No its Aliens vs Predator 2 which is vastly better then this game
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Aliens: Colonial Marines review thread of broken dreams and movie references
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No its Aliens vs Predator 2 which is vastly better then this game
Doczu
Member
Wow, I never knew there was any footage of the game. Well it looks rough like hell, but I'd still hit it if it managed to be at least decent.
frankie_baby
Member
Anyone that has played it would say so
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Three to go, Sega.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Somebody said Aliens, Gearbox thought they said "Devs who find making good games to be an alien concept sign up."
hahah I enjoyed this post!
Why are you even putting Aliens on the same level as actual successful ips?
Ludicrous Speed
Banned
Will wait for definitive Wii u version
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
TheVoidDragon
Member
I was hoping this would be better, i was going to buy it. Glad i didn't pre-order it now.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
It's crazy that Gearbox can go from making Borderlands to this. It's clear where their developmental talent and time went.
ThreeSixty
December 16, 2009. 4:00 AM. THE LIGHT FIELD is the force. The mind. That guides. Controls.
Christ. Things just keep going downhill for Sega. Aliens is the one of their four "pillars" that constitutes their remaining and dwindling presence in the games retail market. For their flagship Alien game to be a critical disaster (and likely a commercial one for any of the hardcore paying attention to reviews) then that's just not positive for them. I think they were extremely unwise to dedicate so much resources to the licensing of single franchise. Anything from their back catalogue would have made more sense (Streets of Rage anyone?). I guess what I'm saying is that I hope this doesn't hurt Sega too much. They're fading away as it is and this is obviously just not a good sign for the future.
Hopefully Sonic Adventure 3 will release at the end of this year as rumoured and sell millions. Stay strong Sega.
Hopefully Sonic Adventure 3 will release at the end of this year as rumoured and sell millions. Stay strong Sega.
MDSLKTR
Member
Not even, Aliens CM has been in development since December 2006. How is this possible
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
wow at that gif.
what the fuck happened after all those decent looking "suspense filled" trailers?
what the fuck happened after all those decent looking "suspense filled" trailers?
I can remember the first screen shots of this game; I thought they looked amazing for the time.
Is that why it has 2006 graphics?
umberhulk2
Banned
plagiarize
Banned
Yeah. I mean, people shit on Daikatana still for being a quagmire, and that whole game was developed in just over three years. And it's probably a better game too (certainly a much longer single player game, and I bet a better MP game).
Think about that. Took more than twice as long to make something worse than Daikatana. Who knows how many times they started over. Who knows if those aborted levels and gameplay sections were worse than the end product. I'd be surprised if they WERE worse than what was finally released.
Another fun thing to think, 2010's AvP (which looks to be the better game) went into development after Colonial Marines and came out in 2010. It's 2013.
well, it's clearly the game. Alien 3 is better than Aliens (and not as good as Alien). There's no way this game is better than Aliens. I say that based on the extended version not originally released theatrically though. But even the theatrical cut was a very good film (if the weakest of the first three). people wanted Aliens 2. Fincher made something better.
njean777
Member
How was it not well designed? You can beat everything SP and if you are having problems just search for better guns. Its the same as any rpg ever made almost (except in JRPGS where you have to grind to get better).
I cannot express how disappointed I am that somehow a game that looked so good and seemed to have so much potential ended up being complete and utter trash...I've been looking forward to this game ever since it was announced. Then the 2010 AvP game came out and while I thought it was a bit underrated, I expected it to be merely an appetizer to the grand meal that was to be this game...
I just don't get it. 6+ years, millions and millions of dollars, for a game that looks like an Xbox 360 launch title. It doesn't make sense, and SEGA really can't afford this game to bomb...
Probably going to put even more pressure on Sonic Team to keep the whole damn ship afloat...SEGA needs to get bought by one of the console makers and fast.
I just don't get it. 6+ years, millions and millions of dollars, for a game that looks like an Xbox 360 launch title. It doesn't make sense, and SEGA really can't afford this game to bomb...
Probably going to put even more pressure on Sonic Team to keep the whole damn ship afloat...SEGA needs to get bought by one of the console makers and fast.
seriously... how bloody difficult is it to make a damn decent Alien game? so far every recent version has little issues that drive "fans" up the wall because they did it wrong or tried to "gamify" it. If you lost the hardcore fans, you've done a terrible job.
I don't mind how it looks... just give me Left4Dead, with the director mechanic to spawn Aliens.
I don't mind how it looks... just give me Left4Dead, with the director mechanic to spawn Aliens.
Visualante2
Member
I'm pretty sure the game got put on hold for an extended period of time.
Fudgepuppy
Banned
Welp, I'm buying mine for the collector's edition statue so I'm expecting the worst.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
In what universe is this statement true
I want to avoid it on my intergalactic travels
Is that actually WiiU footage? that looks horrible.
Not even Fincher believes this.
Creative Assembly has been making a new one for ages so I'm pretty sure that is coming out.
bequietdrive
Member
It's footage from AvP 2, he's trolling..
That is your standard for a well designed game? It can be completed? Way to reach for the stars.
Conflict NZ
Member
Did anyone really expect anything different after they put out gameplay videos showing you killing so many aliens in five minutes that you probably exterminated all of them?
Flame Lord
Member
I never understood why people were hyping this game up so much. I mean it's a movie game.
SkoomaSuckinSwit
Member
Every time someone tries to hammer the point home that A:CM is garbage because Gearbox isn't all that, and points their finger at Borderlands as another bad game...I instantly dismiss their opinion entirely.
Borderlands is one of the best franchises this generation. It created a new genre - the FPSRPG.
Huge areas, loot, humor, hundreds of quests, interesting mobs, drop in/out coop, lots of extra DLC content to keep it going, pleasant art style, and just a ton of fun when playing with 3 friends online.
It's pretty much the ultimate party game.
plagiarize
Banned
The one where the extended cut was released. And the one that has these things called opinions. Stop by if you're ever here.
What a blow to my ego.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Take any licensed IP and you have similar issues. Look at Batman. Do you realize how many terrible Batman games we had to go through before Rocksteady made Arkham Asylum?
Neuromancer
Member
Hmmm... Interesting.
Oh you've done it now. I'm going to spend the rest of my life waiting for a Game of the Generation Aliens game and are going to be really dissapointed when we don't get one.
Ghah.
plagiarize
Banned
Fincher never completed the film. I don't think he's even seen any of the edited versions. He doesn't to my knowledge have an opinion on any of the cuts of the film. He hated the studio and what they did to him though.
If you haven't seen the extended cut you should watch it. It reportedly represents more what Fincher was trying to do (according to the editor he had been working with after the first and second set of shooting to try to figure out what else needed to be shot).
We'll never see a directors cut of it, because he never completed the film he was trying to make. That extended cut is a great fucking film though. The theatrical release of Alien 3 is not as good as Aliens. But then neither is the extended edition of Aliens, or that weird rejigged special edition of Alien. The original theatrical release of Alien is still the best film in the series.
But Aliens is the one that best lends itself to being adapted as a game.
bigace33
Member
Uhhh, Borderlands 1 is a good game. I'm still gonna get Aliens CM when it hits the proper Bomba price of $10 US Dollars. It can't possibly be that bad...X^\
Metal Gear?!
Member
I don't think anything but knowledge of the DS version would cause people to expect all the
humanoid enemies
Because, like DNF, we've been expecting this for over a decade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2CQZF6wHPE
This. Wii U owners should be disappointed about the third part situation but anyone that has grown up with Nintendo and see how things have turned out over the years should know what to expect. Hope for the best but prepare for and perhaps expect the worse. Third party games are icing on the cake as far as I'm concerned when it comes to Nintendo now.
I honestly wrote off Aliens months ago when it was clear there would be no Wii remote pointer controls. That's my deal breaker for FPS on the Wii U. Even more so when the best company when it came to pointer controls for FPS on the Wii turned out what they did on the Wii U with Black Ops 2 before all the patches. ZombiU I made an exception for because of everything else about it but even that still has it for multiplayer.
I knew from the start that Pitchford was just talking nonsense as well as he never backed up any of his claims then went silent. Then the first footage of the game started coming out for the PS3 and 360. I used that as a base line. That was the worse (even if it looked great) it could look. Then word dropped that it wasn't even being done by Gearbox and was being delayed.
I hope Wii U owners don't fall for this if this is what we have to look forward to. Support third party games you are interested in yes. However support quality. Don't buy just anything. That crap was done on the Wii and look what we got after games were bought there.
plagiarize
Banned
AvP Classic / 2000 / whatever was already a great game based on the franchise. That marine campaign is something I still go back and play every year. I'd love something that played as well with modern graphics.
But they'd make a dumb COD clone, or an inappropriate Halo clone, just like they did. That AVP is highly randomized, that enemies will hunt you for an entire level... has kept it scary even as the graphics have become terrible. L4D was a massive hit using similar ideas. I don't really understand why no one else has thought to try making an unpredictable horror game since L4D2 rather than a funhouse of scripted linear shocks.