What? there is no game footage in that trailer at all?
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Aliens: Colonial Marines |OT| Game Over Man, GAME OVER!
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What? there is no game footage in that trailer at all?
Yea what is with the animations in that trailer. It is like they rendered the previz and called it a day.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I love the Aliens universe sooo bad but I am getting a bad feeling about this game. We should have put Glen Schofield in charge.
Agreed. Was funny for the first 5 minutes, now just annoying.
NullPointer
Member
Yep. OP should use the quick write-up in this post.
With a disclaimer that the Horde mode is separate, expensive DLC.
Yeah - seems like a reveal trailer more than anything else.
rosaceadude2112
Member
It's the only OT I've ever read.
MrTroubleMaker
Gold Member
yeah, a little info in the OP would be nice
That trailer is bad. Just look at the aliens! They just stand there, waiting to be killed. Some of the animation (alien queen) is aweful.
The Idea behind the trailer is good, but the execution lacks.
thesuperfunk
Member
This is news to me ... after watching the IGN 2hr special I didn't think it looked terribad so if it really does support offline co-op I might just drop some hard earned wedge on this.
Same here. In game footage looks decent and faithful to the source material in my books.
Raptomex
Member
Yeah. It looks like a run and gun type of shooter. At least for single player. I like that. I don't know what people expect or want from this game.
Treechopper
Member
On one hand I'm really upset because I like Gearbox and want this game to be good. On the other hand, this OT is hilarious.
Bravo Mr. Orange
Bravo Mr. Orange
fabricated backlash
Member
You realize this is a prerendered trailer (not that the ingame graphics would be any better)
Feb 12th 1AM PST.
Our copy just rolled in. Haven't really been keeping up with this game, clicked this and had a good chuckle. Good show OP.
The assembly cut was indeed much better, although I prefer the dog chest bursting scene to the (oxen? cow?) one. I think people would view it more favorably if they watched that edit instead. But still, the movie has a bunch of other problems which can't really be fixed with a simple cut. For starters there's the abrupt end of two characters that audiences really liked, which you mentioned. Which is not only depressing but it also kind of diminishes a lot of what happened in Aliens, which many consider to be the better film. Actually that reminds me of that Back to the Future gif...
Not only that, but it's mostly a retread of the first film (one alien, isolated environment, no weapons) except now the alien isn't really scary anymore because we've seen so much of it already - there's no mystery to it. It's also a really depressing ending for Ripley after the first 2 movies had her narrowly escaping death, only to finally see her die because somehow an egg got on board the Sulaco. It just feels forced and kind of insulting. Not only that, but none of the other cast members really stick out. I honestly preferred watching a mangled Bishop make a cameo than watching any of the other characters. Also, what was with the doctor she had sex with, and then he just dies?
I don't know, I recently watched the making of Alien 3 of youtube (highly recommended) and after seeing all the shit they went through behind the scenes I appreciate what they were able to accomplish in that scenario, but I find it strange when people say they don't get the hate. There's a lot to hate in the movie, and even the director hates it.
LOL at the gif
I guess I can kind of get the hate, but just get the impression that it gets a lot of undeserved hate, because it not what people expected (like 1/10 stars, etc). I highly enjoyed the grittiness and hopelessness of situation, and thought it was a nice ending to the trilogy. (4 dosen't exist . But some things could have been done alot better I agree. But enough of the derail.
Don't have high hopes A:CM as almost nothing has been showedcased and has a to long development time. I sure hope this is not another DUKE. Hope it alteast at AvP2 standards.
PS: is AvP3 any good, was kinda out of the pc game when this came out.
Cheers
MarshMellow96
Member
It's an extended version of the reveal trailer from a while back, IIRC.
Agreed. When the aliens drop down from the ceiling for an ambush, the marines barely react. Pretty much every scene is ruined by poor direction. For all the supposed chaos and shooting going on, there is zero intensity.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Now THIS is an OT
Apparently it's cool to write a game off before having played it based purely on speculation by others who haven't played it either.
Good job.
Wind's Howling
Member
Same thing happened with Dead Space 3 and people were pleasantly surprised when they started playing it.
CosmicQueso
Member
But... but... but... I thought we were beyond using trailers as a gauge to what a game will be?
Or is that only when the trailers are really good that we can't be excited?
I'm really confused.
Or is that only when the trailers are really good that we can't be excited?
I'm really confused.
maniac-kun
Member
Is there some ingame trailer? That last one looked realy awefull. I think about canceling my preorder now ._.
maniac-kun
Member
Well... they suck at making trailers.
Huh? Looks good enough to me.
Man, I can already smell the negativity surrounding this game.
CosmicQueso
Member
From the team that brought us Duke Nukem? Shocking.
Maybe it won't suck despite the terrible trailers..
They should've brought in Blur Studio, though this might be beneath Blur.
Raptomex
Member
Yeah, it's becoming annoying. Nobody has played the game yet and all people are doing here is bashing it.
Hey, guys, while I'm worried about the game's quality: please keep in mind that Gearbox ain't doing the trailers. Sega is. Mikey Neumann (who is an awesome writer, in my opinion) tweeted that he had nothing to do with the writing in the trailers a week or so ago.
Don't conflate Sega's bad advertising with the game. Let the game's quality (which sounds kinda bad judging by the rumblings) speak for itself.
What the fuck?
This has been in development since before Obsidian was working on their totally different game, to the best of my knowledge.
Don't conflate Sega's bad advertising with the game. Let the game's quality (which sounds kinda bad judging by the rumblings) speak for itself.
What the fuck?
This has been in development since before Obsidian was working on their totally different game, to the best of my knowledge.
TheNamelessOne
Member
Would be impressed... if trailer was released in 1995. This looks atrocious! The only good part is the theme from MOON - even though it's not fitting for this trailer.
This game is gonna be a trainwreck, isn't it?
This game is gonna be a trainwreck, isn't it?
Damn.
Neuromancer
Member
Came in here to ask that. WTF?!
Also the music worked so much better for that movie than it does here, where it almost reaches Gears of War/Mad World levels of incongruity.
AHA-Lambda
Member
what? -_-
Only thing I'm worried about is storyline being too cinematic and bland. It'll be great instead if the campaign was designed for challenge and survival type gameplay (ironically that's the best way to simulate the movies too but the casual movie fans may not like it). I'm just waiting for the reviews now.
Oh I know I am. I'm pussyfooting around it so I dont stirr up the nest even further.
Its so wierd how hate seems to stick to certain games while other mediocre looking ones seem to get a free past and even gain a small following (I'm looking at you Alice Madness Returns).
Neuromancer
Member
It's a play on OFIC which in the Aliensverse stands for Omni Field Intergalaxy Corporation
Alcoholikaust
Member
digging the lack of a WiiU logo
haha- I kid, looks great!
haha- I kid, looks great!