pre-order aliens colonial mariens @gmg -30% until jan. 25th

[Childs]

I assume that "Pecan" is referring to Aliens, but what exactly does it mean? Is it some internal name used to reference the game or something? While reading that blurb, it kept throwing me off; "Why do they keep talking about nuts?"

Its just the internal code name for the Aliens game. So most likely the poster on reddit worked at Gearbox, Timegate or Sega.

 

[Pia]

I never watch "let's play" videos, but I'm 40 mins into a video of this game and laughing my ass off.

There isn't an aspect of game design they got right. Collecting XP and upgrading red dot sights in an Aliens game? LOL. There is no friendly fire, so you can completely ignore the AI marines. I doubt the AI marines can die to aliens either? Aliens can't move for shit, so you can run through entire sections without shooting and they don't catch you, but your fellow marines will teleport to you if necessary. If aliens do somehow reach you, apparently it's actually viable to melee them (WTF!). Acid splash doesn't hurt. No flares or anything interesting in the way of vision and sensors, like the old AvP games had. Total absence of pacing and tension. Ridiculous cutscenes, writing and acting.

 

[WiseUp216]

Also a comparison of demo footage in 2012 to what the final game looks like:

http://www.videogamer.com/videos/al...ll_happened_to_aliens_colonial_marines_2.html

Wow! Great video.

The demo looked really nice. What a total disaster this became.

 

[mindcycle]

Wow! Great video.

The demo looked really nice. What a total disaster this became.

Yeah, it's pretty sad that even the PC version looks like that..

 

[Sulaco]

I never watch "let's play" videos, but I'm 40 mins into a video of this game and laughing my ass off.

There isn't an aspect of game design they got right. Collecting XP and upgrading red dot sights in an Aliens game? LOL. There is no friendly fire, so you can completely ignore the AI marines. I doubt the AI marines can die to aliens either? Aliens can't move for shit, so you can run through entire sections without shooting and they don't catch you, but your fellow marines will teleport to you if necessary. If aliens do somehow reach you, apparently it's actually viable to melee them (WTF!). Acid splash doesn't hurt. No flares or anything interesting in the way of vision and sensors, like the old AvP games had. Total absence of pacing and tension. Ridiculous cutscenes, writing and acting.

Yes.

There is absolutely no friendly fire. Period. Also, Marines can't ever be hurt, incapacitated, or killed. That goes for Alien attacks, human attacks, or your own friendly fire.

One of my AI teammates was actually being fired on by an enemy robot turret, was literally pinned down in the middle of the floor getting riddled with hundreds of bullets, going "Ugh.............ah!........................ugh!......................ah!" for 45 solid seconds until I was able to flank around the other side and disable the turrets.

What does that mean? Everything. It means you can just spray fire wildly. Alien drops next to your guy? So what, launch a grenade at him and it will kill the alien.
That, and the fact that your AI is mostly useless when helping you.

This could have been so f*cking simple. Just take the Left 4 Dead formula, tweak it for a more story-driven atmosphere, and put aliens in. Make your squad mean something, like L4D, where losing a person is a HUGE blow to the squad. Where actual tactics and planning matter.

It would not have been that much more work. At worst, you would have been called a L4D clone, but at least you're a clone of a great game, rather than this shit heap.

 

[Barfo]

Ill buy it once it hits the $10 mark.

Judging by the reviews and comments this will be a sub $5 purchase for me.

 

[TheSlamma]

Judging by the reviews and comments this will be a sub $5 purchase for me.

If only it was just the money.. I'd say the time would be better spent formatting 3 1/2" floppies

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

If only it was just the money.. I'd say the time would be better spent formatting 3 1/2" floppies

Eh, I dunno, I pre-ordered it for $35 on Greenmangaming awhile back. Last night I played through probably more than half of the campaign. It's generic and disappointing in a lot of respects, especially after seeing that comparison video. It's in no way worth the $35 I paid, but I've still enjoyed parts of it. The multiplayer is also pretty fun, albeit pretty primitive compared to games like Natural Selection 2. It's more like the competitive coop in Left 4 Dead.

 

[Skott]

I like how Angry Joe stands there at the beginning of his video review and claims they screwed it up. LOL

 

[Crow550]

I could rage on how Gearbox and well mainly Randy Pitchford geeked out on how amazing this game was suppose to be and how the E3 Demo of the game play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lGXDM3LGnk&feature=share which looked better turned out to be false.... However Amazon was cool enough to give me a refund on this. Like others I am waiting to hear what went wrong with this train wreak?

If you are stuck with this game.... There is some fun to be had with it....

The game is bad but it's so bad it's hilariously entertaining! This is like the Troll 2, The Room or Plan 9 From Outer Space of video games.

Playing it co-op with the right people can be a blast. The way some of the Aliens glitch out is freaking funny too. It's like some just want a hug. The AI is so stupid for all the characters too.

The way some of the Story is written and some of the events happen is also unintentionally hilarious. Even some of the voice acting is pure B movie. The decisions the devs made on some of the stuff in this game like having chest bursters going through Marine armor? WTF? The weak visual effects are pretty funny like the 2D smoke effects. *Face palm*

When the game drops dirt cheap. It's worth a co-op romp if you have some people who like to riff. It's enjoyable in that so bad it's funny.

Well see what patches they offer to fix any of this mess. The community is already working on mods. Right now ones that amp up the visual flare closer to that E3 demo. Even though the AI needs massive work. At least the community is polishing this turd.

Uh if you got it from Amazon just explain how this game was a let down. They will most likely give you a refund.

The game is bad but it also manages to be Comedy gold in many ways. Ugh Canon sequel my ass.

As for Multiplayer modes. They are pretty fun. I dug Escape but not enough maps and no modding tools or dedicated servers. So well see how long servers last sadly.... The Alien controls need a bit of tweaking.

As of now I would not pay $50 for this game. Maybe $20ish if you are hardcore Aliens fan and patches have fixed most of the issues by then. Otherwise.... $12 or lower....

I bought into the hype and believed that Gearbox was gonna deliver this amazing game and do it justice. Randy seemed like a legit person. He seemed like he knew and respected Aliens franchise so much. So yeah what the hell went wrong? They hyped it up so much with all the trailers and interviews and such. It was suppose to come out in October I believe? Then it got delayed till February 12th and we all thought they must be adding extra polish and making sure the game is just perfect for us fans. After all it's the real Canon sequel to Aliens that is also suppose to make Alien 3 a better film!

Which it did make Alien 3 look better even with all the production problems it had (Assembly cut is the better version). It also manages to make Alien Resurrection look like a better sequel as at least the Xenos were still more in character even though they had Human DNA mixed in! LMAO! The AvP2010 game has less problems when compared to this. Hell even Duke Nukem Forever seems to have less issues when compared to Aliens: Colonial Marines. LOL!

I'm never pre-ordering any game again. Ever. No way.... http://youtu.be/mf5Uj4XIT1Y

Who knows if the 4 DLC packs will redeem anything? If anyone who didn't pre-purchase the DLC Season pass decides to get any of them. Which will most likely be determined on what Patches they release to fix most of the issues first.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I could rage on how Gearbox and well mainly Randy Pitchford geeked out on how amazing this game was suppose to be and how the E3 Demo of the game play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lGXDM3LGnk&feature=share which looked better turned out to be false.... However Amazon was cool enough to give me a refund on this..

Kudos to Amazon for giving refunds for said reasons.

 

[Crow550]

Yes.

There is absolutely no friendly fire. Period. Also, Marines can't ever be hurt, incapacitated, or killed. That goes for Alien attacks, human attacks, or your own friendly fire.

One of my AI teammates was actually being fired on by an enemy robot turret, was literally pinned down in the middle of the floor getting riddled with hundreds of bullets, going "Ugh.............ah!........................ugh!......................ah!" for 45 solid seconds until I was able to flank around the other side and disable the turrets.

What does that mean? Everything. It means you can just spray fire wildly. Alien drops next to your guy? So what, launch a grenade at him and it will kill the alien.
That, and the fact that your AI is mostly useless when helping you.

This could have been so f*cking simple. Just take the Left 4 Dead formula, tweak it for a more story-driven atmosphere, and put aliens in. Make your squad mean something, like L4D, where losing a person is a HUGE blow to the squad. Where actual tactics and planning matter.

It would not have been that much more work. At worst, you would have been called a L4D clone, but at least you're a clone of a great game, rather than this shit heap.

LOL! What is he related to Alex Murphy? http://youtu.be/NXKA0y4WegA?t=3m14s (I ended up finding the Spanish dub of this scene. LMAO!)

 

[ImpulsE69]

LOL Bisquit just said what I've been saying for years and everyone here laughs at me and pre-orders anyway. I'm a HUGE Aliens fan and was chomping at the bit for this game, and still didn't pre-order it because common sense says you DONT NEED TO. I've STILL yet to buy it, because the reviews are just shite across the board. It just lends itself to bad business practices. Case and point. Hopefully some of you have learned your lessons finally.

I want to add that the whole thing about that playthru that looks to have been made outside of the actual game and not included is damn near false advertising and should be illegal and a lawsuit should be underway. The gaming world is not what it used to be, companies flat out are evil these days.

 

[mindcycle]

LOL Bisquit just said what I've been saying for years and everyone here laughs at me and pre-orders anyway. I'm a HUGE Aliens fan and was chomping at the bit for this game, and still didn't pre-order it because common sense says you DONT NEED TO. I've STILL yet to buy it, because the reviews are just shite across the board. It just lends itself to bad business practices. Case and point. Hopefully some of you have learned your lessons finally.

Yeah, I never preorder games, "especially" games from major publishers. Maybe 10 years ago that was an "OK" idea, but with the amount of rushed to market AAA games on the rise it would be stupid to do so nowadays. Even if the game is decent you'll usually have a much better experience waiting until the first couple patches are out.

By pre-ordering a game that's not ready for retail you're just telling publishers that the practice is ok. The more people that do so the worse it's bound to get.

 

[sigurros81]

I just preordered my copy, can't wait!

 

[Dankk]

I just preordered my copy, can't wait!

:hmm:

 

[Lumathix]

It's a huge monstrously overhyped pus filled pile of dog crap.
Yeh, it's dog crap with pus in it.

But i learned a lesson. Pre-ordering doesn't work with today's onslaught of shitty, unfinished and rushed games, so this one was the last pre-order for this guy.

With that said, here's my construction team's attempt at a Harlem Shake
http://youtu.be/fZH3TVn1yD0

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

But i learned a lesson. Pre-ordering doesn't work with today's onslaught of shitty, unfinished and rushed games, so this one was the last pre-order for this guy.

As opposed to last decades onslaught of unfinished and rushed games? Mind you I agree about not pre-ordering; especially not from the people who ultimately thought DNF was worth releasing.

 

[Crow550]

Yeah feel sorry for all the people who bought into the hype and promises Randy and Gearbox kept pumping out. Paying $50-$60 for the game and $30 for the Season DLC pass.

Ugh!

 

[Childs]

Pitchford strikes me as a huckster these days. I used to like Gearbox because of Blueshift and Opposing Force.

 

[Lumathix]

As opposed to last decades onslaught of unfinished and rushed games? Mind you I agree about not pre-ordering; especially not from the people who ultimately thought DNF was worth releasing.

Agree 100%.

 

[Crow550]

You'd think the Company that made Opposing Force would be able to do a decent Aliens game though!

(Blue-Shift & Decay were decent.)

Heck you'd think with how they handled Borderlands 1 & 2....

Seriously WTF!

As opposed to last decades onslaught of unfinished and rushed games? Mind you I agree about not pre-ordering; especially not from the people who ultimately thought DNF was worth releasing.

At least Duke Nukem Forever had better gameplay.

However Aliens: CM has co-op which brings good riffing material.... That's about it. The Canon story is horrid and makes Alien Resurrection look better.

 

[Aikouka]

The Canon story is horrid and makes Alien Resurrection look better.

What about Alien vs. Predator 2? Does the story beat out the Predalien?

EDIT:

Speaking of AVP2, I will always remember the maternity ward scene!

 

[Crow550]

Nope the game is more entertaining than either of the AvP films.... LOL! On a serious note. The Single player campaign of the 2002 AvP2 video game is pretty good and better than than plots of the two AvP films.

Ugh AvP2! The Xenos had braces in that film!

Check out these review videos on the Alien and Predator series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-R91hN3fck&list=PLB6B57B21A175F664

 

[AdamK47]

Stop. Preordering. Games.