A colleague who's been anticipating this game for a while insists the game is not as bad as the reviews are bandwagoning about.
He says it's problematic for sure, the AI is poor which makes the Aliens less interesting and he's disapointed that it's not quite as tense as he was expecting where the squad is constantly on the run, sealing doors and pushing for an exit but he also claims the themes of the game are well executed.
It feels genuine like you are in the locations previously seen in the movies and he recalled a particular moment when he had movement on his sensor so switched to his gun, headed in the direction of the threat and saw the alien moving in the shadows at the wall so moved up and opened fire only to find, like in the movies, it was just some pipes dangling.
I'm not convinced myself but I think if you're a fan of the franchise there might be some joy to be had in the game due to some attention to detail to the source material and the easter eggs and such.
The people I know who play it don't regret playing it but they do imply that they maybe hadn't paid quite so much for it.