Aliens: Fireteam Elite Reviews

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is ranked in the 37th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
No Recommendation / Blank
Aug 23, 2021

A short, sharp and fairly shallow take on the famed franchise nevertheless delivers on the full Aliens power fantasy.

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PC Gamer
Top Critic
73 / 100
Aug 23, 2021

A fun and flexible swarm shooter that's a little too reliant on being played alongside friends.

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Kyle Campbell
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Aug 23, 2021

There's plenty of wild shootouts with swarms of xenomorphs in Aliens: Fireteam Elite, but some awkward pacing and repetitive level design prevents it from being a classic.

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Alyssa Mercante
Top Critic
Aug 23, 2021

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a solid third-person co-op shooter that feels like it belongs in the franchise, but its replayability has yet to be determined.

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GameCentral
Top Critic
4 / 10
Aug 24, 2021

It's trying its best with an obviously low budget but rather than replicating the tension and thrills of Aliens this has much more in common with one of its lacklustre sequels.

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6.5 / 10.0
Aug 23, 2021

The bland routine of traversing meandering hallways to arrive at wider combat zones brimming with seemingly unending hordes often leads to fatigue and frustration

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Unscored
Aug 23, 2021

The game presents a solid foundation that manages to surprise in a few respects, but doesn’t quite take the plunge in full. I was hoping this iteration on the Aliens universe would finally be the one unafraid to take risks. But I’ll have to wait for the next attempt to find out if it’s not just a hopeless wish.

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8 / 10
Aug 23, 2021

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a surprisingly deep third-person shooter with tight, enjoyable multiplayer action that has enough variety to tease multiple return visits.

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5.5 / 10.0
Aug 23, 2021

Like the meh Terminator project before it, if you’re really craving something substantial from the Alien IP, you might like to blow apart some creatures here. Otherwise, wait for a sale and give the campaign one run-through with two other friends over a weekend: it’s the best way to experience this extremely proviso-laden game.

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5.5 / 10.0
Aug 27, 2021

Aliens: Fireteam Elite sits squarely in the middle of other Alien games. There’s certainly worse out there, but there is also much better. It’s an uninspired struggle through a tired gameplay loop that just happens to be slathered in Alien slime and plays like one of the older Gear of Wars.

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78 / 100
Aug 23, 2021

A nice cooperative shooter with a great atmosphere and plenty of customization possibilities.Its only flaw is that its mechanics end up being quite repetitive, but if you get together with two friends you will have a great time killing aliens.

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7 / 10
Sep 3, 2021

Aliens: Fireteam Elite has a lack of mission variety, technical issues, bad matchmaking, and a repetitive structure. All of that said, it's still a fun time. I'm off to play some more right now.

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6 / 10
Aug 23, 2021

I have mixed feelings from my time with Aliens: Fireteam Elite. I love the movies (well, the first two) and cooperative shooting is usually in my wheelhouse, but I could never connect with what is on offer here. The feel of the gunplay, mission design, and pacing have been a big turn-off for me, so I don’t personally see much value in endlessly repeating these missions for better attachments or cosmetics. It feels worse at conveying the spirit of the movies than the best of the preceding games adapted from the films and generic even as a modern online co-op shooter.

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Unscored
Aug 23, 2021

Aliens fans with friends should buy, as should anyone hungry for a more focused take on online co-op combat (read: less sprawling than The Division). Solo, offline players should tread extremely cautiously. Destiny and Borderlands fans may be unmoved.

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7.3 / 10.0
Aug 23, 2021

If you are fan of the Alien movie saga and appreciate cooperative shooters then you'll love Aliens: Fireteam Elite. It's not a perfect game and doesn't have an innovative gameplay mechanics, but it knows how to entertain especially when played with friends.

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IGN Spain
Top Critic
6 / 10.0
Aug 30, 2021

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is an online co-operative action title that exudes love for the franchise on which it is based, that doesn't aspire to revolutionise anything and that has, in its simplicity, its main virtues and defects. As accessible and satisfying as it is repetitive. A perfect videogame to enjoy in company. Immediate fun that will also delight fans of the second film installment of the franchise. A pity it doesn't take more risks and is so predictable in almost everything it does.

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Attack of the Fanboy
Elliott Gatica
Top Critic
Aug 23, 2021

Aliens: Fireteam Elite does a lot right when it comes to the core gameplay experience, but lacks in its narrative. It adapts all the good parts of a looter shooter and a zombie-like shooter experience at the cost of some repetitive mission objectives.

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7 / 10.0
Aug 23, 2021

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is an absolute win if you're a franchise fan and you stick to the multiplayer; if you're a solo player and the universe does nothing for you, there's not much here worth exploring.

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VideoGamer
Top Critic
6 / 10
Aug 23, 2021

If you squint, you could be playing Outriders—with less satisfying shooting, granted, but with a superior world grafted onto the action.

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Unscored
Aug 23, 2021

I’m thankful they got this far, and I enjoyed playing the Mature-rated game. I don’t know how far I’ll get into it, but it really is a lot of fun.

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