Aliens: Fireteam Elite

Fireteam Elite is unquestionably a nostalgic treat for longtime franchise fans, but more importantly, this co-op shooter stands toe-to-toe with many of its bigger-budget contemporaries. File under 'F" for fun as hell.

There's so much satisfaction in customizing and managing a handful of classes with enough depth to transform them into the Colonial Marine you need at a given time, along with a plethora of great weapons to make the moment-to-moment action engaging from the first time you pull the trigger. What it lacks in dread it makes up for in pure white-knuckle action, making Aliens: Fireteam Elite a great place to engage with this iconic sci-fi franchise again.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite’s A.I. co-op partners, Alpha and Beta, are significantly inferior to human allies. On casual, your numbskull allies pack a punch, but as you ramp up the difficulty, their stopping power plummets. Certain Xenomorph/synthetic variants are nearly impossible to defeat alone, so you'll need to rely on your companions.