you mean make a new game?
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Rumor: Aliens Colonial Marines Wii U version "postponed indefinitely"
- Thread starter Discomurf
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you mean make a new game?
Smiles and Cries
Member
I'm okay with this :|
Isn't going from denying to "no comment" pretty much the same as confirming it though? I swear it happens with every celebrity divorce.
One less bad game coming to Wii U. I'm just annoyed at how much of a wasted opportunity this was they could have just given Wii U owners Borderlands 2 in the first place. No one is gonna care about the GamePad being used as motion tracker when Sega and Gearbox were fully aware of how crappy Colonial Marines was.
Stoffinator
Member
Going by the game, I say his ass. I would like them, Gearbox, to answer the question as to why the so called playable demo looked so good and yet the final game is so bad looking. Did they intentionally lie?
Porting the game would be just as difficult as increasing the level cap!
This is the quintessential definition of "mercy killing".
Which cryopod did you just stumble out of?!
VeryGooster
Banned
WayForward put their 3DS game on Wii U.
Now it's time for them to put their DS Aliens game to Wii U.
It's the only way to be sure.
Now it's time for them to put their DS Aliens game to Wii U.
It's the only way to be sure.
anon_mastermind
Member
Dang, I was looking forward to the Miiverse community trashing the game 
shira
Member
It had great potential on paper. The gamepad could have functioned as the Alien Motion Scanner.
No. Aside from nostalgia why would anyone want to look at that?
Brainiac 8
Member
We get the best version on Need for Speed and Aliens! Win/Win!
Metal Gear?!
Member
While it's easy to say that Wii U owners dodged a bullet here, if they could have pulled off 4-5 player splitscreen coop that would have been fantastic and a great way to play an otherwise horribad game.
having it on the gamepad would be pretty damn convenient compared to having to push a button to bring out the scanner and thus move your weapon into a non fire mode.
Jaded Alyx
Member
You read that wrong.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Is it even that integral to the game (beyond fan service/nostalgia), though?
What was the last one?
mysteriousmage09
Member
Guess Nintendo hired Ripley for Wii U security. Aliens try to bring their shit and run into this.
Jaded Alyx
Member
................This one.
_illmatic_
Member
What if the Nintendo Direct tomorrow was gonna feature Aliens:CM for Wii U.
That would be epic lol
That would be epic lol
Yeah it's probably both, haha.
alfredofroylan
Member
Has any game recovered in sales from a terrible release before? I remember the Alone in the Dark PS3 version getting some improvements, but that didn't help at all.
That's it? I thought he ment others too. Oh well this seems shit anyway.
Ken Masters
Banned
It had great potential on paper. The gamepad could have functioned as the Alien Motion Scanner.
that would have actually be cool, an always on tracking screen
Discomurf
Member
It had great potential on paper. The gamepad could have functioned as the Alien Motion Scanner.
footage:
http://youtu.be/hccFewCPxOs?t=1m7s
IdreamofHIME
Member
Saw it coming once I was done with level 2. No way they can release this game weeks later and expect sales after the shit storm that just rolled in for the other versions.
Nintendo fans are notoriously picky when it comes to 3rd party games, so there's no way a shit filled missile will fly under the radar.
Nintendo fans are notoriously picky when it comes to 3rd party games, so there's no way a shit filled missile will fly under the radar.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Just spam the scanner button in ZombiU, same thing.
kunonabi
Member
Those improvements are subjective. In reality, they hurt the game more than anything.
Nemesis_
Member
It had great potential on paper. The gamepad could have functioned as the Alien Motion Scanner.
To be quite fair, the way the game is [now] designed it makes the motion tracker almost useless. There is no reason to pull it out - ever. Every environment is brightly lit, there's shitloads of Aliens who announce themselves pretty clearly before they appear (and that's when they ARE aliens and not random Weyland-Yutani troops) and most of them make so much noise that you'll know where they're coming from.
It's very clear that somewhere between the initial demo and the actual final release, that someone really dudebro'd it up.
I'm co-oping with three other work buddies - it's *okay* that way, but yeah, motion tracker is pointless and useless.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
It's certainly a possibility, but it's also worth pointing out that Sega's own games on the platform (Sonic Racing Transformed, The Cave) are performing rather well.
DeuceGamer
Member
After all the issues with the PS360 version do they really even need to port it?
Maybe because you posted on Kotaku, inviting your readers to "fill in the blanks," adding a coy smiley face. You implied it's true. So should we believe what you say, or assume what you say is bullshit right off the bat?
Forsaken82
Member
It would be silly to spend the amount of money they did on a Wii U version of this game, and end up not making any of it back especially after the other versions are being critically panned across the board. In my opinion it would be a bigger mistake not to release the Wii U version if it was far into development consider the game is likely not to sell well on the other platforms.
Screamapillar
Member
The absence of a Wii U version actually enhances the library of that system.
Shame on SEGA and Gearbox for misleading the public and making us think it was to be top-quality game. That game was botched, and botched big time. People ought to be fired over that. And it only goes to further ruin the chances of further money being spent on continuing the Alien franchise.
God, what a waste...
Shame on SEGA and Gearbox for misleading the public and making us think it was to be top-quality game. That game was botched, and botched big time. People ought to be fired over that. And it only goes to further ruin the chances of further money being spent on continuing the Alien franchise.
God, what a waste...
It seems to me that they could recoup a little money if the Wii U version is already complete.
1. Wait a couple months so as to avoid insulting the full price purchasers.
2. Throw it on the eShop only.
3. $15-20.
Surely it would get its share of sales just to have a laugh over a few beers? Or... actually I still wouldn't buy it probably so never mind.
1. Wait a couple months so as to avoid insulting the full price purchasers.
2. Throw it on the eShop only.
3. $15-20.
Surely it would get its share of sales just to have a laugh over a few beers? Or... actually I still wouldn't buy it probably so never mind.
Why? It's not like you guys have a reputation to protect. If you're trying to build one starting from today, then that's great news. Maybe that should be the story you run.
I can see it now:
Kotaku starting the long road to becoming credible! Click here to see the details!
A score in the 40's on Metacritic can change plans pretty quickly.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Damn dude, that's harsh, hahaha.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Oh god, you have reminded me of how irrationally upset that makes me.
Myself and my friend shall. We were both looking forward to having the sonar thing on the gamepad.
I'd offer a 3, which is sort of a corollary to 2: Take the Miiverse reactions for Rayman Legends, and imagine what they'd be like if A:CM released in this form.
Fake Reggie = prophet.