Aliens: Colonial Marines (video game) - Oh dear!

[MinionZombie]

Thoughts?

[Tricky]

I'm interested in the game fo' sho', but that trailer gives nothing away except that it seems to be picking up where the second film left off plot wise, and discounting the third which isnt a bad thing. Lets hope its good!

[MinionZombie]

Well, it is a teaser trailer after all. Personally, I'm much more interested in playing this than I am/was in playing that recent Aliens vs Predator game.

[Tricky]

Well, it is a teaser trailer after all. Personally, I'm much more interested in playing this than I am/was in playing that recent Aliens vs Predator game. I actually quite liked that, it was a fun playthrough on first go, but it was very restrictive for each character & not as much fun on repeat playthroughs. Looking forward to Colonial marines though, I hope they dont include super aliens etc and just keep true to the second film regarding weapons, locations, plot (within reason) etc

[Neil]

This game was first announced in 2006, with a planned release date of 2008. That was pushed back to 2010. Now it has been pushed back to 2012. Gearbox is saying that Borderlands and Duke Nukem Forever got in the way, but hey, if you can finish Duke Nukem Forever, you can finish anything. You get to be a Colonial Marine, one of those army dudes that almost all died in Aliens. You play another army dude checking out what happened to the previous group of army dudes that all died in Aliens. The story for the game doesn't violate canon (or so is claimed), which is interesting. I like shooting aliens, but I didn't bother with that last Aliens Vs. Predator since it looked like shit. Monolith's AvP2 was pretty wicked, especially the multiplayer. http://www.actiontrip.com/rei/commen...ml?id=060111_7

[MinionZombie]

Screenshots: http://www.actiontrip.com/rei/scr.ph...lonialmarines1

[Archamedes]

lol at that quoted review "you are an army dude, like those army dudes that nearly died in the alien film, but a new army dude." Wow newspapers and game magazines must be stepping over each other to hire him

[bassman]

I know it's just a teaser, but that was pretty lame. "Did I mention it was his lower half?"

[slickwilly13]

lol at that quoted review "you are an army dude, like those army dudes that nearly died in the alien film, but a new army dude." Wow newspapers and game magazines must be stepping over each other to hire him No shit. Who writes this kind of crap? Maybe I should get a job writing video game reviews.

[MinionZombie]

No shit. Who writes this kind of crap? Maybe I should get a job writing video game reviews. To be fair, it wasn't a review of the game - a game that's not even been released yet. It was merely a news item bunged up onto the site, and no doubt with a bit of humour involved in the writing of the basic bit of info regarding the upcoming game.

[shootemindehead]

Erm....didn't they "nuke the site from orbit" ? You know, "Just to be sure" ?

[MinionZombie]

Erm....didn't they "nuke the site from orbit" ? You know, "Just to be sure" ? Good point!

[Eyebiter]

"Bishop: In nineteen minutes, this area's gonna be a cloud of vapor the size of Nebraska." The fusion reactor detonation at the atmosphere processing plant would destroy entire the LV-426 colony site. However the original Alien ship from the first movie could be still intact, as it was in a remote area some distance away from the main colony compound.

[Tricky]

Erm....didn't they "nuke the site from orbit" ? You know, "Just to be sure" ? The jist I got from that trailer is that they've altered the plot so that the atmosphere processor didnt explode and that these marines are going back in to help the others, so I guess this game picks up somewhere around two thirds of the way into the film but goes in a different direction to what the film did, works for me anyway!

[MinionZombie]

The jist I got from that trailer is that they've altered the plot so that the atmosphere processor didnt explode and that these marines are going back in to help the others, so I guess this game picks up somewhere around two thirds of the way into the film but goes in a different direction to what the film did, works for me anyway! Aye, makes sense - and it works for me too - a chance to play Aliens: The Game (essentially anyway)? YES PLEASE!