I'm curious, will it be possible to sneak up on some of the aliens in the final game?
Opening doors quietly would be interesting, and *might* make the almost inevitably deadly room firefights and alien captures more fun.
In addition, I had an alien round a corner in front of my Hunter. I'd love to be able to RAM the bugger off his feet.
This wouldn't even need a troublesome new animation for squishy aliens. Just corpse them, run the vehicle over them and play the death scream - cut off half way with a satisfying CRUNCH.
Large aliens get pushed. Things that don't just wreck the vehicle.
Not well thought out, but a great desperation move.