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TA Review: Aliens: Colonial Marines

  • Nexus GruntNexus Grunt157,524
  • BLUESTEELRUNSBLUESTEELRUNS1,190,122
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 14:31
    2 stars ouch, ill still give it a try though rate it from my own experience,
    blues (:
  • Posted on 22 February 13 at 14:32
    What was it, 5 years of development with a 60 million dollar budget?
  • Gyz da WizGyz da Wiz291,717
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 14:32
    my girl bought me this game as birthday present. And i have to play it making it seems i'm having fun too.
  • Angary GaryAngary Gary104,102
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 14:33
    Duke nukem all over again. Glad I didn't trust Gearbox enough to buy this, will pick it up when it's in the bargain bin.
  • a fat turkeya fat turkey611,570
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 14:35
    I have never judged a game off of reviews, only my own decisions on the game. So I may try this game one day down the line. But I haven't had much respect for Gearbox lately, with the Borderlands 2 DLC being outsourced and the main game of BL2 feeling overall very underwhelming and repetitive.
  • golliwozagolliwoza404,938
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 14:39, Edited on 22 February 13 at 15:10 by golliwoza
    I feel ripped off even paying £20 for this. So dissapointing, I will think twice before I decide to buy another Gearbox title day 1.
  • Removed Gamer

    Removed Gamer

    Posted on 22 February 13 at 14:44
    Gyz da Wiz said:
    my girl bought me this game as birthday present. And i have to play it making it seems i'm having fun too.
    Same issue here, got it for Valentines, at least the MP was actually quite fun for a little bit. It took a lot of convincing to let me trade it in whilst it still has value
  • X30 TrucaseX30 Trucase279,878
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:04
    golliwoza said:
    I feel ripped off even playing £20 for this. So dissapointing, I will think twice before I decide to buy another Gearbox title day 1.
    Well, I bought it for € 50. Another reason to play it until I'm on 1000 G. Still, it's not *that* bad, but the price-performance ratio is really bad.
  • SHIN GRIMMSHIN GRIMM1,432,026
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:07
    perhaps if everyone was aware as to why the game shipped out in the condition it did then people would be more understanding. heres a hint :

    **ask sega about sueing other companies despite being told the game still was not ready to be released.**
  • Hunts55Hunts5592,187
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:11, Edited on 22 February 13 at 15:13 by Hunts55
    a fat turkey said:
    I have never judged a game off of reviews, only my own decisions on the game. So I may try this game one day down the line. But I haven't had much respect for Gearbox lately, with the Borderlands 2 DLC being outsourced and the main game of BL2 feeling overall very underwhelming and repetitive.
    Im glad that someone else feels the same as me about Borderlands 2 or as I call it Snorederlands 2.
  • lidddliddd1,201,504
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:19
    SHIN GRIMM said:
    perhaps if everyone was aware as to why the game shipped out in the condition it did then people would be more understanding. heres a hint :

    **ask sega about sueing other companies despite being told the game still was not ready to be released.**
    The game wasn't ready after 6 years? Then that's the developers fault.
  • KoboroverKoborover293,730
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:21, Edited on 22 February 13 at 15:24 by Koborover
    It's amazing how this game managed to fail on so many levels.

    What stands out most for me is the bizarre retcon of the third movie. The new events in the game are more unsatisfying than the events in Alien 3.
  • Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:23
    Nice !
  • Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:25
    SHIN GRIMM said:
    perhaps if everyone was aware as to why the game shipped out in the condition it did then people would be more understanding. heres a hint :

    **ask sega about sueing other companies despite being told the game still was not ready to be released.**
    Oh please, five years and a budget that size should have been more than enough. Not to mention how much of Aliens was outsourced, Gearbox clearly took the time or money (or both) Sega gave them and spent it on Borderlands. That or they're just massively incompetent, pick your poision.
  • SpyforhireSpyforhire72,945 72,945 GamerScore
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:30
    Not horrible... but definitely a significant shortfall. The screenshots are about the best thing from this game... the rest was pretty disappointing given what could have been. It feels like they kept going, the product kept changing hands (probably through company turmoil and people leaving, or being taken and cocooned in the sub-level of the atmosphere processor), then it was just rushed out to get rid of it and scape it off their desk. "Is this gonna be a standup fight, sir, or another bughunt?" I'll let you decide... but really without trying to deceive potential gamers... "It's a bughunt."
    *insert facepalm macro here*
  • steve1636steve1636409,293
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:30
    This is one of the worst games that I have played EVER. So sad to say, I wanted it to be good
  • BLAZE VIIBLAZE VII418,672
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:33
    Good one, two stars and not more for this piece of crap!
    www.x360a.org > JuSt BLaZe
  • ShadyShallShadyShall357,974
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:41, Edited on 22 February 13 at 15:48 by ShadyShall
    NOT BROKEN?!?! Are you serious dude? is no one else here aware of and/or experiencing entire profile/data erasure? Since the geniuses at Gearbox decided to not have a local save component for the game and your progress, many people are experiencing a glitch that essentially wipes out every bit of your statistical profile/data. I was about rank 20 marine and 5 alien and after playing one night, I started the game the next day and it was if I had never played. I even had to recalibrate the brightness. all stats, ranks, weapons, unlocks, challenges... GONE. Fucking bullshit.

    http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/forumdisplay.php?f=182

    It's sad because I was one of the VERY few who stood by the game upon disastrous release, because playing in co-op and just destroying aliens is fun enough for me. disappointing, yes. but can I still have some fun kicking alien ass in this game, sure.

    Your review was spot on... until the very end. It is very very very broken for a bunch of us. I won't play again until they fix it. I am stuck at 21 achievements, but absolute zero statistical data and a 1-1 rank... super lame.
  • ChrisChrimboChrisChrimbo644,005
    Posted on 22 February 13 at 15:46
    Completly agree with this review, Alot of fans have seen this as huge disappointment which it is.
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