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Why Did Aliens Colonial Marines Fail? How BAD Was It Really?
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Greasy dudes can't make good games.
Stilton Disco
Member
It was unrelenting wank, and the second biggest gaming disappointment for me after Mass Effect 3.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Not for me as I wasn't interested on it,but I can comprenhend you because the devs tried their best to put the hype of this game through the roof, saying things like "revolutionary" and "we love this saga". Also trying to make the game a direct sequel of the first movie was some of the boldest moves I've ever seen.
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Stilton Disco
Member
Yep, and I LOVE the Alien universe.
Like the video mentions, the trailers and demos for this game are incredible, even today, and bear only a passing resemblance to what we actually got.
Randy Pitchford is such a dickhead.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
More fun.
MadchesterManc
Member
It was alright on PC I guess so long as you did the tweaks, especially the one ini fix for a singular line of code which seemed to cause most of the goofy AI.
To be honest I feel sorry for the guys the game was farmed out to as Gearbox hyped the hell out of it.
To be honest I feel sorry for the guys the game was farmed out to as Gearbox hyped the hell out of it.
wipeout364
Member
Honestly it was just so mediocre. There was no tension or horror about it at all. The shooting was bland, the level design was bland. Alien needs some thought put into it to impress fans. If they had renamed it and released it as a new space FPS it would have gotten 5/10.
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Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Pitchford and his half assed musical mocking of Gamergate sucks but I'll give him credit for Half-Life: Opposing Force which is imo the best HF expansion.
SaturnSaturn
Member
It failed because Pitchford stole sega money and used it on borderlands 2 instead, and we got a shitty outsourced alien game
Werewolf Jones
Member
I was so close to pre-ordering this and my homie told me to wait for reviews. Biggest bullet I ever dodged.
Desudzer10
Member
The game was as average as average can be. What made it fail was the trailers and hype behind it. It was supposed to be this amazing and beautiful aliens game, but it was just generic looking generic game.
Plus people dont like Pitchford so it was easy to hate it more.
Plus people dont like Pitchford so it was easy to hate it more.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Game was a train wreck and Randy Pitchford is a cunt.
Cockles & Whelks
Banned
I did chuckle how Hadleys Hope was still standing given the very large nuke explosion at the end of ALIENS.
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Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
That 360 AvP was actually pretty good. I had fun in MP too.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Ugh, you reminded me,
Aliens: Crucible
Aliens: Crucible was a cancelled third-person role-playing video game originally developed by Obsidian Entertainment for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was first announced by SEGA on December 13, 2006. The game was to function on an earlier version of the Onyx engine, which would go on...
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RAIDEN1
Member
Yeah could have been some game....certainly better than Colonial marines..(in theory anyway..)Ugh, you reminded me,
Aliens: Crucible
Aliens: Crucible was a cancelled third-person role-playing video game originally developed by Obsidian Entertainment for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was first announced by SEGA on December 13, 2006. The game was to function on an earlier version of the Onyx engine, which would go on...
Halo is Back
Member
I never played it considering all of the backlash and lies from Randy. Years later, I picked up Alien Isolation instead and never looked back.
MiguelItUp
Member
Man, what a mess this game was. I'm a huge Alien fan so I got it anyway, what a disappointment.
I actually have quite a few friends/old co-workers that worked at Timegate and were working on Colonial Marines. They have absolutely nothing positive to say about the experience, lmao. Can't say I'm surprised considering Gearbox basically did them dirty and they shuttered shortly after. Really sad.
I actually have quite a few friends/old co-workers that worked at Timegate and were working on Colonial Marines. They have absolutely nothing positive to say about the experience, lmao. Can't say I'm surprised considering Gearbox basically did them dirty and they shuttered shortly after. Really sad.
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Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Looking at all of the comments I thought I was at ResetEra
MeatSafeMurderer
Member
Because Randy took most of the budget he was given for the game and funneled it into
MadchesterManc
Member
From what I remember when I last played a couple of years back, it was pretty much a single value that needed to be changed in an ini file. Instantly made the AI more aggressive & the aliens would use walls, ceilings etc to close the distance instead of moonwalking towards you like before the tweak.
Arkam
Member
One (tiny) part of it was the lies they got during play tests. I participated in one they did in Orlando Florida (no clue why they were doing it there but fellow game dev invited me.) We tested the multiplayer and it was OK but very confusing. Other than myself and my friend people were hyperbolically praising it. I never played the final game so I have no idea if anything changed or not.
on the plus side they gave us dope rubber FaceSuckers which I still have to this day!
on the plus side they gave us dope rubber FaceSuckers which I still have to this day!
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
It was shit and a crushing disappointment.
Put it this way. Alien Trilogy and Alien Resurrection, both of which are PS1 FPS, are far superior to that POS Alien CM.
In fact, why the hell haven't we had a modern console port of the PS1 classics Alien Trilogy and Alien Resurrection?
Put it this way. Alien Trilogy and Alien Resurrection, both of which are PS1 FPS, are far superior to that POS Alien CM.
In fact, why the hell haven't we had a modern console port of the PS1 classics Alien Trilogy and Alien Resurrection?
TheMay30thMan
Member
While I agree that the game is horrible, I can’t stand how pessimistic and whiny that YouTuber is. I was subscribed for a little while, but gave up after realizing that he whines about the games he likes too. Just... be happy. Jeez.
Oh, and gearbox is to blame for the sorry state of Colonial Marines. Borderlands 1&2 were a fluke. Even though it’s awful, I love Colonial Marines, and I replay it often. The coop is just dumb fun.
Oh, and gearbox is to blame for the sorry state of Colonial Marines. Borderlands 1&2 were a fluke. Even though it’s awful, I love Colonial Marines, and I replay it often. The coop is just dumb fun.
eyesabitdull
Banned
Baha after Brothers in Arms franchise disappeared, and I realized Borderlands series wasnt for me, dont think I've ever bought a game by them since.
Blond
Banned
if you got it free by that point the game was already patched up to be playable. it was a complete shit show at launch and was basically rebuilt from a 4/10 game to a 6/10
Mhmmm 2077
Member
cus there was a typo in the code
GrayFoxPL
Member
I mean npcs and aliens still idiotically got stuck in corridors so dunno about the patch, but hey, you can get Hick's shotgun. ;]
MetalAlien
Banned
I used cheats on the PC just to see all the work they put in the set and environments but yea the game itself wasn't interesting.
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
I have no idea who this is, but this is hilarious.
