Aliens: Colonial Marines

Speaking of guns does anyone have a gun with any stopping power? Other than the grenade launcher of course, I figured the shotgun would at least stop a charging alien if not slow them down. Now with the AI just charging me like mad and my teammates actually doing nothing.. Standing around and once i even caught the guy spinning in place as if confused.

The only area the guns needed to be toned down was in pvp and not by much. It's annoying being an alien and trying to get a decent kill streak. I know the aliens have a fodder sensibility to them but it's still annoying.

The shotgun has been the best so far, I've found.

Pretty damning video:

YouTube video

i will never support gearbox again

Sega and the Advertising Standards Agency both agree the trailers are full of crap.

Yeah, and they're going to do the smallest amount possible with a disclaimer.

no WII-U version.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/04/05/sega-pulls-the-plug-on-aliens_3a00_-colonial-marines-for-wii-u.aspx

The Wii U is lucky.

**** Gearbox. They replaced EA as my number one on my shit list.

I still have EA as number one on mine and Gearbox as the second (Capcom as the third if you're wondering) but yes, **** Gearbox indeed.

I regret Pre ordering it. If this game was around $20-$30 instead of $60 I wouldn't have much issue. I totally forgot this game existed until I saw the commercials so I don't feel as cheated like some of my friends who have been waiting a rather long time for it's release but still it's a shame it turned out the way it did.. I just don't get why it changed so much from the earlier footage.. What reasoning did they use here?

They haven't used any reasoning to defend themselves that I've seen.

The only form of defense developers and publishers have when they release a monstrosity out in public is playing the blame game and point fingers at each other when it's obviously the fault of the developer who left mostly everything to the co-development team that had little to work on. Were it not for Randy and his Borderlands, Colonial Marines could've been what the E3 demo showed off.

I'll give them praise for heavily patching the game when they could have gotten away with not doing it, but as an Alien fan for almost 20 years (Aliens if my second favourite movie ever), I can't stress how disappointed I am.

I remember hearing about this game back when I had a PS2. I looked forward to the idea of four player tactical co-op, where everyone would fit a role and you'd have to watch each other's backs.

What we got in the end, even though it's playable for the most part, was just bad.

Someone finally did it and filed a lawsuit against Gearbox and Sega for falsely advertising Colonial Marines and screwing consumers over.

Now we just gotta wait and see if the judge will accept Randy's bribes and wonder, should victory go to the one filing the suit, if this will shake other companies up and change their minds showing future demos off in fear they may get sued for fibbing.

It's a ridiculous suit- you can't hold publishers legally responsible for making sure the final game is like earlier demo versions at trade shows. It's only false advertising if they had actually portrayed the finished product as being like those earlier vids, like in tv ads or on the back of the box etc. The only punishment they need for, effectively, being unable to deliver what they said they could, is a blow to their reputation. As they've taken that blow full on the face and may never recover, I feel all is well.

"Randy's bribes"- come on, get some grounding in reality.

I agree.

I feel the same way about people complaining about a game they bought and not realizing it's the fault of the purchaser and not the developer.

Sega did release a statement that they mislead consumers about game but I feel a lawsuit is ridiculous.

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2013/04/03/sega-admits-to-misleading-customers-over-aliens-colonial-marines-advertising/

Originally posted by Ushgarak
It's a ridiculous suit- you can't hold publishers legally responsible for making sure the final game is like earlier demo versions at trade shows. It's only false advertising if they had actually portrayed the finished product as being like those earlier vids, like in tv ads or on the back of the box etc. The only punishment they need for, effectively, being unable to deliver what they said they could, is a blow to their reputation. As they've taken that blow full on the face and may never recover, I feel all is well.

I agree it's unnecessary to file a lawsuit against the publisher when even they didn't see it coming.

"Randy's bribes"- come on, get some grounding in reality.

While it may happen in politics, I don't really think Randy is that stereotypical of a videogame developer to actually bribe his way out of the justice system. You take things way too seriously >_>

Originally posted by Smasandian
I feel the same way about people complaining about a game they bought and not realizing it's the fault of the purchaser and not the developer.

That may win arguments with dumb parents buying their eight year old kid Grand Theft Auto or any other violent game but Gearbox did show off a demo at E3 awhile back that had what made Colonial Marines all the rage before it's release and while demos are unofficial as there would be content that wouldn't make it into the final product, there was too much missing and demos are still a form of advertising so, yeah, they kinda screwed the pooch there.

Sega did release a statement that they mislead consumers about game but I feel a lawsuit is ridiculous.

I tell ya, I have mixed feelings regarding the lawsuit. I feel it's completely unnecessary like when this one kid stupidly sued Bungie over Halo 3's bugs but the other half feels glad as the lawsuit against Gearbox can make a statement in case angry internet dwellers aren't enough to get their attention but against Sega also? Unless it's Activision or EA, the publisher here doesn't deserve it.

It isn't a total piece of crap. It's fun just not what people thought it would be. It feels rushed and doesn't have nearly as much replay value that I thought it would but still, it's not 'horror incarnate' as far as horrible video games go.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
I agree it's unnecessary to file a lawsuit against the publisher when even they didn't see it coming.

While it may happen in politics, I don't really think Randy is that stereotypical of a videogame developer to actually bribe his way out of the justice system. You take things way too seriously >_>

That may win arguments with dumb parents buying their eight year old kid Grand Theft Auto or any other violent game but Gearbox did show off a demo at E3 awhile back that had what made Colonial Marines all the rage before it's release and while demos are unofficial as there would be content that wouldn't make it into the final product, there was too much missing and demos are still a form of advertising so, yeah, they kinda screwed the pooch there.

I tell ya, I have mixed feelings regarding the lawsuit. I feel it's completely unnecessary like when this one kid stupidly sued Bungie over Halo 3's bugs but the other half feels glad as the lawsuit against Gearbox can make a statement in case angry internet dwellers aren't enough to get their attention but against Sega also? Unless it's Activision or EA, the publisher here doesn't deserve it.

They mislead for sure. The demo videos weren't not the same as the actual game. But you have to be smart about your purchases. Would you buy anything solely based on information from the company that is making the product?

Probably not so why is different with videogames? What I did was wait until I hear feedback before I purchased it. I heard it was crap, so I did not. I did not blindly go out and buy it. Wait for a review hits online and then buy.

If you pre-ordered it, it's your fault for opening your wallet. You trusted advertising.

Originally posted by Smasandian
They mislead for sure. The demo videos weren't not the same as the actual game. But you have to be smart about your purchases. Would you buy anything solely based on information from the company that is making the product?

Depends whether or not I trusted the company in question but most of the time, no. God no.

Probably not so why is different with videogames? What I did was wait until I hear feedback before I purchased it. I heard it was crap, so I did not. I did not blindly go out and buy it. Wait for a review hits online and then buy.

Then you're someone who knows what he's doing 👆

If you pre-ordered it, it's your fault for opening your wallet. You trusted advertising.

Me? No but I can't say the same for most people but I know a lot had faith in Gearbox since they do actually make good games from time to time.