Aliens Colonial Marines...oh dear.

[Digby]

Was it ported from the original Xbox or PS2? Only played it for 15 mins and despite not being a graphics we, it looks really, really bad on the 360.It has some of the worst jagged edges and flattest most boring textures I have ever seen.

The leaping aliens also don't look too special (one jumped through a door several seconds after I closed it) and shooting them up close resulted in an animation you could expect on the SNES.On the plus side, I came across some squad members at the start of the game and if they are in your way, you can just walk right through them.No need to worry about all that collision detection rubbish!

The PC version had better vastly improve on this or there will be a lot of unhappy people out there.

[Baryonyx]

I've not played it (or even seen it running yet, as I wanted to keep myself in suspense), but there seem to have been lingering concerns about the animation in the game for some time (especially in multiplayer). I suppose we'll just have to see how it goes.

[Brigand]

I'm a bit concerned about this too; it's receiving a lot of hype lately and that usually signifies a game or movie that isn't so great.

I want this game to be brilliant, and I remember having high hopes for it several years ago when it was first announced - it was set to be similar to Brothers in Arms in that you have a squad with you throughout that you direct around, order to take cover, attack, all that sort of thing.

Looking at previews it appears to be just a generic FPS now, which is concerning as it'll likely be just like the Marine missions in Aliens vs Predator. It's had a rocky production as well which never bodes well; I'm pretty sure it was canned at one point fairly early on, then picked up again by Gearbox who have finished it off and probably changed it to meet modern interests.

We shall see though, as much as I want it this is one I won't be rushing out to buy, I'll sit and wait for the reviews first before shelling out.

Edited by Brigand on Sunday 10th February 13:41

[Negative Creep]

At least the 4 DLC packs are already lined up. They can be yours for a m"mere" 2400msp

http://www.trueachievements.com/n12231/aliens-colo...

Anyone remember the days that the disc or cartridge you bought actually contained the full game?

[Stagpump]

Negative Creep said:

Anyone remember the days that the disc or cartridge you bought actually contained the full game?

I remember when you could buy a magazine which had pages of code for you to type in to your Amstrad CPC computer to get a "worm" type game. So yes, yes I remember.

[MattyB_]

Negative Creep said:

At least the 4 DLC packs are already lined up. They can be yours for a m"mere" 2400msp

http://www.trueachievements.com/n12231/aliens-colo...

Anyone remember the days that the disc or cartridge you bought actually contained the full game?

I remember when you'd just get "proper" expansions - ie, a whole boatload of content for £8-10.

It seems that games are now planned around DLC. Designers will argue that they only selling extra content, but I'd be amazed if they didn't hold back on ideas just because they'd be great to flog as DLC.

As for 'Day 1' DLC, don't get me started. That's just total bullst and they know it, especially in games like ME3 when the DLC was absolutely critical to the overall story arc.

/threadtangent

[vonuber]

I suspect that it is pretty certain the PC version will be a straight port like most games are; low res textures and godawful draw distances.

[MysteryLemon]

Hmm..

Had high hopes for this game but sounds like it's a bag of st like I expected it probably would be. Told you all that Sega only publish st these days...

Such a shame there has never really been a decent Alien based game. There is so much potential to produce something fantastic.. really dark and scary but they are all the same. Repetetive rubbish with poor graphics, poor story and poor gameplay.

[Negative Creep]

MysteryLemon said:

Such a shame there has never really been a decent Alien based game.

Alien 3 on the SNes or the first two AvP games on the PC were pretty good

[MysteryLemon]

Negative Creep said:

Alien 3 on the SNes or the first two AvP games on the PC were pretty good

Really?

Looks like the Alien 3 I had on the game gear. I don't remember it being very good.

I also had alien trilogy on the Saturn. Again, I don't remember it being very good.

Edited by MysteryLemon on Sunday 10th February 14:42

[Digby]

I fired the grenade launcher and actually burst out laughing at the resulting half second yellow flash/blob that appeared on the screen.I kid you not, you will have seen similar on the C64.I guess in coop it might still be a laugh, but as a single player game, so far, I have not felt even the slightest bit scared and on a harder setting I've not had to panic once.It's really been a case of stand there, wait for them to wobble their way towards you, fire and wait again.

I hope it gets better.

[paul99]

I was really hoping it would be good, Sounds like I'm going to be disappointed again

It did concern me at the lack of reviews and demo though. From my experience games that haven't been released to magazines for reviews have usually turned out to be turds.

[Digby]

I actually quite enjoyed the last AVP.I upgraded the PC and went back to it and enjoyed it maxed out with the DX11 bells and whistles.I had really high hopes for this as I assumed it was going to really test the hardware, but it is very, very average.Such a shame.

[LandR]

paul99 said:

It did concern me at the lack of reviews and demo though. From my experience games that haven't been released to magazines for reviews have usually turned out to be turds.

Reviews are embargoed (sp?) till Tuesday.

[Daston]

MysteryLemon said:

Hmm..

Had high hopes for this game but sounds like it's a bag of st like I expected it probably would be. Told you all that Sega only publish st these days...

So you clearly missed that they publish Creative Assembly's stuff and their award winning RTS series? Plus they have just purchased Relic who also produce award winning RTS games.

Not seen any real game footage but from what I have seen on the net it looks pretty slick on the PC. Wonder if the engine was designed with the PC in line and the 360 just cant get the FPS up with the AA turned fully up.

[Durzel]

Review embargo = pile of st

[Negative Creep]

MysteryLemon said:

Negative Creep said:

Alien 3 on the SNes or the first two AvP games on the PC were pretty good

Really?

Looks like the Alien 3 I had on the game gear. I don't remember it being very good.

I also had alien trilogy on the Saturn. Again, I don't remember it being very good.

Edited by MysteryLemon on Sunday 10th February 14:42

I own the SNES version and still play it from time to time. Not much variety and gets really hard later on, but captures the feel of the films well and the music is still awesome

[funkyrobot]

LandR said:

paul99 said:

It did concern me at the lack of reviews and demo though. From my experience games that haven't been released to magazines for reviews have usually turned out to be turds.

Reviews are embargoed (sp?) till Tuesday.

Oh dear!

I've seen some videos of this game and they didn't really make me want to buy it. Shame really as I've been aware of this for years and have been looking forward to it.

[Digby]

As many people watch review videos in a small window, you could be fooled into thinking the game looks quite nice! It really doesn't.It's like an ugly woman with tons of makeup.

Edited by Digby on Monday 11th February 09:25

[NewNameNeeded]

MysteryLemon said:

Really?

Looks like the Alien 3 I had on the game gear. I don't remember it being very good.

I also had alien trilogy on the Saturn. Again, I don't remember it being very good.

Edited by MysteryLemon on Sunday 10th February 14:42

My recollections was Alien 3 on the Sega systems was very different to the SNES version. The Megadrive one was a painful race to find trapped prisoners. The time given was only just enough and meant you had to memorise the level over plenty of failed attempts before you could get it right a progress to another level of more of the same. The SNES version was much better and more of a platformer.