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http://www.oxm.co.uk/50304/sinister-footage-of-obsidians-cancelled-aliens-rpg-leaks/

Mouth still adrip with disappointment after sampling the dispiriting stew that is Alien: Colonial Marines? Here, this should wash away a little of the sourness - an animator's reel showcasing a few bits and bobs from Obsidian's Aliens: Crucible, an RPG that swaps out rat-punching for chest-bursting. And will never see release. OK, perhaps the video won't raise your spirits quite so much after all.

video:
http://vimeo.com/56606365

 

[Purkake4]

 

[S1kkZ]

fuck sega for canceling this and release the shitshow from gearbox.

 

[Xater]

These Alien animations might be better than what we got in CM.

 

[S1kkZ]

These Alien animations might be better than what we got in CM.

to be fair, thats not really hard.

 

[subversus]

looks much better than Marines.

What a shame

 

[Mindwipe]

These Alien animations might be better than what we got in CM.

Only might?

 

[robin2]

Why did we get colonial marines instead of this? Tragedy.

 

[Truant]

I want to start an online poll so bad, but I know they're useless. If not for just letting Sega know how much they screwed up.

 

[exmachina64]

I wonder if Sega even understands this should have been released instead.

 

[Munin]

I wonder if Sega even understands this should have been released instead.

Despite being shit Colonial Marines is selling extremely well and I highly doubt that an Obsidian RPG no matter what quality would have achieved the same.

 

[S1kkZ]

I wonder if Sega even understands this should have been released instead.

first person shooter, action action action, gearbox made borderlands = game will sell and make a ton of money. i bet that what they believed.

 

[Stallion Free]

Thanks a lot Sega.

No one should ever pick a Gearbox project over an Obsidian project ever again. I could have told you that years ago though.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

why did the guy leave the car crash in his reel? That was hilariously bad. Alien animations were pretty good though.

 

[uncdeez]

I was really excited for this game when they announced it (2006?). Looking back now though I can't be too upset about its cancellation because we ended up with New Vegas instead.

 

[patapuf]

Despite being shit Colonial Marines is selling extremely well and I highly doubt that an Obsidian RPG no matter what quality would have achieved the same.

Fallout NV sold a lot, it's all about the IP.

 

[Perkel]

it's pitch animations they often look bad

 

[exmachina64]

Despite being shit Colonial Marines is selling extremely well and I highly doubt that an Obsidian RPG no matter what quality would have achieved the same.

It also wouldn't have taken six years to release and would have been much cheaper for Sega.

 

[codhand]

stealth fuck aliens colonial marines thread

 

[Globox_82]

Day ruined, thanks SEGA. Now only thing left to do for SEGA is to tell me they cancelled Shenmue 3

 

[S1kkZ]

Despite being shit Colonial Marines is selling extremely well and I highly doubt that an Obsidian RPG no matter what quality would have achieved the same.

selling extremely well? because its no.1 in the uk charts? that doesnt mean anything...

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Despite being shit Colonial Marines is selling extremely well and I highly doubt that an Obsidian RPG no matter what quality would have achieved the same.

Selling well? What? We have no info to base that on, and no being number one on Steam and the UK doesn't mean anything.

And it's a guarantee that the toxic word of mouth around this game will definitely curb it's lifetime sales.

 

[Doomrider]

Looks much better than what I expected.


Oh, what could have been...

 

[bitoriginal]

I would have loved an Aliens based RPG so much.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

These Alien animations might be better than what we got in CM.

No might about it, they look leagues ahead of the poor animations in Colonial Marines. The Aliens also look better, which just shows how poorly done Colonial Marines is.