Like I liked the 'power' idea, but it bewildered me that the whole map started "powered" and you could only get a place to have the lights out if the marines first built a power core and then aliens destroyed it. This made zero sense when it could've given the aliens a much-needed advantage in ambush and hive defense if the whole map started DARK until a power core was built in a room.
Aliens got almost nothing new, in fact they lost features (besides the unneeded alien commander). Rather than do something interesting and neat they just ported the alien gameplay over 1:1 and basically left it. Of the five lifeforms, you still only had one support class, one 'endgame' class so it doesn't even count, the starting class, the gorge, and the Fade. No new alien lifeform. No new way to evolve new abilities.
Like if the point is "evolution", wouldn't it have been interesting to give aliens upgrade trees they can spend evolution points on that would let them counter the tech the marines were researching? Like if the marines start getting flamethrowers and incendiary, aliens could evolve heat-resistant carapace or something?
Marines had all the fun and cool shit and aliens got a fucking commander.
That and I saw so many missed opportunities.
Like I liked the 'power' idea, but it bewildered me that the whole map started "powered" and you could only get a place to have the lights out if the marines first built a power core and then aliens destroyed it. This made zero sense when it could've given the aliens a much-needed advantage in ambush and hive defense if the whole map started DARK until a power core was built in a room.
Aliens got almost nothing new, in fact they lost features (besides the unneeded alien commander). Rather than do something interesting and neat they just ported the alien gameplay over 1:1 and basically left it. Of the five lifeforms, you still only had one support class, one 'endgame' class so it doesn't even count, the starting class, the gorge, and the Fade. No new alien lifeform. No new way to evolve new abilities.
Like if the point is "evolution", wouldn't it have been interesting to give aliens upgrade trees they can spend evolution points on that would let them counter the tech the marines were researching? Like if the marines start getting flamethrowers and incendiary, aliens could evolve heat-resistant carapace or something?
Marines had all the fun and cool shit and aliens got a fucking commander.