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Aliens: Colonial Marines |OT| Game Over Man, GAME OVER!
- Thread starter MRORANGE
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That's a strange comment to make.
Duke Nukem Forever was, for all intents and purposes, a 3D Realms game. You can clearly see that the game we received makes use of the material that leaked when the game was first cancelled. They didn't create a new game, they simply finished working on it and made something that could be shipped. I'm glad they completed it even if the end results weren't great.
You can't really judge their capabilities based on that project.
Now, if Aliens is crap, you can pin it all on them. They've made more good games than crap in the past, however.
That is the Alien's original design made by Giger (and using it, in the film of course)
I think Borderlnds 2 was a disappointment as well but I think I am in the minority there.
That GIF is just totally embarrassing.
The shotgun is only handy...for close encounters
Graphics Horse
Member
Theres a good picture of the actor wearing it with the dome off somewhere.That is the Alien's original design made by Giger (and using it, in the film of course)
bamboobimbo
Neo Member
Any chance of a Kazifacation?
fabricated backlash
Member
The actual Alien model created by Giger has the skull underneath the semi transparent head.
Saw it last year at an exhibition. It was the one done for the first movie.
Only when Fox decided to fuck him over and completely screw up both design and biology of the Aliens in the second movie (Big chicken with a surfboard as a head laying the eggs, instead of humans being morphed into eggs like in the original movie, Heads becoming ripped instead of sleek phallic shafts) did they stray away from that.
bamboobimbo
Neo Member
I remember reading an interview with Ridley Scott where he said that when they were brainstorming Alien, they basically went with Giger because the thought of a giant, extra-terrestrial raping machine was much more terrifying then one that simply killed.
Alien is basically 'Rape in Space'.
I know but for some reason i have 2 shotguns and cant find an AR anywhere
fabricated backlash
Member
Yep, Aliens was a massive setback for the whole Alien Universe, mainly because all the thought and care that went into the original design by Giger was destroyed to make the Aliens more edgy by adding ridges everywhere. It's also disgusting how Fox tried to cut Giger out as the original creator and how they tried to deny him his due compensation.
For all it's faults and shortcomings, the alien design in 3 was much better.
The Xeno design in Aliens is just pathethic in the way it misses the point. The Queen in particular being a spectacular lowpoint.
Opus Angelorum
Member
That .gif should have "Haters gonna' hate" on it.
You carry all weapons at once. Hold Y button to selct them from the larger inventory.
bamboobimbo
Neo Member
I never liked Aliens. I was always put off by how they cheapened the Xenomorph and just turned them into cannon-fodder.
And yeah, the way they cut Giger out is gross, but it still goes on today, very similar to how Darabont got fucked with AMC.
Well ill be damned, thanks for explaining that.
First Reviews:
Games TM - 4/10
IT News Africa - 7.9/10 (Pulled)
GameAsylum - no rating
PS3Gen.fr - 5/10
Games TM - 4/10
IT News Africa - 7.9/10 (Pulled)
GameAsylum - no rating
PS3Gen.fr - 5/10
bamboobimbo
Neo Member
GoddyofAus
Banned
So happy I refunded this. What a turd of a game.
The only way to enjoy this game is during co-op play. So, I'd suggest anyone who wants to play this piece of garbage does so soon before the community disappears (which should be sometime next week). I've been managing to have some "fun" playing on the hardest difficulty with a bunch of randoms. Under these conditions the game is almost endurable.
The Good
- I like the weapon designs, they fit the universe really well. Upgrades change their appearance, and some even totally change reload animations.
- It sounds like Aliens.
- In certain places the game actually captures the right 80s sci fi atmosphere, which is cool.
The Bad
- Graphically (on 360 at least), this is the ugliest game of the generation. The framerate is all over the place, there's constant tearing, it's overly bright/washed out, and textures either take forever to load, or just never do.
- Weapons feel bad to fire, and give little feedback. They all feel like popguns.
- Animation, and scripting for everything is an embarrassment. Enemies constantly glitch, I've lost count of the number of times Aliens have gotten stuck on the environment.
- The script is abysmal, and the perfomances from the both the actors, and their digital characters is awful. It's like a true B-movie game, I found myself laughing out loud many times. I honestly think Gearbox brought the script and some recording equipment to Michael Biehn at a bar. He sounds half drunk, and gives a lifeless reading, which only added to the hilarity. In fact, the only person who seems to be trying at all is Jason Douglas, doing a remarkable, and out of place, Jon St. John imitation as Cpt. Cruz.
- The ending (spoilers) is pathetic. It' even more rushed and incompetent than the rest of the game. After perhaps one of the worst video game boss fights ever conceived, a sequel is set up (keep dreaming Randy), and the game abruptly ends.
The basic concept for the game is actually pretty good, it would be interesting to see what Guerrilla would come up with if handed the same project. It seems like the kind of thing they'd be perfect for. As it stands though, Gearbox should be ashamed of this mess of a game they've shit out to beat the end of the generation.
The Good
- I like the weapon designs, they fit the universe really well. Upgrades change their appearance, and some even totally change reload animations.
- It sounds like Aliens.
- In certain places the game actually captures the right 80s sci fi atmosphere, which is cool.
The Bad
- Graphically (on 360 at least), this is the ugliest game of the generation. The framerate is all over the place, there's constant tearing, it's overly bright/washed out, and textures either take forever to load, or just never do.
- Weapons feel bad to fire, and give little feedback. They all feel like popguns.
- Animation, and scripting for everything is an embarrassment. Enemies constantly glitch, I've lost count of the number of times Aliens have gotten stuck on the environment.
- The script is abysmal, and the perfomances from the both the actors, and their digital characters is awful. It's like a true B-movie game, I found myself laughing out loud many times. I honestly think Gearbox brought the script and some recording equipment to Michael Biehn at a bar. He sounds half drunk, and gives a lifeless reading, which only added to the hilarity. In fact, the only person who seems to be trying at all is Jason Douglas, doing a remarkable, and out of place, Jon St. John imitation as Cpt. Cruz.
- The ending (spoilers) is pathetic. It' even more rushed and incompetent than the rest of the game. After perhaps one of the worst video game boss fights ever conceived, a sequel is set up (keep dreaming Randy), and the game abruptly ends.
The basic concept for the game is actually pretty good, it would be interesting to see what Guerrilla would come up with if handed the same project. It seems like the kind of thing they'd be perfect for. As it stands though, Gearbox should be ashamed of this mess of a game they've shit out to beat the end of the generation.
Before making statements like this, you must first descend into the shovelware hell that is Shellshock 2:
But thanks for posting your impressions - still unsure whether this is even worth a rental. It seems like you liked at least small parts of it, but the essentials seem sufficiently bad for this to be a terrible purchase for sure.
To think that I was going to pre-order this - my god!
AHA-Lambda
Member
Huh? What happened with Darabont? :-/
GreggTheGrimReaper
Member
velociraptor
Junior Member
I was so looking forward to this game. I would not have minded 7/10 reviews, but this game sounds really bad. Bah.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Oh god I just remembered Eurogamer is supposed to be doing a live review of this with Rab Florence in front if an audience for the Glasgow film festival.
I need tickets for this all of a sudden xD
http://www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/whats_on/4636_aliens_the_live_review_aliens_in_70mm
I need tickets for this all of a sudden xD
http://www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/whats_on/4636_aliens_the_live_review_aliens_in_70mm
Ingueferroque
Banned
Ehm..
Yeah, ill just..
umm..
oh god..
That is so funny... what's the story?
Not good =/ i guess it makes sense, the game did have a very troubled development cycle
It looks like a much bigger budget game that was never finished. Imagine an early Unreal Engine 3 game if the textures never popped. PC footage looks servicable, but on 360 I have never played anything worse.
Ehm..
Yeah, ill just..
umm..
oh god..
Sadly, this section is the highlight of the game.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Good thing I'm on the "stop buying games for a year" challenge, I was thisclose to buying this.
Guess I'll go watch the movies and go back to Doom 3 BFG Edition, then.
Guess I'll go watch the movies and go back to Doom 3 BFG Edition, then.
Exploding Aliens track you by movement sound.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
The irony of that being made by Rebellion is not lost on me.
Harlock
Member
Wii U Curse
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
What a let down. 
HAHA!
Any chance of people modding the PC version into an actually good Aliens game? They got the sound right and they got the look of things right but they missed everything else.
Hilarious, the end got me good.
fabricated backlash
Member
Well, we're done here. Best thing to come out of the game.
Ingueferroque
Banned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...UUeq8sXf9YO4wmqGCTpkaBgQ&v=8dPF8jpItCs#t=121s
.....RANK UP?! RANK UP? In an Aliens game?
Fuck you, Gearbox.
.....RANK UP?! RANK UP? In an Aliens game?
Fuck you, Gearbox.
sacrificengineer
Member
Fuck, this game was so promising back in 2008. It looked like the most authentic Alien game possible. And maybe it really was, but at some point they decided to make it more like CoD. And now we have it.
Looks like AvP 2010 (which is actually an OK game) will be scored averagely higher when all is said and done. I don't know what to even think.