THE RAVEN MISSION- ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES
To be honest, forced stealth isn’t even near the top of the list of things that nearly ruined (or outright ruined) the game in the case of Aliens: Colonial Marines, but we simply have to mention the raven mission simply because of how bad it was. Here’s a level that takes away all your weapons and forces you to contend with your enemies in a stealthy manner. And sure, given the context of the Alien franchise, on paper that actually sounds like exactly what you’d want in an Alien game- more or less. But this just doesn’t work, and not even because it’s frustrating, but because it is stupid. Any time you make a sound loud enough to attract attention, all you have to do to remain unnoticed is just stand perfectly still while the enemies shamble past you- sometimes even just inches away. Just compare this to the tense, terrifying stealth of Isolation– the contrast is hilariously bad.
