No-one ever agrees with me when I post about how awesome Alien Resurrection is
For a dual-analogue FPS, it actually ends up controlling a lot like Metroid Prime, in the sense that it can be difficult to make happen the things that you want, and in that it isn't about being able to finesse your way quickly round the environments. Run
or strafe? The dual shock wasn't made for people who want to do both! It's
hard, and it's unnerving, and it's well-balanced. The weapons get cooler in fair proportion to the hellishness of the situations you encounter, so you're always fixated on your best weapon as your hope for survival. More than this it is atmospheric, in authentic Alien-universe style (far more than AvP2, which I bought recently and don't like - something about Monoliths FPS games annoys me).
Ultimately, just like the films, the game is an extended answer to the question of: "What would you least like to happen,
ever? In space." It really is a total, authentic nightmare, and scare-wise I seriously would put it on a par with SS2, technology and SS2s undoubtably deeper character aside.
Edit: Forgot to mention my only criticism, which is that sometimes you will be put, or will save yourself, into a very difficult corner, and your only way through it is to rinse and repeat. This happens more and more frequently as you progress, and serves to leach all the character and atmosphere out of your situation, reducing it to a list of necessary actions and rote-learned enemy placings. Still, I think the game definitely deserves a mention here.
