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Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK
OT, but are you using the official Aliens RPG rules?
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Yes, I am. There's a couple of small glitches here and there, but on the whole if you take the time, it's possibly one of the most realistic systems I've ever seen (even though it's a watered down version of Phoenix Command).
It's quite possible for a character to die from a broken bottle, or survive a direct hit from a LAW (albeit not for very long unless they happened to already be laying on an operating table at the time).
Aliens themselves are NASTY. In most terrains (even flat, featureless desert), they can get to within a few dozen feet without being spotted - closer if the team does not yet suspect their presence or it's the first encounter.
Vehicle combat leaves a bit to be desired, but what's the fun in fighting aliens from your APC or Dropship anyway?
The rules reflect what happened in the movie very well - pistols are next to useless, pulse rifles and grenades are good, shotguns are excellent up close (if you don't mind being sprayed with acid), machineguns rock and flame units are AWESOME except for their extreme short range (just 24 feet).
Character generation makes it exceptionally hard to have overpowered characters but if the players use their heads, that's not too much of a hinderance.