I'm old enough to say that I grew up watching the Alien movies and that, back then, I would've never imagined that a game like this could exist. A lover of cinema, I found in in both Aliens and Prometheus masterpieces worth visiting over and over again. A lover of games, I've found the third-person shooter genre incredibly appealing (with Gear of Wars being a cherished gaming experience). When I discovered Fireteam Elite, I got my ultimate gaming experience due to the fact that this is also a cooperative game. As I was matched with strangers every time I switched chapters, the experience became more and more pure, and the game's strenghts slowly started to shine. There's just something special about playing with other humans, even though you can't see their faces, and even though you don't even use their voices (the game, interesentily, has no voice or text chat). Still, you can always feel the difference between playing with a human and playing with a bot, and this is particularly resonant given the nature of the story: you are fighting not only a horrible race of monsters, but also soldiers imbued by the power of the A.I. So the experience feels rich and multidimensional all the way through: a machine is more reliable than a human, but at some point it can't keep up with the higher difficulties. A human can be fierce and precise, yet if you let them down, if you die foolishly and spoil an entire run due to a misclick during a boss fight, they might not want to play with you again. A harsh lesson. Now, if you could only play with friends, using Discord to talk as you play, I wonder what could happen...