[360/PC/PS3/WiiU]Aliens Colonial Marines

[metallicorphan]

not long to go for this,and just to prove its actually nearly here...

The Achievements

Looks like we may be playing for awhile if we want all of them,especially with that 'Arbitrarily Exterminated' cheevo,which needs you to kill 2179 Aliens

Another Day in the Corps!   20
Complete Distress   
   
Bad Feeling About This Drop   20
Complete Sulaco Falls   
   
Quoth the Raven                   20
Complete The Raven   
   
Still Got a Job to Do           20
Complete Rampart   
   
Dragged Queen                   20
Complete Home   
   
Game Over, Man!                   30
Complete all Campaign levels on any difficulty   
   
Not Bad For a Human           40
Complete all Campaign levels on Hardened difficulty   
   
State of the Badass Art           50
Complete all Campaign levels on Ultimate Badass difficulty   
   
Short, Controlled Bursts           20
Defeat all Xenomorphs in the Sulaco hangar bay without them crossing your barricade   
   
Fire Drill                   20
Arm the emergency release and escape in under 2:30 on Sulaco Falls   
   
Mostly Come at Night...           20
Find Newt's doll
   
Just a Grunt                   20
Complete Hope in Hadley's   
   
No Need For Alarm           20
Complete One Bullet without setting off the alarm   
   
Heavy Lifting                   20
Defeat the Raven in under 1:10 on Soldier difficulty or higher   
   
Adios, Muchachos                   20
Gib two enemies at once   
   
Field Promotion                   10
Earn Rank 2 as a Marine   
   
Lean and Mean                   20
Earn Rank 20 as a Marine   
   
I Love the Corps!           40
Earn Rank 60 as a Marine   
   
Oorah to Ashes                   10
Collect a Dog Tag   
   
Remember the Fallen           30
Collect all 35 Dog Tags   
   
Personal Friend of Mine           10
Collect a Legendary Weapon    
   
I Like to Keep These Handy   30
Collect all 6 Legendary Weapons   
   
Another Bug Hunt                   5
Complete a Challenge   
   
Stay Frosty                   20
Complete an entire Challenge category   
   
Distinguished Service Medal   30
Complete all Challenges   
   
I Feel Safer Already           10
Have another player join your party   
   
Don't Count Me Out           5
Revive a teammate   
   
Ready to Fry Half a City           5
Edit a Marine Loadout   
   
Structural Perfection           5
Edit a Xenomorph Loadout   
   
Perfect Killing Machine           20
Upgrade every Loadout slot for a Xenomorph class   
   
Field Modified, Kill Certified   20
Upgrade every slot for a weapon   
   
You Look Just Like I Feel   30
Upgrade every Appearance slot once for your Marine   
   
Adaptive Morphology           30
Upgrade every Appearance slot once for a Xenomorph class   
   
I Can Handle Myself           40
Purchase all Upgrades for a weapon   
   
Majority Shareholder           25
Spend 30 Commendations   
   
I Heard THAT                   25
Collect all 12 Audio Logs   
   
Entry Prohibited                   20
Kill 10 Xenomorphs that are using vents   
   
Let's Rock!                   20
Kill 10 Xenomorphs in a game with the M56A2 Smart Gun   
   
Need a Deck Of Cards?           5
Set up a UA 571-C Remote Sentry   
   
Micro Changes in Air Density   10
Track 100 hostile targets with the Motion Tracker   
   
It's a Dry Heat                   20
Kill 3 enemies with a single U4 Firebomb   
   
Eat This!                   10
Kill a Xenomorph with a shotgun at very close range   
   
Coming Outta the Walls!           10
Kill a Xenomorph climbing on the walls or ceiling   
   
Secreted from What?           20
Kill 5 Spitters without being damaged by acid   
   
No Offense                   20
Melee a Lurker that is pouncing towards you   
   
Arbitrarily Exterminated           30
Kill 2179 Xenomorphs   
   
Anytime, Anywhere           20
Kill a Crusher without it damaging you   
   
Love at First Sight           10
Survive a Close Encounter with a Facehugger   
   
... But No Cigar                   20
Rescue a teammate from a Close Encounter

Secret Achievement           5
Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement.

[Caine]

new trailer

[USMC Kato]

Now that the game has gone gold, I am tempted to buy the WiiU version solely for the WiiU game pad integration. However, I'm interested in the multiplayer and most of my friends are on the 360.....

[USMC Kato]

Now that the game has gone gold, I am tempted to buy the WiiU version solely for the WiiU game pad integration. However, I'm interested in the multiplayer and most of my friends are on the 360.....

Nevermind, WiiU version pushed back I guess

[Caine]

I think I'm going PC this time out.  Cheaper and better looking.

[Razgon]

I predict this will be very bad!

Edit: To elaborate, since I got distracted when I posted this - Its been in development for quite a while, and as far as I can remember, has been in what..2 or 3 different developer hands by now? So far the animatios and videos I've seen looks stilted and outdated.

I wish I was wrong, I really do - we NEED more Alien franchise thingies, but my gut tells me this isn't the thing.

[metallicorphan]

Has it been in different developers hands?,because i remember Randy Pitchford of Gearbox saying that they announced this title way too early when no work at all had been done on the game


EDIT: found this
http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1479230/aliens_colonial_marines_early_announcement_was_unusual_pitchford.html

"One of the last things I want to remind everyone of was when we the business deal was completed on the Aliens project, we hadn’t even written the first line of code yet."

"20th Century Fox and Sega got so excited that there was going to be this sequel to Aliens that they put out a press release before the ink was even dry on the paper."

"Usually we’d be very far along with a project before it’s even announced, but when Alien ships the development time will be the same as the original Borderlands."

[Turtle]

I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure that this has been with Gearbox since it's inception. It was, however, put on indefinite delay by Sega for atime, not Gearbox, and is now finally being released.

I wasn't impressed by the multiplayer I tried at PAX, too left 4 dead, but that's multiplayer. If co-op and single player are good, I might pick it up.

[Razgon]

I could have sworn we had some info about this in this very thread...hmm, did we lose some posts at some point?

Anyways - I stand corrected it seems!

[Lordnine]

The WiiU version has been pushed back if anyone cares.  I was interested because I like the way the motion tracker was integrated in ZombiU but it’s still far more likely that I would pick it up on PC for the co-op experience.

[metallicorphan]

Yeah and it isn't Gearbox who are doing the Wii U version,it's Demiurge Studios who have got a decent list of games under their belt,but it doesn't seem to be the main game they have worked on in most cases

Eg:  Xbox live Features for various games

I never played their 'Shoot Many Robots',so i can't comment on that

Although they did do Mass Effect for PC

Then again,i didn't know who BluePoint Games were and their HD versions of ICO/SOTC and the MGS HD collection were fantastic ports(I wasn't Interested in God of War HD collection)...i would be quite happy to see every HD port done by those guys

[leo8877]

I'm thinking this will actually be good!  I can't wait!

[Razgon]

New trailer being demolished over at RPS today

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/24/new-aliens-colonial-marines-trailer-heavy-on-the-colon/#comments

I still don't honestly see what people see in this - The animations and graphics still looks dated to me, and the gameplay doesn't have any gimmick I can tell, the trailer is awful and all the game seems to have going for it, is that its in the Aliens Franchise?

[Lordnine]

The gameplay and graphics in the trailer look fine but that was possibly the worst voice over I’ve ever heard from a game.  Apparently bad enough that the head writer stepped in and disowned it, saying that it’s not from the game itself.

[CeeKay]

If it moves
Kill it

If it’s not moving
Kill it again

You don’t die
Unless I give you a direct order

[EngineNo9]

That trailer had some terrible Duke Nukem voice-overs. 

Also, I know TimeGate Studios is (or was) involved with this game as well.  I'm not sure if TG was only working on multiplayer or if it was the whole game, but it has definitely been worked on by other studios.

[Bullwinkle]

P.U.

[leo8877]

Someone from Gearbox tweeted that the dialogue from the trailer is not in the game and they didn't write it.

The dialog in the Aliens trailer today is not from the game. I also did not write it. Love you!

[Bullwinkle]

Someone from Gearbox tweeted that the dialogue from the trailer is not in the game and they didn't write it.

The dialog in the Aliens trailer today is not from the game. I also did not write it. Love you!

The gameplay and graphics in the trailer look fine but that was possibly the worst voice over I’ve ever heard from a game.  Apparently bad enough that the head writer stepped in and disowned it, saying that it’s not from the game itself.

[EngineNo9]

So we all agree, that voice-over sucked. 

[CeeKay]

So we all agree, that voice-over sucked. 

We’re fighting for the title of baddest voiceover in the galaxy.
That’s a battle I intend
to win

[leo8877]

Someone from Gearbox tweeted that the dialogue from the trailer is not in the game and they didn't write it.

The dialog in the Aliens trailer today is not from the game. I also did not write it. Love you!

The gameplay and graphics in the trailer look fine but that was possibly the worst voice over I’ve ever heard from a game.  Apparently bad enough that the head writer stepped in and disowned it, saying that it’s not from the game itself.

Sorry!  Missed that one.

[Razgon]

That trailer had some terrible Duke Nukem voice-overs. 

Also, I know TimeGate Studios is (or was) involved with this game as well.  I'm not sure if TG was only working on multiplayer or if it was the whole game, but it has definitely been worked on by other studios.

Thanks! I was sure of that as well, but couldn't find anything about it.

[metallicorphan]

 


Season Pass Announced

Sega has officially announced that Aliens: Colonial Marines is getting the season-pass treatment, which will include four post-release add-ons for the game. The first download is a mode called bug hunt, a wave-based challenge that includes three new maps.

The season pass will cost $29.99, or 2,400 Microsoft Points, which Sega says is 40-percent off what you'd pay if you bought it all individually. The first batch of DLC is bug hunt, a mode where players have to survive wave after wave of unrelenting enemies. The vanilla game includes four multiplayer modes, including team deathmatch, escape, survivor, and extermination.

[Bullwinkle]

They're just trying to make a bit more money to prepare for the impending lawsuit.

[th'FOOL]

That trailer had some terrible Duke Nukem voice-overs. 

Also, I know TimeGate Studios is (or was) involved with this game as well.  I'm not sure if TG was only working on multiplayer or if it was the whole game, but it has definitely been worked on by other studios.

Thanks! I was sure of that as well, but couldn't find anything about it.

TimeGate, huh? How the hell did I miss that at E3? Of course, I don't think anybody I worked with is there anymore...

[Knightshade Dragon]

Not sure if you caught it or not, but I have my review up and running:

http://gamingtrend.com/game_reviews/im-afraid-i-have-some-bad-news-the-aliens-colonial-marines-review/

It's so much worse than what I thought.  It's not that the graphics and animations are dated, it's that EVERYTHING is dated.   Check it out before you drop any cash on this one. 

[Jumangi]

This thing is getting dumped on gaming sites all over...surprising miss from a usually quality developer in Gearbox. The Alien franchise deserves better than this.

[hepcat]

It's so much worse than what I thought.  It's not that the graphics and animations are dated, it's that EVERYTHING is dated.   Check it out before you drop any cash on this one. 

too late.   

i broke my "no preorders, wait for reviews!" rule twice in the last year.  The first one was x-com so I was lulled into a false sense of security.  That's when this turd bit me in the ass.  Now I remember why I put that rule in place!   

[leo8877]

Bummer, glad I just rented.

[metallicorphan]

Not sure if you caught it or not, but I have my review up and running:

http://gamingtrend.com/game_reviews/im-afraid-i-have-some-bad-news-the-aliens-colonial-marines-review/

It's so much worse than what I thought.  It's not that the graphics and animations are dated, it's that EVERYTHING is dated.   Check it out before you drop any cash on this one. 

thanks for the heads up(it was actually a 'on the list' game)...Eurogamer gave it a 3/10!!

waited 5(6?) years for this bastard as well 

[Turtle]

I'm really not sure what happened here.

We know Gearbox was busy with the awesome Borderlands 2, but what happened to this? Did Sega just throw it into limbo too long or something? It's hard to imagine gearbox throwing it under the bus when they were the ones to first pitch it.

[USMC Kato]

Fuck. Thanks for the fail Gearbox. Please let some company snatch up the Alien franchise so we can get the game we deserve.

[Autistic Angel]

Apparently, parts of this game are so absurd that Game Informer's video producer literally fell over in his chair laughing.  The whole video is instructive, but skip to about 13:00 for the section on "zombie aliens."

There's also this video of a guy running through an entire level, never firing a shot, while the incredibly deadly xenomorphs claw helplessly at the air, and this singing and dancing edition.

-Autistic Angel

[Bullwinkle]

Fuck. Thanks for the fail Gearbox. Please let some company snatch up the Alien franchise so we can get the game we deserve.

Are you sure that's not exactly what happened?

[Teggy]

For some reason EGM gave it a 90 and called it "a big event for the genre" or something. Next highest review is in the 60s. Can you say payoff?

[metallicorphan]

I'm really not sure what happened here.

We know Gearbox was busy with the awesome Borderlands 2, but what happened to this? Did Sega just throw it into limbo too long or something? It's hard to imagine gearbox throwing it under the bus when they were the ones to first pitch it.

well apparently...


Gearbox only did the Multiplayer mode in the game,although Randy Pitchford says different
CVG

"Primary development" on Aliens: Colonial Marines was outsourced to Section 8 developer TimeGate Studios.

That's the claim made by an alleged former developer in a May 2012 forum post (spotted by Superannuation), who describes the game's six-year development as "a total train wreck".
The 'developer', who goes on to state that he or she has since moved on to new Austin-based studio Armature, claims that core studio Gearbox actually focused it efforts on the game's multiplayer mode.

The post reads: "Hate to say it, but I wouldn't get your hopes up too high for Colonial Marines. I used to work at Gearbox, and the development of that game has been a total train wreck, going on what, six 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 hope it proves me wrong, as I still have alot of friends still working at Gearbox, but I am expecting it to be average at best."

CVG has contacted Sega for comment.

TimeGate's involvement in the Colonial Marines project has been known, and Texas studio Nerve and Demiurge Studios also contributed to development - the latter heading up the Wii U version of the game.

However, Gearbox president Randy Pitchford is reported to have claimed last year that his in-house team contributed "roughly 80 percent of the work" on Colonial Marines.

TimeGate's previous work includes RTS game Axis & Allies, plus F.E.A.R. expansion Extraction Point.

[Destructor]

For some reason EGM gave it a 90 and called it "a big event for the genre" or something. Next highest review is in the 60s. Can you say payoff?

No kidding. That entire review reads like an Amazon.com product placing with no actual meat in it in the slightest. Go read the comments (before they all get removed) for a few good laughs.

Next highest score (at least for the moment) to that is a 65/100, which includes Ron's review. Which frankly seems like a much more accurate score if you were a fan of the Aliens series. Eurogamer's review (30/100, lowest score) is as usual extremely critical of things.

Talk about just a total failure of a game in the end.

[Caine]

I feel like a sacrificial lamb led to the altar...

Played about an hour last night.  Have not got to the suck part yet I guess. 

[Razgon]

For some reason EGM gave it a 90 and called it "a big event for the genre" or something. Next highest review is in the 60s. Can you say payoff?

No kidding. That entire review reads like an Amazon.com product placing with no actual meat in it in the slightest. Go read the comments (before they all get removed) for a few good laughs.

Next highest score (at least for the moment) to that is a 65/100, which includes Ron's review. Which frankly seems like a much more accurate score if you were a fan of the Aliens series. Eurogamer's review (30/100, lowest score) is as usual extremely critical of things.

Talk about just a total failure of a game in the end.

If that EGM review doesn't end up in some startling cleanup over there, or the dismantling of the site, something is very wrong. I accept that reviews can vary, but *not* like this. A review isnt the same as an opinion piece.

If this is true, its insane :

Jim Sterling Jim Sterling ‏@JimSterling

That good looking demo of Colonial Marines they kept showing at events? Not part of the game. It was entirely contrived, and basically a lie

https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/301286341998694400

I'm sad I was right about this trainwreck, because as I wrote elsewhere, this means that basically the Aliens Franchise is dead, both as movies and as games.