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[Jarmel]

Wow, Florence really, really hates it.

[MG]http://i.imgur.com/uNWlQvN.png[/IMG]

That's coldblooded.

 

[sono]

Maybe we could build a campfire and sing a couple of songs while waiting for better reviews?

 

[Dead Man Typing]

Wow, very disappointed to read these impression, especially from Rab Florence, because I respect the hell out of his opinion.

The game went from a "Might buy Day 1" to a low priority on my love film list. Hopefully there is still some fun to be had.

 

[Boerseun]

Give me proper Wii FPS controls with the Wii U version (meaning Wii Remote and Nunchuck support on par with Black Ops Wii, Goldeneye Wii, Conduit 2, etc.) and I'll buy it regardless of any middling reviews.

Quoting myself from the first page.

Trying hard to keep my hopes up for a decent Wii U version in the absence of impressions, confirmations, press materials, anything of the like.

 

[FStop7]

It's disappointing that Gearbox would put their name on something like this.

 

[Zaph]

Yeah, I think I'd want to be as far away as possible from the internet at launch too...

 

[smr00]

It's disappointing that Gearbox would put their name on something like this.

They put their name on Duke Nukem Forever and you are disappointed with this?

 

[thesuperfunk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dPF8jpItCs#t=3m15s

fuck ... that was simply amazing ... WiiU version shaping up pretty well though!

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

The most offensive thing to me by far is the Alien AI. I don't know how I can even have fun with this game with AI that dreadful.

 

[subversus]

So apparently Gearbox didn't make the campaign, it was outsourced to TimeGate.

 

[SmithnCo]

It's disappointing that Gearbox would put their name on something like this.

Uh... Duke Nukem Forever. That ship has sailed.

 

[VeryGooster]

Maybe we could build a campfire and sing a couple of songs while waiting for better reviews?

I like you.

 

[cyberheater]

Uh... Duke Nukem Forever. That ship has sailed.

They did what they could with what was given to them. It was amazing that they managed to pull all together and get it out the door. Kudos for that.

 

[Lime]

did people post fabricated backlash's impressions from the OT? The

Spoiler

Hicks revival

is straight up fan fic garbage.

Ok, I just watched some walkthrough vids of this game.

The graphics, glitches, tearing, retarded AI, horrible animation and pacing are really only just minor issues compared to the sexist POS story.

Warning massive spoiler ahead, so don't highlight unless you're sure you want to:

Spoiler

Hicks coming back, with some rage inducingly boring ass explanation is probably the worst retcon I've ever seen. Honestly, this is grade A level fanfiction bullshit. This is insulting and reeks of stupid fans getting their way with a story. Horrible.

Yeah right, Weyland troops were in Orbit over Fury 161 but didn't bother to check the surface...
Hicks planting another body in the cryo tube for whatever bullshit reason...
Ripley and Newt being turned into Women in a fridge tropes just so that Gearbox can spin their macho sexist Marine bullshit story avenging the death of those poor helpless women as uber masculine males with massive guns and badass one liners.

This is downright insulting in it's infantile, sexist and condescending writing.

This is a new level of bad and embarassing. If you thought Other M was bad in it's depiction of women and character retcon, this basically takes Ripley, puts a princess gown on her and skullfucks her character and achievements in one foul coma inducing pile of vomit.

AGAIN!!!! Don't look this up if you want to experience the worst fanfiction ever produced in playable form yourself.

Don't,

this fan fiction is bad regardless of medium. In Fact, it's even insulting for videogame standards.

This is the result of overly zealous fanboys working on an IP they loved. It's worse than I expected, and the pandering is so disgustingly misplaced and out of touch with the key themes of the franchise that it beggars believe anyone actually wrote this shit.

The actual story and writing is even worse than the ultimate badass trailer. That at least was just stupid fascistoid nonsense, the actual story is miles worse with all the pretense.

I truly hope that Randy Pitchfork just acted as a PR character and didn't actually like what they were doing with the franchise. Because that would make it much more tragic.

 

[Rubius]

The most offensive thing to me by far is the Alien AI. I don't know how I can even have fun with this game with AI that dreadful.

Nearly all the good games of the past have bad AI. Didnt ruin the fun then.

 

[ezekial45]

So apparently Gearbox didn't make the campaign, it was outsourced to TimeGate.

What....the....fuck.

 

[kobashi100]

so this game blows!

I just ordered aliens infestation for the DS!

 

[Mxrz]

Welp.

Can I have another AvP now, Sega? The last one really wasn't bad at all. Just needed to drop multiplayer and double the campaign length.

 

[cyberheater]

What....the....fuck.

Not just Timegate.

Seems a lot of teams had a hand in this game.

I'm really worried about the WiiU version. I bet it doesn't even run at 720P.

 

[TheChits]

so this game blows!

I just ordered aliens infestation for the DS!

Now that is a damn fine game.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

Quoting myself from the first page.

Trying hard to keep my hopes up for a Wii U version.

Fixed.

 

[Rubius]

Now that is a damn fine game.

I find the game pretty frusttrating. Controls weird, and I cannot beat the first boss without loosing at least one guy. I really dont get it.

 

[Sullen]

Welp.

Can I have another AvP now, Sega? The last one really wasn't bad at all. Just needed to drop multiplayer and double the campaign length.

Multiplayer was the best part of the last AvP.

 

[Stoffinator]

So sad to hear this. I was really looking forward to this game. I love Aliens and this look like it was going to stay true to it. Had faith in Gearbox delivering a well made game, but now I found out they didn't even make it? Mind blown.

Guess I will not be heading out tomorrow to pick it up. Will wait for it to drop way in price, which will probably be sooner than later.

 

[Sub_Level]

Alien 3 is a good movie. Alien 3 Assembly Cut is an awesome movie.

That is all.

I think it is too. I'm a huge fan of all three movies actually.

 

[ezekial45]

Not just Timegate.

Seems a lot of teams had a hand in this game.

I'm really worried about the WiiU version. I bet it doesn't even run at 720P.

What the hell was GB doing all this time? This is ridiculous! It's supposed to be their game after all, but now it's clear it was a patchwork of 4 different studios, and the GB just ended up doing the supplementary mode.

In light of this, it makes all those trailers and behind the scenes videos look ten times more pretentious and obnoxious.

 

[Mxrz]

Multiplayer was the best part of the last AvP.

I wouldn't know. It was completely dead when I tried it.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dPF8jpItCs#t=3m15s
:trollface:

Jesus christ what an awful video.

 

[Derrick01]

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.

I don't know if I should be upset that you think Borderlands is a well designed game or that it's the first FPS RPG hybrid. Never heard of Deus Ex? System Shock? Shit even Bioshock came out before Borderlands.

 

[RobbieNick]

So, anyone going to the GameStop midnight launch? XD Man, that's going to be empty.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Imagine that, a poor Gearbox game. Why I've never.

 

[Flightmare]

Cancelled my preorder, so dissappointing

 

[ambientmystic]

I don't know if I should be upset that you think Borderlands is a well designed game or that it's the first FPS RPG hybrid. Never heard of Deus Ex? System Shock? Shit even Bioshock came out before Borderlands.

None of these were loot whore games.

 

[ezekial45]

Imagine that, a poor Gearbox game. Why I've never.

They made Borderlands.....Borderlands.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

They made Borderlands.....Borderlands.

Bored me to tears. Hiding a lack of impact and entertaining shooting action on "it's not a shooter, it's a loot game" when the brunt of the marketing talked up the weapons doesn't fly with me. I haven't played the sequel but since Gearbox has never once made a game with exciting gameplay I don't think I'll bother.

 

[Derrick01]

None of these were loot whore games.

He didn't say that though. He said it created the FPSRPG genre. It smelled of someone who just recently started gaming.

 

[Gustav]

I don't know if I should be upset that you think Borderlands is a well designed game or that it's the first FPS RPG hybrid. Never heard of Deus Ex? System Shock? Shit even Bioshock came out before Borderlands.

All of which none were loot based.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

So apparently Gearbox didn't make the campaign, it was outsourced to TimeGate.

Good way to save a CV

 

[Haunted]

Wow, Florence really, really hates it.

bless him

 

[Erethian]

Kind of amazing how nobody can get this franchise right when Monolith, and the 1999 Rebellion game, did it so well.

 

[OMG Aero]

Also OP really should include the best review we are talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dPF8jpItCs#t=0m0s&hd=1&hd=1

I would be down for that being the format for every game review from now on.

 

[ezekial45]

Bored me to tears. Hiding a lack of impact and entertaining shooting action on "it's not a shooter, it's a loot game" when the brunt of the marketing talked up the weapons doesn't fly with me. I haven't played the sequel but since Gearbox has never once made a game with exciting gameplay I don't think I'll bother.

I'd say that Borderlands 2 is 5x better than the original, but if you had such an inherent problem with the original then that's probably not saying much. Though the Brothers In Arms games were good. That series is what put them on the map.

 

[Hystzen]

What the hell was GB doing all this time? This is ridiculous! It's supposed to be their game after all, but now it's clear it was a patchwork of 4 different studios, and the GB just ended up doing the supplementary mode.

They obviously used all that SEGA development money to create Borderlands and maybe some DNF

 

[RealDeadOne]

As a huuuuge fan of the films I was extremely excited for this game when I read the cover story in Game Informer years ago. Looked like the perfect Aliens game.

Then when the more recent footage started coming out a year or two ago... yeah, didn't look so hot. I lowered my expectations quite a bit and expected it to just be Call of Aliens, but I never expected it to get blasted this hard, cot damn.

It really shouldn't be this hard to make another good Aliens game about marines, come on SEGA.

 

[Con_Smith]

But Andrea Renee told me this game would be AWESOME.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Or hell, maybe drop the whole marines angle and make a different type of Alien(s) game. I mean, that's what made me doubtful of the game in the first place. The Brothers in Arms tools couldn't possibly make an Aliens game with the right atmosphere.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Or hell, maybe drop the whole marines angle and make a different type of Alien(s) game.

A good one?

 

[ezekial45]

But Andrea Renee told me this game would be AWESOME.

Screw that, Angry Joe made a 16+ minute video saying the game was gonna be awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAxAECFuG4

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Kind of amazing how nobody can get this franchise right when Monolith, and the 1999 Rebellion game, did it so well.

Monolith excelled at action. Gearbox, well, they don't.

A good one?

Well, that. And maybe make a proper horror game. The badass marines in Aliens were still just alien-fodder.

 

[epmode]

Kind of amazing how nobody can get this franchise right when Monolith, and the 1999 Rebellion game, did it so well.

This version looks really interesting, honestly: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-10-alien-retrospective

(it's for Alien, not Aliens)