Aliens: Colonial Marines playthrough 5/11 (PC)
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Playthrough of the mission "The Raven". This mission is seen by some to be one of the game's few highlights, as roughly the first third of it has you without any weapons and trying to avoid two new types of enemies. The first is the Raven, a large alien which can't be hurt by bullets. Most of the time you see it you need to run away as fast as possible. Exactly where this creature came from is never explained, but I can only guess that Weyland-Yutani were involved, as later on in the game we see that they've been experimenting on the aliens. You have to fight the Raven at the end of the level, in a terrible boss fight that see you use a power loader. The problem is that there are also several smaller aliens around which can attack you, and your CPU buddies never seem to do enough to kill them. The Raven also has some major clipping issues, you can knock it through various walls easily. The other new enemies are the boiler aliens. Some of these husks are alive and well, and will get up and move about in the sewers. You can't actually fight these as you have no weapons, so moving around quietly is key, and at certain points you can create distractions to get rid of them. This level also reveals exactly what happened to Hudson after he got dragged down into the floor in Aliens. He apparently got dragged off to a separate hive and got chestbursted. Why his body is still in such good condition 17 weeks after that happened is anyone's guess through. Apologies for the video glitching out at the start of this.
