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Aliens: Colonial Marines |OT| Game Over Man, GAME OVER!

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Dash Kappei

Not actually that important
spannicus said:
Aliens colonial Marines walkthrough. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPXBEmxnLfk

game looks very low budget and uninteresting for a game that's been in development for so long
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WHAT DA FUCK IS THIS SHIT?! ((((；ﾟДﾟ)))

I avoided all media cause I'm an Alien nut and this was always a day1 game to me (I even liked AVP10 marine campaign) but goddamn I'm glad I caved in and watched the video after all the bad rep the game got in here.

Preorder cancelled.
 
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Bad7667

Member
SkoomaSuckinSwit said:
Aliens: Colonial Marines Review - TheDarkPodcast
http://youtu.be/OGGP4NtRVbo

Seems to be a decent review, fair at least. They give positive points, besides negative.
7/10
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One of the positives is the Xenomorphs are "worthy enemies" yet every single encounter shown in the video has them running directly at you. He talks about them trying to assassinate you from the back, then shows nothing of the sort, just another alien running at you.

Talks about them being smart and unpredictable but every encounter in that review would suggest otherwise.

He says there are different versions of enemies that have different sounds and attacks, almost like that isn't a staple in every single game made in the last 20 years.
 
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Ryan_IGN

Member
Review embargo is 1am PST on Tuesday, 2/12. I didn't even review it for us and I have plenty to say on this game. Particularly the Xbox 360 version.
 
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MrHicks

Banned
the aliens should behave like the necromorphs in dead space

attacking from vents
from behind
etc

of you reskin the necromorphs you have the perfect aliens game
 
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Darvan

Member
Damn am in a real jam here if I should just cancel the collector's edition I have on pre-order 100 bucks for something that may not even be worth it and drop in price within the month.
 
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SkyMasterson

Member
Loxley said:
I am just really confused by the mess this game ended up being. I mean, Gearbox is a solid developer (minus Duke Nukem Forever and certain aspects of BiA: Hell's Highway), so I'd really love to know what went on behind-the-scenes that caused this game to be such a turd.
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Seriously.

Being a huge Aliens fan and having followed this game since it's inception, I just can't fathom this being disappointing.

I think I'll use my money towards Bioshock Infinite. Man this makes me sad. Been looking forward to this game for years :(

Guess it'll be awesome to get for $20 or less though.
 
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dwu8991

Banned
SkoomaSuckinSwit said:
Waiting on comments about the 4-player coop experience, esp on the hardest difficulties.
And for people who played the versus gametype with a bunch of friends.
And is there matchmaking for the online coop?
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The game is an uninspired Aliens game with COD style gun gameplay, Online co-op is not going to magically make the game much better and if you are expecting it to, then you are deluding yourself
 
AHA-Lambda

AHA-Lambda

Member
Yeah just checked Steam and for the UK at least it's been released early.

SEGA is obviously trying to cash in as early as possible before the reviews hit...
 
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ezekial45

Banned
ThoseDeafMutes said:
Aliens: Colonial Marines review thread of broken dreams and cancelled preorders.

Go ahead and make it.
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Can't at the moment. I'm on my mobile and it'll be a hassle compiling everything thus far. But you or anyone else is more than welcome to.

Anyway, I'm curious to see Angry Joe's review. He posted a 20 minute video on why the game will be awesome a couple weeks ago, and I'm interested to see if he stuck with that.
 
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SkoomaSuckinSwit

Member
dwu8991 said:
The game is an uninspired Aliens game with COD style gun gameplay, Online co-op is not going to magically make the game much better and if you are expecting it to, then you are deluding yourself
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Left4Dead
Single player is ok.
4-player coop on Expert difficulty was roflmao.

I know what I like, I don't delude myself. I just don't cancel preorders based on some people's opinion. For instance, I never would have had the awesome time that I did, playing the SHADOWRUN FPS after so much hatred was directed toward that game. Same with FALLOUT3.
Some people think BORDERLANDS is a garbage game.

Truth is, you can't tell squat based on a few vids, what the game will be like once it's in your hands. Something that looks bad might be fun, and vice-versa.
 
M.W.

M.W.

Member
SkoomaSuckinSwit said:
Left4Dead
Single player is ok.
4-player coop on Expert difficulty was roflmao.

I know what I like, I don't delude myself. I just don't cancel preorders based on some people's opinion. For instance, I never would have had the awesome time that I did, playing the SHADOWRUN FPS after so much hatred was directed toward that game. Same with FALLOUT3.
Some people think BORDERLANDS is a garbage game.

Truth is, you can't tell squat based on a few vids, what the game will be like once it's in your hands. Something that looks bad might be fun, and vice-versa.
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Left4Dead was made with coop in mind.
 
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Brerlappin

Member
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Ehm..

Yeah, ill just..

umm..

oh god..
 
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Bumhead

Banned
I've not played this yet, but I hate the fact this appears to be another COD clone.

It's not like Gearbox has been working with some unknown or difficult to market IP. It's fucking Aliens. Why not just make the best Aliens game you can, instead of shoehorning in elements of other games to chase the dirty dollar of another franchise? There is enough brand strength and enough source material to create a licensed game which doesn't have to resort to every other lazy industry trope, or what's perceived to be popular and making money right now.

If you're working with the Aliens IP - or any other IP with that sort of identity - either stay true to it or don't bother. Surrender the license to somebody else. It's absolutely ridiculous that a first person shooter Aliens game seems to have turned into a lazy clone of another (or several other) games on the market.

So frustrating.
 
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Axial

Member
Brerlappin said:
Ehm..

Yeah, ill just..

umm..

oh god..
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Oh boi, up to a certain point I was ready to give this game a chance...
After watching a playthrough of that particular section of the game with the mutated/irradiated xeno's I lost all hope. I guess they were trying to make it scary but the animations are hilariously bad.
 
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glaurung

Member
Axial said:
Oh boi, up to a certain point I was ready to give this game a chance...
After watching a playthrough of that particular section of the game with the mutated/irradiated xeno's I lost all hope. I guess they were trying to make it scary but the animations are hilariously bad.
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I spent maybe 90 minutes watching a PC live stream and what I realized very quickly: when the player hits the xenos, their body texture is instantaneously replaced with one that also has the green blood splashes. There is no area damage, there is no gradual texture replacement. Just bam, new texture all round.

That is the cheapest effect ever.
 
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Wind's Howling

Member
I am watching some gameplay streams and most of the time I am annoyed by the music and it makes me say ''TURN THE GODDAMN MUSIC OFF!''

I know this game is an average shooter at best but my god does the music ruin the atmosphere and some of the tension.
 
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thesuperfunk

Member
24 pages in and I'm done ... looks like i'm sticking with the original Alien Vs Predator Gold Edition for now. Such a shame they appear to have seriously fucked up what was once a great franchise.
 
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8bit

Knows the Score
Well, that's disappointing. Any chance of the Wii U version actually being good or is this far too shit to be polished up?

Also, if Sega were pinning their hopes on this being successful I think they're going to be badly let down. I'll probably never see a localised Yakuza 5 :(.
 
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DragonSworne

Banned
8bit said:
Well, that's disappointing. Any chance of the Wii U version actually being good or is this far too shit to be polished up?

Also, if Sega were pinning their hopes on this being successful I think they're going to be badly let down. I'll probably never see a localised Yakuza 5 :(.
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Why do you think Sega choose this game to port to Wii U?

<tin foil hat/>
 
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Truant

Member
What's even funnier is that the actual animation is pretty damn good, even though it looks completely terrible on that alien model.
 
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Ollie Pooch

In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Brerlappin said:
It gets worse

http://youtu.be/hntYj5WxG60?t=8m40s

Fucking hell. I love Aliens, i even loved AVP 2010, but this is shockingly bad. How in gods name Gearbox got away with this in 2013 i will never know. This honestly is looking worse than DNF :(
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I wonder if the
"seventeen weeks" in the dialogue was actually meant to be "seventeen days".
It's kind of sad because there are actually some nice views in that video inside the colony. Some nice atmospheric lighting and such. Pretty average overall though. EUGH. What could have been. I love how the
sentry turrets can only be placed in one spot.
Pointless busywork.

He's too small to make it work :(
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