: Great game. Strong and evolving story. True to the Aliens franchise. A must play for any Aliens fan.

Update: The devs are really picking up the pace and keeping up with us in updates and fixes.

And remember:

Priority One:
Insure Return Of Organism For Analysis.
All Other Considerations Secondary.
Crew Expendable.

The devs really are keeping the spice flowing.

Everything in the pack is as advertised. Very well put together for what is given.
The only thing I wish, and this is rampant in nearly all DLC for characters, is that the faces had 'emotions'.
You're only given the static closeup of the character's face for dialogue.
In my book, for dialogue chats, every character should have 8 basic emotes for their faces:

Normal - Happy - Sad - Surprised - Angry - Flirty - Disappointed - In Thought

There are others, but those normally cover every aspect of normal conversations.

As of now, I had to Photoshop edit the sets and hand craft each of these for each character I used.
Not really a deal breaker - after all anyone normally using these probably has some development skill sets already under the belt.

Highly recommended for anyone needing a few magical beings for their game.

First: I love the entire Aliens Franchise.
This game brings that franchise to life in a lot of fun ways.
There's only one killer of this game - content. The main story line and achievements, hidden items and collectables in the game are rather fast and easy to get with a little grinding.

Playing this game as a hardcore "I need everything instantly for I am the lord of all games" will make you feel cheated - but playing it for the story and Alien fun it brings will make you feel much better.

In all, the game is great, it brings to the table everything you love about the Aliens Franchise. Play it for that and you won't be disappointed.