Aliens Colonial Marines GS review... 4.5

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#201 Salt_The_Fries
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[QUOTE="StrongBlackVine"]

Word is Gearbox took Sega mony for development and pimped Aliens out to a 3rd studio while they focused on Borderlands 2. Then tried to polish this turd when they were done with BL2. Gearbox is becoming very shady...they also let their crap 2nd rate studios do all the DLC for BL2.

Randy Pitchford is douche too. So glad I sold Borderlands 2 and stopped following him on Twitter just to get Golden Keys.

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Gearbox is like the cool kid back in High School. He goes out and gets wasted with the b*tches and pays the nerdy kids to do his homework for him. God Bless Gearbox.

The one who got wasted must have been Randy Pitchford snorting mountains of cocaine and hyping it to the high heavens! Suddenly it makes Denis Dyack a good and down-to-earth person in comparison.
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#202 El_Zo1212o
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[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"]I'm wondering how many of the people spewing hate on this game have played it.Cherokee_Jack

Yeah, only people who like the game could possibly have played it.

More like "only people who played the game could possibly like it." All I see are people saying, "oh, this game sucks because all the reviews say so!" Admittedly, I haven't slogged through this thread in it's entirety, but I haven't seen anyone say, "yeah, I played it and it sucks."
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#203 Master_ShakeXXX
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[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

[QUOTE="StrongBlackVine"]

Word is Gearbox took Sega mony for development and pimped Aliens out to a 3rd studio while they focused on Borderlands 2. Then tried to polish this turd when they were done with BL2. Gearbox is becoming very shady...they also let their crap 2nd rate studios do all the DLC for BL2.

Randy Pitchford is douche too. So glad I sold Borderlands 2 and stopped following him on Twitter just to get Golden Keys.

Salt_The_Fries

Gearbox is like the cool kid back in High School. He goes out and gets wasted with the b*tches and pays the nerdy kids to do his homework for him. God Bless Gearbox.

The one who got wasted must have been Randy Pitchford snorting mountains of cocaine and hyping it to the high heavens! Suddenly it makes Denis Dyack a good and down-to-earth person in comparison.

Pitchford has a coke problem? That makes him even more awesome.

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#204 Gibsonsg527
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Ya know what I think Im actually going to get this game........eventually when its cheap on steam. I saw some gameplay on youtube and honestly the game doesn't look THAT BAD. It looks really mediocre but still kinda fun. 

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#205 lamprey263
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[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]

[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"]I'm wondering how many of the people spewing hate on this game have played it.El_Zo1212o

Yeah, only people who like the game could possibly have played it.

More like "only people who played the game could possibly like it." All I see are people saying, "oh, this game sucks because all the reviews say so!" Admittedly, I haven't slogged through this thread in it's entirety, but I haven't seen anyone say, "yeah, I played it and it sucks."

you should visit the actual game forums, plenty of disappointed people who bought, things are funnier on the Gearbox website forum
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#206 nextgenjoke
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[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"]I'm wondering how many of the people spewing hate on this game have played it. It's glitchy. It's ugly. It's downright old. But it's also tense and great fun all around.StrongBlackVine

Is it worth $60?

atleast it's only 49$ on pc lol
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#207 Salt_The_Fries
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http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/920128278835336580/3D2DFFC13A8037CA04325AACAB2BA936BA98AA06 max detail, 1080p on PC...look at those textures...

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#209 nextgenjoke
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The game aint that bad id much rather play this single player than crysis 3 cooler atmosphere.

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#210 nextgenjoke
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invisiblity in games is lame to me i never liked using it in crysis.

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#212 nextgenjoke
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Fighting weyland soldiers makes sense because in alien 3 the weyland people killed the prisoners trying to protect ripley.

the marines want to kill the aliens and the weyland people want the aliens.

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#213 nextgenjoke
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lol weyland fuks are like a bunch of burkes running around.

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#215 tenaka2
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[QUOTE="nextgenjoke"]

Fighting weyland soldiers makes sense because in alien 3 the weyland people killed the prisoners trying to protect ripley.

the marines want to kill the aliens and the weyland people want the aliens.

sts106mat

yes it makes perfect sense, weyland diverted the nostromo to investigate in alien and then issued the crew expandable order. the company sent newts family to investigate the grid reference in aliens, and its like you say in alien 3 too.

You do realise that by buying poor quality games it encourages companies to produce more low quality games?

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[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

[QUOTE="sts106mat"] yes it makes perfect sense, weyland diverted the nostromo to investigate in alien and then issued the crew expandable order. the company sent newts family to investigate the grid reference in aliens, and its like you say in alien 3 too.sts106mat

You do realise that by buying poor quality games it encourages companies to produce more low quality games?

you do realise that by pirating all your games, you are f******g it up for us honest people.

I am not suggesting you should pirate games either (even if it is a xbox tradition), I am suggesting that people should refrain from buying (or pirating) low quality games.

While I appreciate that console gamers have exceptionality low standards,  there should be limits.

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#218 nextgenjoke
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gearbox totally screwed up designing the smart gun in the movie it doesnt auto target like the game plus it has a motion tracker built onto the side of it and in the game it has no motion tracker.

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#220 Salt_The_Fries
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Check out this Randy Pitchford interview from May 2012: http://www.gamespot.com/aliens-colonial-marines/videos/aliens-colonial-marines-interview-with-randy-pitchford-6377485/
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#221 El_Zo1212o
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[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

[QUOTE="sts106mat"] you do realise that by pirating all your games, you are f******g it up for us honest people.sts106mat

I am not suggesting you should pirate games either (even if it is a xbox tradition), I am suggesting that people should refrain from buying (or pirating) low quality games.

While I appreciate that console gamers have exceptionality low standards,  there should be limits.

I've been looking forward to this game for years, so far its everything i wanted in an aliens FPS, no complaints.

i dont buy games based on reviews. 9 times out of 10, I know if i am going to enjoy a game or not.

despite what some tossers on GS think a lot of people in the real world are enjoying the game. i am still early on (mission 4 done i think), so it might get worse, but i am enjoying it immensely.

Also whilst writing i might point out that a lot of the people who bash reviewers and websites and gamers for scoring / enjoying COD are here telling us why we shouldn't enjoy Aliens:CM using the opinions of those same reviewers / websites as proof. pretty Fookin stupid if you ask me.

High five, my good man. High five.
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#222 Salt_The_Fries
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In one of the interviews Randy Pitchford said the game will have Uncharted-like set pieces like the umbilical bridge. In that May 2012 Gamespot interview he specifically named Aliens: Colonial Marines an AAA title.
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I'll still pick it up regardless when it's cheap on Steam--don't really care if it's too horrible since it'll be similar to the cost of a burger and coke. I love the lore here, and won't be too turned off by the lack of graphical fidelity, or some of the glitches. Console versions look very rough though in regards to graphics and their shoddy performance (PS3 version being the worst out of the bunch for that) is rather disheartening. I was pulling for Aliens, so this is all very disappointing to see it fall flat on its face. On a side caveat, I saw EGM levy some serious praise for it. What the heck? "All things considered, Colonial Marines is a consistently solid, occasionally spectacular shooter that does more than enough to honor the Alien name. It was going to be a tough task from the onset, but despite a ton of potential pitfalls for the talented team at Gearbox, theyve gone a long way toward reminding us that, for folks who love the craft of building great games, the best challenges only seem impossible." Is he for real?
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#225 aroxx_ab
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Going to be fun next month when WiiU version get 5.0, superior multiplat no1 care about :cry:

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#227 Salt_The_Fries
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Ex-Gamespotter Alex Navarro now of Giantbomb fame, gave it 1/5 saying: "Both functionally broken and creatively bankrupt, Aliens: Colonial Marines is an extinction-level disaster."
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#228 nextgenjoke
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They should have took more influence from the early 90s aliens action figures lol they copied bull alien.

 

 

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#229 tenaka2
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Ex-Gamespotter Alex Navarro now of Giantbomb fame, gave it 1/5 saying: "Both functionally broken and creatively bankrupt, Aliens: Colonial Marines is an extinction-level disaster."Salt_The_Fries

THe game is obviously rubbish, strange that the fanbois are so defensive about it.

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#230 nextgenjoke
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gorilla alien was my first aliens action figure when i was a kid.

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#231 Salt_The_Fries
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If you liked that, you're gonna love this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e33APFt-ft8
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Would of been sick to see snake alien lol

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#234 nextgenjoke
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No game with him in it.

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#235 Salt_The_Fries
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No game with him in it.

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You got a Gorilla Alien in Aliens: Infestation, though:  That game was fun, though, despite some of its ridiculousness...
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[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

[QUOTE="sts106mat"] you do realise that by pirating all your games, you are f******g it up for us honest people.sts106mat

I am not suggesting you should pirate games either (even if it is a xbox tradition), I am suggesting that people should refrain from buying (or pirating) low quality games.

While I appreciate that console gamers have exceptionality low standards,  there should be limits.

I've been looking forward to this game for years, so far its everything i wanted in an aliens FPS, no complaints.

i dont buy games based on reviews. 9 times out of 10, I know if i am going to enjoy a game or not.

despite what some tossers on GS think a lot of people in the real world are enjoying the game. i am still early on (mission 4 done i think), so it might get worse, but i am enjoying it immensely.

Also whilst writing i might point out that a lot of the people who bash reviewers and websites and gamers for scoring / enjoying COD are here telling us why we shouldn't enjoy Aliens:CM using the opinions of those same reviewers / websites as proof. pretty Fookin stupid if you ask me.

Well said , a actually clocked the game yesterday, 8 hours on normal, i made a day of it and i am Far from dissapointed in this game, it's amazing IMO, theres Tons of Easter eggs and Jaw dropping moments for aliens fans, you get to kill a Ton of Aliens and it can get really Hectic sometimes, it' not like AvP 2010 where you just get a few aliens, theres tons of them and you are rarely out of combat, the Weyu's Offer the opportunity for Ranged combat which mixes it up a little, the shooting mechanics are extremely Solid with no Hit detection issues. As for the artstyle, Spot on, they have nailed the 80's Aliens artstyle whilst stil satying true to Hr giegers Artistic vision, and it doesn't get worse mate, it gets better, one part made me turn to jelly with notalgia , not going to spoil anything but trust me, wait and see:)
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#237 delta3074
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[QUOTE="Salt_The_Fries"]Ex-Gamespotter Alex Navarro now of Giantbomb fame, gave it 1/5 saying: "Both functionally broken and creatively bankrupt, Aliens: Colonial Marines is an extinction-level disaster."

it's not fubctionally broken though, the game mechanics and shooting mechanics are very solid, at least on the 360 anyway, i had no hit detection issues, controls where smooth transition into ADS is smooth, The Alien AI isn't anywhere near as bad as some reviwers have stated the only Broken part is the Squad AI and the fact that you have to manually push a button to pick up extra ammo.
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#239 delta3074
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[QUOTE="delta3074"][QUOTE="sts106mat"]I've been looking forward to this game for years, so far its everything i wanted in an aliens FPS, no complaints.

i dont buy games based on reviews. 9 times out of 10, I know if i am going to enjoy a game or not.

despite what some tossers on GS think a lot of people in the real world are enjoying the game. i am still early on (mission 4 done i think), so it might get worse, but i am enjoying it immensely.

Also whilst writing i might point out that a lot of the people who bash reviewers and websites and gamers for scoring / enjoying COD are here telling us why we shouldn't enjoy Aliens:CM using the opinions of those same reviewers / websites as proof. pretty Fookin stupid if you ask me.

sts106mat
Well said , a actually clocked the game yesterday, 8 hours on normal, i made a day of it and i am Far from dissapointed in this game, it's amazing IMO, theres Tons of Easter eggs and Jaw dropping moments for aliens fans, you get to kill a Ton of Aliens and it can get really Hectic sometimes, it' not like AvP 2010 where you just get a few aliens, theres tons of them and you are rarely out of combat, the Weyu's Offer the opportunity for Ranged combat which mixes it up a little, the shooting mechanics are extremely Solid with no Hit detection issues. As for the artstyle, Spot on, they have nailed the 80's Aliens artstyle whilst still satisfying true to Hr giegers Artistic vision, and it doesn't get worse mate, it gets better, one part made me turn to jelly with notalgia , not going to spoil anything but trust me, wait and see:)

glad you are enjoying mate. are you going to try ultimate badass difficulty? i'm playing on hardened at the moment, its just right difficulty wise IMO. I was loving the entire hadleys hope mission, it was fantastic. I've wanted to do that in a videogame since watching the movie all those years ago.

i might start a runthrough on hardore later, ease myself into Baddass mode, i really enjoyed the Hadleys hope mission as well but it gets even better than that later on, just remember to look up occassionally or you might miss it:)
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#240 Salt_The_Fries
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Everyone thought it'd be impossible but GBX took the cake. And the cake wasn't a lie!

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#245 nextgenjoke
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alien 4 is good movie it let ripley come back after her death in part 3 now she can still be in alien movies.

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#247 Salt_The_Fries
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Had this box set before alien resurrection was released in 1997 this box set is from like 93/94.

lol reason it's not included in the set.

I saw alien resurrection in the theater in 97.

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Me too, but in early 1998, because the Polish release was bit delayed and I lived in the sticks where every movie was out like 2-3 months after major cities...
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#248 nextgenjoke
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alien 4 actually left the franchise open for alien 5 that was in fricken  1997 now it's 2013 still no alien 5 heard rumors of them making alien 5 though.

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#250 nextgenjoke
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might aswell do it while you still can.