Review: 'Aliens: Dark Descent' – Fight to free your space station

Your unit in "Aliens: Dark Descent," which is initially only equipped with simple weapons, receives special abilities as you progress. — Photo: Focus Entertainment/dpa

BERLIN: A full 44 years have passed since Ridley Scott's "Alien" set a new standard for science fiction films in the late 1970s.

Thanks to several video game spin-offs, it has been possible to experience the universe in interactive form since 1992. Now there's a new strategy game for consoles and PCs, "Aliens: Dark Descent." Players slip into the role of Maeko Hayes, who witnesses an alien attack on her space station. She can't stop it and ends up stranded on the planet Lethe. As part of a four-person unit, she returns to the space station to free it in combat.