Question Why aren't there many Alien themed fps games ?

[XANtheman]

Just Crysis and Halo, why doesn't this genre (fiction) get much attention from game companies when there is so much potential ? Also Crysis and Gears of war aren't much interesting to play and also BS from creativity point of view.

 

[logainofhades]

They apparently do exist.

25 Best Alien Games of All Time - Gameranx

Are alien games your thing? Love Star Wars and Mass Effect? Check out this list of some of the 20 best alien games ever!

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[XANtheman]

They apparently do exist.

25 Best Alien Games of All Time - Gameranx

Are alien games your thing? Love Star Wars and Mass Effect? Check out this list of some of the 20 best alien games ever!

gameranx.com

I mean the good ones like Halo. Also read the title, it says First person Shooter.

 

[logainofhades]

I was unable to fully open the link, as work blocks game sites. All I could read was a bit of text, in the google search.

 

[TerryLaze]

I mean the good ones like Halo. Also read the title, it says First person Shooter.

Well with that criterium there aren't many games in any category.
If you only like two of all the available games then that's that, what are we gonna do about it?!
You talked about attention to the genre and they linked you a whole list, so there is plenty of attention you just don't like most of them...which is completely understandable.

 

[LinuxDevice]

The aliens are still to be added, but Star Citizen has an alien theme (both ship and infantry combat, first person):

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[kerberos_20]

what about that meme "can it run crysis?" it got remaster too xD
you could go with mass effect for sure

 

[Dzhizus]

I agree. This, unfortunately, is extremely underdeveloped right now. However, I think that soon the game companies will rub their eyes and see the potential in this. They know how to do it.

 

[PsychoPsyops]

Killzone is another one. Albeit KZ2 is arguably the only good Killzone game, and the "aliens" are basically just grey humans from another planet more or less.

To answer your question though, I'm not sure. You would think there would be more, as most cliches are done over and over again, especially in the gaming industry.
Though perhaps companies had just came to the conclusion that they couldn't compete with Halo, at least when Halo was big as it was. Now that 343 killed the Halo franchise, it could easily be overtaken.

What I would personally like to see is a great quality game, either 1st or 3rd person, that allows you to be a cop in a gta-like world. This hasn't been done since True Crime and that company is no longer existing. Sleeping Dogs was a spiritual successor, but it wasn't as fun being undercover and having lack-luster driving physics. I think Rockstar would benefit from a gta spin-off where you play as the police for once. I really do miss True Crime...