Wohoo! Aliens: Colonial Marines cancel-rumours denied! [Archive]

Dowly

01-09-09, 03:56 AM

YES! YES! YES!!!! :rock:
http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/933/933455p1.html

This gotta be the most expected games for me (yes, even more than BoB:SoW). Glad to see it's still alive and kicking. :up:

Anyone who doesnt know, A:CM is set to the events shortly after Alien 3, you're part of an CM unit sent to find out what happened to the crew of Sulaco (which is, according to Wikipedia, modeled 100% to the game :rock:). Confirmed other locations you see in the game from the movies are: LV-426 aka the 'Hadley's Hope' colony from Aliens, the derelict spaceship from Alien, and the Fiorina "Fury" 161 prison planet from Alien 3.

Cant wait cant wait cant wait cant wait! :damn:

Wolfehunter

01-09-09, 05:25 AM

Sounds like their making changes in the game too.

I hope for the better.;)

HunterICX

01-09-09, 05:44 AM

Dowly

01-09-09, 05:57 AM

:DCool....worth to give it a deeper look for more info :yep:

*looking.....
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3476/ar403wr6.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3793/smileyscaredws8.gif

HunterICX
;)
http://www.gamecollision.com/files/images/aliens-colonial-marines-07.preview.jpg

http://www2.sega.com/aliens//

http://www.gamecollision.com/news/aliens-colonial-marines-17-new-screenshots

And the best thing is, it's not by EA, so we should be given some gore to go with the headbites. :)

HunterICX

01-09-09, 06:01 AM

Great...more of those stinkers...
I'll bet there is a Alien birth-cycle mode in MP just like in AVP right?
in that case I'm sure Dowly is going after my face.....:shifty: just great....

HunterICX

Kapitan_Phillips

01-09-09, 06:35 AM

http://www.gamecollision.com/files/images/aliens-colonial-marines-07.preview.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3793/smileyscaredws8.gif Is right! *shudder*

Dowly

01-09-09, 06:50 AM

Great...more of those stinkers...
I'll bet there is a Alien birth-cycle mode in MP just like in AVP right?
in that case I'm sure Dowly is going after my face.....:shifty: just great....

HunterICX

Dont think there's going to be a multi-race MP as you only get to play as the marine on SP. There's Coop, that much I know.

CaptHawkeye

01-09-09, 10:22 AM

It's cool how the guys making this game actually paid attention to the movies. So it's not just stupid "shotz ur dudz". They're emulating the atmosphere of the series as well as the tactics of the Marines and Xenomorphs.

NeonSamurai

01-09-09, 11:31 AM

Dowly

01-09-09, 11:45 AM

Being a big fan of avp 1 and also 2, i am eagerly awaiting this one, even if i cant play the alien (I use to scare the heck out of my friends with avp 1 multiplayer, avp 2's multiplayer wasnt so good and totaly unbalanced)
Penny, me & Hunter used to play AvP2 MP back in the day, was great fun!

Here's a vid I made of it from my POV, Penny's brother as commentator. :rotfl:
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v2355083n3tMx9zH

EDIT:
OW yeh, and the recording was from my point of view & the commentary was from Penny's POV.

NeonSamurai

01-09-09, 01:58 PM

I didnt play avp 2 mp much, didn't know many people playing at the time (and I have always detested pickup games). I found the Predators to be seriously over powered, and in 1v1 the aliens nearly impossible to play (by the time you hatched, your opponent would usualy be respawned and waiting for you to emerge, and there were no places to hide as a juvenile). AvP 1 was much better. I wish I had a video and teamspeak recording of the time I took on two friends playing predators as a team vs me as the lone marine. Was hysterical listening in on them as I terrorized them as a marine :D. As an alien my 2 favorite methods of terror was the headbite pounce where I would pounce out of nowhere, headbite my target in mid air and be gone before you could blink, and the stealth headbite where i would come down the wall or ceiling and headbite from above before they knew i was there. I would almost always do the alien hiss a split second before. Pred was lots of fun to play too. Still didnt like the pounce changes of avp2 for aliens, avp1 did it better in almost all respects.

I did rebalance AvP 2 though by adopting the scoring system of AvP 1 (the species were worth different values based on their toughness and firepower) and using a longer respawn delay. Even though it had the alien life cycle in AvP2, AvP 1 was its superior

HunterICX

01-09-09, 02:06 PM

you should have seen Dowly&Me as marines against Penelope Grey Predator

:lol: the footage would be priceless....as she taunted a predator scream we fired away in every suspecious corner...just to be pierced to the wall when we though the room was secured :lol:

HunterICX

darius359au

01-09-09, 05:52 PM

NeonSamurai

01-09-09, 06:04 PM

Hmm maybe some time we should fire up avp 2 and have some fun (AvP would be better still but it doesnt get along well with most modern video cards sadly).

The cloak was evil in avp 2 vs marines if you didn't move, they could not see you at all (even moving it was very difficult). AVP 1 at least gave the outline like in the movies if you looked closely, but in avp 2 you were 100% invisible even point blank in daylight (you could even spin around like a top in place and not be visible).

The ping didnt bother me much, the music would cue you every time something was going to happen which took alot of the scare out of it. Again AvP did it better as far as scare factor imho.

Dowly

01-09-09, 07:25 PM

How many people here played AVP2 as a Marine and HATE the motion tracker ping? , I lost track of the number of time it started to go off , I'd get ultra paranoid and then find out it was an insect or crane cable or something , start to relax Then get jumped by an Alien or a swarm of the buggers :cry:
The motion tracker's the best thing in the whole Alien series!

"3 meters!"
"That cant be, they'd be in the room already!"

Aliens TRILOGY (th fourth doesnt count) is the best movie series EVER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_gJCO7mlDk

Tho, I still dont get why they left out the sentry guns that are in AvP & AvP2 from the original Aliens flick. They were there on the extended version and it rocked! :rock:

EDIT; SPOILER WARNING!!!

Ow and Hick should've survived too, I like that actor!
EDIT: Ow yeah and the aliens are the meanisest motherfockers made ever!

Dowly

12-26-10, 04:51 PM

Good news! A teaser trailer released on the 14th of december, atleast we know the game's not dead. :up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIi2rR5rW28

ReFaN

12-26-10, 07:42 PM

Niice.

GAME OVER MAN! GAME OVEEER!

Private Hudson is my favorite guy in the movie evarr, i know its offtopic but still! :yeah:

Dowly

12-26-10, 07:51 PM

Niice.

GAME OVER MAN! GAME OVEEER!

Private Hudson is my favorite guy in the movie evarr, i know its offtopic but still! :yeah:

Aliens is one of those movies for me that has pretty much perfect cast. None of them seem out of place so to speak. I like everyone of them except of course the corporate guy and the Lt.

Hicks is my favorite all the way, great actor and to think the guy who was to play (and they shot some scenes that made it into the movie) Hicks was James Remar. :doh:

ReFaN

12-26-10, 09:29 PM

Aliens is one of those movies for me that has pretty much perfect cast. None of them seem out of place so to speak. I like everyone of them except of course the corporate guy and the Lt.

Hicks is my favorite all the way, great actor and to think the guy who was to play (and they shot some scenes that made it into the movie) Hicks was James Remar. :doh:

its a good movie, no doubt about it, not the *Best* i have seen, nontheles a good movie.

SgtPotato

12-27-10, 10:24 AM

Remember the multiplayer of AvP2 where you start as a facehugger?

Ahh.. Good times. :har:

Dowly

05-31-11, 12:22 PM

Aliens: Colonial Marines to be in this year's E3? :hmmm:

A number of body-less doll heads have found
their way into the mail in-tray of several video game websites. What---8217;s
weird is that these heads are inscribed with the name Rebecca. Remind
you of anyone?
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/270511_01.jpg
And the return address is to a certain Ms Rebecca Jorden, Newt---8217;s full
name. Could this be some sort of viral marketing for Aliens, perhaps for
Colonial Marines? Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5805946/which-e3-game-involves-this-plastic-doll-head) even state they have ---8220;plans to see it at E3 in two
weeks---8220;. Now it---8217;s not confirmed but we have also heard whispers of a
playable demo of CM at E3. X-Box World seems to think so (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/303103/blog/xbox-worlds-e3-top-10/?site=xbw) too:

---8220;We know it---8217;s not an unannounced title which we---8217;ll be going hands-on
with, and our highly-honed detective skills (thanks, LA Noire) suggests
that it simply has to be Colonial Marines.---8221;

Thanks to Ikarop for the news.
If the recent doll heads weren---8217;t enough
to convince you of a Colonial Marines connection, how about this beasty?
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/30052011_01.jpg
This over-sized pulse rifle inspired Nerf gun was sent to Official PlayStation Magazine ---8211; Australia (http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150206021936881.308730.138801591880)
by Sega.

Thanks to Ikarop for the link.

Dowly

06-01-11, 02:38 PM

Debut Teaser Trailer:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-aliens-colonial/714445

(Thanks Spike88 for posting this to me :up:)

AVGWarhawk

06-01-11, 03:19 PM

:hmmm: Could be a game for me! :DL

Dowly

06-01-11, 03:38 PM

“It’ll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night… mostly.”

Aliens: Colonial Marines Re-Announced by Sega, Spring 2012

http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2011/06/01/sega-and-gearbox%E2%80%99s-aliens-colonial-marines-to-deploy-spring-2012/

The teaser on the bottom of the page is slightly extended one, so check it out too.

Regarding the teaser, is it just me or does the other guy speaking in the background sound like Apone from Aliens? :hmmm:

AVGWarhawk

06-01-11, 03:43 PM

First person shooter which I like. Prolly scare the crap out of me also. Kind of like the damn ghouls in Fallout 3 that hang out in the sewers. Nasty little buggers. :stare:

Dowly

06-01-11, 03:45 PM

If you don't mind outdated graphics, you can get the Alien vs Predator Classic from Steam for very cheap (think it was 2€ just before AvP 2010 came out. It has a great marine singleplayer campaign. Same goes for AvP 2. :up:

Platapus

06-01-11, 04:33 PM

I used to love playing the Alien in the AvP games. Creeping, waiting, pouncing... sorta like a submarine or sniper. :D

I think there is a pattern in my game playing. :yep:

Dowly

06-01-11, 04:40 PM

I used to love playing the Alien in the AvP games. Creeping, waiting, pouncing... sorta like a submarine or sniper. :D

Yeah, same here. Alien whenever possible. :up:

HunterICX

06-02-11, 04:27 AM

Predator here :03:

Stealth, melee & ranged in one :rock:

well...time to dig this one up again : http://www.veoh.com/watch/v2355083n3tMx9zH :haha: good times!

HunterICX

Dowly

06-07-11, 03:02 PM

Some gameplay (00:55 - 01:17)
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-wii-u/715110

And three new screenshots:

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/6258/23306powerqueen1280.jpg

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4254/23307tensionshot1280.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4016/23308wearesneaky1280.jpg

HunterICX

06-07-11, 03:33 PM

Those Xeno's look very sechsy!!!

I must chuckle at that 2nd shot :D

HunterICX

Dowly

06-07-11, 03:47 PM

Can't wait to see how they look now... those "new" screenshots are apparently from June last year. :shifty:

Dowly

06-08-11, 10:46 AM

Preview of the E3 Demo

http://padinga.com/2011/06/08/aliens-colonial-marines-eyes-on/

Dowly

06-13-11, 11:09 AM

On June 11, 2011 Gearbox Software had a Community Day for fans. The studio confirmed at the event that actor Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Alien 3, AvP, AvP 2010) is one of the guest stars set to lend his voice for the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines videogame. He will be playing Rook, a Weyland-Yutany synthetic.

"The synthetics manufactured by Weyland Yutani all look the same, and so Lance [Henriksen] is involved. There's a synthetic named Rook that has the same likeness as Lance, and the same voice. He's Bishop from the movie." -Randy Pitchford

Other guest appearances include William Hope (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394054/) (Aliens), who will be portraying Commander T. Shannon in the game. You can listen to a full recording of the panel and presentation here (http://loot-ninja.com/2011/06/13/gearbox-community-day-aliens-colonial-marines-panel/).
Was just pondering the other day why no Henriksen.

Also my mad googling skillz(!!111) reveal that (according to IMDB) there is an voice actor for Private Weirzbowski, one of the marines from Aliens who died (off-screen, mind you), during the first contact with the aliens.

Also:

Support for split screen (consoles) and LAN was also confirmed at the event.

Arclight

06-21-11, 06:29 AM

Mm, goody: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/21/first-look-colonial-maries/

Dowly

06-21-11, 06:46 AM

From Game Master magazine, at least 1 new screenshot:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/th_ACM_Mag.jpg (http://s1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/?action=view&current=ACM_Mag.jpg)

Arclight

08-17-11, 11:58 AM

Some Aliens: Colonial Marines Images (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/17/some-aliens-colonial-marines-images/)
Well, that. Nothing to add, besides stating that it looks quite promising and "properly Alien".

Dowly

08-17-11, 12:02 PM

Fantastic job with those Hadley's Hope corridors. :rock:

AVGWarhawk

08-17-11, 03:51 PM

The screenshot of the darn face hugging critters on the safety glass is disturbing. I think I would not shoot. :DL

Dowly

08-17-11, 05:01 PM

I would hug one. :O: I mean, they are dead, so what's the worst thing that
could happen? :hmmm:

EDIT: Oh wait, I managed to miss that one. Creepy little bastards. :doh:

mikeydredd

08-18-11, 04:48 PM

I'm just wondering what exactly "co-operative gameplay at its core" will mean.

Don't like the idea of that.

Certainly looks good though from the screenshots.

I've always wanted a decent Aliens/Colonial Marines squad based single player game, with 3rd person option.

Not sure if this is going to be it. Time will tell.

Regards.

Dredd

CrowSHV

08-18-11, 05:54 PM

Oh sweet, this forum gets better & better.:yeah: This is the game I've been waiting ~4 years for & you guys are talking about it here! I will definitely be playing this once it comes out (June 2012 I believe), if anyone would like to hook up for 4 player co-op, drop me a line. :up:

Arclight

08-18-11, 07:35 PM

CrowSHV

08-22-11, 02:47 PM

Well, I think you'll like to read this then: http://www.vg247.com/2011/08/18/fan-service-gearbox-on-colonial-marines/

Looking forward to it, which is saying a lot given my usual disposition towards shooters. :yep:

Yeah, that was good, even though I've never seen any 'actual' game footage besides what they shown at E3. I'm not sure if after all these years I'm just sick & tired of looking into it or if I'm wanting to be surprised on everything that's in it when it finally comes out. I used to frequent the gearbox forums quite a bit, now I don't seem to do it as often.
I'm quite sick & tired of shooters also, to a point. The 'Battlefield' shooter type of games get old after awhile (especially years :yawn:). I'm more into the co-op type of FPS'ers, like 'Killing Floor' where teamwork & actual 'strategy' wins, not run & gun play :up:. Oh, and the upcoming "Dead Island" game, I'm getting that one too. :D

Dowly

08-22-11, 02:51 PM

You might enjoy the forums @AvPGalaxy (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/).

Nice discussions about the game (and all the movies naturally). :up:

CrowSHV

08-22-11, 03:10 PM

You might enjoy the forums @AvPGalaxy (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/).

Nice discussions about the game (and all the movies naturally). :up:

Hmm, you know.. I think I AM sick of 'researching' the game. Maybe that's why I've gone 'full throttle' into other games to help pass the time, so when ACM does come out it won't seem as long of a wait. :DL But I have checked up on avpgalaxy before, just not often enough or lately. I can't think of how many websites I used to look through before. I'm sure once I hear more 'big news' about ACM, I'll be all over the place looking. :haha:

Dowly

08-22-11, 03:17 PM

Hehe, know what you mean. :DL

Next big news will hopefully be from PAX (26th-28th IIRC). They better give us
something more than few new screenshots. :shifty:

CrowSHV

08-22-11, 03:24 PM

Yes, the screenshots were nice once we 'first' heard about it but we want to see in-game videos like they did with BF3 and others at E3; some of those game videos were over 10 minutes long. Hopefully they'll have some sort of stream available so I can watch it. :D

Arclight

08-22-11, 10:36 PM

I don't pay much attention to screenshots and videos. I get my news from a couple of places and that keeps me plenty up to speed. Usually I've got a pretty clear idea of what a game is about without actually seeing any of it, so what it looks like is arguably irrelevant anyway.

Game forums... sorry, but most are full of jackasses anyway. I'll go in there looking for an answer, but that's about it. SubSim is really my only haven. :)

I predict there will be a fair bit of "whining" though; Rebellion took some liberties with the IP to make it more fitting for a game, they came up with new aliens for example. But from what I can tell, as far as being an coop shooter based on the Alien IP goes, it seems to be shaping up rather nicely. :yep:

CrowSHV

08-23-11, 12:12 AM

Oh yeah, I think the same. I've been watching/following this game for what seems like 4 years now. The concept it has that follows the movie Aliens, in a co-op game setting for PC, is something I have been waiting for. I'm THRILLED that it's coming out :rock:.
I still like the AvP movies/games, but I consider that a 'different set of mind' of the 'Alien franchise'. So they're not on the same 'level' (IMO) as Aliens. My favorites are: Aliens, Alien & Alien 3, in that order. I still watch those movies, and obviously have the bluray set. :yeah:

Dowly

08-23-11, 05:18 AM

"Look man. I only need to know one thing: are there playable aliens."

CrowSHV

08-23-11, 09:02 AM

Dowly

08-23-11, 10:06 AM

Playable Xeno's would be awesome for team co-op multiplayer. I've read so many debates about that and I don't understand why some people are against it. It would add diversity to the game and great re-playability IMO. Guess we won't find out until either GBX and/or Sega releases that info (unless they already have) or when it comes out. Mostly, I'm just excited the game is coming out anyways. Who knows, maybe someone will make a mod for that or GBX will come out with some DLC's.

Personally, if there isn't Aliens vs. Marines MP mode, it goes off my to-buy list
immediately. I've had so much fun playing the alien against marines in the AvP
titles, that it's just not an option to not have aliens as playable in ACM. :hmmm:

Better yet, bring back the MP alien lifecycle from AvP2! Now THAT was fun. :rock:

CrowSHV

08-23-11, 11:48 AM

Personally, if there isn't Aliens vs. Marines MP mode, it goes off my to-buy list
immediately. I've had so much fun playing the alien against marines in the AvP
titles, that it's just not an option to not have aliens as playable in ACM. :hmmm:

Better yet, bring back the MP alien lifecycle from AvP2! Now THAT was fun. :rock:

I hear ya, but either way I'll be getting the game. I'm more into the co-op & teamwork style type of games. I did a quick search for 'borderlands mods' and I saw a few sites pop up, so even if they don't place it in the game I'm sure its possible someone would make a mod for that. But as of now only Sega/GBX know about playable Xeno's... Only time will tell, about another 10 months or so. :cry: I would like playable MP Xeno's, but it won't ruin the game for me.
I loved the alien lifecycle in AvP2, I remember finding servers that only had that option enabled. :)

Dowly

08-23-11, 12:04 PM

New trailer :up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-qXFQRHEkc

Also, some more "cool stuff" is coming this Friday @ Gamespot concerning ACM. :hmmm:

CrowSHV

08-23-11, 12:35 PM

New trailer :up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-qXFQRHEkc

Also, some more "cool stuff" is coming this Friday @ Gamespot concerning ACM. :hmmm:

Holy... now that's just awesome. That's gonna be super fun co-op.
I'll have to watch that on repeat when I get home from work.

Dowly

10-01-11, 06:03 AM

Finally, some more actual in-game footage! :yeah:
http://www.gametrailers.com/episode/gametrailers-tv/134?ch=1

Arclight

10-01-11, 06:12 AM

Ugh, GT. Same thing, without the cutting and silly people: SEGA’s Aliens: Colonial Marines Presentation (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/10/01/segas-aliens-colonial-marines-presentation/)

Dowly

10-01-11, 06:54 AM

It gets the point across. :O:

Anywho, red blips on the motion tracker gotta go. Or at least switch the squad
signals to red and everything else to white/light blue.

Oh and the M4A1 mag has 95 rounds (95% of 99 to prevent jamming), not 50. :stare:

Tracers were stupid too. :O:

Arclight

10-01-11, 08:03 AM

I knew you would bring up the red dots being wrong. :lol:

Looks good, though it seems more of a highly scripted corridor affair. Was kinda hoping for a bit more open world, letting a player pick his own path (or at least corridor). Could have added a tactical element by letting the player mark vents, which would apear on the map, and then give them the ability to weld shut doors. I seem to recall mention of the welding of doors. :hmmm:

Thought that was a nice element in Alien Swarm, though its use there is fairly limited.

Dowly

10-01-11, 08:28 AM

Yeah, it seemed pretty scripted. Tho, it is a demo after all. :hmmm:

Don't really mind if it is heavily scripted or a tunnel-shooter. Both AvP1 and AvP2
had great tunnel-shooter marine campaigns. :up:

Apparently, they are releasing new info on the MP portion of the game "soon".

I knew you would bring up the red dots being wrong. :lol:

Of course! :DL

Arclight

10-01-11, 10:17 AM

Oh no, don't mind either. It's probably the only way to really deliver that cinematic experience. If you give the player freedom, there's a good chance they simply miss part of the experience.

Would be nice though. Really, just a game like Alien Swarm, in the Alien universe, played from first-person. Would be all over that.

Dowly

01-10-12, 09:09 AM

Collector's Edition contents revealed:

Aliens: Colonial Marines videogame.
In-game DLC content.
Power Loader figure (high-quality, 8" tall).
Dark Horse comic book (22 pages).
Three exclusive fabric USCM patches.
Limited Edition Wrap Around Display
Limited Edition Display Box
USCM Dossier

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/b.jpg

Dowly

01-29-12, 10:03 AM

New cinematic trailer released :yeah:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMhpFpJSwgA

I spy with my little eye not so red motion tracker blips, yay. :O:

Dowly

04-04-12, 12:57 PM

Both Aliens and Marines are playable in multiplayer. Whee! :rock:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/apr/04/aliens-colonial-marines-multiplayer-preview

This is all about marines v aliens, of course ***8211; players can opt for either side,
both offering their own abilities, attacks and progression systems. But
essentially, you're either the hunter or the hunted.BUT...

They managed to completely **** up something else:

Perhaps because of their ability to run along walls and ceilings, the xenos
are controlled in third-person, counteracting the disorientation felt while
controlling these monsters in Rebellion's Aliens vs Predator game.

Good Job!
http://gifs.gifbin.com/reverse-1233928590_citizen%20kane%20clapping.gif

Falkirion

04-04-12, 06:24 PM

Really? I had no issues playing as a Xeno in first person. Loved just dropping in on a Marine vs Pred fight and killing both before they knew I was there.

Dowly

04-04-12, 06:31 PM

Yeah, I own all the 3 AvP games and had no problem playing as alien in any of them. :nope:

I really hope it will be toggle thing, but I doubt it. Oh well, A:CM will be on
PAX EAST on Sunday and there's MP stuff, so hopefully we see how the MP
side looks like.

Still, photorealistic graphics + 3rd person vs. Minecraft + 1st person =
Minecraft wins, because I simply can't get immersed in 3rd person and alien
will be my prefered side in A:CM.

Arclight

04-04-12, 07:16 PM

Ha, wasn't expecting playable Aliens. Glad they proved me wrong.

Arclight

04-05-12, 06:10 AM

Winter Is Running – Aliens: Colonial Marines (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/05/winter-is-running-aliens-colonial-marines/)

Gametrailers, who insist on putting trailers before their trailers, have some footage from Aliens: Colonial Marines, as seen at PAX 2012.

Dowly

04-05-12, 06:49 AM

That pulse rifle sound is pretty darn bad. :haha:

Nippelspanner

04-05-12, 07:10 AM

Some gameplay (00:55 - 01:17)
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-wii-u/715110

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4254/23307tensionshot1280.jpg

Hehehe, looking at his ammocounter, this reminds me of Full Metal Jacket:
"Want to buy some USCM rifles? Never been fired and only dropped once!"

Arclight

04-05-12, 07:55 AM

That pulse rifle sound is pretty darn bad. :haha:
Myeah, the whole soundscape is rather poor. No impact sounds from firearms, no calls from marines (on reloading for example), no screaming as they are pinned down and torn to shreds (not really, just the muffled "uumpf"). Doesn't seem to be much in terms of environmental sounds either.

Kinda hope that's still WIP, certainly sounds like it.

You know what maps like that need? Lot's of moving bits, like fans and mechanised stuff. Lots of moving shadows. Sudden and irregular sounds. Get people freaked out before they even see an alien, making them think every shadow hides one.

Best times we had (imho) in the last AvP were the private matches with just a few players, marines slowly moving about looking for an alien while all the while knowing/feeling you're being stalked.

I remember this one occasion where I looked into a corridor to my right, checking it with the flashlight. Just as I turned away I heard an alien grunt, so I turn back to see a shadow flashing across the corridor, dashing across the gap (there was a corridor running parallel to the direction we were going). Of course I gave it a burst and hit absolutely nothing... Movie moment right there, brilliant experience.

Wish they could capture stuff like that... never gonna happen in public matches though.

Dowly

04-05-12, 08:19 AM

Hehe, the private games were pretty fun. :yep: Too bad AvP2010 has the always-on motion tracker, almost impossible to get a jump on 2 marines as
an alien and survive. :-?

Tho, the only thing I remember from our games was the pistol whipping. :haha:

Arclight

04-05-12, 08:24 AM

Oh right, I forgot about the brutal beatings. :har:

Dowly

04-06-12, 08:26 PM

PAX EAST Day 1 impressions:
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/games/aliens-colonial-marines-sega/pax-east-report-day-1-impressions/

Red October1984

04-10-12, 04:48 PM

Very vivid AVP2 player. Love that game. Playing as a predator was the best. Cloaking, dropping from trees, wristblade decapitation! Hell yea. Love the Alien movies. Hope that Aliens: Colonial Marines lives up to the series reputation. Alien wall-walking, pouncing onto a marine from a very high ceiling, and headbiting the cowering scientists.

Dowly

05-21-12, 01:56 PM

Suspense Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgSHqjwFcd8

And on to the bad news: Release date has been pushed back to early 2013. :-?

Dowly

06-06-12, 08:35 AM

First Alien gameplay footage from E3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXcQwbJzqXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8czu39Vu_g

That FFFF- 3rd person view has to go. Now. :x

Arclight

09-03-12, 04:31 AM

Finally, they get it; Sulaco-operation: Aliens – Colonial Marines Multiplayer (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/03/sulaco-operation-aliens-colonial-marines-multiplayer/)

Objective-based game mode (escape for the Marines), with fancy stuff like setting turets and sealing doors along the way. Should sound familiar to anyone who played Alien Swarm a bit.

And I really hope they took a good look at that game. Similar gameplay but from first-person and set in Alien universe, can't go wrong imo.

Dowly

09-03-12, 05:16 AM

AvP2 had similar mode, Evacuation I think it was called. :yep:

Who knows, maybe they got the idea from a community made map for AvP1 or 2.
Which was just like that: Marines have to get from point A to B, seal doors as
they go and try to slow down the Aliens. The Aliens could also cut power and
all that stuff to slow the marines' advance. Never played it, but saw a youtube
video showcasing it.

Nippelspanner

09-03-12, 08:59 AM

I think that trailer looks very promising. But it is a trailer, not the real deal...

We´ll see... I would just wish players would play those kind of games a little more "RPG like"... In the beginning of the trailer, you see the marines walking slowly through the area, pure tension... something you´ll never see in MP - unfortunately...

Arclight

09-03-12, 10:23 AM

Myeah, same thing with the last AvP, everyone runs around like a lunatic. We had a few private games with only a few people; few marines hunted by an Alien or 2. Completely changes the atmosphere of the game.
AvP2 had similar mode, Evacuation I think it was called. :yep:

Who knows, maybe they got the idea from a community made map for AvP1 or 2.
Which was just like that: Marines have to get from point A to B, seal doors as
they go and try to slow down the Aliens. The Aliens could also cut power and
all that stuff to slow the marines' advance. Never played it, but saw a youtube
video showcasing it.
Wherever they got it, it sounds a heck of a lot more interesting than general DM/TDM games. Glad they're trying to improve over their last AvP.

* wait, this is Gearbox, not Rebellion. My bad. :doh:

HunterICX

09-03-12, 10:25 AM

We had a few private games with only a few people; few marines hunted by an Alien or 2. Completely changes the atmosphere of the game.

Untill the Marines get drunk and start trying to bash the Alien's skull in with their pistols :haha:

HunterICX

Arclight

09-03-12, 10:29 AM

Don't mention the bashing. :shifty:

Dowly

09-12-12, 06:16 AM

Pre-Order content trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNpekC_AS48

Hudson, Hicks, Drake, Apone skins & the pulse rifle + flamethrower combo Ripley
had in the end of ALIENS.

Dowly

12-13-12, 02:57 PM

Three page preview by AvPgalaxy.net's "Corporal Hicks":
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/games/aliens-colonial-marines-sega/avpgalaxy-preview/

Dowly

12-26-12, 08:32 PM

Marine Story Trailer:
http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/12/26/aliens-colonial-marines-story-trailer

TarJak

01-27-13, 02:14 PM

So you going for the full Collectors Edition or just the Limited Edition?

Red October1984

01-27-13, 02:36 PM

So you going for the full Collectors Edition or just the Limited Edition?

I'll probably just get Limited....

Can't wait for this.... :D

Stealhead

01-27-13, 11:50 PM

I'll probably just get Limited....

Can't wait for this.... :D

I can the gaming industry puts far too much hype into its games anymore and too many games have been a bit of a disappointment.I never buy a game anymore until after it has been out at least a few weeks.

The last time I picked up a game day of release it was Fallout New Vegas and that was a calculated risk as FO3 was pretty good.Of course New Vegas did have a few bugs at the start.I am not saying that a game should be perfect on release but it can be a bit annoying when some bug pops up and ruins your 8 or 9 hours of play time.

After that I figure it is much easier to wait until at least one or two patches comes out before buying a new game.Just my views not trying to tell others what to do or anything.

HunterICX

01-28-13, 05:02 AM

Aye burned my fingers on AvP(2010) that I'll sit this one out untill more is known.

HunterICX

Red October1984

01-28-13, 08:20 AM

Aye burned my fingers on AvP(2010) that I'll sit this one out untill more is known.

HunterICX

You should try the 2002 AvP2 game. That was a great game. Good campaign for all 3 species.

I had it installed on my laptop...I wonder where I put the disc.... :hmmm:

HunterICX

02-12-13, 06:37 AM

Played: Aliens: Colonial Marines Multiplayer

“It’s like Left 4 Dead,” said the journo playing beside me to the Sega man.“Yes,” said Sega.

Yes, I thought. The problem with using Left 4 Dead as a model for your game’s multiplayer is that you inevitably invite comparison with one of the best games of the past ten years. If you don’t do things as well as your model, or if you don’t do things sufficiently differently, then you’re going to find that everyone shrugs it off as a ‘watered down version of X’ or a ‘black and white photocopy of Y’. “What are these games X and Y?” you ask. “They sound incredible.” Please, let’s not dwell on that, I was just trying to make a point.
Aliens: Colonial Marines is like Left 4 Dead in that it pits the Men against the Not-Men (But-Not-Women-Either (the Aliens)). In Escape mode the Men have to get from one end of the map to the other, pressing buttons and opening doors along the way, eventually calling for help. All the while the xenomorphs are out to stop them. In Survivor mode the marines have to hold out in one location for a number of minutes, sealing off doors and setting up turrets to make it harder for the aliens – who spawn faster as time goes on – to get at them. Oh. There is the other mode too. Deathmatch mode. The Kristen Stewart of multiplayer gaming (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Gpg7kcji0). (There’s also at least one other mode called Extermination, that I didn’t get to taste at this press event.)

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/12/played-aliens-colonial-marines-multiplayer/

HunterICX

Dowly

02-12-13, 07:53 AM

Would have been the guinea pig, but maybe it was better I burned my money on something else. :hmmm:

Nippelspanner

02-12-13, 08:57 AM

^
It was. From what I have read, you are a big fan of this franchise... The game does not meet a fans expectations, at least not mine...

Dowly

02-12-13, 05:55 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qNJ7iZNVfM

:shifty:

Stealhead

02-12-13, 06:11 PM

I am not surprised to be honest the Aliens franchise has been beat to death anyway.

On top of that the way that these companies market their games by hyping the crap out of them and then forcing them out the door it really comes as no surprise that there are so many polished turds(I am being very generous using that terminology) .They are like drug dealers selling people a cut down product by they are hooked to it so they buy it anyway.Only thing is at least the drug dealer distributes a higher grade product here and there.

And with all the pre order and now "season pass" crap they lure people in.The only good "season pass" is one to a brothel and they don't sell season passes.

Its like they sit at thier meetings and discuss how to best hype the game and get as many pre order sales as possible after a pre order it matters not if the games sucks they got their money.

HunterICX

02-12-13, 07:23 PM

Someone Else Mostly Made Colonial Marines, Mostly (Maybe)

Edit – Sega Senior Producer Matthew J. Powers has said of this allegation that “Absolutely not, the game has been developed by Gearbox Software. Other studios [like Timegate] helped Gearbox on the production of single and multiplayer.” Which doesn’t really clear anything up, but there you go.

By almost all accounts, Aliens: Colonial Marines, released this week, is a trainwreck. And not one of those cool trainwrecks with explosions, collapsing bridges and men in awesome hats leaping to safety at the last second. Instead it sounds like a sad, slow, drift off the edge of the track, toppling gracelessly onto its side and making a limp ‘pffffffffffffffffff’ noise. Mister John Walker will be along either later today or tomorrow to confirm or deny this, but in the meantime let’s have a confusing look at the Gearbox shooter’s odd gestation. I say ‘Gearbox shooter’, but it rather sounds as though other studios did the heavy lifting.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/12/someone-else-mostly-made-colonial-marines-mostly/

aaaaand....

Wot I Think – Aliens: Colonial Marines Single Player

As you’ve probably already heard, Aliens: Colonial Marines is terrible. Properly terrible. The sort of terrible where you see that it was apparently made by Gearbox, and decide that SEGA may have just forgotten that it wasn’t really. Making a game featuring Aliens has somehow eluded developers since around 2000, which always seems strange – the film was basically the ingredients of a game. But like trying to make an advert for sofas, it seems impossible for anyone to create anything that doesn’t make you cringe into a little ball. But wow, Colonial Marines has taken that to the next level.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/12/wot-i-think-aliens-colonial-marines-single-player/

In short to sum up the franchise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np9tBI7_nq8

HunterICX

Nippelspanner

02-12-13, 07:51 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qNJ7iZNVfM

:shifty:

:haha::har::haha:

:timeout:

darius359au

02-12-13, 08:21 PM

Saw a review for this last night on Good Game,(Aussie game review show), and yeah it's not good ,they reckoned it was ok But it could have been a whole lot better! especially as it was up against Deadspace 3 ,which was everything colonial marines was supposed to be and did it much much better!

Dowly

02-13-13, 10:35 AM

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/12/wot-i-think-aliens-colonial-marines-single-player/

:rotfl2:

Oberon

02-13-13, 04:32 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J8SzBhjqaQ

Nuff said :yep:

Dowly

02-13-13, 04:42 PM

LMAO!!! :rotfl2::rotfl2:

Nippelspanner

02-13-13, 05:20 PM

On first sight, that is incredibly funny...on the second view it kinda hurts...
You guys remember the times of AVP classic when the xenos where actually terrorfying?

Now we laugh about them... that is... that is just so wrong...
I just... want a shower now and be left alone...:nope:

Dowly

02-13-13, 05:29 PM

Both AvP Classic and AvP 2 were great games when it comes to multiplayer.
2010, not so great. :nope:

Nippelspanner

02-13-13, 05:31 PM

I agree. 2010 was a big dissappointment for me. Well, for all Alien fans I guess.
The SP part of the Marine was very good though... But the MP? Like a manual how to change and ruin a once running system...

Dowly

02-13-13, 05:38 PM

Yup. And apparently this new one is even worse. :nope:

AvP2 had playable facehuggers, that alone makes it the best one to me. :)

Red October1984

02-13-13, 05:39 PM

Does anybody actually have this game yet? :hmmm:

Dowly

02-13-13, 05:56 PM

Does anybody actually have this game yet? :hmmm:

I've played it. It's bad. Especially the AI. You got AI teammates standing there with
their backs towards the aliens, and the aliens do nothing but try to get to you.

Worst game with aliens I have played. Dont get it. Just trust me on this one. :nope:

Haven't played through the campaign yet, but nevertheless, it's official canon now,
much like Star Wars ep. I-III are. I really hope the story doesnt poop anything up.

Red October1984

02-13-13, 07:10 PM

I've played it. It's bad. Especially the AI. You got AI teammates standing there with
their backs towards the aliens, and the aliens do nothing but try to get to you.

Worst game with aliens I have played. Dont get it. Just trust me on this one. :nope:

Haven't played through the campaign yet, but nevertheless, it's official canon now,
much like Star Wars ep. I-III are. I really hope the story doesnt poop anything up.

I have AvP2...is AVP 2010 better than this one? I am in these for the campaigns.

and is there offline mp in any of these? I.E. Split Screen...

Dowly

02-13-13, 07:20 PM

I have AvP2...is AVP 2010 better than this one? I am in these for the campaigns.

and is there offline mp in any of these? I.E. Split Screen...

Have not finished the campaign yet so hard to say. But the AI, both alien and team sucks, very badly.

AvP2010 campaign was OK. And you get 3 campaigns (Marine, Alien, Predator).

No idea if there is LAN multiplayer option.

Cybermat47

02-13-13, 09:18 PM

Have not finished the campaign yet so hard to say. But the AI, both alien and team sucks, very badly.

The only hope for the PC version is modding, then?

Cybermat47

02-13-13, 09:21 PM

And with all the pre order and now "season pass" crap they lure people in.The only good "season pass" is one to a brothel and they don't sell season passes.

Well, I was lured into Halo 4 with the season pass and the live-action movie.

343i are really bad fishermen. They let their prey get away with the bait. Though they do get the money :haha:

Dowly

02-13-13, 09:42 PM

The only hope for the PC version is modding, then?

No idea how moddable it is. But seeing how they are going with the COD multiplayer
method, I doubt you can mod much.

Just, dont get it. There is no hope. It is one of the most horrible games I have played.
And I am a HUGE alien fan.

Red October1984

02-13-13, 09:50 PM

Ah...well I was really looking forward to this game...

It looked like it was going to be a quality addition to the series....

Apparently not...Gearbox has made some good games in the past but I guess this isn't one.

NeonSamurai

02-13-13, 10:02 PM

as far as i can tell, gearbox had almost nothing to do with this trainwreck

Dowly

02-13-13, 10:17 PM

as far as i can tell, gearbox had almost nothing to do with this trainwreck

Does not matter. Sega's and Gearbox' name is attached to it.
They are the ones to get the blame.

The intro says:
A Timegate studios
Demiurge Studios
Nerve Software And
Gearbox Games

Especially after Duke Forever, and now this, Gearbox is going to get a beating.

Cybermat47

02-13-13, 11:28 PM

It is one of the most horrible games I have played.
And I am a HUGE alien fan.

Damn. I'm really sorry Dowly.

Red October1984

02-14-13, 12:06 AM

Damn. I'm really sorry Dowly.

He'll get over it. His sig changes every once in a while. I'm sure he gets over the previous girls just fine. He'll get over a bad Aliens game just like I get over a bad Flight Simulator...or a bad Strategy game...

:O:

Cybermat47

02-14-13, 02:14 AM

OK, now I'm annoyed too. I was trying to watch the trailer for the season finale of the Halo 4 game mode Spartan Ops, despite my bad internet. Before I get to see the trailer, however, an Alien: Colonial Marines trailer comes up. Takes about 3 seconds to buffer half a second of the trailer. I can't even pause the damn thing! It would have been bearable if I hadn't heard from here that it was crap.

On the plus side, the Spartan Ops trailer was awesome!

HunterICX

02-14-13, 05:19 AM

Thought they couldn't do worse then AvP 2010....but seemed to be proven wrong in that regard.

AvP 2010 had a nice SP to play through though...but not worth the full price when it was released back then as the MP is very limited and the DLC they charged for where maps used from the SP but made Arena for MP use. :down:
Arena like maps just suck for a game like AvP as they restrict the capabilities of Aliens and Predators to lay in Ambush or sneak their way around. Also most of the Multiplayer modes where too arcade and all in all it really felt like one crappy ass Console port.

Really a shame to see this game probably be the nail in the coffin for the Franchise Alien and AvP games.

HunterICX

HunterICX

02-14-13, 06:59 AM

Who Made Aliens? Here’s What We (Sorta) Know

If Aliens could cry, entire planets, ships, and conveniently placed ventilation systems would be dissolving under a torrential downpour of acid-laced tears right now. See, in spite of their lovable looks and multi-mouthed charm, no one wants to take credit for, well, pretty much anything about Aliens: Colonial Marines (http://www.sega.com/alienscolonialmarines/). First, Gearbox kinda did, but then TimeGate was accused (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/12/someone-else-mostly-made-colonial-marines-mostly/) of incubating Colonial Marines’ loathsome single-player campaign – which prompted Sega to descend from its mountain of unreleased Shenmue sequels and tilt the needle back in Gearbox’s direction. Seems like a lot of fuss to make if it was really all Gearbox at the helm, though, huh? And that’s where a winding Reddit post (http://www.reddit.com/r/LV426/comments/18ewf4/a_lot_of_you_are_rightfully_upset_at_the_final/) by an alleged Gearbox employee enters the picture. Further, RPS reached out to a former TimeGate employee (who wished to remain anonymous) to clarify the situation.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/13/who-made-aliens-heres-what-we-sorta-know/

HunterICX

kiwi_2005

02-14-13, 08:10 AM

Angry Joe's Aliens: Colonial Marines Angry Review( foul language ahead)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGX2WE4QUw8

Cybermat47

02-14-13, 04:44 PM

Angry Joe's Aliens: Colonial Marines Angry Review( foul language ahead)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGX2WE4QUw8

Hooray! I love that guy! :D

Nippelspanner

02-14-13, 04:53 PM

That review is really really good. I usually dont like him that much because he over-exaggerates often and make games look worse than they actually are... Well he did it "back then"... But this is really great... and sad :-?

Red October1984

02-14-13, 05:27 PM

darius359au

02-14-13, 05:33 PM

I was looking forward to Colonial Marines as a major fan of the whole Aliens/Predator universe but after seeing all the reviews for it I'm glad I didn't pre-order it - they had a guaranteed money fountain if they did it properly but all they've done is disappoint the fans.

Stealhead

02-14-13, 09:04 PM

AvP 2010 goes for like 10$. You think it's worth that for the campaigns?

AvP2010 is not shabby for 10 bucks if you ask me its no grand game but it is mildly interesting your not wasting your money at $10.

Red October1984

02-14-13, 09:09 PM

AvP2010 is not shabby for 10 bucks if you ask me its no grand game but it is mildly interesting your not wasting your money at $10.

I think I'll pick it up then...

I always liked playing as the Predator.... :ping:

Cybermat47

02-16-13, 02:25 AM

:hijacked:

Guys, just a quick question. Which Alien movie should I watch first?

Yes that's right, I've never seen an Alien movie. Always wanted to though. The motion trackers, the space marines, the creatures that do disgusting things to human bodies to advance their species... enough about Halo.

Should I see Alien or Prometheus first? I'm thinking Prometheus, seeing as it's a prequel, but Alien seems like a much better movie.

NeonSamurai

02-16-13, 03:36 AM

Wasn't even aware they were much related. Personally I would go with alien, aliens, alien 3, and skip alien resurrection. The first two are by far the best, alien 3 is so so, and resurrection is utter garbage

Dowly

02-16-13, 04:47 AM

Red October1984

02-16-13, 12:54 PM

Prometheus is not a prequel to ALIEN.

But, yes, watch them in order. You can skip Resurrection as Neon suggests,
not much to do with the story and it's pretty bad.

Sigh.. comparison between the demo and the final game:
http://youtu.be/6lGXDM3LGnk

Prometheus is too a prequel...

Kinda.

@Cybermat you should start with Prometheus and watch them in order so you can decide for yourself which one is the best. Guys, we shouldn't keep him from watching Resurrection no matter how bad that movie is.

WATCH THEM ALL! :arrgh!:

Nippelspanner

02-16-13, 12:55 PM

What do you mean, skip resurrection?
There was Alien (1979), Aliens (1986) and Alien 3 (1992).

There is no such thing as "Alien Resurrection (1997)" what are you talking about!!... :hmph:

Red October1984

02-16-13, 01:17 PM

What do you mean, skip resurrection?
There was Alien (1979), Aliens (1986) and Alien 3 (1992).

There is no such thing as "Alien Resurrection (1997)" what are you talking about!!... :hmph:

Just like there were no Alien Vs Predator movies...

They exist no matter how hard we try to suppress their existence. If Cybermat watches all of the movies, he will understand why...

Dowly

02-16-13, 01:57 PM

Prometheus is too a prequel...

Kinda.

Prometheus is as much of a prequel to ALIEN as AvP is.

Red October1984

02-16-13, 03:04 PM

Prometheus is as much of a prequel to ALIEN as AvP is.

Call it what you want...

I like it either way. I don't pick apart those little inconsistencies like all of you guys.

The only ones that were truly bad were AvP, AvPR, and Alien Res.

Spike88

02-16-13, 04:21 PM

Prometheus is not a prequel to ALIEN.

It is a prequel. Just because you don't want it to be a prequel doesn't mean it isn't. :O:

And it's more of a prequel than AvP is for the sole fact that Ridley Scott is working on it, and has stated that the next two Prometheus movies will bridge the gap.

Arclight

02-16-13, 04:28 PM

Silly Americans. :hmph:

Red October1984

02-16-13, 04:50 PM

Silly Americans. :hmph:

HEY! HEY! HEY!

NO! :stare:

We can be as silly as we want. And Dowly is Finnish.

Dowly

02-16-13, 04:58 PM

It is a prequel. Just because you don't want it to be a prequel doesn't mean it isn't. :O:

It's not a prequel because Ridley Scott himself has stated number of times that
it isnt a prequel. I've mentioned it quite a few times. Media calls it a prequel,
because that's what it was supposed to be at first, they didnt get the memo
when RS and DL went with other plans for Prometheus.

And it's more of a prequel than AvP is for the sole fact that Ridley Scott is working on it, and has stated that the next two Prometheus movies will bridge the gap.

Sure, he would like to make two more Prometheus movies, but will he ever get
around making them? He's getting a tad old, and atm he is working on two
other movies at least.

Before the gap is filled, from a story point of view, Prometheus is as much of a prequel as AvP is.

Stealhead

02-16-13, 05:00 PM

Prometheus is not a prequel it is its own story all together you do not need to know anything about the Alien films watch Prometheus.

Arclight

02-16-13, 07:12 PM

HEY! HEY! HEY!

NO! :stare:

We can be as silly as we want. And Dowly is Finnish.
Yes, you can be as silly as you want. You can talk as much nonsense as you want too. :roll:

Red October1984

02-16-13, 08:07 PM

Yes, you can be as silly as you want. You can talk as much nonsense as you want too. :roll:

Not all Americans are like me.

There are some quality people in America....If you cut out Massachusetts, New York, California, and Florida (They're crazy in those states) You might meet some good people. :haha: :haha:

Look up the Saturday Night Live skit "The Californians" on Youtube or NBC.com and you've got a fair representation of that state. :O:

Cybermat47

02-16-13, 08:10 PM

They exist no matter how hard we try to suppress their existence. ...

Actually, AvP can't exist.

One time my curiosity about Prometheus got the better of me, and I looked it up on Wikipedia. Apparently, the only reason the Aliens exist is due to Human DNA, and the AvP trailers look like they're set in the modern day.

Unless there's time travel, of course.

Spike88

02-16-13, 10:28 PM

There are some quality people in America....If you cut out Massachusetts, New York, California, and Florida (They're crazy in those states) You might meet some good people. :haha: :haha:

I take offense to that. :hmph:

Florida wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for all the Cubans.

Actually, AvP can't exist.

One time my curiosity about Prometheus got the better of me, and I looked it up on Wikipedia. Apparently, the only reason the Aliens exist is due to Human DNA, and the AvP trailers look like they're set in the modern day.

Unless there's time travel, of course.

The Promethean s or Engineers have the same DNA if I recall correctly. They made them to wipe out the Humans, after having made the humans.

But yeah, if Prometheus is considered a prequel, then AvP can't exist.

Red October1984

02-16-13, 10:44 PM

I take offense to that. :hmph:

Florida wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for all the Cubans.

What I said is based on purely what me and a few of my friends have observed. It is our opinion and everyone is entitled to their own.

I didn't mean any offense...I was simply stating an opinion. I'm sure there are some good people in those states but I just haven't met any yet. :O:

And the last guy that said something like that about the Cubans.... :ping:

Arclight

02-17-13, 06:22 AM

Not all Americans are like me.

There are some quality people in America....If you cut out Massachusetts, New York, California, and Florida (They're crazy in those states) You might meet some good people. :haha: :haha:

Look up the Saturday Night Live skit "The Californians" on Youtube or NBC.com and you've got a fair representation of that state. :O:
Don't take me too seriously, I really don't hold the opinion all Americans are silly. ;)

I was just refering to you and Spike arguing against Dowly on the topic of Alien: you can't win that. He's like a loremaster. It's like trying to tell a Texan how to fire a gun (<horrible generalisation and a joke). Or like telling a Dutchman how to build a dike.

Dowly

02-17-13, 08:37 AM

Actually, AvP can't exist.

It's a different universe from ALIEN, so they can do what they want with it.

Like:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/predators.jpg

:shifty:

Red October1984

02-17-13, 12:33 PM

Don't take me too seriously, I really don't hold the opinion all Americans are silly. ;)

I was just refering to you and Spike arguing against Dowly on the topic of Alien: you can't win that. He's like a loremaster. It's like trying to tell a Texan how to fire a gun (<horrible generalisation and a joke). Or like telling a Dutchman how to build a dike.

:D

I know not to take this seri-

WAIT! That offends me! Texans aren't the only ones who are obsessed with guns. :O:

Dowly

02-17-13, 07:54 PM

So, someone made a post at Reddit, claiming to be a QA tester for SEGA (and apparently Reddit moderators verified who he/she was):
http://i1.minus.com/iTeTRho14DHI6.png

His/her actual post was deleted, but the answers were saved.

EDIT:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee137/aranathos/verified_zps7637dd5a.png

Also (language warning):
http://images.bluegartr.com/bucket/gallery/8b9bc408da39209d5306a9f7250c578d.gif

:)

Red October1984

02-17-13, 08:57 PM

And what is the significance of this Reddit post?

Dowly

02-18-13, 05:32 AM

I dont imagine Sega being too happy to learn that Gearbox used their money to
make Borderlands, which was a Gearbox/2K Games title. That is, of course, if the reddit post is true.

Dowly

02-19-13, 04:02 PM

Mods!
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/games/aliens-colonial-marines-sega/aliens-colonial-marines-graphics-mods-add-ons/

Love the blue tint ENB adds. Haven't tried them yet, but whatever can make the
game closer to the movie is a step forward.

Rock, Paper, Shotgun article on mods:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/19/modders-give-gearboxs-aliens-some-colonic-irrigation/

///

In other news, Randy Pitchford finally got back from the bank and managed to
stop laughing for a minute to address the issues with ACM.

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2013/02/19/randy-pitchford-talks-aliens-colonial-marines-2/

Nippelspanner

02-19-13, 04:06 PM

Poor ferret... you just can't let it go, can you? :hmm2:

Dowly

02-19-13, 04:25 PM

I waited it for a better part of three years, so I'm going to rant about it the next three years. :hmph:

Nippelspanner

02-19-13, 04:49 PM

Fair enough :haha:

Red October1984

02-19-13, 05:12 PM

I waited it for a better part of three years, so I'm going to rant about it the next three years. :hmph:

Why don't you make a mega mod and fix the game? :hmmm: Get a couple guys together and make it so you won't have to rant 3 more years.

Dowly

02-19-13, 05:40 PM

Why don't you make a mega mod and fix the game? :hmmm: Get a couple guys together and make it so you won't have to rant 3 more years.

I very much doubt the game can be modded in such a huge scale as would be needed.

And then there's the story, which is now official ALIEN canon, that is so HUGE bitch-slap in the face of every ALIEN fan that there should be laws against that. :nope:

Red October1984

02-19-13, 05:51 PM

I very much doubt the game can be modded in such a huge scale as would be needed.

Compare it to something else so I can understand how badly they messed up.

Did it kill the series? Or was it not that bad? :hmmm:

I really liked AvP2 from like 2002 or something. That game was pretty good. Just thought I'd throw that in there...

Dowly

02-19-13, 06:02 PM

Compare it to something else so I can understand how badly they messed up.

You could watch Jim Sterling's A-LIE-NS: Colonial Marines video (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/6832-A-LIE-ns-Colonial-Marines).
10 minute clip, showing what we were promised and what we got.
Gives a pretty good picture of why everyone is so pissed off.

Did it kill the series? Or was it not that bad? :hmmm:ACM was it's own game, so not much to ruin when it comes to any game series.
But ALIEN franchise generally? No, not ruined, just Alien 3 really, which I happened
to like as it was before ACM, thank you very much. :-?

Nippelspanner

02-19-13, 06:17 PM

That Demo was awesome... just sad its like a complete different game :har:

Red October1984

02-19-13, 06:35 PM

You could watch Jim Sterling's A-LIE-NS: Colonial Marines video (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/6832-A-LIE-ns-Colonial-Marines).
10 minute clip, showing what we were promised and what we got.
Gives a pretty good picture of why everyone is so pissed off.

ACM was it's own game, so not much to ruin when it comes to any game series.
But ALIEN franchise generally? No, not ruined, just Alien 3 really, which I happened
to like as it was before ACM, thank you very much. :-?

I remember downloading the ACM trailer on my xbox and it looked pretty darn good...

They always make stuff look better than it is and screw it up