Aliens Colonial Marines

[RIDDICK]

Time to send in some Colonial Marines to find out what the hell happened to the development team at GearBox offices.

 

[Fu_Manchu]

Graphics are better and so are the setpieces (the sentry sequence says it all). But the AI and the general gameplay mechanics look the same.

For you guys who didn't read the previous pages, it has been overly demostrated that that footage was scripted, probably even prerendered.

This Pitchsuck saying they were making the game themshelves (which is false), and commenting over a fabricated footage.

And top on that, many people suspect that they spent the Sega's money on making Borderlands 2, which is a very consistent theory. We'll see if this ends on a lawsuit.

Biggest scam seen in the video game world in a while.

 

[GasparZizou]

Time to send in some Colonial Marines to find out what the hell happened to the development team at GearBox offices.

That'd make a much better game, I'd play that.

 

[Sachiel]

Anyone play the PC version? Is there any improvement to it over the console version that are out now?

Nicer looking, better performance, and smoother aiming with a mouse.

 

[dano669]

on pc. its a polished turd

 

[Matt S]

Thanks guys...if I can play this for like $10, I'll check it out on PC

 

[snappahead]

For you guys who didn't read the previous pages, it has been overly demostrated that that footage was scripted, probably even prerendered.

This Pitchsuck saying they were making the game themshelves (which is false), and commenting over a fabricated footage.

And top on that, many people suspect that they spent the Sega's money on making Borderlands 2, which is a very consistent theory. We'll see if this ends on a lawsuit.

Biggest scam seen in the video game world in a while.

It looks like real footage to me. It's not mind blowing or so good that I would think it's cg or not in game. Whether or not it's legit hasn't come out either way.

They were the original developers and had apparently put a good ***** of time into development before handing it over, so that wasn't a lie at the time and they have been up front about the outsourcing so it wasn't some dirty trick they were playing in that department.

Again..the Sega funds being misused is another speculation that isn't really worth talking about really.

 

[Fu_Manchu]

It looks like real footage to me. It's not mind blowing or so good that I would think it's cg or not in game. Whether or not it's legit hasn't come out either way.

That dynamic lighting and fires and fog are more proper of a render program. So are the realistic faces. Programing it into a real-time gameplay is another story (in the real game the fires are 2D sprites lol).

Futhermore, if its real why none of that features are in the PC game even with the maximun settings?

And even more further, the aliens movements and reactions have nothing to do with the final product, neither the seen on the later trailers have, ergo they were scripted ergo the footage was fake.

They were the original developers and had apparently put a good ***** of time into development before handing it over, so that wasn't a lie at the time and they have been up front about the outsourcing so it wasn't some dirty trick they were playing in that department.

They put a good time into developing Borderlands 1 & 2, not this one or Duke Nukem. Have you seen the staff at TimeGate's? They are like twelve people. How in the world a staff of twelve people which were known for doing some very minor projects could handle a big launch like this one? I'll tell you the answer: they couldn't.

Again..the Sega funds being misused is another speculation that isn't really worth talking about really.

And again these people were paid by Sega for doing Colonial Marines, not Borderlands which is another title of another company. The manpower hours of Gearbox went into that instead (I think this is evident). Theorically TimeGate was on board to help them but instead they did all the job. There is a big difference between helping and doing all the thing.

 

[crows]

But that's just personal bitterness, not a rational reaction to the situation.

Also, stuff is retconned for video games and other mediums all the time. As a fan, you have every right to simply ignore it rather than let yourself be insulted by it. This is something some of us SW fans have learned the hard way over the years thanks to the EU.

You think this game's story ****ed on the legacy of ALIENS? Let me introduce you to Shadows of The Empire and the ****y Force Unleashed games...

The thing of it is is that this game really isn't as bad as people are making it out to be. The only reason they're pissed off is because they feel like it was false advertising to show a spectacular demo and then being sold a subpar final product. It's bad from that aspect yes but the gameplay itself isn't so bad. I'm not sure why people are griping so much. Seems to me everyone is just on board with the first person who pointed out that the demo is nothing like what we got as far as visuals, but really what's wrong with the gameplay itself? There's plenty of weapons, customizations, characters and missions. Sure it could use more cinematics and better graphics lighting etc, but even the story itself is pretty good. I think the marine gameplay is better than the AVP marine gameplay.

so you would be okay with buying a toy or a statue and getting a piece of S___ after being told what you saw in the advertisements and images was the final product
you wouldn't complain after paying 60-90 bucks and getting something you didn't pay for? you would just shrug it off?

people defending the company and the game seem a little hypocritical to me because they wouldn't stand for this crap if it was something else like a defective toy or something else.
I'm not really talking about you but the people defending this game on the GearBox forums,

 

[Rotfish]

so you would be okay with buying a toy or a statue and getting a piece of S___ after being told what you saw in the advertisements and images was the final product

Fixed.

 

[Solidus]

Time to send in some Colonial Marines to find out what the hell happened to the development team at GearBox offices.

You take point, I'll watch your six.

 

[snappahead]

Fu Manchu, If you need to be mad at GB and think the worst of them, I won't argue with you about it. I'm just going to save judgement until everything comes out.

 

[Fu_Manchu]

I'm supposely to be mad about someone? I'm just pointing out the facts.

Lots of people made their purchase decision based on that footage (almost I did), that's why the people are so angry. This is false advertising of the worst kind.

 

[crows]

Fixed.

 

[Duck]

https://uk.gamespot.com/news/aliens-colonial-marines-gets-dx10-graphics-from-savvy-modder-6403981 For the people who bought this on PC.

 

[Rotfish]

https://uk.gamespot.com/news/aliens-colonial-marines-gets-dx10-graphics-from-savvy-modder-6403981 For the people who bought this on PC.

Tried it and it looks good. Not perfect, but a solid improvement and the lighting is indeed better. Worth a download for PC owners. I went with the version that contained both DX10 and SweetFX.

EDIT: Read through the comments for tips on restoring cutscenes and an FOV of 90. Installing this mod changes these so you'll have to manually reset them. No biggie, just something worth mentioning. For me, this mod makes the game darker so my in-game brightness settings have to be all the way up.

 

[EndoSickness]

I downloaded an update on PS3 and one I recognized immediatly was that the graphics were way better and sensibility was balanced better. Can´t wait how LV-426 looks.

Other then that, either way I´m way easier satisfied, or I´m just easier on the critic side.

I like the game so far...

 

[snoop101]

I downloaded an update on PS3 and one I recognized immediatly was that the graphics were way better and sensibility was balanced better. Can´t wait how LV-426 looks.

Other then that, either way I´m way easier satisfied, or I´m just easier on the critic side.

I like the game so far...

Yeah I liked the first 5 minutes too......just wait.

 

[EndoSickness]

Yeah I liked the first 5 minutes too......just wait.

Snoop, I´m now battling the WY soldiers can´t wait to get of the Sulaco, but so far...I´m still liking it...

 

[snoop101]

Snoop, I´m now battling the WY soldiers can´t wait to get of the Sulaco, but so far...I´m still liking it...

As soon as the WY soliders started to show up I knew the game was s**t.