What's with all the hate?
Graphics: Nothing to brag about. I'm not a total graphics whore, so I didn't really care about this one. It's true, however, that the soldier's faces look absolutely horrible, but then again you're not exactly going to be staring in their faces while you're trying to mow down hordes of bugs. The weapons/ships/buildings look oversimplified however. They just look plain. But that's okay because they look like the weapons in the movie, so that's good I guess. As for the bug graphics, they're decent. The only beef there really is to have with the graphics is how the humans just seem to "fall apart" when they die from the bugs. If graphics isn't that important to you, you'll probably like this game. If you're totally crazy about graphics, this wouldn't be the game for you.
Sound: Not much to say. The guns sound like guns, the bugs sound like bugs. I already talked about the voice acting. The music is the same as the movie soundtrack composed by Basil Polidouris, and is pretty good.
Value: There is a multiplayer, but I don't even think it's online anymore. I figure the only way to play multiplayer is on a LAN cable with other friends. That being said, once you complete Single Player there isn't much to do except play it again and try to unlock all the extras. As long as you download all the patches, the game shouldn't crash when you play the movies in the extras (nor should it crash during gameplay). Some of the levels are fun enough to replay, but some of the levels you vow to yourself that you will never play again.
Overall: Good. Decent. Not bad. Could have been better. The game as it is, is worth it, especially for only $20. If they kept working on it for a couple more months, it could have turned out much better than it is now. No sense in complaining though. If you find it, and got the extra cash, pick it up, especially if you're a big SST movie/book fan (I've read the book and saw both movies, and yes, I liked BOTH movies). If you don't have the extra cash, don't worry, you can wait.