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Total Biscuit's thoughts on the game and pre-ordering in general: http://youtu.be/mf5Uj4XIT1Y
NOT a review.
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Yeah, though it sounds like partially Sega's fault. Sega has fucked up a lot of things, but I agree that Gearbox was primarily responsible, if this is true. Seems like all they cared about was Borderlands and didn't give a shit about this game, despite how big of "Aliens fans" they were.
Total Biscuit's thoughts on the game and pre-ordering in general: http://youtu.be/mf5Uj4XIT1Y
NOT a review.
I think you kind of missed the point he was trying to make though. He acknowledged most didn't pre-order the game for the "sharp stick," but rather on blind faith in the franchise. So basically, buying whatever shite they pump out just because it has Brand ____ on it. In this case, Aliens.
But, again I have to note Pitchford sold a segment as being ingame play and it obviously isn't. It wasn't blind faith. It's kind of disheartening. This is the first game I've pre-ordered possibly in the last year. All the gameplay videos and trailers made this out to be a very different game.
Yeah I kinda stopped believing Gearboxes "previews" after their Brothers in Arms 3 reveal in E3 or whatever. The released product was COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from that preview; significantly dumbed down in terms of gameplay and a bunch of features cut.
I understand features get cut all the time and scope can change mid-project, but they mentioned none of this and many people actually expected the game to at least be on par with the earlier games (which is what the E3 videos showed). What we got instead was a pretty simple Gears of War-esque cover shooter.
heh, downloaded from the usual suspects, installed, killed xeno, saved keyes (i think that was his name), grabbed the flight recorder, shoot some more xenos, exit and uninstalled the game. all in all, i just wasted 30 minutes of my life lol
You showed them. Did you want a piracy cookie?
Thanks gearbox.
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Looks like Gearbox only did multiplayer.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/aliens...t-was-a-total-train-wreck-says-ex-dev-6403761
"I used to work at Gearbox, and the development of that game has been a total train wreck, going on what, 6 years now? Gearbox isn't even making the game, except for the multiplayer. Primary development was outsourced to TimeGate Studios, which has a less than stellar past."
I just knew that as soon as the reviews came in, everyone would be rushing to absolve Gearbox of any wrongdoing and point the finger at someone else.
It's Gearbox's project, Gearbox's name on the box. The buck stops there.
People need to stop believing Pitchford. He is a pathological liar and should be sued for several counts of false advertising.
Gearbox is officially on my shitlist.
Yeah, I'm still waiting to hear from Gearbox about their fuck-up, and, more importantly, how they are going to MAKE IT RIGHT.
AI overhaul, HD textures and mod tools would be a start.
I honestly think MP will be fun once they iron out the balance issues, but frankly you'd be better off playing AvP 2010 (assuming there was still an MP community).
Did that many people actually pre-order? Why would they do that? Was it discounted or something?
It was at the top of the Steam sales list before it launched, for some reason.
The only bonus was some extra gun.
Did that many people actually pre-order? Why would they do that? Was it discounted or something?
Did that many people actually pre-order? Why would they do that? Was it discounted or something?
I almost think I want to just shelve this thing until (if?) Gearbox fixes it. I'd like to try some more MP and maybe co-op, but...I dunno.
I almost think I want to just shelve this thing until (if?) Gearbox fixes it. I'd like to try some more MP and maybe co-op, but...I dunno.
I just got out of the sewers. I don't know that there's much to fix. I did notice that the AI isn't actually completely broken they just got lazy. There's parts that are just unfinished. For instance in a lot of the soldier battles in mission 2 your guys run around like retards but in the command center scene where you put up the sentry gun the AI is perfectly fine. I suspect there's parts where they just didn't set proper parameters for the AI, but I'm not a designer.
The textures are very hit and miss like some stuff looks fine so you'll see a room with a ton of detail but then the walls or floor will look low res. I spose they could go back and clean some of that up and add more graphical effects but this is DX9 only so Idk.
As for the plot and Dialog? meh I think they'd rather take the hit in popularity and call the rest of it a loss. It would be a dream come true if Gearbox overhauled that stuff and put it back out. I think it could be universally agreed that we'd happily overlook the graphical stuff if they'd clean up the gameplay and story.(Just now reading the reddit story now) I don't think I'm alone in saying if they don't do something to make this right I'll never buy another Gearbox title again. That's not a boycott I just don't trust them.