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New Aliens Colonial Marines gameplay footage

Corridor shooter #452: now with Aliens!
The atmosphere is pretty nice, but that's the only positive thing I can say about this. It looks like one of those games where all the cool stuff happens around you and you're just there to watch it.
 
Looks fun and tense. Not keen on how the character moves though. The gun barely moves when he walks and is quite off-putting. You look at the NPC's and they move more realistically.

Such a silly comment to make but I dunno why it bothered me so much. :lol
 
It's interesting, if you were to go back 10 or 15 years and show this game off to the public the reactions would have been out of this world. People wouldn't even be able to comprehend the fact that such a thing could exist. It looks better than most CG work present in games back then.

Yet, in 2012, it looks simply "meh". The atmosphere is great but the gameplay itself doesn't seem all that interesting despite everything appearing very polished and refined.

How standards change...
 
Must be the 4th time I've said this, but it has to be said. THIS GAME WILL DISAPPOINT.

Presentation etc seem stellar, but it'll be heavily scripted and a generic gameplay experience I bet.
 
Well, the only thing the games has that I like is the ambient, but that's it. The game seems to be very linear. Shame because from the initial previews the game seemed to be more horror centric which made it seem less linear.
 
dark10x said:
It's interesting, if you were to go back 10 or 15 years and show this game off to the public the reactions would have been out of this world. People wouldn't even be able to comprehend the fact that such a thing could exist. It looks better than most CG work present in games back then.

Yet, in 2012, it looks simply "meh". The atmosphere is great but the gameplay itself doesn't seem all that interesting despite everything appearing very polished and refined.

How standards change...
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I doubt the gameplay (from what we've been shown) would be getting those same public reactions, and the atmosphere does look very impressive. On a big TV and when you're actually playing it yourself, I'm sure there might be a wow factor. I don't think people of this generation are less impressed with graphics.
 
"They are downplaying xenomorph blood from the looks of it. Man, I hope this ends up good!"

I know right... the bloats in Killing Floor are more toxic than the blood in any Alien's game....
 
Yeah...graphics look nice and aliens are cool but it looks like just another FPS. I think someone needs to come in and revitalize the genre. It's getting very stale. Shooting stuff just isn't fun anymore.
 
There are parts of these videos coming out where if you had told me it was DLC for that last AVP game...I would totally believe you.

I had thought (hoped?) they would play up the squad interaction more or make it so your defending different strongholds around the base and the aliens are attacking dynamically but...nothing. Its just a straight up linear FPS with a probably non-existent/terrible story and a couple of quick time events.

Also that rhino xeno looks stupid as shit.

Still buying the game because I'm a sucka for anything Alien related =/
 
I love Gearbox and have been one of their most steadfast defenders over the years, but this looks really generic. The weapons take up too much screen space and the FOV looks awful (both are problems that Brother's Arms: Hell's Highway had as well), and the guns don't seem to pack any real punch.

My biggest gripe - based solely off the footage we've seen - is that the combat with aliens doesn't look all that special. Sure they can climb walls and things...but we've seen countless aliens do that in countless vdeo games before. Even in that clip, isntead of "HOLY SHIT ALIENS", they just sort of appear like "Hey, aliens, I guess that's kinda weird. Whatever, no big deal."

I don't dislike everything though, visually I think the game looks great; the atmosphere and lighting match the movies perfectly. The voice-acting sounds pretty good too, which is actually something I don't think Gearbox gets enough credit for. Their VO is always top-shelf.
 
Cannot wait to get this on my underoverpowered Wii-U awwwwyeah!!

edit: why does this remind me of Doom3? also it kinda looks slow and boring please tell me this is still in developement gameplay shots.
why do the aliens take so long to attack?, it's like they are bored and ready to die
 
Looks good. Not "OMG DAY 1"-good, but maybe "I'll get this somewhere down the line"-good.

That assault rifle at the end felt and sounded like a complete pea-shooter, though.
 
Agreed that the sounds are off. Pulse rifles sound odd and so do the Aliens. :(
Animations seemed a bit wonky at times as well.
This seems more Alien: Resurrection than Aliens.

The lighting looked fantastic though.
 
Misfits said:
i'm very disappointed they've gone for an action route, i thought it would be a great opportunity for them to make a survival horror first person shooter with a few alien encounters throughout the game and limited ammo and supplies. :'(
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Yeah but the ADD riddled kids these days need to shot something every 10 seconds or they get bored.

IMO the game looks nice but the gameplay is nothing beyond average. The voice actor for your character is pretty awful too.
 
Anyone else think it kinda feels like a light gun game? haha

The player was moving so slow and the way the enemies moved, through me off a bit.
 
Looks about your average FPS, atmosphere is great to say the least.

I'd still take the Aliens RPG over this any day.
 
Nice lighting and classic sound effects/music. Animation looks a bit stiff. Need to see more before I decide if I will pick this up. I'm not sure if this game is really going to nail the intensity of some of the films action scenes. We'll see.
 
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It looks like Aliens, but it doesn't look all that interesting as a game.
It doesn't appear to be what I was hoping for from the game, and I had my expectations set extremely low after how bad AvP2010 was.
...Didn't even get the gun sounds right...
 
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