The game is broken. The game is dead. When I bought this game there were 2 major problems with this game. One problem was that it had horrible performance issues, the second problem was that the learning curve was incredibly steep for beginners. Many people ended up leaving over these two problems.

So what does UWE do? They make the game harder to play. Yeah, you heard me right. The game is now more difficult to learn for both humans and aliens.

Before UWE rebalanced the game Aliens had an ever slight advantage in win ratios of about 2%. Instead of making slight adjustments to balancing UWE threw out the entire alien movement system out the window for a far worse system. They also hit aliens up with some very significant stat nerfs. For instance the end game alien unit is missing roughly a quarter of its health.

Perhaps one of my most hated death blows to this game is the nerf of the Fade. The Fade is an assassin alien class. In the rebalance they made movement more inefficient and clumsy. They also weakened the damage done. The Fade is no longer an assassin. Now the Fade is a wheezing asthmatic who can only slap its enemies around and try to look scary with its long dull claws.

Good riddance, and DON'T BUY THIS GAME.

OLD DECEMBER REVIEW:
A nice breath of fresh air in an otherwise pungent world of multiplayer shooters. Once you're hooked on Darwinism, there's no turning back.

This game is great. The asymmetrical formula of marines vs. aliens is fantastic. Each team has its own play styles and emotions. Mechanically this game is good. Jumping is a little "sticky," but it's not bad. The only real bad thing about this game is the intensive CPU loads that it puts onto your computer. If your CPU isn't that great or 5 years old like mine you won't have perfect FPS. It's usually bearable on my CPU, at least on 20 player and less servers.

Overall this game is well worth the money. If you're not satisfied with the slew of bland multiplayer shooters today then this game is for you.

The game is broken. The game is dead. When I bought this game there were 2 major problems with this game. One problem was that it had horrible performance issues, the second problem was that the learning curve was incredibly steep for beginners. Many people ended up leaving over these two problems. So what does UWE do? They make the game harder to play. Yeah, you heard me right. The game is now more difficult to learn for both humans and aliens. Before UWE rebalanced the game Aliens had an ever slight advantage in win ratios of about 2%. Instead of making slight adjustments to balancing UWE threw out the entire alien movement system out the window for a far worse system. They also hit aliens up with some very significant stat nerfs. For instance the end game alien unit is missing roughly a quarter of its health. Perhaps one of my most hated death blows to this game is the nerf of the Fade. The Fade is an assassin alien class. In the rebalance they made movement more inefficient and clumsy. They also weakened the damage done. The Fade is no longer an assassin. Now the Fade is a wheezing asthmatic who can only slap its enemies around and try to look scary with its long dull claws. Good riddance, and DON'T BUY THIS GAME. OLD DECEMBER REVIEW: A nice breath of fresh air in an otherwise pungent world of multiplayer shooters. Once you're hooked on Darwinism, there's no turning back. This game is great. The asymmetrical formula of marines vs. aliens is fantastic. Each team has its own play styles and emotions. Mechanically this game is good. Jumping is a little "sticky," but it's not bad. The only real bad thing about this game is the intensive CPU loads that it puts onto your computer. If your CPU isn't that great or 5 years old like mine you won't have perfect FPS. It's usually bearable on my CPU, at least on 20 player and less servers. Overall this game is well worth the money. If you're not satisfied with the slew of bland multiplayer shooters today then this game is for you.