Have you even noticed?
This is only the introduction, I have the most important thing yet to say.
Have anybody noticed graphics in this game? I play a lot of games, a lot of new games, but I have NEVER seen something like this. EVERY (and I mean it!!!!) single shadow in the game is processed in real time. No other game I saw can make boast of that. Do you remember Doom 3? Sure you do. Now remember in Doom 3 some single shadow. For example, you see a shadow of the railing, it is on the ground on your side, 'cause the lightning of the room you are in is on the other side of that railing. Now what you have to do is turn on the flashlight and point it at the railing. What happenes? Nothing, even though the light of the flashlight is brighter than the one of the room, there is still the only shadow, which is on the ground on your side. Try doing the same thing in Shadowgrounds. Here the shape of shadows changes even if light is closer or further from the object, which casts the shadow. And EVERY object can cast a shadow: a box, railing, even walls. Isn't this fantastic?
Drawing a line here: gameplay is great, 'cause shooting some interesting (and not so stupid) aliens is fun, graphics are crazy, sound is very appropriate (yes, voices are lame, but music and ambient sounds are so Alien!). The point is, Gamespot doesn't have a place to grade a plot (why the hell?!?), so why does this game has an overall grade below 9 or 8? I am going to put 7 as a game value, but what I really ment was game plot.