I haven’t played this game yet, i was waiting on the Wii U version to be released, but it has been “indefinitely” delayed, so who knows if i will ever play it, i know some of you have played it on the PS3 and have seemed to enjoy it and it does look like a fun game.
But there seems to be a lot of controversy going about surrounding the game, now im not sure if its solely aimed at PC gaming or if its aimed at multi-platform, but it seems that the Game Play Demo footage from 2012, is far superior to the final released product, as you can see in these videos…
And here is another video speaking about the terrible graphics and how Gearbox killed they story
Here is an interesting article discussing Randy Pitchford President of Gearbox and his roll in the creation of the game.
Randy Pitchford States He was not lying during Aliens Colonial Marine Demos
Thanks to @a_titkov for the news tip.
02-15-2013
08:06 PM
Its a pile of sh1te
see here: http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php...hlight=marines
02-15-2013
08:18 PM
Anyone else think the wii u version is gonna be a transformation like razer's edge?
02-15-2013
08:30 PM
02-15-2013
08:38 PM
I think the game is a complete FAIL!
very poorly made game from control to graphics.
02-15-2013
09:09 PM
First, [MENTION=248024]Wunray01[/MENTION] you cant polish a turd no matter how hard you try.
Second, [MENTION=7773]GregoryRasputin[/MENTION] to answer your question about who screwed it up. It was sega and the original developers back in 2008 with it. Then the game got postponed then cancelled, then brought back. Then in 2010 it got put on hold again, with the idea it would never see the light of day, due to funding issues in Sega.
If it were not for gearbox approaching sega about this game, it would have stayed on the developers Hard drives. If anything, I respect Gearbox for trying to save / salvage what sega screwed up.
It turned out to be a piece of Sh*t yes, but it coulda been alot worse like Aliens vs predators or the Ps2 game Aquaman, If gearbox had not done the best they could do with a terd.
02-15-2013
09:45 PM
Playing it right now on my rgh, and I am not too impressed. The game reviewers gave it 4.5, and while I don't ever base my opinions on the "critics" reviews, they were spot on for this game. It begins with giving you pop up tutorial instructions that don't pause game play but block your site. I died 3 times already because of a dialog box telling me how to do something while an Alien chews my face off. That is just the beginning. Not the worst game ever, but close. The game feels more like a xbla game more than a shelf buster.
02-15-2013
09:51 PM
I honestly feel bad for those who bought the game, feel even worse for those who spent the money on the limited edition of the game. No wonder Sega had a media black out for this game until launch. They had to make up for all the money they lost during the development of the game.
Anything sega does , you can count me out of. I will not play any of there future games, If there is even a future for sega after this disaster.
02-15-2013
09:53 PM
I agree with [MENTION=44950]snkysnake02[/MENTION]. Thank god for redbox, as I only wasted $2.14 on this sorry excuse for a game. I would shoot myself in the face if that bill was $65.
02-15-2013
09:58 PM
I shoulda went and stood out side of a gamestop and warned everyone going there to pick up there copies to just get a refund.
02-15-2013
10:03 PM
That would have been awesome. I would love to see GameStop have 100 canceled preorders of this lame game. They would be swimming in them forever, now that the word is out how unsatisfying this game truely is. This will be on the $20 shelf REAL soon.
02-15-2013
10:07 PM
Devs.
Only old school alien games were cool, this...pure BS.
02-15-2013
10:13 PM
I dont think it will even get 20$
hell even then I would tell someone to not buy it 
It will probably be bundled with the AVP game as a 20$ bundle, now thats more worth it.
02-15-2013
10:59 PM
Mythbusters Polishing a Turd - YouTube
02-15-2013
11:04 PM
Second If I remeber right in that episode they say its plausible but you have to do it in a special way and with the right Sh*t. You Have to add water or something to it in order to get the right consistency to be able to ball it.
So to polish a turd in general with no additions , no you cannot.
02-15-2013
11:58 PM
02-16-2013
12:29 AM
I've only played it on my PC. I'm not going to say it's a great game but it didn't seem as bad as everybody else is saying it is. I haven't tried it on PS3 yet even though I have it. By the way it sounds I think you're only going to enjoy it on the PC. I think the big flaw is not making it as gorgeous on the consoles as it is on PC. After all, that's what most people are after these days. The aliens attacking me from out of nowhere kept me on the edge of my seat. It wasn't at all shallow either...it has a story. I'm not sure what the main complaint is besides, "this game is crap". I guess it would be better if it had mind numbing hours of blasting countless zombies.
02-16-2013
12:49 AM
They did the best they could do with what sega handed them cause sega couldnt afford to finish the game. I say if your guna buy the electronic entertainment rights to a franchise such as ALIENS, like sega did from 20th century fox. You should make sure you have proper funds to make the proper games.
This is a epic SEGA fail, that GEARBOX tried to help salvage when they shouldn't have.
02-16-2013
12:50 AM
Glad to see Gregory is playin on a Wii U! I do hope that it is better on it like the Ninja Gaiden 3 example! And so far.... it has been deemed a rumor about it being postponed indefinitely. Lets hope Demiurge isn't just puttin it out after all the criticism, but confident that it will be a superior copy. Pitchford himself stated that it looks waaaay better on the WiiU, and that statement came before release, not after. Fingers crossed.
02-16-2013
01:06 AM
LMAO in order to make this better on the WII U they would have to completly redo the game from ground up. I highly doubt sega has the money to fund that, especially after this game almost getting cancelled due to lack of funds in Sega's budget.
02-16-2013
03:23 AM
Why would anyone get this pile of sheet...any game that's based on a movie is usually gonna be pretty bad, that's common sense to a gamer. Dead space 3 and Crysis 3... Far better alien games.
02-16-2013
03:37 AM
[MENTION=196249]Griff[/MENTION]
This was a stand alone story, was not based on a movie. It was based on the marines that Hicks and Ripley sent a SOS out too. Where did you hear that this was based on a movie?
02-16-2013
03:41 AM
this thread makes me sad
im going to go play IMO the best again
AvP (1999) - Marine Mission 1 - YouTube
02-16-2013
04:21 AM
And SEGA, well their just idiots for not seeing this coming lol
02-16-2013
04:28 AM
02-16-2013
04:58 AM
[MENTION=44950]snkysnake02[/MENTION]
Why's it SEGA to blame? What if SEGA wanted it to be big but Gearbox are the ones who ruined it? And what's wrong with SEGA games anyway? I like their Yakuza series, Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit, Binary Domain, The House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut, Renegade Ops, Vanquish, Valkyria Chronicles, Resonance of Fate, Bayonetta, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Sonic Generations. This is just naming PS3 games.
02-16-2013
05:11 AM
im a fan of aliens, well the films the games have all been a let down! for me the best was side scroller on the saga or snes years back when i was a kid.... now as for this rubbish they just released , i had seen all the demo looks and was looking forward to it as 1 of the best of the year for my taste.. after playing for 1 hour it will not be played again it complete rubbish in every aspect.... and feel conned by the demo looks to get me to buy it
02-16-2013
05:12 AM
http://www.videogamer.com/videos/ali...marines_2.html
02-16-2013
05:22 AM
Maybe the disappointment is justifiable based on the demos.
02-16-2013
06:51 AM
I finished it yesterday on PS3.
The game is a joke.
Its not what the demos advertised, its not scary, and its not remotely hard to beat even on ultimate badass.
This game was the reason I bought a WiiU... now it looks like I'm going to skip it and wait for something else... anything else.
Sorely disappointed with who evers fault it was, and I'm glad I tried before I bought.
02-16-2013
07:49 AM
02-16-2013
08:15 AM
"1gotp1nk8cidbootson" PSX version FTW.
02-16-2013
08:51 AM
The main aim of this thread was to discuss why we were given a stunningly awesome game play demo in 2012, but got a PS2 looking released version, thats what im not getting.
Why the awesome 2012 demo, but an uglier release version ?
Where they using a CGI movie and not game play in the 2012 version or did they screw up the graphics just to get it released ?
Anyhow, i will probably get it if it ever comes top the Wii U, i have these ideas of using the Wii U pad as a sensor that detects when Aliens are near.
The Alien game on the PS1 was awesome.
02-16-2013
08:52 AM
All latest Aliens games suck's this is the true...
02-16-2013
09:08 AM
Maybe they were 70/80% through development when they released the demo, then shortly after somehow lost most of their game code and had to start nearly from scratch, thus didn't have time to get it to what it once was and released the game half arsed?
and yes, the PSX version was the tit's
02-16-2013
09:52 AM
1. The story. It makes no sense when they claim its canon and a direct sequel to Aliens. Its just so contrived and nonsensical. The events in the Aliens movie are completely ignored. Why the hell is the Sulaco BACK at LV426? They even ask that question in the game and no answer is ever given. So right away a great opportunity to explain this eerie situation is squandered, and you are left asking WTF? How is Hicks calling for help when he left with Ripley, Newt, and Bishop at the END of Aliens? Ok they are ignoring Alien 3 and Resurrection, great I hate those movies but totally ignore the last moments of the movie you are making a direct sequel to? Lazy writing exists the whole way threw this crap fest. And yeah your buddy pulling a grenade because a chest burster pops out of his chest? Right screw your friends, I'm taking you ALL with me. That made a ton of sense. They also squandered a great opportunity to make you feel like you are going in as a bad ass marine and slowly being mentally torn apart like the films. You care nothing for the other characters. Oh the chick had a face huger attached to her face, oh well who freaking cares? While you are playing the game your AI companions will holler out the names of the alien types that are attacking you the first time they even see them? How the HELL do they know what a lurker or a spitter is just by looking at them for the VERY FIRST TIME? It's not like they were briefed or prepared against the enemy they were going up against! Don't get me started on the human enemies. Just what we wanted as fans "Call of Wayland Yutani: Alien Warfare". 3 Levels of fighting aliens, 3 levels of fighting humans, and 3 levels of mixed, and a boss fight. 9 levels, 4.5 hours of game play. That's not a $60 game that's a PSN/Live title.
2. The AI. The companion AI "O'Neil" is just terrible, he gets more in the way then he helps. He is completely stupid and even when you are playing with friends he's still tagging along and only gets in the freaking way. When he has the most powerful weapon in the game, he doesn't even use the smart gun to anyone's advantage and you can't take it from him. He runs way ahead of you for no reason at all, stares at walls while you are getting attacked, he's just annoying and pointless and easy to hate when he's supposed to be your buddy that you care about and want to protect.
The aliens have no intelligence about them at all. Unless there is a cut of the movie I haven't seen where moon walking aliens slink away into a corner and jitter all over the place, then they behave nothing like the Aliens from the film I remember. They jump right in front of your cross hairs, and are easy as hell to kill. Really? They get stuck in the environment, if they get stuck in doors it can screw you over at least on the PC version.
3. The boss fight. Or lack there of. So after completing the game in 4.5 hours I get treated to a boss fight with the queen that can be beat in less then 2 mins. Fight a few human AI's push some buttons, and then a cut scene, that's it. No satisfaction to be had at all.
4. THE LIES! THE DAMN DIRTY LIES! There was a media blackout for this game, and for a reason. The demo footage shown from 2012 is nothing like what we got AT ALL. The AI was smarter, the interaction with the AI was spot on to what we wanted but not what we got, even portions of the game they showed us didn't even make it into the game. It was hyped to hell and back and videos I saw of "ACTUAL GAME PLAY" had me sold.
I can go on and on but no one wants to read a long winded rant thread. My point though, this game fails and disappoints on so many levels that it almost brings tears to my eyes. A decent game? No this is Duke Nukem 4 bland and boring bad.
02-16-2013
10:34 AM
So a gameplay demo which is better than the released game...
Sonic '06, anyone?
02-16-2013
12:57 PM
[MENTION=194278]TitaniumL[/MENTION]
I have quite a few friends who review games for livings, how do you think I got MG R early
Again to say that this POS game is gearbox fault, anyone who says that is a comlete sega drone that dont wanna believe that there beloved company screwed up again.
Look up the making of this game, on wiki, news sites, game sites, etc. Connect the dots with the info so all the sources match and you will see that this is all SEGA's fault. Gearbox just tried to save the day and salvage what sega admited to screwing up to them. If it were not for gearbox you guys never woulda never even seen this game, cause sega is in the hole fund wise.
02-16-2013
01:57 PM
I don't know anything about this tbh and just going by what you post
02-16-2013
04:01 PM
02-16-2013
05:31 PM
http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/13/alie...lopment-rumor/
“Pecan (the internal codename for ACM) has a pretty long history,” said the poster. “SEGA, GBX (Gearbox) and 20th Century FOX came to an agreement to produce an Aliens game around 6 years ago, after which SEGA almost immediately announced it, long before Pecan had even started production.
“The game has been in active development in the past, only to be shelved in favor of another project (Borderlands, Duke, etc), and each time it was resumed it would undergo a major content overhaul.”
The poster states that while SEGA wan’t pleased with the delays, the last time development resumed, Gearbox “outsourced a good portion of the game to outside companies.”
http://pixelsmashers.com/wordpress/?p=17895
I've seen a few reports saying this, even as unreliable as wiki editing is if you click history and go to like February 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...ldid=191834417
Aliens: Colonial Marines was originally planned for release on the PlayStation 2 in fall 2001, prior to being cancelled by Fox Interactive and Electronic Arts for unknown reasons. The original version of the game was to be developed by Check Six Games.
In February 2008, it was announced that the game is to be revived by Gearbox Software.[1] Aliens: Colonial Marines is in development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Publishers Sega have set a 2009 release date.[2]<<< (So did Sega give Gearbox the flick in 2008, use some other devs, then come crying back to Gearbox in 2011 when the other devs couldnt produce?)
I know this is the internet and I probably don't have the insider information you obviously have since I have read this info on may sites but unfortunately Google is the only tool I can use to do my research. All I read about is Sega and Gearbox signing a contract before 2010(2006 or 2008) Gearbox outsourcing to TimeGate after multiple delays, Gearbox taking the back seat and concentrating on MP section of game so they could put more effort into other titles, then finally they had to clean up the mess that TimeGate had made and crap out a game in very little time. So please enlighten me on how Gearbox should be void of ANY blame and why SEGA should be fully blamed??
02-16-2013
07:23 PM
[MENTION=195579]Rautz[/MENTION]
touche
no your right but like you said in the last part of your post, gearbox did not take control till the very end when it was getting screwed up by the company they outsourced the game too. I guess I probably shoulda been a little more clear, cause 2010-2011 is when gearbox stepped in and basically said F this sh*t were finishing it ourselves.
As for the demo , I have no idea cause I havnt touched it. So I dont know any diffrence between the two currently. My guess would be that the origianl team that gearbox outsourced too was the ones that produced the demo. Gearbox was probably sick of Sega waisting there time, so they just said screw this were guna finish it quickly.
Leading into this POS game we all were pumped about.
[MENTION=194278]TitaniumL[/MENTION]
I havnt touched Yakuza, cause sega has let me down so many times. This was honestly there last chance for me to be a fan.
02-16-2013
07:36 PM
02-16-2013
08:12 PM
02-16-2013
08:40 PM
Crysis 3 and MG Rising will DEFINITLY get the bad taste of ACM out of gamers mouths.
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02-17-2013
12:36 AM
02-17-2013
04:36 AM
I remember reading Gearbox to turn down developing Call of Duty-game, because they want to be "free" game developers, not someones slaves.
... and now, as a free developers, they came up with Call of Duty - In space
02-17-2013
08:14 PM
For what we need ps4 if with ps3 the games are very poor? ¿PS4=Better games? I don't believe it.
02-18-2013
09:37 AM
im glad sega can always fund those stupid sonic racing games.....................
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What really pisses me off is if you read the story behind bayonetta its about the same sega and lack of funds....But for some damn reason they feel we need more ****ty sonic games..
02-18-2013
09:58 AM
I just read Sega might sue gearbox for this.
And "the WiiU version features the best GFX of any version so far, but contains crap mini games to play on the WiiU game pad".
02-18-2013
10:11 AM
This is a travesty ****ing devs did this to duke nukem and now aliens. atleast the graphics in duke were acceptable.
02-18-2013
10:29 AM
to me this game doesn't suck cause of graphics it sucks cause of combat and a lack of making the items tools equipment useful showing that the demo graphics pacing were actually a step up is just a kick in the teeth sega how my might prince has fallen i know when i first witnessed sonic 1 as a nintendo fanboy i was blown away and they always stood for unique quality...
now they make crappy netbooks with the dreamcast logo...
02-18-2013
12:24 PM
borrowed the game to test for myself.
graphics = forgivable
sound = acceptable
gameplay = too much like call of duty
major gripe for me = sound sensitive moving/exploding aliens = flip finger/remove disk/give back to owner in disgust
the last point was an insult to the aliens universe IMO
02-18-2013
12:34 PM
Aliens? What Aliens? You fight HUMANS half the time. Its a COD wannabe, where they can see you through cover, and you cannot flank them or shoot from cover. Absolutely a train wreck. What I dont get is that the video they showed at a demo a few years back didnt even make it into the game. A loader bot with flamethrowers was in the original showcase, and that was not even in the bloody game.
And the Alien intelligence? Just run past them, dont even bother to shoot them.
02-18-2013
01:25 PM
wow can you really do that mr bear just run lmao they seemed to just walk by my ai squadmate and sneak me alot i gave up on this game though not interested too much better out there i was mildly interested in a 4 player co op actually playing the game killed those hopes...
best thing about this game might be title screen and intro?
02-18-2013
02:50 PM
02-18-2013
03:00 PM
i'm scared to play the new duke as the originals were part of me getting into gaming and are beloved i hear terrible things about that game
02-18-2013
03:18 PM
02-18-2013
04:25 PM
This game reminds me of Duke Nukem Forever, you all know why
02-18-2013
04:30 PM
is there any wonder why they want to kill preowned game sales? lol
they know full well that releasing subpar games such as this will result in games being traded in very quickly.
i remember when playable demos were all the rage but these days if they let you play a section of this game as an example, they would be likely to lose a sale
02-18-2013
08:53 PM
Also, the game engines(let's ignore the terrible netcode for a moment) on the COD series, as a whole, is TONS better than this crap.
I'm not a huge COD fan, so don't get me wrong, but this steaming pile doesn't measure up to even the worst COD game.
For reals.
02-18-2013
09:03 PM
Eh i agree gokun with your points but i think you miss the point of the quote for me cod whichever series is a must play on veteran each year which is a testament to the consistency of those teams buut what the comment is referring to i feel is this is Aliens for crissake and the fear should be there the horror etc it shouldnt just be another military style fps we have tons of those already it needed to use those elements of the films and well it just doesnt which is sad cause you see the hints of it here and there it was the execution/premise/combat they screwed up i hear you though if you placed the games side by side there is simply no comparison