I really thought that right now I'd be knee-deep in dead xenos, kicking ass and taking names with the campaign of
ALIENS: Colonial Marines. But, that didn't happen. I was at work Monday night, when news started to leak out that
ALIENS: Colonial Marines was not all it was cracked up to be...in fact it was much worse. I read words like 'broken', 'ugly', and 'boring' to describe the game that the majority of us
ALIENS fans were waiting on to be the one. I was all set to buy the game, I'd save for months getting the money together to buy this title on day one, but when I read the review, and after my trauma of
Medal of Honor: Warfighter, I decided to wait until after more reviews. And I was glad it did. So, I saved my hard-earned money from dancing afternoon shifts at Le Bare, and bought the new Bond movie
Skyfall and decided to use the rest of the money for a game of paintball with my friends.
The fucking sad thing was this was to be
the one
ALIENS game that was to finally give us the experience that we have wanted since 1986. But the reviews don't lie. IGN and GameSpot have rated it a 4.5 on a 10 scale, JoyStiq was much worse, 1 out of 5, and Kotaku.com has rated it a 'poor'. Even from video I've watched, the game looks nothing like we've been seeing lately on the Xbox 360 in terms of graphic technology.
Some have even said that it looks like a great PS2 title! I feel fucking lied to, like that guy from the
Crying Game, and I feel sick, because Gearbox promised us that this time it would be different, like some abusive asshole begging his girl back. Worse yet, some are saying that Gearbox didn't even do the work on the campaign, they farmed it out to another studio, while Gearbox worked on the multiplayer. WTF?!
ALIENS: Colonial Marines is not some
Call of Duty title, I don't want to play it on Live, I wanted a campaign that would finally show us the dark beauty of that world of 2179. Gearbox really fucked up on this one. The dream I had for
ALIENS: Colonial Marines looks like it is gone, and this was, most likely, the last shot we
ALIENS fans had a truly great game based on the dark science fiction work that we've come to know and love. I will buy this game when it is ten bucks at Gamestop, but until then...Game over, man! Game over...
Just read below and drink...I have:
http://kotaku.com/5983654/most-reviewers-agree-you-should-avoid-aliens-colonial-marines-like-the-plague
To be honest the game would have been great if it came out around the same time as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which is around the time it was first being developed. It may not be worth the full retail price, but from the walk-throughs I have seen on YouTube from people who bought the game, it doesn't look as bad as the reviews say it is. In fact Forbes gave it an 8/10.
ReplyDeleteI'll type up my own review after I buy or rent it this weekend. I think the most interesting part is if Gearbox really did have another studio work on the campaign. If they did then that's high treason for us Aliens fans. Either way, the story got rid of one terrible part of Alien 3 which I won't reveal for anyone who hasn't played the game or seen any of the cut scenes.
One of the RN I work with told me it was very disappointing, and totally not worth the money. I will buy much later when it drops to $25 or so. If it had indeed come out during the COD:MW era, it would have been the best ALIENS game of all time...
ReplyDeleteSome of the walk-throughs got me nearly to buy it, but the more and more negative reviews drove me to save my money. It seems confirmed that Gearbox did not program the campaign, but farmed it out to Section 8's developer, and they trashed all of Gearbox's work. Sega pushed for a release, and Gearbox felt pressured. To me, everyone should have taken a step back instead of turning out shit like this. Fans like us will be less ready to spend the money, Sega only hurt the ALIENS by turning out shit.
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